View source for EDWIN R. QUINBY, CAPT, USA

{{KeyDates|name_class=Edwin Quinby '88|DoB=July 31, 1869|DoD=February 20, 1922|Age=52}}

{{NARegister|FullName=Edwin Rufus Quinby
|Hometown=New York
|date=May 22, 1884
|years=14
|months=9}} He did not graduate; he was "found deficient at annual examinations, permitted to resign" in the middle of his 1/c year.

== Photographs ==
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File:1888 Quinby 1.jpg|Photo scanned and provided by Jennifer Bryan, Ph.D., Head of Special Collections & Archives/Archivist at the Naval Academy's Nimitz Library
File:1888 Quinby 2.jpg|Photo scanned and provided by Jennifer Bryan, Ph.D., Head of Special Collections & Archives/Archivist at the Naval Academy's Nimitz Library
File:1888 Quinby 3.jpg|Edwin and his son, from a family history book located by Kathy Franz.
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== Loss ==
Edwin died in New York City [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/135553342/ on February 20, 1922], possibly by [https://www.ancestry.com/boards/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=2753&p=localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.whatcom shooting himself]. (An offline death listing located by historian Kathy Franz gives only "gas" as the cause of death.)

== Other Information ==
From researcher Kathy Franz:
<blockquote>
Edwin was a Presidential appointment to the Naval Academy. In October 1885, Edwin was one of five cadets implicated in the hazing of fourth-classmen. In June 1886, he stood #45 in the second class.

In August 1917, Edwin was a captain in the Army engineer corps, Supply Company 365th Infantry. He sailed to France on December 19, 1917, on the Saint Louis. His engagements in France were Lys, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne. He sailed back to the States on the Olympic on February 18, 1919.

Edwin's brother John was a graduate of the Naval Academy in 1878.
</blockquote>

He [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7570171/ is buried in] New York.

== Memorial Hall Error ==
Suicide is not a criteria for inclusion in Memorial Hall.

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