From Contributor: Fireman DK (47227024) :
Lived with consumption ( which ultimately she died of ) at her sisters property called 'Hepsidam" which is where the Mount Hermon bridge crosses the gulch between Scotts Valley and Felton, CA.
Her husband , John , Union Army :
John-5 McQUESTEN (John Jr.-4, John-3, Simon-2, William-1) b. 2 Jan 1834; married 26 Nov 1857 in Lowell MA to Charlotte Cornelia MEAD. She b. 27 July 1839 at North Lanesboro MA. John wrote the following: "I was born in Litchfield NH and came to Lowell MA nearly fifty years ago. I entered the employ of a dry goods house, 84 Merrimack St., and remained 12 years. When the War of the Rebellion [Civil War] broke out I enlisted, August 1862, in the 33 Mass. Vol. Having been 'Loyal' to my country during the severe test, I was wounded in the battle of Resaca Station, George, May 15, 1864 under General Sherman--the great "March to the Sea." I was carried back to Bridgeport Alabama, until I partially recovered, when I was appointed Military Postmaster of that Post which I held to the close of the War. I speak of this to show that the spirit of Loyalty still remains in the blood of the McQuesten race. As I am the only one left in our family I hope I shall never dishonor the name. Harry also was so stirred with the blood of Loyalty to our Country that he enlisted in the 6th Mass. Reg. in the Spanish War; he remained till the close. He was in the battle of Puerto Rico where the bullets flew about his head but did not receive a scratch. He is as well as before the war. My own health is quite poorly. I have the heart and head trouble. I was sunstruck in the Army and I can't quite outgrow it." His wife wrote: "Agnes was born while her father was in the Civil War and he did not see her until she was quite a baby." She said about her husband: "He was a true and faithful Christian and loved his family and home." She died 31 May 1872 in Santa Cruz, California. John married 2d) 26 March 1875, also in Lowell MA, to Mary Helen HADLEY. She b. 17 Sep 1848 in Massachusetts. He died 1 July 1901. The children were born in Lowell MA:
Children of John & Charlotte C. (Mead) McQuesten:
1. Henry Tyler, b. 21 Jan 1859; d. 22 July 1860 in Lanesboro MA
2. Agnes, b. 23 March 1863; d. 27 Aug 1867
3. +Luther Eames, b. 22 Feb 1866; m. 21 June 1892; d. 25 Nov 1936
3. +Albert Wallace, b. 5 DEC 1867; m. 28 Sep 1892
Children of John & Mary H. (Hadley) McQuesten:
3. Harry Martin, b. 17 Feb 1877; Spanish War Veteran; m. 23 Nov 1904 in MA to Elizabeth FORSYTH. She b. in 1878 in Ireland. Children [McQuesten]: Helen Gertrude who m. William Hill and resided in Boston MA, and Raymond Martin, b. 15 Jan 1908 in Lowell MA. He lived in NY and d. 11 Feb 1917.
4. Gertrude Malvina, b. 25 July 1881; m. 22 Nov 1911 to George C. DUNN. Her mother lived with her in Worcester MA [shown in the 1930 US Census]. No children in the 1930 census.
Lived with consumption ( which ultimately she died of ) at her sisters property called 'Hepsidam" which is where the Mount Hermon bridge crosses the gulch between Scotts Valley and Felton, CA.
