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:· l THOMAS QUINN, or Walla Walla Ci1y, is a man \\h11111 11a111rt• 1i11cd, in her happy 111•1rnl, with a comliinntion of 1111;dilil's that could hardly fail t,, guide ils possessor lo success, q11ali1ics !hat csp••dally Iii him 111 d1'.:tl with IIIL'll, \\'ith manners su;wl', a disposition lo acco111111odate, ancl generous promptin~,; toward:- his rcllows, he greets the .. ,ranger, lhe cw,tomer, or the fril'nd in that peculiar way which caHics with it an impression of a kin Canada \Vest, '.\larch 71 1838. At sixteen he wns apprenticed In th1: sncldler}' and harne,;s trade thnt he c11111plctcd in Ottnwa, Canada, r1111r years lat1ir, when he stnrtecl mcrchnnclising in that city li,r him~·.:lr. ln 1864 he crttssl:il the conlincnl, and after stopping ror a few monlhs in San li'rnncisco rcachc•I \Valin \Vnlla I '.i1y 1ha1 year. IJpon his arrival here lw cnlerL·d the employ or J. I 1. Cook for whom he worked al his trade for two years, when he hx.u,w a partner in thl' l111si11e,,. J<'.,ur Y"ars lar.-r he hc camc, and hns since remnincd, sole prupricter of lhe cstablish111e111, 1ha1 under hi., 111anagcn1e111 has ~ro\\'11 to \'a,t proportions for a rl'tail business. His :wcrngc stock of harness, sarlrllcs, etc. will reach $15, OC>-l, and he 1111w employs some ten workmen i11 111a1111foct11ri11g such goods as he tlocs not purchase ready made. I lis husinl'ss lilod: -a sketd1 of which nccomp:mies this w11rk would he a t:rcdit to any city. 1lis home, lo he s1·~·11 1111 the ,.,a111c p:1;.:e, is soon (11 Ill' n:plan:rl l,y :t more cl1•j.!:llll one lhal his prosperity warrnms him now in building. In 18681 :\fay 7, he was marriecl in \Valin \Valin to :\liss Clara T. l'ari,;, a nati\·c uf France, and the ,!ates or birth and 11:rn1cs of thdr chihlren :u-e as follows: J. E., :\larch 29, 1869; died Septemlie1· 19, 1871 ; Theresa, Jnnunry I 1, 187 J ; T. E. 1 January 21, 1873; Katherine, Novemhcl' 25, 1875. ,lied Octohl•1· 6, 1876; J. 1-:., ~lnr 31, 1878; William, August 16 1 1S8r. It i., a forlnnnte locality that reckons among its citizens such 111cn ns the ~ul,jcct of this sliclch, I>. S. Baker, \Vm. Kirkman, R. I~. Recs, :\Jiles C. ~Ioore, Dr, N. G. Blalock, ancl a few others li\'ing in the.· city, for the cnuntr}' where they lh•c can nc\'N ,.,,:1i:11atc. ,------,I I T~ MU:S:TA:R:D:;!S_T:~l~~~~~-=-~-=-~~~~~~~1:---::;.:~::;~::;~::;~=~;=;;=;:;.~~::~;=-;;~~¢'~- • B C D ,, ~ A .G F ·-. H \ \ \ \ \ \ L \ ' \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \_.----- CITY CEMETARY DAYTON, WA ' ~ ~ ...... -A ~ ":J- \o ~ l~ l~ 1~ tl · l! fJ · ,:)J lJ ·}J ,\ \ ~ \. .,:: ~ ...... ,. = No~emb er I, 1962 . Mrs. Hazelbaker .: M.:·_ B!~Q uigg• (va Lou Quigg Funeral Saturday ; Iva Lou Quigg died August 21 Funeral service for Mrs. Rites Sunday at Robison Nursing Home. She Eunice R . Hazelbaker, 54, of Funeral riles for Miles B. Quigg, ;\'aS 95. Waitsburg was conducted Sat 83, resident of Waitsburg for 45 :: Mrs. Quigg was born in urday, November 14, a t the years, were h~ld Sunday afternoon, Wheatland, Missouri on April Waitsburg Christian Church. In :October' 28, from Ray's chapel in i9, 1887, the daughter of Owen terment followed at Waitsburg Ci ty Cemetery. Waitsburg. ~nd Mary Dickinson Ruth. She She passed away Wednesday, The Rev. E. W. North of the ,i'ttended schools in Missouri. ' Waitsburg Baptist church officiated. November 11, at a Spokane hos Interment followed at Waitsbw·g On November 30. 1905, she pital following a lingering ill Cilv Cemetery. j-narried Miles B. Quigg, in ness. Mr. Quigg, father of l\Iiss Helen 1'\very, Missouri. Born May 20, 1916, in Brown Quigg and J. Wesley Quigg, both of : The couple farmed in Avery. ington, Missouri, sh~ moved to Dayton, passed away Friday, Oc '.fhey moved to Waitsburg in Waitsburg in 1917 with her par ents, ivlr. and Mrs. Miles B. tober 26, · at the .famil y home. )917, where Mr. Quigg was He was born J anuary 30, 1879, in Quigg. She and E lmer Hazel Hi_ckory County, near Avery, Mo., employed by the City. Mrs. baker were married in Waits · an,d was Jl)arried there to I va Lou ·Quigg moved to Walla Walla, b.urg November 2, _1937. Ruth, who survives at the home in · '.1f!d later moved to Dayton, in Family members include her Waitsburg: They came to Waitsburg J972. hL1 sband at the home; a son, in 1917. Mr. Quigg worked for the : Mrs. Quigg is survived· by her John, of Wa itsburg; her mother, Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. for . zj~ughter, Helen Quigg, of , Mrs. Miles B. Quigg of Waits many years. - burg; two sisters, Mrs. ~ill Other family members include '. ~~yton; her son. Jesse Quigg of Culbertson of Pasco and Miss sons, J . H. and Virgil L. Quigg, ~thello; and several grand Helen Quigg of Dayton; two both of Walla Walla; daughters, childre n and great grandchildr brothers, J esse . and Virgil Mrs. Elmer (Eunice) Hazelbaker en. Quigg, both of Walla Walla; and of Waitsburg and Mrs. W: L. (Vio Private graveside services numerous nie_ces and nephews. let) Culbertson oJ Seattle; two were held on August 24th, at brothers, Rolla . Quigg of Pullman and Bruce Quigg of Oroville, Calif.; the Waitsburg City Cemetery. and three sisters, Mrs. George'Fer- Rev. Vernon Smith officiated. MARY VIOLET CULBERTSON Jesse Quigg Graveside services for Mpy Violet Culbertson, 61,·will be held'Thuraday, November 18, at Dayton City Ceme J esse H. Quigg of Wa lla . tery. Culbertson died Monday .at her Walla died Sunday, Fe b. 16 at the home in Pasco. She resided at 1728 Regency Care Cen te r a t age 78. West Hopkins. H e was born in Cross Tim She was born in Waitsburg and had be rs, Mo. on April 18, 1907, the been a resident of Pasco since 1965. son o~ Mil~s a ~d Iva Ruth Quigg, · She married William L. Culbertson lo ng-time Wa itsburg residents. He moved to the W alla Wa lla in Couer d'Alene in 1941. · . area fro m Che l<\ n in J 950. She was a member of the First H e married Lucia Pe to in Christian Church in _Pasco and a · Sa ndpoint, Id. Q uigg worked a t volunteer for the Red Cross. . the Washing ton State Pe nite n She is survived by her husband, who tia ry for 14 years . H e loved to lives e,t the'family home; a son, Wijliam ra nch and . cultivate his many Culber tson of At lanta, Georgia; a orcha rds. H e was a me mbe r of daughter, Mrs. .Richard Bruce of Pasco; the Elk's Lodge. her mother, Mrs. Iva Quigg of Dayton; Survivors include his w ife at a brother, :Jess -_Ql,iigg ·. '<>f Otb~llo; : _a the home; two da ug hters, Beverly sister , Helen'Quigg of Dayton; i.nd_t wo Ste ve ns of Omak a nd Marle ne gr!',ndch~ Dayton Ave., died Jan. 15, 1997 Wesley Dean Quigg, 56, of San Mrs. H.. R. Wood. at St. Mary Medical Center Bruno, California, died March 9, 1987 from leukemia. .at Peninsula Hospital, Burlingame after Dies March 25 a short illness. The funeral was 11 a.m. Mr. Quigg was born November 17, Mrs. H. R. Wood, the former Tuesday, January 21, 1997 at Mary L. Peterson of Dfiyton, 1939 in Dayton, the son of Mr. and passed ·away Thursday, March Hubbard-Rogg Chapel. Burial Mrs. Wesley Quigg. He attended 25, in Seattle at the age of 37 was in the family plot in the Dayton schools, graduating from years. Cause of death was listed Dayton City Cemetery. Dayton High School with the class of as a brain tumor. . Funeral service and private Memorial contributions 1948. He and Mary Peterson were married mterment were conducted Mon may be made to the Glen day, March 29, at Alderwood in Dayton in 1950. They moved to Manor. The Rev. ·Ray Jenkins Nysoe Memorial Fund through Bremerton where he was employed at officiated. the funeral home. the Keyport Naval Station. He receiv Born July 26, 1933, in Dayton, Mr. Quigg was born Dec. 28, ed his machinist training and diploma she was the daughter of the late 1936, in Dayton to J. Wesley at