Family Group Sheet


Name Lawson Eli Quesinberry, GG Uncle
Birth Sep 1862, Carroll Co., Virginia
Death 10 Nov 1932, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Burial Johnson Cemetery, Flemingsburg Rd., Morehead, Ky
Father Oliver Quesenberry (1842-1918)
Mother Mahala Slusher (1841-1922)
Other spouses Martha Anna Coffey
Belle [Williams]
Marriage 25 Mar 1919, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Maggie Campbell
Birth abt 1882, Carter Co., Kentucky
Father William Campbell
Mother Fannie [Campbell]
Other spouses Eli Kiser
Children
1 M Dee Quesinberry, 1C2R
Birth 14 Jun 1921, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 17 May 1989
Spouse Virginia [Quesinberry]
2 M Carl Quesinberry, 1C2R
Birth 19 Jan 1923, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 19 Nov 1993, Portland, Oregon
Spouse Adelle Hiatt
Spouse Betty Johnson
3 F Vada B. Quesinberry, 1C2R
Birth 16 Jun 1925, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 9 Jan 1996, Fort Collins, Colorado
Spouse Floyd Wolverton
Spouse Mr. Klisch
4 M Millard (Gene) Quesinberry (Douglas), 1C2R  (Data Omitted)*
Spouse Dixie [Douglas]
Notes for Lawson Eli Quesinberry
Index to Kentucky Death Records lists Lawson Quesinberry, d. 10 Nov 1932, age 71, in Rowan Co., certificate Vol. 55, #27200.
Census
1890 Tax Rolls of Hogtown Prec., Rowan Co., KY, lists on p. 36, line 18: Lawson Quesinberry, no land, 1 male over 21, 1 child 6-20. (People in other categories are not enumerated. I did not record other property as there were 100 columns for each line in this register!)

1900 census of Rowan County, Kentucky, Hoggtown twp, precinct #4, district #116, sheet #16, lists family #279:
Lawson Kwisnberry, 9-1862, age 37, farmer; Martha, 4-1863, age 37; married 19 yrs, 12 children, 12 living; John, 11-1882, age 17; Isaac, 10-1880, age 16; Nancy J., 2-1885, age 15; William, 4-1886, age 14; Mahala, 9-1887, age 12; Mary, 3-1889, age 11; Joseph, 9-1890, age 9; Andrew, 8-1892, age 7; Longry (?) (son), 5-1894, age 6; Malissa, 2-1896, age 4; Farish, 10-1898, age 1; Hanah, 6-1899, age 11/12. All birthplaces listed as KY KY KY, but it should be VA VA VA for Lawson.

1910 census of Rowan Co., KY, Morehead prec., lists on page 20A, family #347 (next door to his brother Isaac Quesinberry):
Quesinberry, Lawson, 49, farmer; (w) Martha A., 47; married 28 years, 16 children, 16 living. (d) Malissa, 14; (s) Farish, 13; (d) Hannah, 11; (s) Alfred, 9; (s) Leslie, 7; (s) Leonard, 6; (d) Loren, 4. Again, all are listed as KY KY KY, although it is wrong for Lawson.

1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, p. 167A, lists as family #97:
Quesinbury, Lawson, 57, farmer, WV WV WV; Maggie, 36, wife, Ky Ky Ky; Laurie, 14, dau, Ky Ky Ky; Robert, 12, son, Ky Ky Ky; Andrew, 8, son, Ky Ky Ky. (Robert and Andrew are really children of Maggie and her first husband, even though they were listed as Quesinbury and not Kiser.)
Notes for Lawson Eli & Maggie (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 11, p.79 records marriage license (no return) issued on 25 Mar 1919 to Lawson Quisenberry, 57, widowed, s/o Oliver & Mahala Quisenberry, to Maggie Kizer, 36, widowed, d/o William & Fannie Campbell.

Maggie had 8 children by her first husband.
Last Modified 21 June 2005 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh