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August

August Births
1 Aug 1984	Katherine Elizabeth Mark	Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas
2 Aug 1832	Harriett Mark	Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
2 Aug 1874	Laurence H Mark	Lindley, Mercer County, Missouri
2 Aug 2002	Blayne Andrew Mark	Houston, Harris County, Texas
4 Aug 1881	Charles Augustus Mark	Attica, Marion County, Iowa
4 Aug 1906	Marion Earl Mark	De Soto, Dallas County, Iowa
5 Aug 1930	Donna Lynn Mark	Prairie City, Jasper County, Iowa
6 Aug 1846	Susan Emaline Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
7 Aug 1843	John Wesley Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
7 Aug 1957	Nancy Catherine Mark	–
10 Aug 1781	John Mark	Fredrick County, Maryland
10 Aug 1919	Dorothy Nell Mark	Celeste, Hunt County, Texas
12 Aug 1812	Rachel Mark	Ross County, Ohio
13 Aug 1888	Martha C "Mattie" Mark	–
16 Aug 1920	Oliver P Mark	Texas
16 Aug 1921	Eleanor Ruth “Totsie” Mark	Texas
16 Aug 1952	Dewey Merritt Mark, III	San Diego, San Diego County, California
17 Aug 1897	Chauncey Marion Mark	Oklahoma
18 Aug 1900	Maurice Melvin Mark	DeSoto Dallas County, Iowa
18 Aug 1930	Roderick Dale Mark	–
20 Aug 1954	Brian Bradford Mark	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
21 Aug 1867	Warren Lee Mark	Mercer County, Missouri
21 Aug 1954	Judy Ann Mark	–
22 Aug 1882	Joseph Maynard Mark	Ohio
22 Aug 1946	Michael Raymond Mark	Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington
28 Aug 1963	Linda Anne Mark	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
30 Aug 1821	Matthew W Mark	Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio
?? Aug 1885	Winona Nora Mark	Minowi, Knox County, Nebraska

August Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )
2 Aug 1935	Louise Mildred Mark	20	Auburn, King County, Washington
4 Aug 1854	Peter Mark	78	Concord, Fayette County, Ohio
7 Aug 1987	Eva Victoria Hatch-Mark	89	San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
8 Aug 2000	James Hunt Mark	57	New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
9 Aug 1861	Charles A Mark	1	Marion County, Iowa
10 Aug 1995	Alice Winifred Mark-Keller	91	Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
12 Aug 1953	Della Armstrong-Mark	81	Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
13 Aug 1864	Mary Catharine Mark	19	Fayette County, Ohio
13 Aug 1898	Ezra Elbert "Bertie" Mark	17	Mercer County, Missouri
15 Aug 1942	Margaret May Mark-Palmer	43	–
15 Aug 1991	Reed Maynard Mark	86	Stanislaus, Tuolumne County, California
17 Aug 1918	George Marion Mark	79	De Soto, Dallas County, Iowa
18 Aug 1921	Joseph Filmore Mark	67	Attica, Marion County, Iowa
19 Aug 1966	David Stanley Mark	67	Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio
19 Aug 1976	Dewey Merritt Mark, III	24	Cameron, Milam County, Texas
24 Aug 1927	Eleanor Ruth “Totsie” Mark	6	Celeste, Hunt County, Texas
24 Aug 1947	Marcus Mark	81	–
25 Aug 1966	James Russell Mark	72	Washington Court House, Fayette County Ohio
26 Aug 1856	Aaron Libriand Mark	20	Attica, Marion County, Iowa
26 Aug 1932	Adin Emmett Mark	76	Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
26 Aug 1932	Anna Louella Mark-Bush	69	Fayette County, Ohio
26 Aug 1932	Elizabeth Helena Mark-Sollars	80	–
26 Aug 1932	James Leslie Mark	67	Jasper Mills, Fayette Ohio
26 Aug 1932	Lewis Peter Mark	83	Ohio
26 Aug1932	Rachel Frances Mark	78	–
26 Aug 1932	Susan Emaline Mark-Miller	86	Fayette County, Ohio
?? Aug 1966	David Stanley Mark	67	Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio

