William Quirk biographical file, 1895-1959.

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Quirk, William, 1837-1895. William Quirk biographical file, 1895-1959.

William Quirk biographical file, 1895-1959.

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Biographical information on William Quirk, a resident of South Carolina and Louisiana, who managed cotton plantations in Venezuela [ca. 1867-1871?]; Quirk later returned to the U.S., where he died in Florence, S.C. in 1895. Biographical sketch of William Quirk, a native of Charleston, S.C., who settled in Louisiana ca. 1855, and fought in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; ca. 1867, he relocated to Venezuela, where he grew cotton at a site 90 miles from Caracas, called Guayabita. Ca. Dec. 1869, he began to manage a larger plantation in the state of Aragua, near the city and lake of Valencia, "it appears that H.L. Boulton engaged Quirk at Superintendent." Letter, 26 May 1895, from A.J. Hanna (1893-1978), of Rollins College (Winter Park, Fla.), reporting date of Quirk's death; and obituary published 26 May 1895 in News and Courier.

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