Her husband , John , Union Army :
John-5 McQUESTEN (John Jr.-4, John-3, Simon-2, William-1) b. 2 Jan 1834; married 26 Nov 1857 in Lowell MA to Charlotte Cornelia MEAD. She b. 27 July 1839 at North Lanesboro MA. John wrote the following: "I was born in Litchfield NH and came to Lowell MA nearly fifty years ago. I entered the employ of a dry goods house, 84 Merrimack St., and remained 12 years. When the War of the Rebellion [Civil War] broke out I enlisted, August 1862, in the 33 Mass. Vol. Having been 'Loyal' to my country during the severe test, I was wounded in the battle of Resaca Station, George, May 15, 1864 under General Sherman--the great "March to the Sea." I was carried back to Bridgeport Alabama, until I partially recovered, when I was appointed Military Postmaster of that Post which I held to the close of the War. I speak of this to show that the spirit of Loyalty still remains in the blood of the McQuesten race. As I am the only one left in our family I hope I shall never dishonor the name. Harry also was so stirred with the blood of Loyalty to our Country that he enlisted in the 6th Mass. Reg. in the Spanish War; he remained till the close. He was in the battle of Puerto Rico where the bullets flew about his head but did not receive a scratch. He is as well as before the war. My own health is quite poorly. I have the heart and head trouble. I was sunstruck in the Army and I can't quite outgrow it." His wife wrote: "Agnes was born while her father was in the Civil War and he did not see her until she was quite a baby." She said about her husband: "He was a true and faithful Christian and loved his family and home." She died 31 May 1872 in Santa Cruz, California. John married 2d) 26 March 1875, also in Lowell MA, to Mary Helen HADLEY. She b. 17 Sep 1848 in Massachusetts. He died 1 July 1901. The children were born in Lowell MA:
Children of John & Charlotte C. (Mead) McQuesten:
1. Henry Tyler, b. 21 Jan 1859; d. 22 July 1860 in Lanesboro MA
2. Agnes, b. 23 March 1863; d. 27 Aug 1867
3. +Luther Eames, b. 22 Feb 1866; m. 21 June 1892; d. 25 Nov 1936
3. +Albert Wallace, b. 5 DEC 1867; m. 28 Sep 1892
Children of John & Mary H. (Hadley) McQuesten:
3. Harry Martin, b. 17 Feb 1877; Spanish War Veteran; m. 23 Nov 1904 in MA to Elizabeth FORSYTH. She b. in 1878 in Ireland. Children [McQuesten]: Helen Gertrude who m. William Hill and resided in Boston MA, and Raymond Martin, b. 15 Jan 1908 in Lowell MA. He lived in NY and d. 11 Feb 1917.
4. Gertrude Malvina, b. 25 July 1881; m. 22 Nov 1911 to George C. DUNN. Her mother lived with her in Worcester MA [shown in the 1930 US Census]. No children in the 1930 census.
From Contributor: Fireman DK (47227024) :
Lived with consumption ( which ultimately she died of ) at her sisters property called 'Hepsidam" which is where the Mount Hermon bridge crosses the gulch between Scotts Valley and Felton, CA.
Her husband , John , Union Army :
John-5 McQUESTEN (John Jr.-4, John-3, Simon-2, William-1) b. 2 Jan 1834; married 26 Nov 1857 in Lowell MA to Charlotte Cornelia MEAD. She b. 27 July 1839 at North Lanesboro MA. John wrote the following: "I was born in Litchfield NH and came to Lowell MA nearly fifty years ago. I entered the employ of a dry goods house, 84 Merrimack St., and remained 12 years. When the War of the Rebellion [Civil War] broke out I enlisted, August 1862, in the 33 Mass. Vol. Having been 'Loyal' to my country during the severe test, I was wounded in the battle of Resaca Station, George, May 15, 1864 under General Sherman--the great "March to the Sea." I was carried back to Bridgeport Alabama, until I partially recovered, when I was appointed Military Postmaster of that Post which I held to the close of the War. I speak of this to show that the spirit of Loyalty still remains in the blood of the McQuesten race. As I am the only one left in our family I hope I shall never dishonor the name. Harry also was so stirred with the blood of Loyalty to our Country that he enlisted in the 6th Mass. Reg. in the Spanish War; he remained till the close. He was in the battle of Puerto Rico where the bullets flew about his head but did not receive a scratch. He is as well as before the war. My own health is quite poorly. I have the heart and head trouble. I was sunstruck in the Army and I can't quite outgrow it." His wife wrote: "Agnes was born while her father was in the Civil War and he did not see her until she was quite a baby." She said about her husband: "He was a true and faithful Christian and loved his family and home." She died 31 May 1872 in Santa Cruz, California. John married 2d) 26 March 1875, also in Lowell MA, to Mary Helen HADLEY. She b. 17 Sep 1848 in Massachusetts. He died 1 July 1901. The children were born in Lowell MA:
Children of John & Charlotte C. (Mead) McQuesten:
1. Henry Tyler, b. 21 Jan 1859; d. 22 July 1860 in Lanesboro MA
2. Agnes, b. 23 March 1863; d. 27 Aug 1867
3. +Luther Eames, b. 22 Feb 1866; m. 21 June 1892; d. 25 Nov 1936
3. +Albert Wallace, b. 5 DEC 1867; m. 28 Sep 1892
Children of John & Mary H. (Hadley) McQuesten:
3. Harry Martin, b. 17 Feb 1877; Spanish War Veteran; m. 23 Nov 1904 in MA to Elizabeth FORSYTH. She b. in 1878 in Ireland. Children [McQuesten]: Helen Gertrude who m. William Hill and resided in Boston MA, and Raymond Martin, b. 15 Jan 1908 in Lowell MA. He lived in NY and d. 11 Feb 1917.
