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] '''Quintus Quincy Quigley''' (July 17, 1828 – December 19, 1910) was a lawyer in ] and founder of the city of ]. He kept a journal for nearly fifty years which has since been published as ''The Life and Times of Quintus Quincy Quigley''. His house "Angles" was subsequently owned by US Vice President ] and was added to the ] in 1976.
Colonel '''Quintus Quincy Quigley''' (1828–1910) was an American lawyer based in ].


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
He was born to James and Martha Quigley in ] on July 17, 1828 and grew up in ].{{r|CWG|KKG}} He was educated at ] and studied law under Judge Crockett in ], starting in 1848.{{r|KKG|PES}} He was born to James and Martha Quigley in ], on July 17, 1828, and grew up in ].{{r|CWG|KKG}} He was educated at ] and studied law under Judge Crockett in ], starting in 1848 and being admitted to the bar in 1850.{{r|NRHPI|PES}}


==Legal career== ==Legal career==
He practised as an attorney in ] and ] counties.{{r|CWG}} He was instrumental in establishing Paducah as a city, serving on its board of trustees and framing the charter which incorporated it in 1856. He became the first ] for Paducah. He formed a law firm, Quigley and Quigley, with his son Isaac who was also a lawyer and who became Chief Justice of the ]. They represented the ] for some time. Isaac died before him and Quintus then stopped practising law and retired to the country.{{r|KKG}} He practiced as an attorney in ] and ] counties.{{r|CWG}} He was instrumental in establishing Paducah as a city, serving on its board of trustees and framing the charter which incorporated it in 1856. He became the first ] for Paducah. He formed a law firm, Quigley and Quigley, with his son Isaac who was also a lawyer and who became Chief Justice of the ].{{r|BSL}} They represented the ] for some time.{{r|HK}} Another case was that of Dessling who was sought for fraud. Quigley tried to extradite him to the Kingdom of ] but this was hotly contested and he was eventually released on a writ of '']''.{{r|Levin}} Quigley finally stopped practicing law when his son Isaac died and retired to the country.{{r|HK|KKG}}


==Angles== ==Angles==
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In 1868, he built the house "Angles", named after the sharp angles of its three tracts of land.{{r|KHS}} The land cost $1,000 which had been allocated to buy a ring for his wife Mary. They couldn't find a ring she liked in Chicago but they fell in love with the farmland and so bought it with the money instead. Construction of the house then cost $8,000 more which caused some financial difficulty.{{r|KKG}} The house was subsequently owned by Vice President ] who took possession from the Quigley family in 1938.{{r|KHS}} In 1868, he built the house "Angles", named after the sharp angles of its three tracts of land.{{r|KHS}} The land cost $1,000 which had been allocated to buy a ring for his wife Mary.{{r|PS99p48}} They could not find a ring she liked in Chicago, but they fell in love with the farmland and so bought it with the money instead.{{r|PS99p48}} Construction of the house then cost $8,000 more which caused some financial difficulty.{{r|PS99p58}}

The house was subsequently owned by Vice President ], who lived there from 1937 through 1956.{{r|KHS}} Its address is now 540 Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah KY 42001 ({{coord|37|3.628|N|88|38.856|W|display=inline}}).

A historical marker sign was placed at the entrance in 1964. This describes the house as a "good example of ]".{{r|KHS}} It was added to the ] in 1976. The nomination described it as a "distinctive amalgam of Federal, Grecian, Gothic, and even Italianate architectural elements" and that it has been designated as a "Gothic cottage".{{r|NRHPI}}


==Journal== ==Journal==
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He kept a detailed journal from 1859 to 1908. This was handwritten but was transcribed and published in a limited edition in 2000 as ''The Life and Times of Quintus Quincy Quigley''.{{r|PS}}
He kept a detailed journal from 1859 to 1908. This was handwritten but was transcribed and published in a limited edition in 2000 as ''The Life and Times of Quintus Quincy Quigley''.{{r|L&T|PS}} An example is his entry after arriving at Paducah,{{r|Robertson}}{{quote|We reached Paducah about sundown after a weary day's travel. I suffering more than the others but soon forgot about everything else in the sight of the river and other new features and facts of the wild. Paducah at this time was but a small town with perhaps five or six hundred population and mud holes, ravines and marshes all along Broadway to within half a square of the river.}}

==Personal life==
⚫ He and his wife had six children. One child died in infancy and the others were Bruce, Isaac, Quintus, John and Mary Quintina who was known as "Ina".{{r|KHS|L&T}} In his final years, he wintered with his daughter in Paducah, where he died from a congestive chill on December 19, 1910.{{r|PES}}

He was a ] and a member of the ] church in which he served as a ] and superintendent of its ].{{r|Levin}}