Bremerton. He and Mary were later John and Mona Prater Peterson. divorced. She attended schools in Star and Edna Russell Quigg. He Mr. Quigg and Virginia Buckingham buck and moved from the coun attended local schools and ty in the late 1940's. were married and they moved to San Members of the family in served in the U.S._ Army dur Bruno, California. in 1963. He was clude her husband, H. R. Wood,. ing the Korean War. head machinist with United Air Lines and two children, Shawn and On Sept. 16, 1960, he mar where he had been employed for the Loren Wood, all at the home in Bothell; a son, E/4 James ried Lila Ellis in Asotin, Wash. past 24 years. He was a member of In ternational Association of Machinists, Quigg, stationed with the U. S. They lived in Clarkston, where local lodge 1781 at Millbrae, Army ih Vietnam; a daughter, he worked for United Paving Marla Quigg, of San Bruno, California. Calif. and then operated American Survivors include his wife at the Other family members include Oil Services stations there and family home, two children, James three brothers, Leo and Leslie in Spokane. Quigg and Marlo Russo; three step Peterson, both of Dayton, and Larry Peterson, of Libby, Mon• His mechanical skills took children, Charles Buckingham of Salt Lake City, Utah, David Buckingham tana; four sisters, Mrs·. Carlos him to Helbling Brothers in (Freda) Boon of Enterprise, and Mrs. Janice Burks of San Bruno; Oregon, Mrs. Francis (Betty) Moscow, H&H International in his mother and stepfather, Mr. and Crabb of New Plymouth, Idaho,· Pasco and K2H in Eureka. Mrs. Claude Speelman, a brother, Mrs. Albert (Lila) Martin of He then started a 17 1/2- David Quigg, an aunt, Helen Quigg, all Pomeroy and Mrs. Birdie Weber year career with the City of of Dayton, and six grandchildren. He of Portland, Oregon, and several was preceded in death by his father and nieces and nephews. .Dayton as the shop mechanic. Attending the funeral service brother, Douglas. from Dayton were Mr. and Mrs. He was still on the job as re Funeral services were held Thurs Leslie Peterson, Mr. and Mrs.· day, March 12, 1987 at the Chapel of Leo Peterson, Mrs. Larry Smith cently as January 10. He liked '·die Highlands, Millbrae, California. In and Mrs. David Smith. his work and took many edu tennent was at Skyline Memorial Park cational classes to fine-tune near Half Moon Bay at San Bruno. his skills. Helen Quigg and David Quigg arriv Mr. Quigg enjoyed working ed home Thursday evening, after spen on old cars and spending time ding the last two weeks in San Bruno with Dean. with his family--especially his Memorial contributions may be made grandson. He was known for to the American Cancer Society. his sense of humor. Surviving are his wife, at home; a son and daughter-in law, Timothy and Elizabeth Quigg, a grandson, Johnathan Quigg, and two aunts, Helen Quigg and Selma Julian, all of Dayton; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was pre '!eded in death by his parents md two brothers, including his :win, Douglas, and Dean. . .~ .,,. GENESIS OF THE QUIGS - QUIGGS The tenth century A.O. marks the initial transcribing of Irish records to parchment. Heretofore, genealogies and all important events had been carried down upon the 11 11 1 ips of the Shanachies , or tribal historians. The old Irish annals are a superb blending of tales many times told and the fertile Gaelic imagination. A native history of Ireland was written by St. Cornoc, a tenth century scribe. He begins his chronicling with the Creation, the. fall of man, and so forth. In this history, Phaenius, the great ancestor of the Gadelian race, declares to have been the son of Baath, the son of Magog, the son of Japhet, the son of Noah. The Milesians, a race of Irish kings, begin their own immediate history with their own great ancestor, Phaenius, who is believed to have been the inventor of letters. Generations of names of his lineal successors to the sons of Milesius are preserved with care and accuracy. No less than twenty three generations are documented from Phaenius to Heber; and ninty monarchs from Heber to Conner The Grand, in whose administration the Incarnation occured. From the birth of Phaenius to the Incarnation is roughly spaced as 2,146 years. The Book of Munster Fecites the travels of the Ga~elians from the dereliction of Egypt by Niulus, the son of Phaen{us, to the conquest of Ireland, and notes with great precision the different generations that intervened. Breoghan, Gadelian King of Galacia, Andalucia, Murcia, Casti 1 e and Portugal (al 1 of \i"Jhi ch he conquered) had two sons, Bille and Ith. Miletius, the son of Bille, sent his eight sons to conquer Ireland. They sailed from Galacia in Spain and invaded Ireland in 1698 B.C., and the Milesian Dynasty existed there after in Ireland through a succession of one hundred and eighty three monarchs, until their subjection in 1186 A.D. by the Normans during the reign of King Henry II of England. All totaled, a period of reign spanning 2,870 years. Of all of the eight sons of Miletius (five perished by shipwreck or in the attempt to conquer Ireland) only three are preserved in the annals - Heber, the first begotten born in Egypt, and Ir and Heremon whose Mother was Scota, daughter of the King of Egypt. To be of the old Milesian stock is an honorable distinction to the Gaol, and all of the proud families of Ireland claim descent from one or another of these three brothers • . Midway in the fourth century A.D., Eochaidh Muigh-Medon son of Muireadhach, son of Fiach, son of Carbri of the house of Heremon,· became High King of Ireland. While yet King of Connacht, he had married Mong-Fiann, daughter of Fiadhach, the King of Munster. By her, he had four sons - Brian, Fiachre, Fergus and Olioll. By Carinna, or Carthann, a Saxon Princess, Eochaidh had his youngest son, Niall, who one day was to be known as "Niall of the Nine Hostages". In spite of Mong-Fiann, who wished the kingship to go to her eldest son Brian, Niall succeeded his Father as High King in 379 A.D., reigning in Tara (the "Seat of the Kings", a short distance north of the present city of Dublin) until his death in 405. About the year 400 A.D., two of Niall's sons, Owen and Connell, marched northward and conquered Northwest Ulster, founding a new state variously called the Kingdom of Ailech, the Northern Kingdon, and Ulster. Its capitol was Ailech, a great stone-built castle or fo~tification, on a hill roughly two miles northwest of the present city of Londonderry. Owen, the senior, took for his share of the conquest Inishowen (Inis Owen or "The Isl and of 01tJen") and Tyrone (Ti r 01t,en or "The Land of Owen''). Of his descendents, the O'Neills were lords of central Ulster until 1603, when they were dispossessed; these proceedings leading to the English Plantation of Ulster. Connell, the younger, took as his domain Tyrconnell (Tir Connell or "The Land of Connel 1 ") li'Jh i ch j_ s r-ough 1 y the present. Donegal , and from him descended the O'Donnells; lords of northwest Ulster until 1603. From the O'Donnells proceeded the Sept of D'Dogher-ty, claimed by some to have been Quig ancestors. Owen had eleven sons, seven of whom were lords of Inishowen while the rest migrated variously. As was not uncommon in those days, there were two sons by the name of Eochy. The second Eochy, however, was also called Binnigh and his race known as Kine! Binnigh. 