Above is a photograph of John Quayle and Elizabeth Sharp, presumably with one of their children.

Elizabeth Sharp was born on Christmas Day in 1834, in Misson, Nottinghamshire, England to Thomas Sharp and Elizabeth Cartwright Sharp. She is the sister of my William Sharp and James Sharp.

Elizabeth married John Quayle, a shoemaker born circa 1825–1828 on the Isle of Man, as consistently recorded in the 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses. His specific parish of origin has not been confirmed. Elizabeth and her family arrived in St. Louis in late November 1850 aboard the ship James Pennell, which sailed from Liverpool on 2 October 1850 and arrived at New Orleans on 23 November 1850. The passengers continued up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, where they found employment and shelter. Elizabeth and John were married by 1852. Their eldest child Emily Emma was born in January 1853 in St. Louis. The 1860 Census has the family living in Meramec, St. Louis, Missouri. 1870 places them in Central, St. Louis, Missouri. 1880 places the family in St. Louis, where both of them died. By the 1880 Census, John had become a foreman in a pork house, probably the pork house of his brother-in-law James. The family seemed to have some difficulty accurately informing the census takers, their ages jump pretty wildly from the right year to up to nine years in difference.

Emily Emma Quayle was born January 1853 in St. Louis. She married Gustavus Crause on 16 March 1887 in St. Louis. He was born 1853 and died 1917. They had no children. Emily Emma died 1 February 1928 in St. Louis and was buried 3 February 1928 in New St. Marcus Cemetery, Affton.

John W Quayle was born 5 November 1855 in Illinois and died 12 May 1910 in St. Louis. He was buried on 15 May 1910 in New St. Marcus Cemetery, Affton. He married Laura Breitenstein on 19 June 1883 in St. Louis.

James H Quayle was born 15 February 1858 in St. Louis and died 6 September 1864 in St. Louis. He is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

Isabella Quayle was born October 1861 in St. Louis and died 12 September 1864 in St. Louis, just six days after her brother James. She is also buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery.

Margaret Quayle was born July 1864 in St. Louis and died 25 April 1866 in St. Louis. She is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery. Margaret was born the same summer James and Isabella died, and died before her second birthday. Elizabeth lost three children in less than two years.

Ida Quayle was born 29 June 1868 in St. Louis and died 13 November 1888 in St. Louis at age 20. She did not marry. She is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, Public Lot G, Grave 5.

Elizabeth Quayle, known as Lizzie, was born December 1870 in St. Louis and died 25 June 1903 in St. Louis at age 32. She married William Dugan in 1892 in St. Louis. They had two children: William Dugan (born 1894) and Isabella Dugan (born 1897, died 1900). Elizabeth is buried in Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis.

John Quayle died in St. Louis. The date has not been confirmed but he predeceased Elizabeth.

Elizabeth Sharp Quayle died on Thursday, 6 November 1908, at the family residence at 4825 Gravois Avenue, St. Louis. The death notice described her as the beloved mother of John Quayle, Mrs. Elizabeth Dugan, and Mrs. Krause, and the sister of James Sharp. Funeral services were held Friday, 7 November 1908, at 1:30 p.m. from the family residence. Elizabeth and James Sharp, according to records, did not join the LDS Church. They died within eight months of each other: James killed by a streetcar on 24 February 1908, Elizabeth passing on 6 November 1908. Elizabeth Sharp Quayle is buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, Section Fischer, Block 292, Lot 3742.

For more on the Sharp family, see:

Elizabeth Cartwright Sharp – Elizabeth’s mother
Sharp-Bailey Wedding – Elizabeth’s brother William and Mary Ann Bailey
James Sharp – Elizabeth’s brother who also remained in St. Louis
Sons of Joseph and Isabella Carlisle – Elizabeth’s sister Isabella who went on to Utah
Early Settlers in Lehi, Utah, before Plain City, Utah – Wayne E. Clark’s research including William Sharp (no. 68)