==See also==
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==Family==
⚫ He and his wife had two children and, in his final years, he wintered with his daughter in Paducah where he died from a congestive chill on December 19, 1910.{{r|PES}}
==References== ==References==
{{reflist |refs= {{reflist |refs=
<ref name=KHS>{{citation |url=https://history.ky.gov/markers/angles |title=Angles |publisher=Kentucky Historical Society}}</ref> <ref name=KHS>{{citation |url=https://history.ky.gov/markers/angles |title=Angles |publisher=Kentucky Historical Society}}</ref>
<ref name=KKG>{{citation |url=https://kentuckykindredgenealogy.com/2019/12/07/the-life-and-times-of-quintus-quincy-quigley-mccracken-county/ |title=The Life and Times of Quintus Quincy Quigley – McCracken County |date=7 December 2019}}</ref> <ref name=KKG>{{citation |url=https://kentuckykindredgenealogy.com/2019/12/07/the-life-and-times-of-quintus-quincy-quigley-mccracken-county/ |title=The Life and Times of Quintus Quincy Quigley – McCracken County |date=December 7, 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=PS>{{citation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paducah-sun-quintis-quigly-book/128246594/ |newspaper=Paducah Sun |title=This is the real life journal of Quintus Quncy Quigley |author=Leigh Landini |date=24 January 2000}}</ref> <ref name=PS>{{citation |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paducah-sun-quintis-quigly-book/128246594/ |newspaper=] |title=This is the real life journal of Quintus Quincy Quigley |author=Leigh Landini |date=January 24, 2000}}</ref>
<ref name=PES>{{citation |url=https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2019/299/61627235_d1f7f652-362f-47c9-9eaa-a0d11cf2be89.jpeg |newspaper=Paducah Evening Sun |title=Col. Q. Q. Quigley Dean of Paducah Bar Passes Away |date=19 December 1910}}</ref> <ref name=PES>{{citation |url=https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2019/299/61627235_d1f7f652-362f-47c9-9eaa-a0d11cf2be89.jpeg |newspaper=Paducah Evening Sun |title=Col. Q. Q. Quigley Dean of Paducah Bar Passes Away |date=December 19, 1910}}</ref>
<ref name=CWG>{{citation |url=http://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00021465 |title=Quintus Quincy Quigley |publisher=Kentucky Historical Society}}</ref> <ref name=CWG>{{citation |url=http://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00021465 |title=Quintus Quincy Quigley |publisher=Kentucky Historical Society}}</ref>
<ref name=AO>{{citation |url=https://politicalstrangenames.blogspot.com/2014/06/quintus-ultimus-watson-1874-1929.html |title=The Strangest Names in American Political History |author=Andy Osterdahl |year=2014}}</ref>
<ref name=PS99p58>{{citation |newspaper=] |title=Family celebrates memories at Angles after 50 years away |date=June 26, 1988 |page=58}}</ref>
<ref name=PS99p48>{{citation |newspaper=] |title=Together again |date=June 26, 1988 |page=48}}</ref>
<ref name=HK>{{citation |newspaper=] |date=December 22, 1910 |title=Aged Lawyer Dies – Col. Q. Q. Quigley Passes Away at Paducah}}</ref>
<ref name=BSL>{{citation |url=https://louisville.edu/law/library/justices-of-kentuckys-highest-court-the-court-of-appeals-1792-1975-supreme-court-1976-present |title=Justices of Kentucky's Highest Court: The Court of Appeals (1792-1975) & Supreme Court (1976-present) |publisher=Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Library}}</ref>
<ref name=NRHPI>{{citation |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/7f43b9a8-9cc4-4545-93a1-a681d5bdc9c7 |title=The Angles (Quigley-Barkley House) |date=July 19, 1976 |publisher=] |author=]}}</ref>
<ref name=L&T>{{citation |isbn=9780970288615 |title=The Life and Times of Quintus Quincy Quigley 1828-1910: His Personal Journal 1859-1908 |author=Quintus Quincy Quigley |editor=George Quigley Langstaff |publisher=Paducah Area Community Foundation |year=1999}}</ref>
<ref name=Levin>{{citation |author=Levin, H. |title=The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky |location=Chicago |publisher=Lewis Publishing |year=1897 |pages=407–408, 421–422}}</ref>
<ref name=Robertson>{{citation |last=Robertson |first=John E. L. |page=19 |title=Paducah: Frontier to the Atomic Age |date=2002 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-2376-7 |language=en}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 10:48, 3 January 2025

American lawyer (1828–1910)
Black and white photo of the subject with a large mustache, dressed with a wing collar and bowtie

Colonel Quintus Quincy Quigley (July 17, 1828 – December 19, 1910) was a lawyer in Kentucky and founder of the city of Paducah. He kept a journal for nearly fifty years which has since been published as The Life and Times of Quintus Quincy Quigley. His house "Angles" was subsequently owned by US Vice President Alben W. Barkley and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Early life and education

He was born to James and Martha Quigley in Paris, Tennessee, on July 17, 1828, and grew up in Milburn, Kentucky. He was educated at Cumberland College and studied law under Judge Crockett in Paducah, Kentucky, starting in 1848 and being admitted to the bar in 1850.

