NameThomas Henry Quesenberry, 4C3R
Birth1 Aug 1879, Carroll Co., Virginia
Death19 Nov 1955, Wisconsin
FatherStephen Martin Quesenberry (1861-<1920)
MotherCatherine E. Kemp (~1862-)
Marriageabt 1901, Virginia
Divorceabt 1909, Virginia
SpouseLucinda “Lucy” A. Quesenberry, 2C4R
Birth2 Nov 1879, Floyd Co., Virginia
Death23 Mar 1921, Floyd Co., Virginia
BurialHoover Quesenberry Farm, Willis, Floyd Co., VA
MotherRachel C. Hurst (1853-1920)
Other spousesTilden Turman, 3C3R
Children
Birthabt 1902, Carroll Co., Virginia
Notes for Thomas Henry Quesenberry
Thomas is the “One-Eyed Tom” refered to in the following section of “The Isaac Quesenberry Record”:

Off's traits were apparently inherited by some of his descendents. One of his sons, Cabel, is said to have killed a man named Jobe Alderman for no reason at all, and one of his grandsons, Thomas Quesenberry, known as "One-Eyed Tom", a son of Martin, is reputed to have killed eight men and wounded two, one of whom shot out one of Tom's eyes, thereby giving the appellation "One-Eyed Tom".

"One-Eyed Tom" gained notoriety in March 1935, when after wounding George C. Kirkpatrick, a federal official, he shot and killed Clarence J. McClary, an Alexandria, Virginia, policeman, shooting him at a distance of 600 yards, during a raid on his apple jack still. "One-Eyed Tom" said drinking apple jack was the cause of his shooting the officers and was given a sentence of about 20 years in prison."

An article called “Mountains Full of Moonshiners” by Loudoun Co., Virginia local historian Eugene Scheel (http://www.loudounhistory.org/history/moonshiners.htm) also contains an account of One-Eyed Tom’s moonshining career:

“"Old Man" Quesenberry ran a still on the right bank of Goose Creek in the bottoms of Courtland Farm, between Evergreen Mills Road and Route 15. Approached by a force of revenue agents, Quesenberry, who had one blind eye, picked off one "at a distance of a quarter of a mile," claimed the Loudoun Times-Mirror. The other agents caught Quesenberry, but he never divulged the location of the still. To quote the newspaper quoting Quesenberry, "I made good liquor and sold all right here in Loudoun. . . . I don't mind telling about myself, but I ain't going to tell nobody who is mixed up in this liquor business."

At a summer trial in Leesburg, Judge J.R.H. Alexander asked Quesenberry how he became such a good shot. Quesenberry told him that when he was young, his daddy gave him a .22-caliber rifle, and when he brought down a squirrel that wasn't shot between the eyes, his daddy gave him a licking.

Quesenberry, who had served 10 years for killing two men in Wisconsin, got 27 years.”

His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records Thomas Henry Quessenbury, age 39, born Aug 1st 1879, residence Jenkin Jones, McDowell Co., Ky, occupation miner, nearest relative Ahnetta (sp.? could be Olivetta) Quessenbury, same address, tall, medium build, blue eyes, light hair, right arm broken at wrist.

His WW II draft registration card, filed 27 May 1943, records Thomas Henry Quesenberry, age 63, born 1 Aug 1879 in Hillsville, Virginia, residence Hillsville, Carroll Co., Virginia, employer Inmate State Farm, date entered prison July 30, 1935, contact Mrs. S. A. Cook, Ken Mountain, Va, blue eyes, gray hair, light complexion, height 6’ 1”, 195 lbs, blind in left eye.
Census
I cannot find Tom in the 1910 or 1920 censuses. He may be indexed under some bizarre mistranscription, like Owenberry or Zusenberry. Or, considering his attitude towards federal authority, perhaps he intentionally avoided the census takers.

1930 census of Dodge Co., Wisconsin, Chester township, Waupun ward 2, enumerated 6 April, lists on p. 10A as an inmate at Wisconsin State Prison:
Quensenbery, Thomas, 49, divorced, age at first marriage 26, b. Va Va Va, tier tender at cell house.
Notes for Lucinda “Lucy” A. Quesenberry
Some family trees refer to her as Lutitia or Lute, but I can find no official record that uses that name. She appears in the censuses as Lucinda and Lucy.
Census
1910 census of Carroll Co., Virginia, Pine Creek district, enumerated 17 April, lists on p. 2B as family #28:
Hurst, William C., 79, farmer; Nancy, wife, 76, first marriage for both, married 58 years; Quesenberry, Lucy A., granddaughter, 31, divorced, mother of 1 child, 1 living; Locky B., great-granddaughter, 8. All born Ky Ky Ky.
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