Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry
Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. 
Cass County.

HENRY QUIGG, of Virginia Precinct, a native of Wilmington,
Deleware; was born May 22, 1827.  His father, William Quigg, was
a native of Ireland, and emigrated to America in the year 1822,
and brought with him his wife and one child.  Mrs.  Quigg was
also born in Ireland, and her maiden name was Sarah Rogers. 
William Quigg was by occupation a contractor, and did quite a
successful business in this country, especially in the East.  In
1832, he superintended the construction of Pennsylvania avenue,
Washington, D. C., the famous street, one mile in length, that
connects the United States Capitol building with the White House. 
This was in its day a very important job, as was all the work
that pertained to the permanent laying out of our Nation's
Capital.  Mr. Quigg afterward became a contractor on the
Baltimore and Ohio R.R., and in 1834 came to Cass County.  He
brought with him his family, including his wife and one son, our
subject.  A second son, Mathew, was born to him after his arrival
here, who is now a wholesale merchant of Atchinson, Kansas.  Mr.
Quigg was a prosperous and thrifty farmer, and a shrewd business
man.  He died in 1867, his wife having preceded him to the land
of eternal rest about ten years.  Henry Quigg, our subject,
received his schooling almost entirely in Cass County, attending
at last in Beardstown.  He commenced farming for himself in the
year 1852, on the old homestead, and removed on to his present
place in April, 1856.  February 22, 1852, he married Miss
Margaret Cotney, daughter of Thomas Cotney, of Kent County,
Mich., who was of Irish nativity.  This union has been blessed
with seven children, five sons and two daughters.  James F., a
farmer of Virginia Precinct, who married Catherine Treadway,
William, Thomas John M., Henry C., Steven A., Sarah A., and
Annie.  Mr. and Mrs. Quigg are members of the Catholic Church of
Virginia.

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