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Capt. Charles McQuoid, a prominent merchant of Knox County, and a resident of Millport, was born in Union County, Ind., February 2, 1829, and is the son of John and Mary (Rouze) McQuoid, natives of New York and New Jersey, respectively. The father was a farmer all his life, and moved to Indiana with his family at an early date, and was in Cincinnati when that city was but a small place. He died in Union County, Ind., at an advanced age. The mother of our subject also died in Union County, Ind., in the year 1873. They were members of the German Baptist Church. Our subject is the third of thirteen children, seven now living. He received a common-school education in Union County, Ind., and at the age of twenty-two left home and went to Adams County, Ill., where he was engaged in raising and selling osage orange hedge plants, for two years. He then went to Clay County, and again engaged in the hedge business, but at the end of one year he returned to Union County, Ind., and was united in marriage to Miss Mary Burk, a native of Indiana, born in 1835, and the daughter of John Burk. She died in Knox County, Mo., in 1871. To this marriage were born five children, two now living: Alfonzo E. and Charles T. D. Those deceased are Theodosia, Lauraetta and John R. After marriage our subject moved with his wife to Knox County, Mo., and the next year closed out his business in Clay County, Ill., and engaged in farming, in connection with raising fence, until in 1863, when he engaged in merchandising at Millport, and also followed agricultural pursuits. In 1879 he went to Colorado, prospecting, and remained there until 1881. Our subject is a Democrat, but was for the Union during the late war. He is a Mason. He served as captain of Company D, of the enrolled militia of Missouri, Fifty-first Regiment, and served several months. His wife was a member of the Christian Church.