The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
August 7, 1909
page 4

OBITUARY

QUINCEY - The funeral of John Quincey was held yesterday afternoon at the negro church on East First street. Quincy was an ex-slave and lacked but 28 days of being 100 years old. His death was due to old age. Quincy was born at Mexico, Mo., and at the time of the Civil war was taken with several hundred other negroes to Texas for fear they might be freed. Following the emancipation the returned to Missouri, where he remained until 1891. He had been a member of the church for 74 years. During all of his life, he had never been ill until the last few days.