Family Group Sheet
NameVivian Quisenberry, 3C6R
Birth21 Jun 1832, Orange Co., Virginia
Death17 Mar 1888, Hinton, Summers Co., West Virginia
FatherVivian Quisenberry (1793-1875)
MotherSarah ("Sally") Wright (1796-1863)
Marriage23 Nov 1857, Orange Co., Virginia
SpouseAnna Elizabeth “Betty” Robinson
Birth20 Aug 1838, Orange Co., Virginia
Death30 Aug 1924, Hinton, Summers Co., West Virginia
Children
1 FSarah “Sallie” Mobley (Adopted), 4C5R
Birth27 Jun 1870, Butler, Freestone Co., Texas
Death22 Dec 1962, Hinton, Summers Co., West Virginia
SpouseGeorge Oscar Quesenberry , 4C5R
Notes for Anna Elizabeth “Betty” Robinson
Her death certificate records Anna Betty Quesenberry, age 86 years 10 days, born 20 Aug 1838 in Orange Co., Virginia, died 30 Aug 1924 in Hinton, Summers Co., West Virginia, widowed, father John Robinson, born in Scotland, mother’s maiden name Elizabeth Saunders, born in Va, cause of death cerebral hemorrhage, informant Mrs. G. O. Quesenberry, Hinton, WVa, burial in Orange Co., Va.
Census
1850 census of Orange Co., Virginia, enumerated 17 Aug, lists on p. 14 as family #102/103:
Elizabeth Robinson, 48; Richard, 34, farmer; James, 28, merchant; John, 20, farmer; Thomas, 18, clerk; Elizabeth, 12. All born in Virginia.
(Richard is probably a stepson of Elizabeth’s, although it is possible that one or both of their ages is wrong.)
Elizabeth Robinson, 48; Richard, 34, farmer; James, 28, merchant; John, 20, farmer; Thomas, 18, clerk; Elizabeth, 12. All born in Virginia.
(Richard is probably a stepson of Elizabeth’s, although it is possible that one or both of their ages is wrong.)
Notes for Vivian & Anna Elizabeth “Betty” (Family)
Orange Co., Virginia marriage register lists the marriage on 23 Nov 1857 of Vivion Quisenberry and Ann E. Robinson
Census
In 1870 they were boarding with James R. Mobley, whose youngest daughter they would later raise (I am unsure if she was officially adopted or just fostered):
1870 census of Freestone Co., Texas, Fairfield P.O., enumerated 22 Sep, lists on p. 19 as family #142:
Mobley, J.R., 46, merchant, b. Ala; Robt E., 20, clerk, b. Ala; Mary E., 14; J. R., 11 (male); Jake, 9; Carrie, 7; Ellen R., 4/12, b. Feb. Quesenbery, V., 38, doctor, b. Va; An B., 32, b. Tenn.
1880 census of Summers Co., West Virginia, Greenbrier district, town of Hinton, enumerated 11 June, lists on p. 31 as family #282/310:
Quisenberry, V., 47, physician & druggist, b. Va Va Va; A. B. 48, wife, b. Va Va Va; Sallie, 9, dau, b. Texas Alabama Alabama.
Judging by her parent birth places, Sallie is almost certainly not Vivian and Anna’s daughter, but instead the Sallie Mobley who married Vivian’s nephew George Oscar Quesenberry. Her death certificate says that she was born 27 June 1870 in Butler, Texas (which is in Freestone Co.), parents James Ray Mobley and Sarah Spivey Evans, both born in Alabama. This suggests that she may be the same child listed as Ellen R. Mobley age 4 months in the 1870 census, where Vivian and Anna were living with J. R. Mobley. The age is off by four months, but that is not unusual. Perhaps they decided to change her name to Sally after adopting her. (The other possiblity is that J.R.’s wife was still alive in 1870 even though she was not in the household, and that Sally was really born in June 1871.)
1870 census of Freestone Co., Texas, Fairfield P.O., enumerated 22 Sep, lists on p. 19 as family #142:
Mobley, J.R., 46, merchant, b. Ala; Robt E., 20, clerk, b. Ala; Mary E., 14; J. R., 11 (male); Jake, 9; Carrie, 7; Ellen R., 4/12, b. Feb. Quesenbery, V., 38, doctor, b. Va; An B., 32, b. Tenn.
1880 census of Summers Co., West Virginia, Greenbrier district, town of Hinton, enumerated 11 June, lists on p. 31 as family #282/310:
Quisenberry, V., 47, physician & druggist, b. Va Va Va; A. B. 48, wife, b. Va Va Va; Sallie, 9, dau, b. Texas Alabama Alabama.
Judging by her parent birth places, Sallie is almost certainly not Vivian and Anna’s daughter, but instead the Sallie Mobley who married Vivian’s nephew George Oscar Quesenberry. Her death certificate says that she was born 27 June 1870 in Butler, Texas (which is in Freestone Co.), parents James Ray Mobley and Sarah Spivey Evans, both born in Alabama. This suggests that she may be the same child listed as Ellen R. Mobley age 4 months in the 1870 census, where Vivian and Anna were living with J. R. Mobley. The age is off by four months, but that is not unusual. Perhaps they decided to change her name to Sally after adopting her. (The other possiblity is that J.R.’s wife was still alive in 1870 even though she was not in the household, and that Sally was really born in June 1871.)