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August Marriages

5 August 1903	Charles Armstrong Mark and Leona M “Ona” Brown

15 August 1972	Terrence Murrell Mark and Marilyn Gaye Skelton	Cuyahoga County, Ohio

19 August 1925	Leta Faye Mark and Roscoe John Hamilton	Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri

30 August 1969	Michael "Mickey" O'Barr Mark and Rebecca A Stokes	Angelina County, Texas

Noteworthy Events of August
1 Aug 1863	Union Private Benjamin Lee Mark, serving in Company D, 23^rd Missouri Regiment was moved from St. Louis to Rolla, Missouri, at the end of the railroad line, to guard army supplies.
1 Aug 1972	Maurice Melvin Mark retired from Rock Island Railroad at Polk City, Iowa
2 Aug 1862	Benjamin Lee Mark enlisted in Company D of the 23rd Missouri Infantry at Cainsville, Missouri.
5 Aug 1965	USMC Corporal Roy Mark, aboard the USS Mount M^cKinley (AGC-7) arrived in Seattle, Washington to participate in Seattle's annual Sea-Fair Festival. The ship moored at Seattle's Pier-91. While in Seattle, Roy visited with his cousin, Glen Lee Hunt, Junior, Lee's wife Elizabeth and their two young sons, Glen Lee Hunt III, and Kenneth Ray Hunt. Lee was an aeronautical engineer working for Boeing Aircraft Company. On Sunday 8 August, Lee and his family took Roy to see hydroplanes racing on Lake Washington and Roy took Lee and his wife on a tour of the ship.
9 Aug 1919	USMC Private William Lee Mark was released from the brig of the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38). Private Mark served 10 days confinement on bread and water for disrespect towards a Non-Commissioned Officer while in performance of his duty.
13 Aug 1861	Peter Harvey Mark (20) and his younger brother Edward Herman Mark (19) enlisted in Company E., 8th Iowa Infantry.
16 Aug 1925	Descendants of Abner Mark met near Saline, Missouri for a family reunion. Attending the reunion were forty-four direct descendants of Abner and Catharine Burnett-Mark. After a cafeteria-style dinner served on the lawn of Bessie Mabel Mark-Hagan and husband James Stuart Hagan, the meeting was called to order by Melvin Arthur Mark of Redfield, Iowa. Benjamin Lee Mark then gave a short talk about the family history and said that records showed two of his great grandfathers had been soldiers in the Revolutionary War. In addition to family members, visitors and others connected with the family by marriage brought the total attendance to seventy-two. Click on the link to see a photo and a partial list of attendees.
16 Aug 1925	1925 Mark Family Reunion: Photo and List of Attendees
21 Aug 1919	USMC Private William Lee Mark was transferred from the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) to 12th Company, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, New York, N.Y.
	Historical Record
26 Aug 1912	A Photograph of Benjamin Lee Mark and his wife Mary Foxworthy-Mark was taken at Des Moines, Iowa. That picture has been handed down through the generations and appears among other places in THE MARK FAMILY HISTORY, by Emma Mark.
	See: Photo
30 Aug 1919	USMC Private William Lee Mark, at the Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, New York was discharged from the service of the U.S. Marine Corps at the Convenience of the Government (Character Excellent).
30 Aug 1919	Historical Record
?? Aug 1861	George Marion Mark enlisted in the Union Army at Chariton, Iowa. He entered Company H, First Iowa Cavalry with the rank of Corporal.
?? Aug 1891	Emma Mark traveled to Princeton, Missouri and attended a one-month course at Mercer County Teachers Institute. She boarded at John Calvert’s house and paid her expenses from $16.00 her father (Benjamin Lee Mark) had advanced her. Emma also attended the summer session of 1892.
?? Aug 1909	Emma Mark traveled from her Iowa home to a new teaching job in Hoquiam, Washington. She traveled by train through Lincoln, Nebraska; Billings, Montana; Spokane and Seattle, Washington. While in Seattle, she visited the Seattle Exposition for part of one day.

