The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — earliest known

James Francis Quisenberry

Brother of Louisa Quisenberry

James Francis Quisenberry

Probable

Brother of Louisa Quisenberry

Parents
Colby Burris Quisenberry & Lucy Bush
Married
Emily Cameron Chenault
Children
Emma Alice Hinkle, Walter (Waller) Quisenberry
Sources
13

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE — SAR application 27139 (James Marvin Hinkle, 1914) traces a descent through James Francis Quisenberry, son of Colby Burris Quisenberry and Lucy Bush, and his wife Emily Cameron Chenault S498. A second compiled source, the 1900 family Memorials written by his son, calls him Colby Burris Quisenberry's eighth child S689

Evidence: SAR application 27139, which traces a descent through him and his wife Emily Cameron Chenault; his own 1847 marriage bond with Emily C. Chenault; the 1900 Quisenberry Memorials, written by his son, which call him Colby Burris Quisenberry's eighth child. Weak or missing: The bond proves the marriage, but his parentage rests on two compiled sources; no record made in his lifetime names his parents. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Burial1900
🆕 The 1900 Memorials of the Quisenberry Family, written by his son Anderson Chenault Quisenberry, calls him the eighth child of Colby Burris Quisenberry. It gives his birth in Madison County on 15 October 1824, his death in Clark County on 3 February 1877, and his marriage on 14 October 1847 S689. Colonial Families of the United States gives the same dates S688. Both are compiled books. added 26 September 2026.
Military1863
🆕 A Jas. F. Quisenbury, 38, a white farmer born in Kentucky and living in Clark County, is on the June–July 1863 Civil War draft list for Kentucky's 7th District, just below Thos. J., 40, and Roger T., 37 S725 Probable confirm or correct →. The age fits his 15 October 1824 birth and the county fits his home. What is weak: the list gives only a name, an age and a county. added 26 September 2026.
Census1860
🆕 The censuses show the family in Clark County: in 1860 James, 35, and “Emma”, 28, with Alice, 12, Anderson, 9, Waller, 7, and Francis, 5 S759; in 1870 Jas. F., 45, farming land worth $26,000, with Emma C., Alice, Walter and Francis, three houses from Golding Quisenberry, 52, whose kinship is not known S760. Emily went by Emma in both. added 26 September 2026.
Death1915
🆕 Emily Cameron Chenault's mother: Emily Cameron Probable confirm or correct →. Another page of the 1915 SAR application gives “Anderson Chenault, born 1788, died 1854, and his wife Emily Cameron, born 1796, died 1836, married 1816” S859; the Madison County marriage bond of 1847 names Anderson Chenault as “father of Emily C. Chenault” S870. Accepted by Earl as probable; what is weak: the bond names the father only, and the mother rests on the compiled SAR application; the day and place of birth and death that trees give her are not in any record read. added 28 September 2026.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Son of Colby Burris Quisenberry and Lucy Bush; probable brother of Louisa Quisenberry Chenault
Marriage1832
Married Emily Cameron Chenault (about 1832–1904); the SAR application says 1846, but their marriage bond is dated 11 October 1847 S643. Her parents were probably Anderson Chenault and Emily Cameron (below)
Marriage1847
🆕 His own marriage bond survives. On 11 October 1847, in Madison County, Kentucky, he gave bond, with David W. Chenault as surety, for his marriage to Miss Emily C. Chenault, and signed it “James F. Quisenberry” S643. The SAR application's 1846 is probably a year early. added 26 September 2026.
Parents1832
🆕 Emily Cameron Chenault was born in February 1832; in 1900 she was living with her son Waller in Clark County, the mother of four children, three then living S690. A 1915 SAR application by her grandson names her parents as Anderson Chenault (1788–1854) and Emily Cameron, and her grandfather as William Chenault, a Revolutionary soldier S691; Colonial Families agrees S688. Probable confirm or correct → Evidence: two compiled sources name her parents. What is weak: no record made in her lifetime names them. If you know more, use “Add to this record”. added 26 September 2026.
Children1848
🆕 Their daughter Emma Alice Hinkle, born 26 October 1848, died in Robertson County, Tennessee, on 4 January 1931. Her death certificate names her parents as James F. Quisenberry and Emmily C. Chenault S692. She had married Joseph (or Josiah) Addison Hinkle in 1870 S689S691. added 26 September 2026.
Children1853
🆕 Their son Walter (Waller) Quisenberry, born in Clark County on 12 January 1853, died at Winchester on 6 November 1914. His death certificate names his parents as Jas. Quisenberry and “Emma” Chenault S698S690. added 26 September 2026.