3 The Quig Family stems from the Sept of Kinel Binnigh. Although genealogies were compiled and carefully preserved by the Shanachies, very little has come down to us of migratory movements. Nothing is known geographically of Kine! Binnigh until abciut the year 1100. The Sept appears to have early migrated into the present County Derry, locating roughly between the rivers Roe and Bann. The line proceeding from Guaire, grandson of Crimthann, son of Eochy Binnigh, seems finally to have settled in what is now the Barony of Keenacht, County Derry. The following genealogical table is drawn from a vast table contiined in Seamus O'Caalaighs ''Gleanings from Ulster and Transcribed- From the Book of Ballymote'', a tome containing the history of Ireland from the earliest period to the fourteenth century and recording the lineage of may Septs originating with Niall of the Nine Hostages. The names are in Gaelic - the first being Niall, the second his son Owen, and the third his grandson Eochy Binnigh. Neill Naoighiallaigh Eoghan Mac Neill Eochaid Benneach Criomhthann Colman Guaire Earblonn Cobhthach Airmeadhach Failgnia Faelghus Odhran Maelchu CUACC a quo Muintear The use of surnames "Cu II is Gaelic for hound, specifically Wolfhound; an animal greatly revered by the ancient Irish. "Aigh" means strong. We may therefore conclude that the name CUAIG, as it devolved from CUACC and later became angl i ci ze•d to QUIG and QUIGG, means "strong as a 11 l•Jo 1 f hound • Allowing three generations to a century from Niall of the Nine Hostages, Cuacc doubtless lived in the tenth century A.D. It very well may be that even thus early the Sept was established ardund the ancient foundation of Bovevagh, a short distance north of the present town of· Dungiven in the County Derry. By the si,~teenth century, this was the known location of their lands. Bovevagrr means 11 hut of Maeve".. The site belonged to Connaught's pagan Queen Maeve at about the beginning of the Christian Era. By 557 A.D., it had become a Chri~tian Foundation whose patron saint was Ringan. According to local tradition, an ancient tomb southeast of the church is pointed out as his. The parish church dates from the fourteenth century. Ecclesiastical records (James B. Leslie: DERRY CLERGY AND PARISHES> shows that in 1367 Bovevagh Church was paying ten shillings to the Bishop.of Derry, and John O'Quig was its Canon. A record of 1585 names the O'Quigs as "Herenachs" (hr-::-redi t.c:ffY warclen!=~ or pr-CJt£:.1ct.cH,.s) of Bovevagh Churc:h. 5 By the year 1622, the church was heavily ruined and never rebuilt; the present Bovevagh Church having been constructed a quarter of a mile away. However, the remains of the old church still stand on a high and steep knoll overlooking the Roe River and beside the Limvady-Dungiven Road one mile northeast of the Burnfoot Bridge and two miles northeast of the town of Dungiven. The site is vested as an ancient monument of Northern Ireland, and is therefore in State Charge. The silt has been removed from inside the roofless old walls and a gravel floor laid, bringing to light several table tombs from which the inscriptions are almost wholly obliterated. What grave markers there may be in the surrounding churchyard were covered long ago, for outside, the silt reaches up to the sills of the gaping windows, and tall grasses have taken over. But this we know - that under that blanketing of the years lie unnumbered Quig an~estors who lived and died in centuries past- For this was their church, and eastward as.far as the eye could see, spread the lands of the Sept. We shall never know the names of those early forbears who rest here. Their identity remains with them, since God alone kept the books of Bovevagh "Old Church" burying ground. The Norman invasion of Ireland in the twelfth century made very little impression upon Ulster. The north was in the hands of native chieftans said to be the wildest and fiercest in all the l~nd. Neither as kings, governors nor adventurers could the English succeed in subduing them. It would be the early seventeenth century before the final overthrow of the Gaelic north. By the year 1100, the O'Cahans had risen to power and made themselves the acknowledged masters of Keenacht and most of Northern Derry. In their sweeping conquest they· had subjugated, among others, the various branches of Kinel Binnigh; including, beyond a doubt, Muintear (family of) o·cuaig. These conquered Septs became the "Urraghs", or Unclerlords, of • 'Cahan as he in turn, ~•Jas Urragh to the reigning O'Neill; the Lord of Ulster. It should be mentioned that the status of the Irish Underlord was by no means a servile one. Beyond being required to furnish yearly payment for the support of his chieftan's troops and standing ready to quarter the Overlord's retinue and soldiers with his followers when ever so demanded of him, the Urragh was his own master. His lands were his own and he, as well, might have his ranking nobles. · In the fourteenth century, the chieftan of the O'Cahans ~,as the great Cooey-na-Gal l , the "Terror of the Strangers" (the "strangers" being the "Galls", as t~e English were ~alled). Cooey O'Cahans castle stood high on a rock overlooking the Roe River half a mile south of Dungiven. The splendid fortress is no more, but the lovely little Dungiven Priory built by the O'Cahans about 1100 (where Cooey was buried in 1385) still remains. Here, in the ruins of the castle, stands his tomb said to be the most beautiful sepulcharal monument in all of Ireland. Dungiven.Priory is listed among the Ancient MonumentsM On top of the tomb lies a great stone effigy of Cooey-na-Gall arrayed in his Celtic armor and with a broad sword in his right hand. Above him once hung his coat of arms, so it is said. However, this has long since disappeared. Six small figures, each in its own niche adorn the front of the tomb and are said to represent "The families who supported Cooey ~1nd called after him Quiggs"M There is nothing to substantiate the statement that. 11 11 "Quig" derives from Cooey • In fact., it is quite doubtful, for Cooey in Gaelic is "Cu Mhaighe" and not 11 "Cuacc • Ho~Jever, there is every reason to believe that the little figures on the tomb really were meant to represent Cooey's followers, the Quigg~; whose lands adjoined his on the northeast. Shortly before the year 1608, the time of the English Pl~ntation of Ulster; a report was made to The Crown of all confiscated Irish Lands in order that they might be protioned out to the London Trade Guilds. A later paper, entitled "The London Companies' Ulster Lands II contains the foll o~•Ji ng e>: t,,.. act 1 j_ sted uncler the headj. ng 11 Tovml ands Dra~.. m by the Campany of Haberdashers". It is interesting ta note that all but one townland are recognizable by their present names- 7 Bally Queg (sic>, Barony of Keenacht (Ulster List) (Present Name) Enish Conoher Inis Conagher Camenishe Camnish Gort Clare Gortaclare Moykera Mulkeer-agh Drum Dreen Drumadreen Derry Orkey Derryork Drum Neere Drumaneechy Fort Gr-an Gortgarn Tau~Jh McVardel 1 ? Leunamore Lenamore Balle Allin Ballymacallion 11 11 11 "Bal 1 y means "The Pl ace of • The "Pl ace of the ~k\i gs lay in the Parish of Dungiven, Barony of _Keenaght, largely to the east of the •Roe River and immediately northeast of the town of Dungiven. Roughly, it must ha~e contained some 15 square miles; the Irish townland corresponding somewhat to our township in size. The mountain Benbradagh, a single 1,585 foot peak, is said to have been its geographic center. Adjoining these townlands to the northeast, present day maps·show a large area called Moneyquiggy, in the Parish of Balteagh. "Money" means variously 11 11 11 "shr-ubbE~ry", "ridge" 01,.. bog • In NCJtes on the the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry'', by Alfred Moore Munn, Moneyquiggy is defined as "The Bog of the• Qui ggs". The English surveyors had the holy terror of the treacherous Irish bogs. This may explain their exclusion of Moneyquiggy II 11 from Ba 11 y G!ueg • 8. And so, along with most of the Derry natives, the O'Quaigs were escheated of the lands held by them for generation upon generation. Names we shall probably never know (to present knowledge, the old chroniclers did not bring