Other Noteworthy Events of August
10 Aug 1961	The Battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri erupted pitting a motley crew of raw Confederate soldiers against 6,400 uniformed Union soldiers. The poorly trained and equipped Confederates outnumbered the Union soldiers nearly 2 to 1. As the battle progressed, it became obvious that the Confederates ruled the day, thanks partly to a counter attack by a Louisiana Regiment of Confederates. The Union forces retreated north to Springfield and then to the railhead at Rolla, Missouri leaving Southwest Missouri securely under Confederate control. That same month, just across the border in Chariton, Iowa, 22 year-old George Marion Mark enlisted in the Union Army as a Corporal in Company H, First Iowa Cavalry. Corporal Mark would eventually rise to the rank of Second Lieutenant. Marion was wounded during the war, not by a Confederate, but rather by one of his comrades carelessly discharging a firearm while in camp, hitting Marion in the leg.

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July
July Births

3 July 1878	Ottis Paul "Ott" Mark		Attica, Marion County, Iowa
3 July 1981	Rebecca Elizabeth Mark		–
9 July 1891	Frances Elmer Mark		Pleasanton, Decatur County, Iowa
10 July 2001	Isabella Grace Mark		–
13 July 1905	Forest M Mark		Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio
14 July 1980	Monica Michelle Mark		Cameron County, Texas
16 July 1858	Effie Jane Mark		Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio
17 July 1907	Rose B Mark		–
18 July 1874	Fredrick Martin Mark		Union, Fayette County, Ohio
21 July 1936	Betty Lorene Mark		Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
22 July 1866	Franklin Mariott Mark Marcus Mark	Twins	Fayette County, Ohio
22 July 1994	Paul Alexander Mark		Tarrant County, Texas
23 July 1917	Eugene Latham Mark		Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
27 July 1918	LeRoy Augustus Mark		Pleasantville, Marion County, Iowa
27 July 1926	Roy Dearing Mark		Celeste, Hunt County, Texas
27 July 1950	Terry Jean Mark		Seattle, King County, Washington
30 July 1965	Stephen Francis Mark		El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
?? July 1852	Edwin LeRoy Mark		Ohio
?? July 1885	James Blaine Mark		Ohio
?? July 1895	Iona A Mark		Kansas

July Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )
2 July 1868	Mary E Mark-Lemmon	22	Fayette County, Ohio
9 July 1935	Benjamin Lee Mark	91	Pleasanton, Decatur County, Iowa
13 July 1915	Arvill J Mark	37	–
17 July 1907	Rose B Mark	<1day	–
17 July 1934	Joseph Mark	75	–
17 July 1937	Melvin Arthur Mark	65	DeSoto, Dallas County, Iowa
19 July 1902	Margaret A Mark-Mark	47	–
23 July 1852	Jonathan Mark	56	Fayette County, Ohio
28 July 1950	Emma Mark	77	Mercer County, Missouri
29 July 1967	Mary Jane Mark-Bannister	86	Denair, Stanislaus County, California
?? July 1965	Charles Ezra Mark	86	–

