He was subsequently settled in the pastorate at various places, viz.: a second time in Meredith, 1855-57; Pittsfield, N. H., 1857-61; Lebanon, Me., 1861-64; Lake Village, N. H., 1864-68. In all these places, besides preaching, he taught with great popularity and success. In 18C8, enfeebled by age and excessive labor, he purchased a home in Concord, N. H., where he laid aside the functions of teacher and preacher,
except that for above two years, 1869-72, he resumed both while acting
as Chaplain of New Hampshire State Prison. In October, 1872, he returned
to the pastorate at Nottingham, N. H., where he remained till the close of 1874, and he was again settled in Pittsfield, January, 1875-76, and at Milton Mills, N. H., from April, 1876, until his death.
The circumstances of his death, as stated in the
"Star," are as follows: "For several weeks he had been looking after
work upon his church, preparatory to the Quarterly Meeting to be held
there. The day he died he complained of illness, went, however, to the
church as usual, and examined the work. Returning to his house, he took his seat by the stove, removed his boots, and put
his feet on the stove-railing. A few moments after, his daughter in an
adjoining room heard his feet fall suddenly on the floor and ran to his side; he gasped a few times and all was over."
Mr. Quinby married, May, 1828, Dorothea, daughter of Josiah Burleigh of his native town of Sandwich. She ditd in Concord about 1870. Of their five children, two sons and a
daughter are living, the elder son being a physician in Memphis, Tenn.,
while the younger, Hosea Mason, a graduate of Brown University, class
of 1865, and of Harvard Medical School, 1808, is settled in Worcester as Superintendent of the Massachusetts Asylum for the Chronic Insane. A series of twelve articles commemorative of the life and labors of Dr. Quinby, from
the pen of Prof. J. ,T. Butler, appeared in successive numbers of the
"Star," ending May 7, 1879. These, together with communications from the
younger son and the daughter, from liev. Dr. E. E. Cummings, and Rev.
I. D. Stewart of the " Star," have furnished materials for this notice.
A few words from one of these sources will give the best idea of the
character and influence of the man.
Says Rev. Mr. Stewart: "He more than any one man was active and wisely
efficient in changing the tide of interest in the denomination in favor
of education. His great humility, his excellent spirit, his great
discretion and undoubted piety enabled
him to do what no other man could have done, as ever)' person opposed to
educational efforts believed in Hosea Quinby. He was the father of our educational interests, and none
stood higher than he in the confidence of the people." He adds: "At the
General Conference held at Lewiston'in 1865, his former pupils proposed
to present him a genuine testimonial of their appreciation of his
labors and personal worth, and about one thousand dollars was raised and given to him." In 1866 he received from his Alma Mater the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Hosea Quinby Book
Aaron Quinby, grandfather
of the subject of this sketch, was a Captain in the war of the
Revolution. At the close of his services he was paid in Continental
currency before it had become utterly worthless. With this money he
purchased some five hundred acres of wild land in Sandwich, and settling for life became founder of a useful and honored family. This estate was divided among his sons, and upon his portion of it Moses established his home, and here his son Hosea was born. Ivory Quinby, (Picture below) class of 1836, was a nephew of Hosea. (See Obituary Record, Supp. No. 2, p. 11.)
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