In the 1860 U.S. Census for Erie County, Mary Walsh, born in Ireland, and age 23, is a domestic servant working for Mr. William Mills, a land broker. The family unit listed right before the Mills family is that of John Quinn. The elder John Quinn was born in Ireland. Several persons are in the same household, including a younger John Quinn, age 20, who was also born in Ireland.It appears that sometime after 1860, John Quinn and Mary A. Walsh were married. Sadly, on February 27, 1866, Mary A. Walsh Quinn died. Her tombstone has a cross at the top of the stone, with the words: In Memory of Mary A. Walsh, wife of John Quinn. Mrs. Quinn is buried in the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Sandusky, Ohio.
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I am researching the wreck of the Nannie Byers. A John Quinn and his wife and two children were aboard the ship on its way from Cincinnati to St. Louis. At 2am on the 24th February 1866, it collided with the Hillman around Madison, Indiana. John and a son survived, his wife and a child died. The ship flooded quickly and many drowned. Estimates are between 10-25. Of those found and later identified, a Mary Quinn, wife of John Quinn, was removed from the wreckage on March 1. I'm thinking this is her marker.
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