In the record Generation 6 — earliest known

James Francis Quisenberry · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

13 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S498U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications — national no. 27139, James Marvin Hinkle, 1914. Ancestry record 315470. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Probable A great-grandson's lineage: Colby Burris Quisenberry (1788–1870) and Lucy Bush (1790–1872), married 1810; Lucy the daughter of Francis Bush and Rachel Martin (his second wife); Francis Bush born 23 February 1750, Orange County, Virginia, died 1836, Clark County, a private in the 2nd Virginia. The supplemental line gives Colby's parents as James Quisenberry (1759–1830) and Jane Burris, married 1776. A compiled lineage of 1914, not a record, so the parents are probable. The cover sheet is record 315462.
  2. S643Madison County, Kentucky, marriage bond, 11 October 1847 (original). Ancestry record 2248577. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Bond for the marriage of James F. Quisenberry and Miss Emily C. Chenault, of Madison County; signed “James F. Quisenberry”; surety David W. Chenault; teste Wm. Shackelford, clerk. 11 October is the date of the bond; the wedding followed.
  3. S688Colonial Families of the United States, p. 430 (compiled). Ancestry record 8012. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed James Francis Quisenberry, born Madison County, Kentucky, 15 October 1824; died Clark County, 3 February 1877; married 14 October 1847 Emily Cameron Chenault, daughter of Anderson Chenault and Emily Cameron. Children Emily Alice (1848), Anderson Chenault, Waller (1853) and James Francis Jr. (1855–1880). A compiled book; it agrees with the family's own Memorials (S689).
  4. S689A. C. Quisenberry, Memorials of the Quisenberry Family (1900), p. 69 (compiled). Ancestry record 4364282984. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed James F. Quisenberry, the eighth child of Colby Burris Quisenberry; born Madison County 15 October 1824, died Clark County 3 February 1877; married 14 October 1847 Emily Cameron Chenault; four children. The same page gives John Martin Quisenberry's marriage to Sarah Moore, 25 October 1859. The author was James F. Quisenberry's own son.
  5. S6901900 U.S. census, Ford, Clark County, Kentucky, sheet 9B. Ancestry record 5002104. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Waller Quisenberry, born January 1853, farmer, with his wife Emma L. and three small children, and his mother Emily C., born February 1832, mother of four children, three living.
  6. S691Sons of the American Revolution, supplemental application 27139 (William Chenault), 1915 (compiled). Ancestry record 315480. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed James Marvin Hinkle, born 1873, son of Josiah Addison Hinkle and Emily Alice Quisenberry; grandson of James Francis Quisenberry (1824–1877) and Emily Cameron Chenault (1832–1904); she a daughter of Anderson Chenault (1788–1854) and Emily Cameron, and granddaughter of William Chenault (1749–1813), a Revolutionary soldier in the 5th Virginia. It gives the marriage as 1846; the bond and two books give October 1847. The two books call Hinkle Joseph, not Josiah.
  7. S692Tennessee death certificate, 1931, Robertson County, no. 1598. Ancestry record 30562893. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Emma Alice Hinkle, widow, born 26 October 1848, Kentucky; died 4 January 1931; father James F. Quisenberry, mother Emmily C. Chenault; buried 5 January 1931. The death line reads 1930, but her age, the burial and the filing date all fix 1931.
  8. S698Kentucky death certificate, 1914, Clark County. Ancestry record 601601309. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Walter Quisenberry, born 12 January 1853, Clark County; died 6 November 1914, Winchester; father Jas. Quisenberry, mother Emma Chenault, both born Madison County. The informant was not family. He is the Waller, born January 1853, of the 1900 census (S690).
  9. S725Civil War draft registration, consolidated list, Class II, 7th District of Kentucky, June–July 1863, p. 135. Ancestry record 584831. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Probable Jas. F. Quisenbury, 38, white, farmer, born Kentucky, of Clark County; on the lines above, Thos. J. Quisenbury, 40, and Roger T. Quisenbury, 37. Name, age and county only; nothing else identifies him.
  10. S7591860 U.S. census, District 2, Clark County, Kentucky (P.O. Winchester), p. 4. Ancestry record 39372197. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed James Quesinberry, 35, farmer; Emma, 28; Alice, 12, Anderson, 9, Waller, 7, and Francis, 5.
  11. S7601870 U.S. census, Precinct 6, Clark County, Kentucky (P.O. Winchester), p. 8. Ancestry record 17829617. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Jas. F. Quisenberry, 45, farmer, real estate $26,000; Emma C., 38; Alice, 21, Walter, 17, and Francis, 15. Three dwellings on: Golding Quisenberry, 52, and his family. How Golding was related is not known.
  12. S859U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications — national no. 27139, James Marvin Hinkle, supplemental application, approved 8 May 1915. Ancestry collection 2204, record 315501 (image 32596_242153-00352). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Probable “great-grandson of Anderson Chenault, born 1788, died 1854, and his wife Emily Cameron, born 1796, died 1836, married 1816”; Emily Cameron Chenault, born 1832, is the applicant's grandmother. A compiled lineage, another page of the application family in S691; only the years are given.
  13. S870Kentucky County Marriage Records — Madison County marriage bond, James F. Quisenberry, 11 October 1847. Ancestry collection 61372, record 1352252554. Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Names Anderson Chenault as “father of Emily C. Chenault”. Names her father only, not her mother. The bond itself is S643.

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