Thomas D. Quire
State Couple Married 71 Years Ago in Franklin County
Thursday, March 24, 1938
FRANKFORT,
KY, March 24 (AP) - New claimants to the title of being Kentucky's longest
married couple are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Quire of Franklin County. The old
couple is agreed the
ceremony
took place 71 years ago, but they fail to agree on who the preacher was who
tied the knot. Thomas Quire says it was Brother Roberts (first name
long since forgotten) who united
the
couple. Mrs. Quire says they were married by a "Brother Peters."
But, then 71 years is a long time to remember even so important a thing
as the name of the preacher at your own
wedding,
the old couple will tell you. And another reason they seem a little
bit hazy on the subject is that Mrs. Quire was only 13 when she married;
Quire was only 19 years old when they
stood
together before the preacher. It was 67 years ago that their first son, Robert,
now night watchman for the state highway department, was born. Seven more
children were born to the
couple,
five of whom are still living. Twenty-four grandchildren, 18 grandchildren
and one great-great grandson of the couple are still living. Both Quire,
now 90, and Mrs. Quire, now 84, were
born
in the same magisterial district in which they now live. Once for a
short time they moved over into a neighboring community, but soon moved back.
They have never lived outside of
Franklin
County. Quire has been a farmer all of his
life.
Submitted
by: Carole
Palmer,
coordinator,
Webster County,
KYGenWeb
Franklin
County marriage bonds:
Thomas
D. Quire to Susan Mary Moore, February 24, 1870
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