Peter McQuie

JUNKIN, MCCULLOCH, MCQUIE, MOORE

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/11/2005 at 14:28:45

Peter McQuie, who is farming in Penn township, was born upon the Atlantic ocean in July, 1857, while his parents, Peter and Isabelle (McCulloch) McQuie, were crossing from Scotland to the United States on a sailing vessel which took seven weeks and three days to make the trip. The parents were born, reared and married in the land of hills and heather, and following their emigration to the United States located in Knox county, Illinois, where the father farmed rented land for fourteen years. In 1871 the family came to Madison county, Iowa, and Mr. McQuie bought three hundred and twenty acres on section 35, Penn township, where he erected a fine residence and other buildings. Subsequently he and his sons purchased additional land, acquiring title to six hundred and eighty acres on sections 35, 27 and 14, Penn township. He continued active in agricultural pursuits until his demise, which occurred on the l0th of September, 1904, and his wife died in January of that year.

Their seven children are as follows: Alexander, who is farming in Penn township; Peter; William, who is residing in Colorado; Mary, the wife of George Junkin, an agriculturist of Guthrie county; Maggie and Jennie, who are keeping house for our subject; and Isabelle, the wife of A. L. Moore, a farmer of Penn township.

Peter McQuie acquired a public-school education and during his boyhood and youth also gave much time to assisting with the work of the home farm. During his father's lifetime he remained associated with him in business and is now operating his share of the six hundred and eighty acres which father and sons accumulated. Since it came into his possession he has improved the homestead considerably and has kept everything in good repair. He raises and feeds a carload of cattle per year, having for the past forty years raised many head. He is also successful in the cultivation of the land and gathers abundant crops annually.

Mr. McQuie is a democrat and is stanch in his support of that organization. His membership in the Masonic lodge and in the Christian church indicates his high moral character, and his worth has gained him the general respect of those who know him and there are many who are glad to call him friend.

Taken from the book, “The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1915,” by Herman Mueller.