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William Wilson Quinn (1907 - 2001)

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Chevalier Lt. Gen. William Wilson "Buffalo Bill" Quinn was born on 1 November 1907 in Crisfield, Somerset, Maryland, USA and to William Samuel Quinn (1883 - 1941) and Alice Sterling Wilson (1881 - 1946) died on 11 September 2001 at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC, USA , he is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, USA. He married Sara-Bette "Bette" Williams (1918 - 2004) on 16 December 1939 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, USA.

Chevalier

Lt. Gen. William Wilson Quinn

Nickname

"Buffalo Bill"

Born

November 1, 1907

Crisfield, Somerset, Maryland

Died

September 11, 2001

Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC

Burried at

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington, Virginia

Allegiance

United States of America

Service/Branch

United States Army

Rank

Lieutenant General

Unit

  • United States 7th Army
  • United States Army Europe 17th Infanfry Regimient

Commands Held

  • 34 Infanfry Regiment (USA)
  • 17th Infanftry Regiment (USA)
  • United States Army Europe (USA)

Battles/Wars

World War II 

 *Battle of the Bulge

  **Battle of Bastogne

  **Operation Nordwind

*Vosges Mountains

Korea 

*Battle of Inchon

Early Life[]

World War II[]

  • Battle of the Vosgages Mountains
  • Battle of the Bulge
  • Siege of Bastogne
  • Operation Dragoon

Korea[]

  • Battle of Chuncheon
  • Battle of Old Baldy
  • Battle of Mt. Teami
  • Battle of Inchon

Awards[]

  • Knight Order of the Legion d'honneur
  • Officer Order of the Legion d'honneur
  • Order of St. George; 3rd Class
  • Croix de Guerre
  • Vietnam Gallantry Cross
  • Distinguished Service Medal
  • Silver Star
  • Legion of Merit
  • Bronze Star
  • Purple Heart
  • Air Medal
  • Army Commendation Medal
  • Army of Occupation Medal
  • National Defense Medal
  • Korean Service Medal
  • Vietnam Service Medal
  • American Defense Service Medal
  • European-African-Middle-Eastern Campaign Meda
  • World War II Victoria Medal
  • United Natitions Service Medal for Korea
  • Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
  • Vietnam Campaign Medal

Genealogy/Ancestry[]

Lineage[]

 Children of Rev. William White Quinn and Rosa B. Schoolfield Edit[]

Rev. William White Quinn was born on 25 Jun 1790 in Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA to John Quinn ( - ) and Elizabeth Mcconnekin ( - ) and died in 1867 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. He is buried in Pitts Creek Presbyterian Cemetery in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. He married on 16 Jun 1832 in Worcester County, Maryland, USA to Rosa B. Schoolfield. She was born in 1805 in Maryland, USA to Isaac Bozman Schoolfield (1775 - 1847) and Mary Atkinson (1771 - 1855) and died in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA.

  1. Rev. John Quinn was born on 8 Oct 1816 in Ireland and died on 2 May 1863 in Maryland, USA. He married on 13 Dec 1836 in Somerset County, Maryland, USA to Ellen White Long (1820 - 1856).
  2. Dr. Samuel S. Quinn was born on 22 Apr 1838 in Worcester County, Maryland, USA. He was a physician. He is buried in Pitts Creek Presbyterian Cemetery. In 1850 he was living in Newtown, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. In 1860 he was living in Costens, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. In 1880 he was living in Pocomok City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. He married first on 11 Jun 1861 in Somerset County, Maryland, USA to Amanda Conner. She was born in about 1842 in Maryland, USA to John W. Connor (c.1809 - ) and Elizabeth Mills (1807 - ) and died on 17 Sep 1869 in Worcester County, Maryland, USA. In 1850 she was living in Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA. In 1880 and 1900 she was living in Pocomok City, Worcester County, Maryland USA. He married second to Sally Atkinson. She was born on 23 Oct 1842 and died on 16 Sep 1869. She is buried in Pitts Creek Presbyterian Cemetery in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA.
  3. Virginia A. "Jenny" Quinn was born in 1844 in Worcester County, Maryland, USA and died in 1893 in Worcester County, Maryland, USA. She is buried in Pitts Creek Presbyterian Cemetery in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. 

Children of Rev. John W. Quinn and Ellen White Long Edit[]

Rev. John Quinn was born on 8 Oct 1816 in Ireland and died on 2 May 1863 in Maryland, USA. He was baptized on 7 Sep 1817 in Inch, County Down, Ireland. He is buried in Salem, Methodist Church Cemetery in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. He married on 13 Dec 1836 in Somerset County, Maryland, USA to Ellen White Long. She was born on 6 Apr 1820 to Capt. John White Long (1786 - 1834) and Sarah Laws Henderson (1799 - 1828) and died on 18 Sep 1856 in Maryland, USA.

