Bio: Quaw, Samuel M. (1839 - 19??)

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Surnames: Quaw, McGibney

---Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913.

Quaw, Samuel M. (1 March 1839 - 19??)

SAMUEL M. QUAW, president of the Citizens State Bank of Wausau. Wis., who has been at the head of this institution since it was organized in 1908 has been a resident of this city for forty years and his interests here are numerous and important. He was born in Alleghany County, N. Y., March 1, 1839, and is a son of Henry and Jane (McGibney) Quaw.

Samuel M. Quaw was reared on the home farm, in the meanwhile attending the district schools as he had opportunity, and when he was eighteen years of age he accompanied his parents to Adams County, Wis. In 1861 he enlisted in Company H, nth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and continued in service until he was honorably discharged at Madison, Wis., in January, 1865. The 11^th Wisconsin formed a part of the army of Missouri and Arkansas — the Western Division — and took an active part in many memorable battles and campaigns. After participating in the siege of Vicksburg and the second battle at Jackson, Miss., it was ordered back to Vicksburg and then to New Orleans, where one winter was passed, after which it was a part of the force under General Banks in the Red River Campaign. While never wounded or captured, Mr. Quaw did not escape all the perils of a soldier's life, being taken sick in April, 1864, and confined to a hospital in New Orleans until the following September, a most unpleasant experience, as an army hospital at that time was a dreadful place.

After his military service was over Mr. Quaw returned to Adams County, Wis., and after regaining his health entered into a flour mill business in partnership with others. In 1867 he sold his interest in this business and went to Iowa, where he was engaged in farming until January, 1873. Then returning to Wisconsin, he located in Wausau, of which city he has since remained a resident, having here important business interests. For a number of years he was extensively engaged in the lumber industry and is yet president of the Quaw Lumber Company, which controlled about 10,000 acres surrounding Edgar, Wis., but the land has been largely sold and the timber cut and Mr. Quaw is gradually retiring. He owns 220 acres of fine farming land, sixty of which lies within the corporation limits of Wausau, and is much interested in the development of this property. He has long been identified with the Masonic Order, in which he has attained the 32d degree.