Legal career

He practiced as an attorney in Ballard and McCracken counties. He was instrumental in establishing Paducah as a city, serving on its board of trustees and framing the charter which incorporated it in 1856. He became the first city attorney for Paducah. He formed a law firm, Quigley and Quigley, with his son Isaac who was also a lawyer and who became Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals. They represented the Illinois Central Railroad for some time. Another case was that of Dessling who was sought for fraud. Quigley tried to extradite him to the Kingdom of Prussia but this was hotly contested and he was eventually released on a writ of habeas corpus. Quigley finally stopped practicing law when his son Isaac died and retired to the country.

Angles

Angles in 2013

In 1868, he built the house "Angles", named after the sharp angles of its three tracts of land. The land cost $1,000 which had been allocated to buy a ring for his wife Mary. They could not find a ring she liked in Chicago, but they fell in love with the farmland and so bought it with the money instead. Construction of the house then cost $8,000 more which caused some financial difficulty.

The house was subsequently owned by Vice President Alben W. Barkley, who lived there from 1937 through 1956. Its address is now 540 Alben Barkley Drive, Paducah KY 42001 (37°3.628′N 88°38.856′W / 37.060467°N 88.647600°W / 37.060467; -88.647600).

A historical marker sign was placed at the entrance in 1964. This describes the house as a "good example of Greek Revival architecture". It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The nomination described it as a "distinctive amalgam of Federal, Grecian, Gothic, and even Italianate architectural elements" and that it has been designated as a "Gothic cottage".

Journal

1897 portrait and signature
Portrait and signature published in The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky in 1897

He kept a detailed journal from 1859 to 1908. This was handwritten but was transcribed and published in a limited edition in 2000 as The Life and Times of Quintus Quincy Quigley. An example is his entry after arriving at Paducah,

We reached Paducah about sundown after a weary day's travel. I suffering more than the others but soon forgot about everything else in the sight of the river and other new features and facts of the wild. Paducah at this time was but a small town with perhaps five or six hundred population and mud holes, ravines and marshes all along Broadway to within half a square of the river.

Personal life

He and his wife had six children. One child died in infancy and the others were Bruce, Isaac, Quintus, John and Mary Quintina who was known as "Ina". In his final years, he wintered with his daughter in Paducah, where he died from a congestive chill on December 19, 1910.

He was a freemason and a member of the Grace Episcopal church in which he served as a vestryman and superintendent of its Sunday school.

See also

References

  1. ^ Quintus Quincy Quigley, Kentucky Historical Society
  2. ^ The Life and Times of Quintus Quincy Quigley – McCracken County, December 7, 2019
  3. ^ Mrs Julian M. Carroll (July 19, 1976), The Angles (Quigley-Barkley House), National Park Service
  4. ^ "Col. Q. Q. Quigley Dean of Paducah Bar Passes Away", Paducah Evening Sun, December 19, 1910
  5. Justices of Kentucky's Highest Court: The Court of Appeals (1792-1975) & Supreme Court (1976-present), Louis D. Brandeis School of Law Library
  6. ^ "Aged Lawyer Dies – Col. Q. Q. Quigley Passes Away at Paducah", Hopkinsville Kentuckian, December 22, 1910
  7. ^ Levin, H. (1897), The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, Chicago: Lewis Publishing, pp. 407–408, 421–422
  8. ^ Angles, Kentucky Historical Society
  9. ^ "Together again", The Paducah Sun, p. 48, June 26, 1988
  10. "Family celebrates memories at Angles after 50 years away", The Paducah Sun, p. 58, June 26, 1988
  11. ^ Quintus Quincy Quigley (1999), George Quigley Langstaff (ed.), The Life and Times of Quintus Quincy Quigley 1828-1910: His Personal Journal 1859-1908, Paducah Area Community Foundation, ISBN 9780970288615
  12. Leigh Landini (January 24, 2000), "This is the real life journal of Quintus Quincy Quigley", The Paducah Sun
  13. Robertson, John E. L. (2002), Paducah: Frontier to the Atomic Age, Arcadia Publishing, p. 19, ISBN 978-0-7385-2376-7
  14. Andy Osterdahl (2014), The Strangest Names in American Political History
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