  1. + Rev. William White Quinn II was born on 24 Apr 1838 in Somerset County, Maryland, USA and died on 13 Aug 1908 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. He married on 5 Dec 1863 to Mary Celcilia Clarke. She was born on 7 Sep 1847 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA and died on 23 May 1917 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. They had six children.

Children of Rev. William White Quinn II and Mary Celcillia Clarke Edit[]

Rev. White Quinn II was born on 24 Apr 1838 in Somerset County, Maryland, USA and died on 13 Aug 1908 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. He married on 5 Dec 1863 to Mary Celcilia Clarke. She was born on 7 Sep 1847 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA to William James Swan Clarke (1823 - 1893) and Amanda Cordelia Clarvoe (1821 - 1856) and died on 23 May 1917 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. Their children were:

  1. Hon. Lorie Clarke Quinn was born on 16 Aug 1864 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA and died on 15 Jul 1953 in Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, USA. He married two times. He married in 1886 to Catherine "Katie" Melvin. She was born on 2 Apr 1868 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA and died on 23 May 1950 in Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, USA. They had five children. He also married to Rebecca Stubens ( - ). She was born on 21 Nov 1861 and died on 6 Jun 1885. They had two children.
  2. Beulah Quinn was born on 2 Feb 1871.
  3. Elizabeth Hannah Quinn was born on 1 Sep 1880 in Maryland, USA and died on 16 Feb 1916. She married three times. She married Augusts Denny ( - ). She married John Hollifield Quinn. He was born in about 1885 in Georgia, USA and died on 30 Mar 1956 in Lamar County, Georgia, USA. They had two children. She married John Allen ( - ). They had two children.
  4. + William Samuel Quinn was born on 26 Nov 1883 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA and died on 27 Jan 1946 in Maryland, USA. He married to Alice Sterling Wilson. She was born on 3 Oct 1881 in Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, USA and died on 6 May 1971 in Washington, DC, USA. They had one child.
  5. Annie Mae Quinn was born in May 1885 in Maryland, USA and died in May 1981 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. In 1900 she was living in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA.
  6. Nancy "Nan" Quinn was born on 26 May 1886 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA and died in May 1981 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. She married to Albert Granville Adams. He was born in 1880 in Westover, Somerset County, Maryland, USA and died on 4 Nov 1934 in Manhattan, New York, USA.

Children of William Samuel Quinn and Alice Sterling Wilson Edit[]

William Samuel Quinn  was born on 26 Nov 1883 in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA and died on 27 Jan 1946 in Maryland, USA. He is buried in Sunny Ridge Memorial Park in Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, USA. In 1900 he was living in Pocomoke City, Worcester County, Maryland, USA. In 1910, 1935 and on 1 Apr 1940 he was living in Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, USA. From 1917 to 1918 he was living in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. In 1942 he was living in Somerset County, Maryland, USA. He married to Alice Sterling Wilson. She was born on 3 Oct 1881 in Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, USA and died on 6 May 1971 in Washington, DC, USA. In 1900, 1910, 1920, 1935 and on 1 Apr 1940 she was living in Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, USA. In 1930 she was living in Asbury, Somerset County, Maryland, USA. On 25 Oct 1950 she arrived in San Francisco, California, USA. At one point she departed from Yokohama, Japan. They had one child.

  1. + Chevalier Lt. Gen. William Willson "Buffalo Bill" Quinn was born on 1 Nov 1907 in Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, USA and died on 11 Sep 2001 in Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC, USA. He married on 16 Dec 1939 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA to Sara-Bette "Bette" Quinn. She was on 27 Nov 1918 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA and died on 26 Sep 2004 in Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC, USA. They had three children.

Children of Lt. Gen. Chevalier William Wilson "Buffalo Bill" Quinn and Sara-Bette "Betty" Quinn Edit[]

Lt. Gen. Chevalier William Willson "Buffalo Bill" Quinn was born on 1 Nov 1907 in Crisfield, Somerset County, Maryland, USA and died on 11 Sep 2001 in Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC, USA. He married on 16 Dec 1939 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA to Sara-Bette "Bette" Quinn. She was on 27 Nov 1918 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA and died on 26 Sep 2004 in Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC, USA. They had three children:

  1. + Sally Sterling Quinn was born on 1 Jul 1941 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA. She married on 20 Oct 1979 in Washington, DC, USA to Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee. He was born on 26 Aug 1921 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA and died on 21 Oct 2014 at his home in Georgetown, Washington, DC, USA. They had one child.
  2. Donna Quinn ( - )
  3. William Wilson Quinn, Jr. ( - )

Children of Sally Sterling Quinn and Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee Edit[]

Sally Sterling Quinn was born on 1 Jul 1941 in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA. She married on 20 Oct 1979 in Washington, DC, USA to Chevalier Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee. He was born on 26 Aug 1921 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA and died on 21 Oct 2014 at his home in Georgetown, Washington, DC, USA. They had one child.

  1. Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee was born at George Washington Hospital in Foggy Bottom, Washington, DC, USA.

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