QUARTON, W. B., farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 24; P. O. Fremont; was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1821; his parents emigrated to the United States in 1829; located in Morgan county, Illinois, in 1848; he married Miss Charlotte Gill, in 1849; she is a native of England; they moved to Macoupin county, Illinois, the same year, where they lived until October, 1867, then came to this county; has a farm of 240 acres and 50 acres of timber; deals quite largely in imported cattle; has 400 head of sheep; 160 acres of his farm are devoted to meadow land; they have three sons and four daughters, Mary, Menassa, Georgia, Charlotta, Wm. B., Amy and Ezra.

QUINN, JAMES, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Peoria; born in Ohio in 1813, came to this State in 1838 and settled in Scott Co., and while living there represented his district in the Legislature of the State; he is also one of the original organizers of the Republican party in the State; he married Miss Patty Swain in 1836; she was born in Ohio; has four children living, Flavius Josephus, Aurelius J.C., Mary E., and Alfred S. Aurelius J.C. enlisted in the 2nd Iowa Infantry and served 3 years, and then went as a substitute for his brother who had been drafted, but could not be spared from home; one son Christopher enlisted in the 8th Iowa and was killed at Shiloh.

QUINN, WILLIAM D., farmer, Sec. 46; P. O. Peoria; born in Kentucky in 1805, came to Scott county this State in 1837, and to this county in 1867; owns 211 2/3 acres of land.