PAULDING COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES
~Q~Biographies were taken from The History of Northwestern Ohio & History of Paulding County (H H Hardesty & Company Chicago IL/Toledo OH 1882)
Compiled and Transcribed by Janet Kwasniak and Mike Sandridge
QUINCE, Francis -
was born in France, May 28, 1816, where both his parents died. He
married Catherine Shelley in Richland county, February 14, 1842. She
was born in France, September 8, 1822. Their family are: Mary, born in
Wayne county, Ohio, November 1842, died May, 1843; Solomon, November 5,
1845; Mary Celia, September 10, 1847; Francis A., August 2, 1849, died
August 19, 1880; Laura A., July 27, 1852, died November 8, 1879;
Catherine, August 12, 1856, died October, 1860. Mr. Quince held the
office of Township Trustee for six years; Treasurer for one year, and
several other offices. His death occurred July 8, 1879. The parents of
Mrs. Quince were Francis Shelley, who was born in France, and died
August 6, 1866, and Mary A. (Shanbarg) Shelley, who was born in France,
and is still living, aged ninety-two. Francis A., one of the sons of
Mr. Quince, was killed by lightning August 19,1880; he was working on
his farm in a clearing, and had an ax on his shoulder, which acted as
an electric conductor; a wife and three children mourn his loss. Mrs.
Quince’s address is Payne, Paulding county, Ohio.
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