Thomas Lewis Quiner (1844 - 1903)

Born 23 Nov 1844 in Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lillian Graham (Hill) Quiner — married 11 Dec 1879 in Winona, Minnesota, United States

Died 23 Feb 1903 at age 58 in Oregon, United States

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Biography

Thomas Lewis Quiner, Ma's younger brother, was born on November 23, 1844. "Uncle Tom" makes his appearance in the "Little House" books in These Happy Golden Years, when he visits the Ingalls family in De Smet. Laura's Uncle Tom lived in the Big Woods of Wisconsin when Laura was a little girl, but he is not mentioned in Little House in the Big Woods. Tom left the Big Woods and joined the Garrison party to search for gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Tom later married Lillian Graham Hill, and had six children: Helen, Alice, Donald, Dugold, Lillian, and John. The Quiner family lived for some time in De Smet, South Dakota, near the Ingalls home in town.

Uncle Tom died in a logging accident along the Columbia River on February 23, 1903, soon after the birth of his youngest son John

Laura Ingalls Wilder included Uncle Tom in her book "These Happy Golden Years".

Buried 02/26/1903 Age 59 Cause of death Accidentally killed Thomas was the brother of the famous Caroline Quiner Ingalls (From the Little House series which would make him Laura Ingalls uncle)

Sources

• http://www.liwfrontiergirl.com/tom.html
• 1900 Census
• Billion Graves Index