George W. Quimby
George W. Quimby was born on May 19, 1843, in Concord, Vermont, to Roswell Quimby and Sarah W. Hudson. His father was a farmer who owned $300 in real estate in 1850. Quimby enlisted in the Union army on August 28, 1862, and mustered into Company K of the 15th Vermont Infantry on October 22. The regiment helped defend Washington, D.C., from October 1862 until August 1863, and it mustered out in Brattleboro, Vermont, on August 5, 1863.
Quimby married Cordelia D. Gilbert in Concord on December 30, 1868, and they had at least two children: Lola, born around 1875; and Nina, born around 1881. Quimby worked as a farmer in Concord, and he remained there for the rest of his life. He died in Concord on April 20, 1907.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (153) | Quimby, George W. | 1843-05-19 | 1907-04-20 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 2
People - Records: 2
Places - Records: 1
- (57) [birth, death] ~ Concord, Essex County, Vermont
Regiments - Records: 1
- (80) [enlisted] ~ 15th Vermont Infantry
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, available from Ancestry.com.
