Killed in the flooding of the Diamond, Illinois Coal Mine.
Nationality Scotch Irish, age 46, married, left a wife and five children
Name in news accounts also spelled McQuestion
"It was while gazing into that pit that Mrs. McQuestion went crazy. Her husband and three sons were in the depths. She scanned every face that came up, her fear growing wilder every moment, but not one of the forms she loved appeared. At last no one could come up, and the frantic woman tried to clamber over the protecting boards and fling herself Into the tomb which held her loved ones. One thing only prevented her, and that was not the rough hands of the men about her. Her youngest son, the only one of the household left, a mere child, tugged at her skirts, looking up to her with streaming eyes. She burst into tears, and clasped the little boy in her arms. Then she was gently led away."
-The Times, Streator, Illinois 19 Feb 1883, Mon Page 4
1881 Scotland Census
Registration Number: 655/1
Registration district: Shotts Middle District
Civil parish: Shotts
County: Lanarkshire
Address: Salsburgh
Household Members - Age - Relationship
Adam McQuiston - 45 - Head
Mary McCapen - 43 - Wife
Adam McQuiston - 20 - Son
Mary McQuiston - 17 - Daughter
John McQuiston - 13 - Son
William McQuiston - 10 - Son
Unity McQuiston - 5 - Daughter
Elisabeth McQuiston - 3 - Daughter
Nationality Scotch Irish, age 46, married, left a wife and five children
Name in news accounts also spelled McQuestion
"It was while gazing into that pit that Mrs. McQuestion went crazy. Her husband and three sons were in the depths. She scanned every face that came up, her fear growing wilder every moment, but not one of the forms she loved appeared. At last no one could come up, and the frantic woman tried to clamber over the protecting boards and fling herself Into the tomb which held her loved ones. One thing only prevented her, and that was not the rough hands of the men about her. Her youngest son, the only one of the household left, a mere child, tugged at her skirts, looking up to her with streaming eyes. She burst into tears, and clasped the little boy in her arms. Then she was gently led away."
-The Times, Streator, Illinois 19 Feb 1883, Mon Page 4
1881 Scotland Census
Registration Number: 655/1
Registration district: Shotts Middle District
Civil parish: Shotts
County: Lanarkshire
Address: Salsburgh
Household Members - Age - Relationship
Adam McQuiston - 45 - Head
Mary McCapen - 43 - Wife
Adam McQuiston - 20 - Son
Mary McQuiston - 17 - Daughter
John McQuiston - 13 - Son
William McQuiston - 10 - Son
Unity McQuiston - 5 - Daughter
Elisabeth McQuiston - 3 - Daughter
Killed in the flooding of the Diamond, Illinois Coal Mine.
Nationality Scotch Irish, age 46, married, left a wife and five children
Name in news accounts also spelled McQuestion
"It was while gazing into that pit that Mrs. McQuestion went crazy. Her husband and three sons were in the depths. She scanned every face that came up, her fear growing wilder every moment, but not one of the forms she loved appeared. At last no one could come up, and the frantic woman tried to clamber over the protecting boards and fling herself Into the tomb which held her loved ones. One thing only prevented her, and that was not the rough hands of the men about her. Her youngest son, the only one of the household left, a mere child, tugged at her skirts, looking up to her with streaming eyes. She burst into tears, and clasped the little boy in her arms. Then she was gently led away."
-The Times, Streator, Illinois 19 Feb 1883, Mon Page 4
1881 Scotland Census
Registration Number: 655/1
Registration district: Shotts Middle District
Civil parish: Shotts
County: Lanarkshire
Address: Salsburgh
Household Members - Age - Relationship
Adam McQuiston - 45 - Head
Mary McCapen - 43 - Wife
Adam McQuiston - 20 - Son
Mary McQuiston - 17 - Daughter
John McQuiston - 13 - Son
William McQuiston - 10 - Son
Unity McQuiston - 5 - Daughter
Elisabeth McQuiston - 3 - Daughter
Nationality Scotch Irish, age 46, married, left a wife and five children
Name in news accounts also spelled McQuestion
"It was while gazing into that pit that Mrs. McQuestion went crazy. Her husband and three sons were in the depths. She scanned every face that came up, her fear growing wilder every moment, but not one of the forms she loved appeared. At last no one could come up, and the frantic woman tried to clamber over the protecting boards and fling herself Into the tomb which held her loved ones. One thing only prevented her, and that was not the rough hands of the men about her. Her youngest son, the only one of the household left, a mere child, tugged at her skirts, looking up to her with streaming eyes. She burst into tears, and clasped the little boy in her arms. Then she was gently led away."
-The Times, Streator, Illinois 19 Feb 1883, Mon Page 4
1881 Scotland Census
Registration Number: 655/1
Registration district: Shotts Middle District
Civil parish: Shotts
County: Lanarkshire
Address: Salsburgh
Household Members - Age - Relationship
Adam McQuiston - 45 - Head
Mary McCapen - 43 - Wife
Adam McQuiston - 20 - Son
Mary McQuiston - 17 - Daughter
John McQuiston - 13 - Son
William McQuiston - 10 - Son
Unity McQuiston - 5 - Daughter
Elisabeth McQuiston - 3 - Daughter
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