William Newton McQuiddy

Brief Life History of William Newton

When William Newton McQuiddy was born on 26 September 1819, in Woodford, Kentucky, United States, his father, John McQuiddy Jr, was 29 and his mother, Achsah Dale, was 26. He married Nancy Allen Shoffner on 26 January 1843, in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States in 1880. He died on 5 February 1894, in Marshall, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in McQuiddy Cemetery, Lewisburg, Marshall, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Newton McQuiddy
1819–1894
Nancy Allen Shoffner
1823–1918
Marriage: 26 January 1843
James Wilson McQuiddy
1843–1926
Mary Amanda MCQUIDDY
1845–1845
Henry Clay McQuiddy
1846–1935
Achsah Elizabeth McQuiddy
1849–1927
John Thomas McQuiddy
1851–1941
William Brandon McQuiddy
1853–1933
Alice E McQuiddy
1856–1923
Jephthah Clayton McQuiddy
1858–1924
Virgil Webb Mc Quiddy
1861–1863
Edward Everett McQuiddy
1863–1915
Nancy Uretta McQuiddy
1866–1957

Sources (19)

  • Newton Mc Quiddy, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Newton McGuiddy, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1959"
  • William Newton McQuiddy, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1821 · Essex Historical Society

On June 11, 1821, the Essex Historical Society was incorporated.

1840 · Harmony Grove Cemetery Established

The Harmony Grove Cemetery was established in 1840. Many notible people are buried many being government officials. The war department gave cannons from the Civil War to stand as monuments along with the stautes of three different people Sarah Parker Remond, Frederick Townsend War, Stephen C. Phillips.

Name Meaning

Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John , but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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