4. Gertrude Malvina, b. 25 July 1881; m. 22 Nov 1911 to George C. DUNN. Her mother lived with her in Worcester MA [shown in the 1930 US Census]. No children in the 1930 census.
Lived with consumption ( which ultimately she died of ) at her sisters property called 'Hepsidam" which is where the Mount Hermon bridge crosses the gulch between Scotts Valley and Felton, CA.
Her husband , John , Union Army :
John-5 McQUESTEN (John Jr.-4, John-3, Simon-2, William-1) b. 2 Jan 1834; married 26 Nov 1857 in Lowell MA to Charlotte Cornelia MEAD. She b. 27 July 1839 at North Lanesboro MA. John wrote the following: "I was born in Litchfield NH and came to Lowell MA nearly fifty years ago. I entered the employ of a dry goods house, 84 Merrimack St., and remained 12 years. When the War of the Rebellion [Civil War] broke out I enlisted, August 1862, in the 33 Mass. Vol. Having been 'Loyal' to my country during the severe test, I was wounded in the battle of Resaca Station, George, May 15, 1864 under General Sherman--the great "March to the Sea." I was carried back to Bridgeport Alabama, until I partially recovered, when I was appointed Military Postmaster of that Post which I held to the close of the War. I speak of this to show that the spirit of Loyalty still remains in the blood of the McQuesten race. As I am the only one left in our family I hope I shall never dishonor the name. Harry also was so stirred with the blood of Loyalty to our Country that he enlisted in the 6th Mass. Reg. in the Spanish War; he remained till the close. He was in the battle of Puerto Rico where the bullets flew about his head but did not receive a scratch. He is as well as before the war. My own health is quite poorly. I have the heart and head trouble. I was sunstruck in the Army and I can't quite outgrow it." His wife wrote: "Agnes was born while her father was in the Civil War and he did not see her until she was quite a baby." She said about her husband: "He was a true and faithful Christian and loved his family and home." She died 31 May 1872 in Santa Cruz, California. John married 2d) 26 March 1875, also in Lowell MA, to Mary Helen HADLEY. She b. 17 Sep 1848 in Massachusetts. He died 1 July 1901. The children were born in Lowell MA:
Children of John & Charlotte C. (Mead) McQuesten:
1. Henry Tyler, b. 21 Jan 1859; d. 22 July 1860 in Lanesboro MA
2. Agnes, b. 23 March 1863; d. 27 Aug 1867
3. +Luther Eames, b. 22 Feb 1866; m. 21 June 1892; d. 25 Nov 1936
3. +Albert Wallace, b. 5 DEC 1867; m. 28 Sep 1892
Children of John & Mary H. (Hadley) McQuesten:
3. Harry Martin, b. 17 Feb 1877; Spanish War Veteran; m. 23 Nov 1904 in MA to Elizabeth FORSYTH. She b. in 1878 in Ireland. Children [McQuesten]: Helen Gertrude who m. William Hill and resided in Boston MA, and Raymond Martin, b. 15 Jan 1908 in Lowell MA. He lived in NY and d. 11 Feb 1917.
4. Gertrude Malvina, b. 25 July 1881; m. 22 Nov 1911 to George C. DUNN. Her mother lived with her in Worcester MA [shown in the 1930 US Census]. No children in the 1930 census.
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Age: 31 Native of: MA Notes: MC RAE?
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