Owen Marks - WV information
This is the info I have on Owen Marks, my 3rd-great grandfather and his decendants:
.OWEN5 MARKS (BENJAMIN J.4, BENJAMIN3, JOHN2, JOHN REV.1) was born 1831 in Harrison County, WV.He married (1) SARAH AMANDA KNIGHT.She was born May 24, 1835 in VA, and died July 27, 1874 in Barbour County, West Virgnia.He married (2) MATILDA BURNS September 28, 1881 in Harrison County, daughter of BAILEY MURPHY and RACHEL.She was born 1837.
Notes for OWEN MARKS:
Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type Database ID#
1860 MARKS OWEN Barbour County WV 116 Philippi P.O. Federal Population Schedule WV 1860 Federal Census Index WV45151765
1870 MARKS OWEN Barbour County WV 053 Elk Township Federal Population Schedule WV 1870 Federal Census Index WV56958980
Harrison County 1880 Census (Marsh)
> Page 184 (District - Simpson
> S029 Marks, Owen (w) WM 47 Blacksmith VA VA VA
> Elizabeth WF 17 Dau Domestic VA VA VA
> Mary R WF 14 Dau Domestic WV VA VA
> Jno WM 11 Son Laborer WV VA VA
> Theodore WM 9 Son WV VA VA
> Nutter, Levi C (m) WM 51 Boarder Farmer VA VA VA
in Harrison County Marriages (Cochran):
Marks, Owen (W) 49 Harrison
Burns, Matilda (W) 34 Harrison
Benjamin & Mary (Owen's parents)
Bailey & Rachel Murphy (Matilda's parents)
29 Sept 1881
Mary Ann Gallo [[email protected]]
More About OWEN MARKS:
Occupation: 1880, Blacksmith
Children of OWEN MARKS and SARAH KNIGHT are:
16. i. JOHN ANDREW6 MARKS, b. January 1868, WV.
ii. MARY R. MARKS, b. 1866, WV.
iii. THEODORE MARKS, b. May 03, 1872, WV.
iv. ELIZABETH MARKS, b. 1863, VA.
v. BENJAMIN F. MARKS, b. 1852.
vi. AMANDA C. MARKS, b. 1854.
vii. SAMUEL MARKS, b. 1856.
viii. ABIGAL MARKS, b. August 21, 1858.
ix. SARAH MARGARET MARKS, b. July 12, 1874; d. September 12, 1874.
John Andrew Marks is my 2-great grand father
16.JOHN ANDREW6 MARKS (OWEN5, BENJAMIN J.4, BENJAMIN3, JOHN2, JOHN REV.1) was born January 1868 in WV.He married MARY ROSE ALTHA "MOLLIE" REED 1895.She was born April 1878 in WV.
More About JOHN ANDREW MARKS:
Fact 2: both parents born in WV
Occupation: coal miner
Residence: 1910,living at miner village of Rosemont
More About MARY ROSE ALTHA "MOLLIE" REED:
Fact 1: both parents born in WV
Children of JOHN MARKS and MARY REED are:
17. i. FERN MAY MARKS, b. July 05, 1898, Overfield, Harrison County, WV; d. October 08, 1966, Milford, CT.
18. ii. VELVA MARKS, b. July 12, 1905; d. October 1969.
19. iii. JOHN F. MARKS, b. 1911; d. June 1966.
Fern Marks is my great grandmother:
17.FERN MAY7 MARKS (JOHN ANDREW6, OWEN5, BENJAMIN J.4, BENJAMIN3, JOHN2, JOHN REV.1) was born July 05, 1898 in Overfield, Harrison County, WV, and died October 08, 1966 in Milford, CT.She married JOHN WILTON WESTFALL, son of GEORGE WESTFALL and AUGUSTA WYCKOFF.He was born February 26, 1897 in Simpson, Taylor County,WV.
More About FERN MAY MARKS:
Fact 1: buried in Flemington, WV Taylor County family plot
More About JOHN WILTON WESTFALL:
Fact 1: owned a grocery store in Parkersburg, WV
Children of FERN MARKS and JOHN WESTFALL are:
20. i. ROBERT DEAN8 WESTFALL.
21. ii. NAOMI VIRGINIA WESTFALL.
22. iii. CHARLES ARTHUR WESTFALL, b. January 15, 1918, Simpson, WV, Taylor County; d. August 09, 1960, Milford, CT.
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