the line of Guaire down any farther than Cuacc) but we have the satisfaction of identifying the homeland of the Sept far back into time. We are endowed with a royal antecedent, King Niall of the Nine Hostages. Further, we are endowed with the knowledge that Quig was a purely Irish name. We catch fragmentary but tantalizing glimpses of our Ancestors at the time of the Plantation. The data discovered is largely from State Papers, and concern the imprisonment and trial of Donnell Ballagh • 'Cahan; Overlord of the O'Cuaigs. Donnell Ballagh became chieftan of the O'Cahans in 1598 upon the death of his Father, Rory. His lands were along the Roe River and his castle at Limvady. He entered upon his high charge with a sense of many centuries through which his forebears had possessed Northern Derry, and to all appearances he became head of the Sept at an auspicious time. No one could then foretell he was destined to become the last chieftan of the Mame. In the closing years of the sixteenth century, Hugh O'Neill (English Earl of Tyrone and native Lord of Ulster) decided the time had come to break his rather slavish ties to The Crown and effect the liberation of hi~ country from English dominance. With the help of Red Hugh O'Donnell of Inishowen, he fought long and hard but it was a losing effort. Hostilities began in August of 1598 with the Battle of the Yellow Ford. They ended in March of 1602 when O'Neill surrendered to Elizabeth's Lord-Lieutenant Mountjoy. There followed an uneasy period of_negotiations at the culmination of which most of what is now County Derry had passed from the native chieftans to The Crown. On the 14th day of September 1607, in what was termed ''The Flight of the Earls'', O'Neill, O'Donnell, and many of the leading men of the north boarded ship at Rathmullen on Lough Swilly and left Ireland for the Continent, never to return. The Plantation of Derry was free to proceed. Donnell Ballagh • 'Cahan was not among the chieftans who left Ireland in 1607 to seek sanctuary elsewhere. In consequence he was imprisoned in Dublin Castle on February 17th, 1608 and in July taken to the Tower of London where he remained until he died in 1628. In 1612 Sir Thomas Phillips, Military Governor of Plantation Proceedings; was granted his choice lands along the Roe and his castle at Limvady. In 1609, from the Tower, Donnell Ballagh made out a list of same eighty men he considered to be the best in his country (i.e. men of standing) from which a jury might be chosen to try him. This list has been preserved in the State Papers and is of importance because it sets down the names of the most important families in • 'Cahan country at the opening of the Plantation Period. An astrisk beside a name appears to mark the men objected to by The Crown. On the list are: Brian Mc •wine O'Guage Hu1,..tagh McCuage * Archaie O'Cuage On October 9th, 1613 DonnAll Ballagh wrote to Sir Arthur Chilchester, England's tord-Deputy of Ireland, en~losing a list of followers to whom he had entrusted cattle. ·11 RecoVE!I,. of such men of mine as I gave any such unto., for bt~hoof of my \.-"Ji f e and chi 1 dren ~ " The forty cows mentioned were to pay debts Donnell Ballagh had contracted. The list included Terrilagh Balue 0 · Cui eke and his brothern (sic) 2 cm•Js. An accompanying note states that the O'Quiggs were the fighting men of the O'Cahans. Terrilagh was probably head of the Sept. The following is not so indicated, but quite likely was concerned with Donnell Ballagh's trial in some way: ULSTER ROLL OF GAOL DELIVERY 1613-1618 11 An In qui s i ti on taken at Li mv ad y ?kt gust 9 , l 6 1 4 ••••• before the following jurors of Limvady Gentlemen. Named among the fifteen jurors was - Phellemy Duffe O'Quigge ID . The Plantation intended not only a change in land ownership, but a change of religion, law, langu~ge and custom. The Landlords sent by the London Companiss (Haberdashers, Skinners, Vintners, etc.) were required to accept only English or Scotch as tenants, plus those of the natives who were willing to abide by the n~w regime. It appears at least some of the O'Quiggs were among those who conformed. Leaving his Father a prisoner in the Tower of London, Rory, son of Donnell Ballagh, returned to Ireland in 1614 to find Sir Thomas Phillips in occupation of his Father's castle at Limvady and the rich lands around it. Understandably, Rory hated Phillips who had captured his Father and now enjoyed his goodly heritage. His fury led him to become the central figure in the native uprising of 1615. While the general plan of the revolt was good, Rory both drank and talked too much, and these weaknesses were the chief cause of the revolts' failure. The f~llowing incident came out in an examination relating to the conspiracy. One Manus McGilragh • 'Mullen had obtained the freehold of Cleghan in the Balteagh district and the family was on good terms with Sir Thomas Phillips and his men. On January 31st, 1625 there was a gathering at the home of Manus to celebrate his sdn's marriage. Here Rt1ry appeared, ostensibly to recruit. However, he was so dr~nk that all he could do was vent his spleen on the English in general, and Sir Thomas in particular. He became so objectionable that he was askked to leave. When he would not, he was forcibly put out by Sir Phillip's men. A subsequent investigation of this incident informs us that among those present "~Jho heard Rory utter those speeches 11 ~AJas Ti rl agh O • Qui g (Terrilagh Balue?). We are not enlightened as to whether or not Tirlagh was one of Sir Thomas Phillip's men. But here at least, was one O'Quig on good terms with the English. There were others. In 1622 the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers was involved in a Star Chamber suit because the Townland of Ballywillan had been devised to one Shane O'Quig. Ballywillan is in the Parish of Aghadowey~ location of several early Quig homesteads. So Shane doubtless won out and kept his freehold. l J The express aims of th~ Plantation were not always carried out, especially in regards to religion. Old faiths are hard to give up. Priests as well as wandering Friars continued to flourish sub-rosa despite restrictions. There was an investigation into the situation at the close of 1631. Owen O'Quigge gave evidence that there were twenty priests on Skinner's estate, including three O'Cahans. (The Skinners had a large holding of which the main center was Dungiven.) NORTHERN IRELAND PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE REPORT OF THE DEPUTY KEEPER OF THE RECORDS INDEX: O'QUIGGE, DONNELL, CROSSLAND, CO. LONDONDERRY COLERAINE .•. RENTAL. C 1620-1641 Very few Quig/Quigg/McQuigg families in this country are able to name the Northern Ireland home location of their branch. Some can give the approximate vicinity l•Jhich more often than not., they state to have "beE-.m around Limvady, in the Aghadowey District''" Curiously enough, at the time of the English Plantation the known O'Quigs turn up in exactly t~ese two areas. It will be re~ernbered that Limvady, in the Barony of Keenaght, was the site of Donnell Ballagh O'Cahan's castle and around 11 it \.'Jere his "rich 1 ands along the Roe • Aghadoi-J£=~Y 1 i es in the Barony of Coleraine which is just east of Keenaght and extends to the Bann River. After being escheated by Bally Quig the Sept no doubt followed ther Overlord, Donnell Ballagh, northward into his own country around Limvady. Then, when he lost the lands in 1612, the majority of those O'Quigs who had accepted the new regime remained in Drumchase and Balteagh parishes while the rest migrated eastward to Aghadowey, Df;•sertoghill and Kilrea parishes near the~ · Bann. Eventually, we find most of the Catholic branches settled south of Aghadowey in the Garvagh, Kilrea and Murtragh areas. ) 2 .. CHART OF THE KNOWN O'QUIGS 1609-1641 Barony of Keenaght 1609 Brian Mcowen O'Cuage Murtagh McCuage Archaie O'Cuage (All on Donnell Ballagh's list of jurors.