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1907 Past and Present Biographies
Charles C. Quinn and Charles J. QuinnCharles J . Quinn acquired his education in the public schools of Washington county, New York, whither the family removed during his infancy, and was a young man of nineteen years when they located in Illinois. During his boyhood he early became familiar with agricultural pursuits while assisting his father on the home farm. On starting out in life for himself he followed farming in De Kalb county for a time but in 1868 removed to Carroll, Iowa, and embarked in the grain and implement business in partnership with a Mr. Sheldon. Selling out two years later, he came to Scranton and opened a lumber yard, which he conducted for a time, and on disposing of that property bought eighty acres of land now within the corporation limits of Scranton, which he improved and cultivated. Subsequently he traded the same for a half interest in a general store, which be operated until 1880. Mr. Quinn next went to Jefferson and purchased a farm of two hundred and twenty-six acres, which he carried on for five years, trading the same at the end of that time for a stock of goods, which he took to Panora and engaged in mercantile pursuits at that place for two years. On selling his store there he returned to Scranton and the following two years went upon the road as a traveling salesman. Later he embarked in the manufacture of the Carroll wire muzzles and the Shaw patent calf weaner at Scranton and afterward erected a factory at Carroll, carrying on both places. He and his son Charles C. have secured a patent on a new muzzle of their own invention and also on a hog watering trough and a chimney cap. They have also obtained two patents on woven wire fence, which is being manufactured at Carroll at the present time. In 1901 they organized the Quinn Wire & Iron Works, of which our subject is president and his son Charles secretary and manager, having full management of the same. In 1867, at De Kalb, Illinois, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Quinn and Miss Fanny Coleman, also a native of Rutland county, Vermont, and they became the parents of eleven children, three dying in infancy. Those living are: Winnie, the wife of George Tarbell; William, a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio; Fred B., of Carroll, Iowa; Hattie, wife of L. W. Smith, of Scranton; Fannie A., wife of E. T. Anderson, Blockton, Iowa; Charles C., in partnership with his father; ElmerE., living in Scranton; and Hazel, at home. Charles C. Quinn was born in 1881 and acquired his early education in the schools of Scranton, graduating from the high school. Later he attended college at Ames, Iowa. Since leaving school he has been engaged in the manufacturing business with his fathrr. He was married in Sherwood, North Dakota, in 1906, to Miss Ethel Fuller, a daughter of Samuel Fuller, one of the early settlers of this county, and they have one daughter, Pauline. In politics Charles C. Quinn has been a stalwart republican since he attained his majority and has taken quite an active part in public affairs, serving as mayor of Scranton for the past four years. Fraternally he is a member of the Masonic order and the Modern Woodmen of America, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics Charles J. Quinn has been a stanch republican all his life. He has filled the office of justice of the peace and county supervisor and his oflicial duties have always been faithfully discharged. He has been a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church, assisting in organizing and building the churches of that denomination at Carroll and Scranton. He is a self-made man who owes his success in life to his own industry, perseverance and reliability, and he has done much to promote the interests of his town and country in many ways. |
Transcribed from "Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa Together With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Prominent and Leading Citizens and Illustrious Dead," by E. B. Stillman assisted by an Advisory Board consisting of Paul E. Stillman, Gillum S. Toliver, Benjamin F. Osborn, Mahlon Head, P. A. Smith and Lee B. Kinsey, Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1907.  Site Terms, Conditions & Disclaimer |