The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — earliest known

John Martin Quisenberry

Brother of Louisa Quisenberry · 1833–1914

John Martin Quisenberry

Probable

Brother of Louisa Quisenberry · 1833–1914

Born
26 April 1833
Died
10 March 1914
Parents
Colby Burris Quisenberry & Lucy Bush
Married
Sarah Moore
Sources
8

Research status

Research status: PROBABLE (as Louisa's brother) — his 1914 Kentucky death certificate names his parents as Colby B. Quisenberry and Lucy Bush S494. Louisa's own link to those parents is still probable, from a compiled family book, so the sibling tie shares that doubt

Evidence: His 1914 Kentucky death certificate, which names Colby B. Quisenberry and Lucy Bush as his parents. Weak or missing: Louisa's own tie to those parents is still probable, so the sibling link shares that doubt. Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1833
Born 26 April 1833, Clark County, Kentucky; died 10 March 1914, Montgomery County, Kentucky
Burial1900
🆕 The 1900 family Memorials says he lived at Ewington in Montgomery County and was “named for his maternal great-grandfather, John Martin”, and gives the births of Cora (1861), Ivanora (16 September 1863) and Audley (27 January 1865) S752. In 1880 “Mart” Quisenberry, 47, was farming at Howards Mills with Sarah and their children, and with her mother, Emily Moore, 78, born in Virginia S753. In 1900 he and Sarah F. had been married 40 years; she had borne nine children, seven living S754. In 1910, at 76, he lived with Sarah in their son Earl's home, married 50 years; the census wrote him as “James M.” S755. added 26 September 2026.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Son of Colby Burris Quisenberry and Lucy Bush; probable brother of Louisa Quisenberry Chenault
Marriage1859
🆕 He married Sarah Moore on 25 October 1859 S689. Their daughter Cora was born in Clark County on 6 November 1861; the register names her parents as Martin J. Quisenberry and Sarah F. Moore, born in Montgomery County S695. added 26 September 2026.
Marriage1859
🆕 The Montgomery County marriage list for 1859, copied by the clerk in May 1860, dates the wedding 24 October 1859: John M. Quissenberry, 24, of Clarke County, and Sarah F. Moore, 21, born in Montgomery County, both marrying for the first time S708. The family book says 25 October S689. The list's age of 24 would put his birth about 1835; the card keeps 26 April 1833. added 26 September 2026.

In the record Generation 6 — earliest known

John Martin Quisenberry · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

8 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. S494Kentucky, U.S., Death Records — Montgomery County, file no. 8269: John Martin Quisenberry, 1914. Ancestry record 751294136. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed John Martin Quisenberry, retired farmer, born 26 April 1833, Clark County, Kentucky, died 10 March 1914; father Colby Quisenberry, born Madison County; mother Lucy Bush, born Clark County; informant Sarah Frances Quisenberry; buried Machpelah Cemetery, Mt. Sterling. Lucy's birthplace comes from her son's informant, so it is secondary.
  2. 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.
  3. S695Kentucky birth register, Clark County, 1861. Ancestry record 150266409. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed Cora Quisenberry, born 6 November 1861, Clark County; father Martin J. Quisenberry, born Clark County; mother Sarah F. Moore, born Montgomery County.
  4. S708Montgomery County, Kentucky, marriage list for 1859, pp. 253–254 (clerk's copy, May 1860). Ancestry record 2460484. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed 24 October 1859: John M. Quissenberry, of Clarke County, 24, born Clarke, first marriage, and Sarah F. Moore, 21, born Montgomery County, first marriage; married by Harding. The index reads “Duissenberry”. The same page is filmed a second time as record 79796.
  5. S752A. C. Quisenberry, Memorials of the Quisenberry Family (1900), p. 67. Ancestry record 4297943812. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Probable John Martin Quisenberry, born 26 April 1833, married Sarah Moore of Montgomery County on 25 October 1859 and lived at Ewington; “named for his maternal great-grandfather, John Martin”. Children: Cora, 6 November 1861; Ivanora, 16 September 1863; Audley, 27 January 1865, “and, I think, four other children”. The page ends: Colby Burris Quisenberry and Lucy had thirteen children and eighty grandchildren. A compiled family book, written by his nephew.
  6. S7531880 U.S. census, Howards Mills Precinct 3, Montgomery County, Kentucky, ED 78, p. 12. Ancestry record 12130664. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed “Mart” Quisenberry, 47, farmer; Sarah, 42; Corra, 18, Audley, 14, Lucy, 11, Emma, 9, Alberta, 7, and Leola, 1; and Emily Moore, 78, mother-in-law, born in Virginia. One child's name, aged 4, is struck through and unread.
  7. S7541900 U.S. census, Howards Mill Precinct, Montgomery County, Kentucky, ED 69, sheet 14A. Ancestry record 21720353. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed John M. Quisenberry, born April 1833, 67, farmer, owner, married 40 years; Sarah F., 61, mother of nine children, seven living; Lucy and Leola, school teachers, Emma, Alberta and Earl.
  8. S7551910 U.S. census, Howards Mill, Montgomery County, Kentucky, ED 140, sheet 2A. Ancestry record 185293712. Image examined, read 26 September 2026. Confirmed In the household of his son Earl B. Quisenberry, 33: the father, 76, and Sarah F., 71, both married 50 years, nine children born, seven living; Luta, Emma, Bert C. and Ola. The enumerator wrote the father as “James M.”; his age, his wife and the children make him John M.

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