> The 11 Mc • ~Jen II indicates that Brian ~Jas the son of Owen. Murtagh McCuage was the son of Brian? The ·asterisk before Archaie O'Cuage indicates that he was not in good graces of The Crown. 1613 Terrilagh Balue O'Cuicke and his Brethern •.••••.• Being the only one named, Tirlagh was probably the head of the Sept. 1614 Phellemy Duffe O'Quigge Juryma.n II o·f Li mvady Gent 1 emen II Manus McGi 1 reagh • 'Mullen of Claghan, Parish of Balteagh was also on that juryN Therefore, Limvady must have meant the Milavady environs, and not Donnell Ballagh's castle. 1615 Tirlagh O'Quig Heard Rory's speeches in • 'Mullen's home at Claghan. This may have been the above Tirlaghs and Balue added to differentiate them. 1631 Owen O'Quigge Gave evidence of twenty priests on the Skinner's Estate. Probably Owen, Father of the above Brian Mcowen O'Cuage. )3 . Barony of Coleraine 1622 Shane John • 'Quigg Granted freehold of the Townland of Ballywillan. The Village of Aghadowey is either in, or adjoins Bal 1 y~•Ji 11 an. 1620 Donnell O'Quigge 1641 Rental in the Townland of Crossland, in the Parish of Desertoghill which borders the Parish of Aghadowey on the south. The O'Quiggs of Moneyquiggy remained Catholic. May have been a brother of Shane. Both Shane and Donnell probably migrated from the ~rea of Limvady. A census of Ireland in l.654, listing "Principal Irish Names and Their Number" gives O'Quig as 14; all in the County of Londonderry. This is an important statistic, for beyond a doubt, many of the name had fled to other parts of the island upon their eviction from their hereditary lands of the Sept. The best aid in locating and identifying those who remained in County Derry i~ the Hearth Tax of 1663. This tax assessed the householders for the number of their "smokes" or chimnies (i.e•. hearths). Unfortunately, the lists for many parishes have been 1 ost. ,:. "Said to be the most beautiful sepul~hral monument in all of Irelan:l . " Six small figures , each i n its own nl.che , a:lorn t he . front of the Tomb and are said to r epr esent the f amilies who SU??orted Cooey. They were called - QUIGGS . (See 9age 5) QUIGG LINEAGE BREOGHAN - Gadelian King of Galacia, Andalucia, Murcia, Castile and Portugal. BILLE · - Son of Breoghan. MILETIUS - Son of Bille. Sent his eight sons from Galicia in Spain to invade Ireland in the year 1698 B.C. HEREMDN - One of the eight sons of Miletius. Mother was Scota, daughter of the King of Egypt. CARBRI - Of the House of Heremon. FIACH - Son of Carbri. MUIREADHACH - Son of Fiach. EOCHAIDH MUIGH-MEDON - Son of Muireadhach. Was the King.of Connacht. Ascended to High King of Ireland Mid 4th Century P,. D. NIALL - Son of Eochaidh Muigh-Medon. AscEmded to High King of Ireland in 379" F~ei gned in Tara. Died in 405. - First born son of Niall. King of Inishowen and Tyrone. Of his descendants, the O'Neill Sept were the Lords of Central Ulster until 1603. Owen had eleven sons? of which seven were Lords of Inishowen. EOCHY BINNIGH - The second son of Owen to be named Eochy. The surname 11 Binnigh 11 ~•Jas added to denote· this. Eochy Binnigh is the father of the Sept 11 known as "Kinel Binnigh • The (]uig Family stems from the Sept of Kinel Binnigh. I G . The fol lo~Jing genealogical table comes from "THE B• m( OF BALLYMOTE''; a tome containing the history of Ireland from its earliest period to the fourteenth century. The names are in Gaelic. NEILL NAOIGHAILLAIGH - EDGHAN Mac NEILL - (Owen) Son of Neill. EOCHAID BINI\IEACH - (Eochy Binnigh) Son of Owen. CHIOMHTHANN - Son of Eochy Binnigh. COLMAN - Son of Criomhthann. C• UP1IRE - Son of Colman. EARBLONN - Son of Guaire. c • raHTHACH - Son of Earblonn. AIRMEADHACH - Son of Cobhthach. FAILGNIA - Son of Airmeadhach. FAELGHUS - Son of Failgnia. ODHHAN - Son of Faelghus. MAELCHU - Son of Odt-1ran. CUACC - Son of Maelchu. 7 . CUACC is a Quo Muintear (family of) O'Cuaig. CUACC or CUAIG, was the common ancestor of the Quigs. Though spelled differently during the same periods of time, (due in part to different Gaelic dialects), and also due in part to local pseudo-translations and spellings, all of the following families are of the same common ancestor; CUACC: QUIG O'QUIG O'QUIGGE QUIGG QUEG O'QUIGG CUAIG O'GUAGE McQUif3G O'CUAIG McCUAGE O'QUAIG O'CUICKE /-8 ·. ,.,....:,. ;;;::...;.· -·~- ~ r 'BLJ\ZON Of ~'RMS ...... QUIGG . ARMS: Gu. a.n Orl• i..r. onr &ll • Bond Or. CREST: An ij\.o1l• Ar. MOTTO: C1hrit.,r (Qldckl.7). MANTLING: Gu., linod Or. QU I GG - An ancient. Irbh nmu• (6 Qua1g) ,mlch, through puudo-t.ran1l1t.1on, haa becomo d11gulaod aa Qulg, 'Mgg, and non Qu1glo11 t.ho lat.t.or being an angl1c1ud rond1t.1on ot t.h1 or1g1n&l tu1l7 Hot.lo. (or bat.t.11 cry) 1cohr1h', 1101n1ng ciulckl.7. 'lb• Quigg taa1l7 •Ania• has a Fronch connot.aUon; le. t.ho Orh and t.ho Croat. grant.od b d1at.1ncU7 t.hat. ot t.h• aount.od tiold cora and,r ot a Cru,ador undor Fronch co-and. Tho laadl.7 11 ot lh• •s1x Count.1u• or1g1n; Armagh, Ant.rill, Dovn, Do.r17, Tyron., and F1naana&h and t.h1 Achln•••nt. ot A.-.. ,h r11h't.1r1d at. wv Cow-t.a,: Boltaat., Ireland. : IN THE A.RMS The Orl•, • French Ordinary or bordur1 app1ar1 'b7 1rant. on .t.he orl11nal ahhld. Th• Bind la • apibollc or a aaah, or girdle, Cro11 \lb.lch • : voapon vu vorn. 'lb• era1no1s (Eniln• taus) : • charcu aho,m \hereon r1pru1nt. clo11 auoo1at.1on: -~ vU.h th• ror&J. ho11111hold. : 111 THI CREST - An add1t.1onal a\l&rd; t.he Esto1l• ii a Fronch grant. and 1yaboliu1 a apur, or ronl, ot a 110un't.ld Crus&dor t1•ld co11o1Under. .ea 'lb• color, - Ou. (rod) •Hagnan11l1t.7j• Ar. (alhor) •Innoconco:: Or. (gold) •Conat.anc)'," Gold and red used t.ogot.h,r u 11•nt.l1 (cloak) colors a1gn1t1u "du1ro t.o conquor." B1'bll E. 1'.acL7,aght., D.Ut.l., H.A., K.R.I.A., Chdman, Irhh Hanuscrlpt.1 Couibs1on and fomor Ch1oC Horald ot Ireland! Horaldic Art.ht.a •Irbh Gonul.cigy:" 0 Gallochair "lrhh C1nulog7;• Siidlh •Ancutral llu101 :• Doanndgh : "SoAI J.ngl1c1ud S11rnuoa in :reland;• Clrlot. "S)'l'bols.• i VAIGTOH STUDIOS ...... 1974 ······· as ...... :•·················~- ...... ····: ...... ~ ~ utgg• -~ 4 d THE RUINS OF BOVEVAGH CHURCH DUNGIVEN COUNTY DERRY NORTHERN IRELAND fdd1·~ss.-~ -- • _._1 r,,,J~ ~,,- """)~,-1 ,,i· a -1..J 2:-' ., .jenc~ • .. 1·J:=- ! '"fl'Llllt a new h ouse and were living in it when we r got back . As our old place was rented out until the n ext spring, we lived there that winter and attended school at the Myers school house. My Uncle Alex Murphy was the t eacher. At the close of the school he had Prof. Triplett, who was t e aching at Wheatland , to come down and g ive an address. I remember till this day some of the things he said. He made a lot of gestures in his ta lk , in fact it was real flowe ry. He told us children t o set our goals on something high and live up to it. Whe n school was out and the weather got wa rm we moved to our own farm north of Wheat land, but the Wattenbarger folks could not get I· a place that suited them, so they stayed there ~ I most of t he s umme r . They were excell ent people . T he Mu rphys were now a t home and qui te happy to be back. This WiJS the home where all four of the children h ad been born . 9 - FEUD! Saturday, November 3 , 1892 was a brig ht, crisp fal l day in Wheatland . The s ky was a bright blue wit h a few , fl eecy, white clouds low on the h orizon. The oaks, hickorys a nd ha rd maples were ablaze with color. T he town had a festive air. Wagons , buggies and saddle horses li ned the side streets as a r ecord crowd gather ed to do their Satur day1 s tradin' and to hear C. L. Pinkham, candidate fo r Congress on t he People 1 s Party ticket, speak. I, . T he community was s till pr·edominately Repu b li ciJn, but many feeling the Republican party to be t he party of eastern financ ia l inter·ests, were leaning ·. toward the Populist movement, represented he r e by ! 