Samuel Quinton Fuqua

Male25 December 1851–17 January 1934

Brief Life History of Samuel Quinton

When Samuel Quinton Fuqua was born on 25 December 1851, in Robertson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Samuel "Sol" G. Fuqua, was 37 and his mother, Eliza May Kirk, was 36. He married Mary Augusta Bell on 21 October 1869, in Robertson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Civil District 2, Robertson, Tennessee, United States in 1910 and Civil District 3, Robertson, Tennessee, United States in 1920. He died on 17 January 1934, in Robertson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Oak Grove Church, Robertson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Quinton Fuqua
1851–1934
Mary Augusta Bell
1849–1914
Marriage: 21 October 1869
Lillie Belle Fuqua
1870–1941
George H. Fuqua
1877–1940
Ida A Fuqua
1879–1961
Edna Fuqua
1880–1959
Albert Fuqua Sr
1882–1947
Leroy Fuqua
1884–1885
Ray Fuqua
1886–1951
Garner Elbridge Fuqua
1888–1961
Fuqua
1892–1892
Fuqua
1895–1895

Sources (12)

  • S Q Fuqua, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Samuel Quinters Fuqua, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"
  • Samuel O Furywa in entry for Ida Smith, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 October 1869Robertson, Tennessee, United States
  • Children (10)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (13)

    +8 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1862 · Battle of Shiloh

    Age 11

    The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

    1863

    Age 12

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 24

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    Altered form of French Fouquet .

    History: This surname is listed along with its original form Fouquet and the variant Fuquay in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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