SERLES, Quincy Van Rinslar

Other Events and Attributes:

• Civil: California
• Residence: 1850, Township 10 N 4 E, Knox, Illinois
• Military: 4 May 1862, Civil War California Cavalry, First Regiment of Cavalry, Company F
• Occupation: 1870, Works in Plow Factory
• Residence: 1870, Canton Ward 4, Fulton, Illinois
• Residence: 1880, San Benito, California, United States
• Physical Description: 1898, Height 5' 7-1/4", Light complexion, blue eyes, gray hair
• Occupation: 1898, Carpenter
• Residence: 1898, Fairview District (Hollister), San Benito County, CA
• Residence: 1900, Peachtree, Monterey, California

Notes:

San Jose Mercury, Jan 7, 1910, p. 14 col 2

SERLES - In San Jose, January 5, 1910. Quincy Van Rausler Serles, husband of Mary E Serles, father of Estella, George and Logan Serles, a native of New York, aged 70 years, 7 months and 19 days.

Friends are respectively invited to attend the funeral today (Friday), January 7, 1910, at 9 o'clock a.m. from the funeral chapel of Curry and Gripenstraw, 48-50 N. Second Street. Interment Hollister cal.

Quincy married LEONARD, Minerva E in 1866 in Knox, Illinois, USA. Minerva (daughter of LEONARD, Benjamin C and DURAND, Susan) was born in 1849 in Illinois; died before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Quincy married RUE, Olive Esalia on 9 Sep 1883 in Hollister, San Benito, California, USA. Olive (daughter of RUE, Garrett C. and STEWART, Sarah Ann) was born in Feb 1864 in Johnson Co, Kansas; died on 1 Dec 1927 in San Benito Co., CA; was buried on 3 Dec 1927 in IOOF Cemetery, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Quincy married MATTHIS, Mary E on 15 Jan 1900 in Salinas, CA. Mary was born on 10 Jan 1850 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA; died on 1 Mar 1940 in San Jose Santa Clara California King City Monterey, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Several. At on e point an assistant pharmacist, and later military officer and part of US Consulate in Paris.
• Cause of Death: Cause of Death: Certified by Dr. Pierre Pailloux, 47 rue de Lourmel, Paris 15e, France to be “Infarct of the myocardium” (aka heart attack)-
• Residence: 1900, Hollister, San Benito, California, USA
• Education: 28 Oct 1909, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
• Education: 1915, United States Military Academy, West Point
• Residence: 1920, Brooklyn Assembly District 9, Kings, New York
• Arrival: 26 Jan 1939, New York, New York, New York

Notes:

1915 West Point Classmate and lifelong friend of Dwight D Eisenhower. He and his wife had a private, off the record visit with the President at the White House on Feb. 11, 1959. The Eisenhower Library also notes the two corresponded with each other, and those letters are saved in their archives.

On death certificate, lists last US address as 471 Fourth Street in Hollister, CA. This was the address of his cousin, Grace Alma Austin Ebi Haller.

Education:
Passed California State Pharmacy Board exam

Died:
Date of Death: November 20, 10:30 a.m., 1965. Was originally told Logan died at US Embassy in Paris, but this appears to not be the case.