1 I the People s party. The Populist movement was \ coa lition of farmers , miner s and working people. Its ' most fe rvent spokesm,rn nationally wc1s the 11 s il ver 11 tongued orator , William Jennings Cryan. By early afternoon the street wus crnwded with people. Pinkham went about t h r ough the crowd shal 55 tr- '"5",.nlt a new house and were living in it when we got back . As our old place was rented out unti I the next spring, we lived there that winter and a tte nded school at the Myers school house. My Uncle Alex Murphy was the teacher. At the close of the school he had Prof. Triple tt, who was teachi ng at Wheatland , to come down and g ive an address. I remember till this day some of the things he said. He made a lot of gestures in hi s ta lk, in fact it was real fl owery. He told u s children to set our goals on something hig h and live u p to it. When school was out and the weather got warm we moved to our own form north of Wheat land , but the Wa tte nbarge r folks could not get a p lace that s uited them, so they s tayed there most of the s umme r. They were excell ent people . The Murphys wer e now a t home a nd quite happy to be back. T his wt1s the home wher e a ll four of the children had been born . 9 - FEUD! Saturday , November 3 , 1892 was a bright, crisp fall day in Whea tland . The sky was a brig ht blue with a few , fleecy, white c louds low on the hor izon. The oaks, hickorys a nd hard maples were ablaze with color . The town had a festive air. Wa gpns , b uggies and saddle horses li ned the s ide stree ts as a record crowd ga the r ed to do their Saturday's tradin' and to hear C. L. Pinkham , candidate fo r Cong r ess on the People's Party t icket, speak. The community was still predominately Republican, but ma n y feel ing the Republican party to be the party of eastern financia l inter·ests , were leaning ·. towa r d the Popu li st movement, r epresent ed he r e by the People's part y . The Populist movemen t was coalition of farmers, miners and working people. Its mos t fe rvent spokesrnon nationa ll y wc1s t he "s il ver tongued orator", William J ennings Cryan . By early afternoon the s treet was uowded with people. Pinkham went about through the crowd shaking hands, smiling and talking to people. Many 55 ~.,..,I • j had an excitemen t and a n e xpectation, thou gh , that h e was not a wa r e of. · I T hey expected a g rudge fi g ht: Trou b le ha d been b r ewing between Ira Quigg , s on of J oh n Wesley Quigg , a n d Sig el Paxton , son of John We sley Paxton .· T he troub le alleg edly b egan with a r ema rk 1ra had made t o Sigel's wife . The two men had foug ht b efor e b u t it was a t nig h t a t a lone ly s choolhou se a n d no one really k n ew the p a r t icu lars. Now the community knew that t he matt e r was not s ettled and that t h ere would b e a p ublic confrontation soon. They did n ot h av e long t o wa it. Sigel Paxton talked t o a g roup of me n as he wait ed in t he s t reet intersection at t he south e nd of the business b lock. ' Ira Qu igg tied h is h or se a t the nor t h e nd of t he ' . . ! b lock and began t o walk t hroug h the crowd . As h e p assed , the tal k ing and bab ble of voices c eased a n d I the c rowd c losed in beh ind to follow him. It was a < I figh t n o on e would wa nt t o miss. T he t wo men me t in t h e stree t. Ne ither spoke. 1;: T hey began to c ircle s lowly towa rd one anothe r . ~· Both wo r e blue denim wor k jacke t s against the chi 11 of ;. the day. Wess Quigg was on the outside of the -; crowd car rying h is h eavy wa lk ing stick, unable t o push through a n d stop t he fi g ht. T he comb atan ts wer e c rou ched , eyeing each ot her , i now only s ix fee t apa r t. With a n oath, Quigg d r ew. his r ig ht fi s t back and. lunged. Paxton stepped I backwa rd and in less than one breath, drew his i r evolver a n d shot Quigg in the c h est. As Quigg fe ll and lay on the ground, Pax ton s hot h im four mo r e times. Seventee n year old Alva Fish er , caugh t in the 11 crowd, gasped. La t e r h e would t e ll, • shot him five t imes and s t ood over hi m clicking h is empt y r evolve r. I saw a puff of dust fl y out of Ira's jacket each t ime a bullet h it h im . Un cle Wess come through the c rowd a nd began beating on Sigel's back wi t h his wa lking s tic k. Si gel didn' t a ct like he kn ew he was i .. I t here. He just wa lked o ff like h e was in a d aze. I The c rowd parte d and let him thro ug h." I Quigg wa s carr ied in t o Dr. Fisher 's office where I he was p ronounced dead. He was b u riecJ the fol lowi ng d ay in the Macedonia cemeter y . ! Paxton was a rrested by She ri ff Amos Li ndsey . He rr. was arraigned fo r murde r in t :,e f irs t deg ree a no was taken to the Springfield jail for safe keeping. At the May term of court ;n Hickory County, after the jury deliberated for six :•!en hours, Paxton was acquitted and returned hom1!. His defense counsel had argued he had thought <2uigg to be armed and that in drawing back h is rig;,t hand he was reaching for a gun . A month later Sigel Paxton was shot and killed while fishing. We quote now from the S PRING FIELD LEADER, June 21, 1893 : SHOT FROM AMBUSH Sigel Paxton Assassinated Enos Quigg Arrested 11 Sigel Paxton, while fishing at the Slick Rock ( Round Bottom) Ford on the Pomme De Terre River, about ten mi !es below Hermitage, in company with his brother-in-law, John Crates, was shot and kil led Monday morning by a n unknown assassin in ambush. A shot from a Winchester rifl e struc k Paxton on the neck below the ear, passed through, came out in front below the jaw and he died instantly. It is claimed that two more shots were fired a t Crates but he was untouched . . . The murder is supposed to have grown out of the fa.ct that Sigel Pax ton killed f ra Quigg, brother of Enos , at a rally · in Wheatland during fast fall when C. L. Pinkham spoke to a large crowd. It is understood tha t suspicion r ests on Enos I Quigg and he had been arrested on the charge of murdering Paxton . . The Pax tons c la im there has been various threats against Sige l, but Enos Quigg , the party who is now arrested, is said to be. a quiet, inoffensive man and has never been heard to make any threats whatever. The Pax tons and Quigg s are related to each other and it is feared tha t the bitter fued wil I result in more deaths. . . Eno? Quigg is about 24 year s old and is a respected, well-to-do farmer in Hickory County. I He is ? native of th.:it county and this is the first time he was ever charged with a crime. 57 est1r1 ~ f.JV::, ::, 1u1 1llY • .:,, :, Wd:0 dl l lll lt:111\:)el ll wor,1c1r1 i:117(.1 c short time la te r she ma rried a ma n norned John -Bennett who, to say the least, had some ver y s t r ange wa ys . Could h e have done t he family a big 11 favor? 11 Dave Goodma n once complained, "You'd be plowing , 11 he said , 11 and stop to r est y our horse and look around. And the re Be nnett would b e . . . standing at the edge of the woods , straig ht and still as a tree with that Winchester in his arms, jus t a watchin' you. You wouldn't know how long he'd bee n there . After a whil e you'd look again and he'd be gone. It v,as unne r v in'. 