1858 In June 1858 he signed, as S. C. Quisenberry, a public letter to Colonel John W. Hall, who had "discharged the duties of your present office for the last twelve years," asking him to run for judge of the Boone County Court: "we promise you our warm support on the first Monday in August next."

belief · Weekly Missouri Statesman, 9 Jul 1858 · clipping

1873 Boone County's printed accounts for 1870 list "Stephen C Quisenberry, road over's.," paid $44 for overseeing a county road. In January 1873 the Statesman's roll of township officers named him one of the two justices of the peace for Rockyfork Township.

work · Missouri Statesman, 24 Feb 1871; Missouri Statesman, 17 Jan 1873 · clipping 1 · 2

1892 In December 1892 S. C. Quisenberry sold 120 acres to L. S. Forrester for $2,266.65. His name stayed on the land: when his son-in-law L. W. Watson and his wife sold an interest in 1933, the deed described 8.75 acres "in S. C. Quisenberry 12 1-4 acre survey."

possession · Denton Record-Chronicle, 4 Dec 1937; Denton Record-Chronicle, 30 Apr 1934 · clipping 1 · 2

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1850 United States Federal Census

1850 U.S. Census — District 2, Clark Co., Kentucky, dwelling 568: Stephen C Quisenberry household

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READ FROM THE RECORD PAGE BY CLAUDE 31 Jul 2026 (URL line checked in the response, because Ancestry's SPA can serve the PREVIOUS page after a navigate). Ancestry coll. 8054 rec. 17001421. NARA RG29 M432 Roll 196 p. 40a, line 29, dwelling 568 family 569. Stephen Q Quisenberry 28 BLACKSMITH real estate $375 b. KENTUCKY — indexed 'Stephen Q', carrying the alternate 'Stephen C' twice Cloah Quisenberry 24 Lucy A 2 · Julia E 0 ⭐ MATCHES THE TREE: Cloah 24 = [997] Chloe Jane Bush b. 1825 · Lucy A 2 = [280] Lucy Ann 'Lou' b. 1847 · Julia E 0 = [1122] Julia Elizabeth b. 1849. ⭐⭐ THE OCCUPATION IS THE FIND: in 1850 he is a BLACKSMITH with $375 in real estate. By 1860 he is a FARMER with $2,000 real estate and $1,200 personal. This is the only one of the four couples still in Kentucky at this date. ⚠️ [1123] Achiles b. 1845 would be 5 and is ABSENT — and absent again in 1860. **The zero is controlled**: a search on his name in the 1860 collection returned the exact household under 'Lucy A Quisenberry, Rocky Fork, Boone, Missouri', so the instrument reaches this family. He genuinely is not in either household. ⚠️ POINTER, NOT OPENED: he is also listed in the 1850 U.S. Federal Census SLAVE SCHEDULES.

1860 United States Federal Census

1860 U.S. Census — Rocky Fork, Boone Co., MISSOURI, dwelling 86: Stephen C Quisenberry household

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READ FROM THE RECORD PAGE BY CLAUDE 31 Jul 2026 (URL line checked in the response, because Ancestry's SPA can serve the PREVIOUS page after a navigate). Ancestry coll. 7667 rec. 39981493. NARA RG29 M653 Roll M653_608 p. 649, dwelling 86 family 85 (the two differ as indexed). FHL film 803608. Stephen C Quisenberry 37 Farmer real estate $2,000 personal $1,200 b. KENTUCKY Cloe J Quisenberry 35 Lucy A 12 · Julia E 10 · Polly F 6 · Eva M 1 ⭐⭐ THE MIGRATION DATUM: in Kentucky in 1850, in MISSOURI by 1860. Their children's birthplaces date the move to c. 1854-59. ⭐ MATCHES THE TREE: Cloe J 35 = [997] Chloe Jane Bush b. 1825 · Lucy A 12 = [280] Lucy Ann b. 1847 · Julia E 10 = [1122] Julia Elizabeth b. 1849 · 'Polly F' 6 = [998] MARY 'Mollie' b. 1854 (Polly is the standard diminutive of Mary) · Eva M 1 = [1128] Evie (Eva) Mary b. 1859. ⚠️ [1123] Achiles b. 1845 and [1125] Cornelia b. 1852 are both ABSENT — see the controlled zero on the 1850 citation. ⭐⭐ THE IN-LAW FIND, and it links two of this generation's four couples: Ancestry's own suggested records for Stephen include a **Newspapers.com Obituary Index entry captioned 'CAVINS'**, and Lucy Ann Quisenberry resolves in later censuses to **'Lucy A. Cavins'**. BOONE AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES ADJOIN. Both families left Kentucky for the same corner of central Missouri and married into each other. NOT ENTERED — no marriage or link created on this evidence. ⚠️ POINTER, NOT OPENED: he is listed in the 1860 SLAVE SCHEDULES as well as the 1850.

Research notes

Working notes from the research, kept verbatim — what was read, what it proved, what stays open. Many open with a line grading the parentage; what the grades mean.

Research note · 13 Sep 2026

PROOF CLASS: BOTH PARENTS = UNDERDETERMINED (T4 cap, ring-6 E5 spent; Owen 13 Sep 2026). A.C.Q. 1900 p.65 names the parents - ONE reporting party; Haggard 1938 is a verbatim copy. Reopens on the estate of Roger Quisenberry, d. 29 Mar 1877, Clark Co., Ky. Audited 31 Jul 2026 — his first, and his first citation. Found in BOTH censuses, and they show both a move and a rise: 1850 District 2, Clark Co., KENTUCKY ('Stephen Q', alternate 'Stephen C', 28, BLACKSMITH, real estate $375) and 1860 Rocky Fork, BOONE CO., MISSOURI (37, FARMER, $2,000 real estate plus $1,200 personal). Birthplace KENTUCKY in both, matching the tree. ⚠️ [1123] Achiles b. 1845 is absent from BOTH households — and that zero is CONTROLLED: a search on his own name returned this exact family under 'Lucy A Quisenberry', so the instrument reaches them. ⚠️ POINTER, NOT OPENED: he is listed in the 1850 AND 1860 SLAVE SCHEDULES. ⭐⭐ THE GENERATION'S HEADLINE, from the seven households read together: NOT ONE OF THESE FAMILIES WAS STILL A KENTUCKY FAMILY BY 1860, and the children's birthplace column dates each departure. CARPENTER x POWELL were in SMITH CO., TENNESSEE by 1850 (left KY c. 1845-49). CAVINS x MANSFIELD were in RANDOLPH CO., MISSOURI by 1850 (left KY by 1844). QUISENBERRY x BUSH were still in Clark Co., KY in 1850 but in BOONE CO., MISSOURI by 1860 (left c. 1854-59). Only ADAM CARPENTER x MARY ANN JONES stayed, in Casey Co., Kentucky. ⭐ AND TWO OF THE FOUR COUPLES BECAME IN-LAWS IN MISSOURI: Boone and Randolph Counties adjoin, Lucy Ann Quisenberry appears in later censuses as 'Lucy A. Cavins', and Stephen Quisenberry's own record panel carries an obituary-index entry captioned 'Cavins'. Not entered as a link — recorded as a finding. Worksheet: ancestry/carpenter-gen6-census-worksheet.md · memo: ancestry/zimmerman-carpenter-junction.md

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