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July Marriages

7 July 1978	Kenneth Eugene Mark and Kimberly Gayle Waddle	Brazoria County, Texas

13 July 1876	Joseph Filmore Mark and Letitia Jane Fitzgerald

18 July 2009	Ladd Wallace Mark and Robin Leigh Beardsley	Braselton, Jackson County, Georgia

19 July 1944	LeRoy Augustus Mark and Augusta Taylor Garten	Linda Vista, California

19 July 1997	Barry Allen Mark and Mary Virginia “Ginger” Dutt	Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi

25 July 1952	John Davis “Mickey” Mark and Jimmie Carleen Nichols	Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas

29 July 1935	Myles Benjamin Mark and Opal Genevieve Raines	Leon, Decatur County, Iowa

Noteworthy Events of July
4 July1938	Betty Lorene Mark brought home the blue-ribbon in the Pleasanton, Iowa Baby Contest. The two-year-old’s light hair and blue eyes charmed the judges and won first prize in the 4^th of July event.
22 July 1918	Hobart Mark enlisted in the U.S. Army in Van Wert County, Ohio and was assigned serial number 3529577. After his basic training, Hobart served with Company A, 309 Engineers, American Expeditionary Forces from 9 September 1918 until 11 July 1919. After the Armistice ending WW-I, Private Mark received an Honorable Discharge.
7 July 2008	U. S. Army Major Terrence Murrell Mark, Junior was deployed from Fort Campbell, Kentucky to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom IX. During his deployment to Afghanistan he was awarded a second Bronze Star Medal, the Afghanistan Campaign Medal and NATO Medal with ISAF Device.
15 July 1919	USMC Private William Lee Mark, on board the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was charged with disrespect towards a Non-Commissioned Officer while in performance of his duty and tried by Court Martial. He was sentenced to 10 days confinement on bread and water and forfeiture of $30 of his salary.
15 July 1919	See: Historical Record
31 July 1963	USMC Private Roy Mark, after completing Boot Camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, and Individual Combat Training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, reported for duty to the Commanding Officer of First Anti-Tank Battalion, First Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California. Private Mark was assigned as an administrative clerk working for the Battalion Intelligence Officer.
	Watch: A Short Video About the "Ontos", The Weapon of First Anti-Tank Battalion
?? July 1863	Benjamin Lee Mark, along with other members of Company D, 23^rd Missouri Regiment was assigned to escort four hundred Confederate prisoners from St. Louis to Richmond, Virginia to be exchanged for Union prisoners. The entire mission from St. Louis and back took a week or ten days.

Other Noteworthy Events of July

4 July 1901

The U.S. celebrated 125 years of independence. Mary Foxworthy-Mark spent the 4^th of July with her daughter, Emma Mark, a summer school student at Drake University in Des Moines Iowa. Mother and daughter went to hear a speech by Maude Ballington Booth (1865–1948). Maude (nii, Maud Elizabeth Charlesworth) had married Ballington Booth and adopted both his names. The Booth’s established the Salvation Army in the U.S. but a disagreement in 1896 with administrative policy led them to resign and establish the rival Volunteers of America. Maud Booth later became absorbed in prison reform, working for the rehabilitation of prisoners and contributing to the development of the parole system. Maude Ballington Booth was often referred to as, "Little Mother of Prisons".

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June

June Births

1 Jun 1841	Hulda Jane Mark			Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
1 Jun 1843	Rachel Catherine Mark			Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
1 Jun 1846	Eliza Jane Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
1 Jun 1917	Charles Verdell Mark			Iowa
2 Jun 1882	Margaret Nell Mark			Minowi, Knox County, Nebraska
2 Jun 1924	Donald Edgar Mark			Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
6 Jun 1926	Walter Noel Mark	Twins		Hamilton Township, Decatur County, Iowa
	Willard Neal Mark
8 Jun 1922	Stanley Lee Mark			Hamilton Township, Decatur County, Iowa
9 Jun 1869	Dora Estella Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
13 Jun 1979	Justin Robert Mark			–
15 Jun 1915	Kenneth Paul Mark			–
18 Jun 1891	Rachel Frances Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
19 Jun 1843	Rachel Catherine Mark			Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
20 Jun 1885	Frank Waldo Mark			Mercer County, Missouri
21 Jun 1810	Abner Mark			Ross County, Ohio
21 Jun 1885	Homer Rodgers Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
22 Jun 1871	Nancy Estella Mark			Attica, Marion County, Iowa
23 Jun 1910	Charles Adin Mark			Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
24 Jun 1904	Alice Winifred Mark			Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
26 Jun 1814	Mannigan “Mickey” Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
26 Jun 1959	David Joe Mark			Houston, Harris County, Texas
27 Jun 1925	David Stanley Mark, Jr.			Ohio
28 Jun 1976	Mollie Rebecca Mark			Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
?? Jun 1888	Ruth Mark			Ohio

June Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )
2 Jun 1933	Winona Nora Mark		47	–
2 Jun 1944	Herman Joseph Mark		69	Denver, Denver County, Colorado
3 Jun 1954	Frederick Donald Mark		59	Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
3 Jun 1994	Michael Raymond Mark		47	Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star, Alaska
4 Jun 1953	Margaret Nell Mark		71	–
5 Jun 2009	Richard Lee Mark		52	Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado
11 Jun 1902	Levi Elwin Mark		28	Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico
12 Jun 1967	Walter Noel Mark		41	Olmsted County, Minnesota
13 Jun 1993	Roderick Dale Mark		62	Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado
15 Jun 1972	Oliver Perry Mark		82	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
16 Jun 1886	Joseph Mark		85	–
18 Jun 1979	Susan Beulah Mark-Nelson		80	Corsicana, Nararro, Texas
24 Jun 1980	Vern Thomas Mark		88	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
25 Jun 1934	Nancy Estella Mark		63	–
26 Jun 1970	Edna Lois Mark		78	Celina, Mercer County, Ohio
26 Jun 2005	Charles Verdell Mark		88	Sand Springs, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
29 Jun 1859	Adrian A. H. Mark		7	Marion County, Iowa
30 Jun 1952	Franklin Mariott Mark		85	Celina, Mercer County, Ohio
?? Jun 1929	Mary Shobe Mark-Stafford		100	–	Centenarian
?? Jun 1981	Myles Benjamin Mark		66	Leon, Decatur County, Iowa

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June Marriages

1 June 1946	Stanley Lee Mark and Rebecca Fay Williams	Des Moines, Iowa

5 June 1889	James Leslie Mark and Della Armstrong	Ohio

6 June 1918	Hobart Mark and Florence Ival Purdy

7 June 1946	Guy Harold Mark and Hazel Louise Schurb	Auburn, King County, Washington

9 June 1913	Charles Augustus Mark and Mary Amber Morkert	Humeston, Wayne County, Iowa

11 June 1994	Janice Louisa Mark and Michael Paul Collins	Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi

12 June 1951	Roderick Dale Mark and Jo Ann Mower	Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa

16 June 1923	David Stanley Mark and Edith Worrell	Ohio

17 June 1917	Ottis Paul Mark and Mary Aetna M^cBeth

18 June 1921	William Lee Mark and Leona Gertrude Stanley	Bethany, Missouri

18 June 1921	Michael Maurice Mark and Janet Satterlee

25 June 1983	Linda Anne Mark and Liniel William Thompson, Jr.	Marrero, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

29 June 1964	Terrence Murrell Mark and Nancy Elizabeth Coffee

Noteworthy Events of June
2 June 1919	USMC Private William Lee Mark, onboard the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), was placed on report for violation of Marine Corps Orders. His commanding officer, Marine Corps Captain William Jewett gave Private Mark eight hours of extra duty and assigned him to five days of mess duty (K.P.) in the ship’s galley.
2 June 1919	See: Historical Record
4 June 1874	A photograph of Benjamin Lee Mark was made in Lineville, Wayne County, Iowa. Benjamin was thirty years old at the time. That photograph has been handed down through the generations, and appears, among other places in THE MARK FAMILY HISTORY, by Emma Mark.
4 June 1874	See: Photo
29 June 1854	Peter Mark (78) and his son Abner traveled from his home in Allen County, Ohio to Washington Court House, Ohio where he wrote and filed his Last Will and Testament. Peter died 36 days later on 4 August 1854. Abner was bequeathed $300 as his share of the estate.
13 June 1865	Benjamin Lee Mark was mustered out of the 23^rd Missouri Regiment of the Union Army in Washington D.C.
13 - 22 June 1865	After being mustered out of the Union Army, Benjamin Lee Mark traveled from Washington, D.C. on the North Missouri Railroad (later renamed Wabash Railroad) to Macon City where he changed to the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad for Chillicothe, Missouri. At Chillicothe he found a teamster who consented to take him and six other soldiers to Cainsville, Missouri. The teamster charged the group ten dollars for the bunch. Adjusted for inflation, that $10 is equivalent to about $153 in today's dollars. From Cainsville, Benjamin walked the final leg and arrived home on 22 June 1865.
?? June 1890	Emma Mark entered Decatur County Teachers Institute at Leon, Iowa
?? June 1918	Emma Mark returned to Leon, Iowa from Pomeroy, Washington where she had been teaching.