11 J ake Bird r ecall s tha t Bennett once called him out r f the ScJturday afternoon c rowd to look at his ma re and colt. 11 Look at that! 11 he comma nded, po inting to the mule colt s ucking his ma re. "Yeah, 11 Jake said. 11 Looks like a fine mule colt t o me. 11 Bennett grabbed J ake by the front of his overalls and jer ke d him up close . "But that a in't my colt! 11 he shouted. "Somebody has sv,itched mule colts with me! 11 Jake was not one to be easily fri9ht ened , but neithe r was he one to court poin t less trouble . "Oh, it a in 1 t? 11 h e simply asked . Later Bennett was commi t ted to the state cJsy lum fo r the insane and Sis went west. With two dead now, the feud went onr A gloom hung over farm famil ies who had once been free o f fear a nd worr y . Both Pax ton and Quigg men were always a rmed or had weapons nearby . They v,e r e always wary . Going about t heir fa rmwo rk they kept constant v igil wa tching nea r by timber for any s u dden movement of b irds or v;:irmints tha t would indicate an intrude r . Blankets covered windows nightly and lamps we r e extinguished before anyone stood in a doo rway . To . ;:ivo id unnecessar y confrontation , the I forni li es made an effort to go separate places . The Quiggs continued to do their "Saturday' s t radin 111 at Wheatland while the Paxtons went to nearby Avery or Quincy . Saturday, .- November 2, 1893 , was a bright, s u nny day as the . Saturday one yea r befor e had been . Memorie s wer e sharp a n d pain fu l as Wess , Lucretia 59 and Sis Quigg drove their buggy through that fat e fu l I intersection in Wheatland and on to t ie at the hitch ra i I on the south side of the open-park square. ~ This time there was no political r al ly. No ,.I! ,,,. speakers stand festooned with r ibbon s . People I: visited in the s t or es and along the sidewalk but always, it seemed, in a lower tone a s the Quiggs came near. It seemed everyone remembered the day al though no one spoke of it. On hi s farm near the Quiggs, John Wesley Paxton f j remembered and sat brooding. His son had done no I wrong. He had fought to defend his wife against an .I.' ' i insult. He had killed in self-defense. Hadn't t he I I i. : jury ag reed that h e could not have known Ira was unarmed? His drawing back t hat right hand had b een the typical move to reach for a gun . Now, t hey had ,1 ki lied Sigel. From ambush . Damn them ! -- f The fo ll owing Saturday was a c loudy day . Li ttle gusts of wind stirred leaves on the de.:- d gras s of the square and fo retold a n appr oaching chil l. In spite of the forbodi ng weather, the Qu iggs fel t ,, cheerier. The week h ad passed . Life would go on. 11t ! Today, they were having dinner with Doc and Sarah Fisher. In town , Wess t ied their horse to the hitch ra il on the square and left his wincheste r in the box behind the buggy seat. \'-less always enjoyed the stimulating conversation of Doc Fisher and Lu cretia hoped Sis , their coarse voiced daughter , would acqu ire some of Sarry's t own l_ady ma nners. After t heir d inner (noon) the two fami Iie s sat and vi s ited . Doc could stay away from his office another half hour. Suddenly there were hurried steps on the wooden porch, a knock, a nd a woman entered. 11 Hurry and get Wess out of town!" she exclaimed. "The Paxtons is coming to get him c1ncJ they been d r·in k ing ! " V/ess pondered a mome n t and then ag r eed it best he go t o avoid trouble. Bu t he would not run . Lucretia and Sis walked with h im to th!! b uggy and he unhitched t i1 e horse. John Wesley Paxton, his brother- "T heodore, and J ohn's son Or t , had ridden in from the north and had tied their horses on t he n orth side )F the squa r e . 6,'1, They then walked to a vacant lot on the east side ot the street between two business buildings. Seein g Wess Quigg mount his buggy on the south side, they moved to the middle of the graveled street and taunted him. John Paxton's challenge does not sur vive but Wess' answer does. "By God!" he said, "I'm going to see if he means t hat! 11 and in spite of the women's pleading, he t ook his Winchester from the box and started toward t h e three men. SPRINGFIELD DEMOCRAT : "Wess passed Theodore Paxton and after he had passed him, r h e turned and stru ck him on the side of the head with the rifle, cutting Paxton's ear in two j and knocking him d own. J ohn W. Paxton and f i Ort Paxton, brother and n ephew of the one i assaulted, being nearby immediately rushed to 1 the relief of the assaulted party and commenced shooting at Quigg, a n d at the same time trying to take the gun away from him which they I succeeded in doing and struck him over the i head with it. Quigg sank to the ground and i expired instantly. Upon examination it was found that five balls took effect in his body, one passing directly through his heart. Quigg was a man over 70 years of age and an old res ident of the county. 11 "There is a large family of boys on both sides , and they are al l considered dangerous men, and it is feared there will be more trouble . 11 The fig ht haci lasted only seconds . In that short time the women left the buggy, r an to the scene, and hovered tearfully over \Vess 1 body . John WE:sley Paxt on, still standing there in shocked wonder, stammered, 11 '-i'/e, we didn' t want to, Lucretia. B, But, By God , he made us do it! 11 We ss Quigg5 body was carried to Dr. Fi s her1 s house and a coffin wcJs ordered sent up from c,~ates carpenter shop.· He was bt1riecl the following d a y in the Macedonia Cemetery besi6e h is son, Ira . After the shooting, the l\:ixton men made no effort to get away. They were •:r ,·rged murder and held to the Ma y term of court. 61 ' . By May the tension had mounted. A clan patriarch ; . ·-,··1 had been ki lied. Sons and sons-in-law were called in . from out of state. An ominous air settled over the . county. Paxton and Quigg men passed on the road without greeting, warily watching each other, careful not to bump. -I Alva Fisher, witness to both Quigg murders, once told of the trial scene. The courthouse had burned and the trial was held in the school house, he said. People gathered from al I over the county to watch. The Quigg men parked a wagon near the schoolhouse during the entire trial. A tarpaulin covered the contents of the wagon--rumored to be guns and ammunition. The men were always nearby. The HICKORY COUNTY INDEX reports the trial: 11 The trial of John Wesley, Ort and Theodore Paxton for the murder of John Wesley Quigg was tried at the recent session of Circuit Court. After able and exhaustive efforts on the part of counsel, pro and con, the case was given to the jury on Wednesday evening, May 23. On Thursday the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree and assessed the punishment of John W. and Ort Paxton at 15 years each, and of Theodore Paxton at 1 O years in the Missouri State Peni tentiary . . • The state was represented by J. B. Upton of Bolivar, W. D. Harryman of Wheat land and by Prosecuting Attorney, William L. I j: Pitts. W. G. Robertson of Springfield, F. l Marion Wilson and Charles K roff of this place . appeared for the defense. 11 The prison sentences were not enough. Many of the Quiggs had hoped to see the three hanged. They gathered about their wagon for a grim conference. If they chose to carry out their vengence, sheriff Am0s Lindsey and his deputy would be no match for them. One looked at Enos. "Whadda you say, Enos? You are the one that lives here." Enos very quietly said, 11 Ever1body go home." The Quigg family scattered. We have obituaries of two of the men telling us something of the kind of 62 people they became. The Boonville, Missouri newspaper of April 1 O, 1941, headlined: "Dr. Horace D. Quigg dead at 78. Served the poor and helped build city." In three full columns the newspaper lauds his career as "Politician, humanitarian and Physician to i the poor. 11 l j Perry Quigg's obituary from Oroville, Wash T \ ington, states: "Perry Quigg was welf remem f bered as one of the rugged pioneers who came here at the beginning of the century. He brought one of the first saw mills into Okano gan County . . . Mr. Quigg was an ardent f ' reader and delved deeply into the explanation of science, religion and mathematics. His was a dynamic disposition but he was a great believer in upholding truth and honesty, and while he lived simply he was yet admired by those who feared his terse attitude for they knew that Perry's greatest ambition in life was to have people know he hated hypocrasy. 