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John A. Quinley, of Tipton County, Tenn., was born in Pitt County, N. C., November 30, 1830, and is a son of John M. and Zilpha (Nelson) Quinley; both parents were natives of North Carolina. The father was a farmer all his life and was born November 17, 1793, and died November 22, 1863. The mother was born January 29, 1796, and died October 6, 1876. They moved to Tipton County, and settled eighteen miles southeast of Covington, in the Sixth District, but four years later bought a farm and moved twenty miles south of Covington. He was a Democrat, and with his wife belonged to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, but after his death she joined the Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church there being at the time disorganized. John A. Quinley was the seventh of twelve children. After finishing his education he commenced farming. He was an infant when his parents moved to Tipton County, and has always lived in the county except three years (1857-59) spent in Arkansas, and two years (1848-49), spent in Mississippi. September 27, 1853, Mr. Quinley married Miss Harriet Farris, a native of Alabama, born April 29, 1836, and they have had eleven children—four sons and seven daughters; two of each have died. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army in Company A, Fifty-first Tennessee Infantry, and was in Gen. Cheatham’s division; he was in the battle of Perryville, but on account of ill health secured a discharge, and returned home after nearly two years’ service. Mr. Quinley owns 130 acres of rich land, well improved. He is a Democrat and an active member of the Methodist Church, his wife and three daughters belonging to the same church. He stands well in the community and is a useful citizen.