Aaron Balderston Quinby was born into a Quaker family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the son of Aaron Quinby and Lydia Balderston Quinby. He lived in New York City in 1825-26, with his profession listed as a teacher living at 90 Chambers Street. In 1830 he took out two patents for devices to prevent the explosion of steam engine boilers. He married Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle on April 30, 1839. Their only son, Upshur Balderstone Quinby, was born in Washington D.C. in 1841. Aaron B. Quinby died while working as a school master in Sudlersville, Maryland. His wife received a letter at their home in York stating he died after a two week illness.
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