11 Enos lived his life out in Hickory County and was a respected farmer. Wess's daughter Cora had married Dave Goodman. They also lived their entire lives in t~e area and were highly thought of. Their daughters, Pearl and Ethel, became school teachers. Pearl married B. 8. Ihrig a school teacher and administrator. Together they compiled and published the HISTORY OF HICKORY COUNTY, MISSOURI. 10 - COMMUNITY Just as the choice eastcoast lands were taken up in the late 1700s, and the children of those immi grants pushed on across the mountains to the Ohio, Cumberland and Tennessee River lands in the early 1800s, so too, · their children moved on beyond the Mississippi by the middle of the century. They were always westering. The good life, the good land, the pride of ow'nership, the opportunity--was always :1 •. ·.:;;-~-~/ :._, "v· ~,u)garet E., born November 4, 1870, died October n, -~Priscilla L., married John L. Bennett. 1901. Enos s., married Nancy B. Roberts. Dullie F ., born March 8, 1873. James M. \ Cora c., born September 22, 1872, married September 29, \ ANDREW J. PITTS, son or Burrell Pitts, born July 4, 1830, 1889, to David V. Goodman, born Mary 25, 1867, died May I, \ came from Mississsippi with his father's family to what is 1950. (Cora C. died February 21, 1967 J . \ now Hickory County, Missouri, in 1845, married to Malissa A. Pitts, February 27, 1852. Malissa A. was born January John W. Qulgg's mother was Elizabeth Dasher. His father \ I, 1838. and mother were both born in Ireland and lived in Pennsylvania I and Ohio. The father of John W. died when John W. was a I CHILDREN small boy, and the mother married a man by the name of York, i and he died, and she came to Missouri- with her son in 1840 Nancy E., born January 17, 1853. and died at the residence of Henry C. Butler, May 19, 1849. t Louisa J., born November 16, 1854. Sarah A., born July 28, 1856. · As will be seen elsewhere, Mr. Quigg was a prominent citizen William Lafayette, born October 12, 1858. and official or this county. He was appointed Sheriff and r, Christopher C., born November 26, 1861. Collector of the county in 1863, which was during the danger f j Mary c., born April 3, 1864. ous times or the Civil War, and by subsequent elections, held • i•, Lucy c., born April 26, 1866. these positions until January 1, 1869. Ulysses G., born February 25, 1868. I Young Albert, born March 23, 1871. JACOB RESER was born May I , , marr1 1za eager Ida bo and died December 20, 1859. Eliza Yeager was born February ·_j l 24, 1802, and died February 24, 1901. JOHN-W. QUIGG was born December 29, 1821, first marri~\ Hannah Bartshe in Hickory County, Missouri, July 30, 1846. \ CHILDREN She died September 11, 1855. He married the second time to Jacob s., born January 21, 1821, married Ann Edde in Lucretia A. Bradley, August 17, 1856; she died February 20, 1845 or 1846. 1900. He died November 11, 1893. Susannah C., born February 11, 1823, married Aaron Darby, July 18, 1837, by Elijlh Yeager, M. G. CHILDREN, first marriage Mary J., born November 13, 1825, married Robert C. Montgomery, September 18, 1842, by Elijah Yeager, M. G. ~ William R., died September 28, 1849. Solomon A. L., born September 8, 1828, married Elizabeth -~~ John w., living, married Sara A._Miller, now deceased. Runnells, January 7, 1858. 'v~·~ --Cee1ge A., married Amanda Adams. · ------ Annanias B., born November 11, 1830, married Nancy C. Catherine J., married Baley D. Skinner, now living in Richards, January 13, 1853. • Oklahoma. Martha E., born March 14, 1833, married James H. Vaughn, November 2, 1851. CHILDREN, second marriage Josiah W., born March 28, 1837, married Elizabeth Cox_ date not given. Charles c., married Martha A. Root, living. Amos T ., married Cora G. Paxton; he died. Jacob Reser, Daniel Darby, Moses Darby, Rev. Elijah F. Perry c., married Sarah A. Head. Yeager, Aaron Darby, and others came to what is now Hickory Horace D., married Lizzy Cully or Cooper County, Missouri; County in 1838, and settled in the southeast comer of the county physician. has represented Cooper County two terms in the in what is now Green Township. . Missouri Legislature• I I: Samuel s., died March 16, 1864. JACOB S. RESER was born January 21, 1821, married Ann Ira F., died in November, 1892. Edde in 1845 or 1846, died March 31, 1861. Ann Edde, wife -374- -375- • '. •.. .~ · I~~ ..!' ' I ·i ' JOHN WESLEY QUIGG, Sheriff and Collector or Hickory County from 1863 to 1869. A second court house was built in 1860 on the south side of the public square, south of wher e the present court house . stands, It was a substantial brick, two stories high, 40 by 42 feet, and built very nearly on the same plan as the present court house, and was destroyed by fire January 6th, 1881, ' . with the important records or circuit court, county court, ! " and deed and mortgage records. The r ecords of the probate court and collector's books were not destroyed. The roof and oart of the upper story of this court house were blown away -54- ------P£Dtfr Rc"1= C, /tnRT # 8 B o~AI : l 'J..- 'J.. Cf - / f ;_J ]),~/J .' 1/ - !l- /'t93 )./1 -rt~ !; j•' . . --!'. .f .. . h1" I I~ ·1 ·JI .I 1 1 -:-~I ' .d· .i 1 GATHERING FOOD FOR NEEDY Is this Wheatland •.. I ' group in the Great Depression of early 1930's. A community sponsor ed group, those shown above are ., .1·,1'' Oeft to right) Helen Weigand, Pauline Jinkens, Alex :• Weigand, Eva Owsley, Carolyn Terhune, Cleo Bennett, r- · . •. ,,.: -Q.9ra Go~ Elvin Nance, Lou Heard, Dr. Joe ·, J~ena Glazebrook, Mae Lafaver, Anthia Rice, ·•. r ,I: Iva Goodrich. LR.S.N.G.; :Ym. B. Quigg, L.S.N.G.; H. P. _1;,iggett, R.S.V.G.; Wilham Miller, L.S. V .G.; Russell H. J enlu ns, R.S.S.; J ames Breshear s, L.S.S.; J. K. Moore, Chaplain. Present officers, Clyde Stover, N.G.; J ohn W. Diener, V. G.; William D. Harry man, Secy.; \\'illiam F. Crates, Treas. Old Hickory Camp #3596 M. W. of A. was organized on the --day of ---with the following officers: E. E. Buzzard, V. C.; William H. Kern, \V . A. W.; H. Bailey, E. B.; Harry J About April 1, 1894, the Hickory County Bank was moved from Hermitage and filed banking contract April 9, 1894, and commenced bus iness in a splendid new two-story brick building which stood east of the public squar e where the stone store building now stands. In about a year after the removal, the bank building and all the furniture were burned, but the -209- ,. ,·' . ·1 .:. ,.fr.~ ·I ·1 ' 11 : j': . ' . ' '·• JOHN W. QUIGG RESIDENCE BUILT IN 1860's North of Wheatland. Ira N. Mendenhall, John Messick, Zachariah Barns, S_yl vester Redfield, William Moore, William J, Snyder, L. B. Selvidge, John W. Clayton, Henry C. Brookshire, George N. White, Arthur L. Fisher, Albert s. Johnston, and Alva Fisher, Through one hundred years the town of Wheatland has stood on the Prairie that has watched the town make many changes. No direct record has been made of the past sixty years so we can only piece together the scraps and hope they will blend into a picture of some ofU1e highlights of the events, the happenings, and the people who made history through those years, The old flour mill built in 1870 that served the farmers and provided flour and other products for the Wheatland area has long since passed away and instead of the wagons bringing the wheat and corn or the boy or man on horseback with a sack of grain, the people drive fast cars to the markets and pick up flour and meal from the grocery shelves shipped from miles away, or they buy the bread and pastries, freshly baked the night before, a hundred or more miles away. 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