Burton Hovey Quivey was born November 25, 1866, possibly in North Hamlin, Monroe County, New York, at his mother's childhood home. He married Louisa Sophronia Blodgett, the daughter of Edward L. Blodgett and Julia C. (Flint) Blodgett on Tuesday evening at 5:00 on September 30, 1890. She was born on March 13, 1868 in Clarkson, Monroe County, new York. Her nickname was "Fronie". An announcement of their marriage appeared in the October 4, 1890 edition of the newspaper, "The union Advertiser". This announcement said the marriage occurred at the home of the bride in Hamlin.

Both Burton Quivey and Louisa Blodgett attended the Brockport Normal School and taught for a short time in an elementary school. The Normal School was a five-story collegiate institution erected by the citizens of Brockport at a cost of $25,000.00.

Brockport village was incorporated in 1829. It is situated on the Erie Canal 20 miles southeast of Rochester. In 1841 the village had a population of about 1,300 and consisted of about 300 dwellings, some of them three and four stories high, built of brick or freestone. Large quantities of wheat were purchased in this village for the Rochester flour mills. The first buildings in the village were erected in 1820.

Although raised to be a farmer, Burton decided that was not for him, so on December 15, 1906, he sold the family farm to Everett Kenyon and moved to Hamlin, New York where he ran a lumberyard, warehouse, and shipping business, in partnership with Fred Fishbaugh. Their partnership started on July 30, 1906. Their operation consisted of shipping area produce, such as wheat to the Shredded Wheat Company and apples overseas. The premises also contained a coal trestle, a cooperage, cold storage, a grist mill, a lumber yard and mill where he made door and window frames, storm sashes, etc.

Burton and Louisa Quivey were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Hamlin and Burton was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Brockport. Their son, John, remembers that his father was very strict about "keeping the Sabbath holy" and refused to allow his sons to play baseball on Sundays. They lived on a dead-end street in Hamlin at the end of which was a field on which the neighborhood boys used to play baseball. Their house backed up to railroad tracks.

Burton Quivey was very interested in photography. He bought a photo lens, made his own camera, and was photographer for the whole countryside. He was talented in furniture making and was in demand as a soloist for weddings and funerals. He also picked up enough legal knowledge to assist his friends and neighbors in the preparation and execution of wills.

Burton Quivey died on January 29, 1928. His son, John Quivey, remembers that he had a formal Masonic ritual burial. His lodge brothers, dressed in white aprons, served as his pall bearers, carrying his casket to the hearse and then from the hearse to Garland Cemetery where he was buried. Louisa Quivey died in 1932. She was buried at Garland Cemetery.

Written by Margaret Quivey DeMarco from a manuscript received March 1997.