Other Noteworthy Events of June
6 June 1865	William Quantrill died from wounds sustained in a May skirmish with Union Soldiers. Before the war, Quantrill was a strong supporter of pro-slavery settlers in Missouri and often led violent conflicts with his antislavery neighbors. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, the 24-year-old Quantrill became the leader of an irregular force of Confederate Soldiers that became known as Quantrill's Raiders. By 1862, Union forces had established control over Missouri, but Quantrill's Raiders continued to harass the northern army and pro-Union towns. As Quantrill awaited death, Private Benjamin Lee Mark awaited the Grand Review before President Andrew Johnson and mustering-out in Washington, D.C.

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May

May Births

2 May 1932	Dorothy Joann Mark		Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
4 May 1930	Frances Irene Mark		–
7 May 1837	Eliza Ann Mark		Fayette County, Ohio
7 May 1882	Earl Raymond Mark		Jefferson County, Kansas
9 May 1881	Grace Belle Mark		Central, Knox County, Nebraska
9 May 1983	Lisa Mark		Harris County, Texas
10 May 1965	Lisa Faye Mark		Port Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
11 May 1900	George Edward Mark		Ponca, Boyd County, Nebraska
15 May 1954	Patricia Ann Mark		Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
14 May 1906	Anna Lois Mark		Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
19 May 1892	Vern Thomas Mark		Saline, Mercer County, Missouri
21 May 1915	Myles Benjamin Mark		Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
22 May 1818	Matilda “Tilda” Mark		Ross County, Ohio
24 May 1903	Hannah Elizabeth Mark		Washington State
24 May 2004	Ethen Nicholas Mark		Houston, Harris County, Texas
25 May 1957	Kenneth Eugene Mark		Houston, Harris County, Texas
29 May 1824	Cynthia Ann Mark		Stanton, Fayette County, Ohio
?? May 1882	Earl R Mark		Kansas
?? May 1889	Edna G Mark		Missouri

May Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )
1 May 1949	Hellen Mark-Vince	59	Fayette County, Ohio
2 May 1963	James Garfield Mark	81	Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
3 May 1962	Velta Fay Mark	73	–
6 May 1917	Eliza Ann Mark-McGrew	80	Sergeant, Custer County, Nebraska
9 May 2006	Robert Dale Mark	51	Texas
13 May 1908	Mary Ann Chesnutwood-Wright-Mark	64	Dallas County, Iowa
15 May 2000	Donna Lynn Mark	69	Lakewood, Los Angeles County, California
16 May 1928	Eudora Roush-Mark	68	–
21 May 2010	Roy Suttle Mark	59	Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland
22 May 1959	Roscoe Allen Mark	64	McLennan County, Texas
23 May 1913	Alfred A Mark	55	–
23 May 1998	Dewey Mark	73	Boerne, Bexar County, Texas
24 May 1992	Walderine “Sis” Hunt-Mark	72	Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
25 May 1926	Moab Henkle Mark	71	–
30 May 2014	Roy Dearing Mark	87	Pleasanton, Atascosa County, Texas

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May Marriages

2 May 1897	Laurence H Mark and Mirtis Loretta Hagan	Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri

10 May 1950	Gene Ellis Mark and Betty Lou Barrus

10 May 1997	Terrence Murrell Mark, Junior and Jessica Nuno	Baxar County, Texas

13 May 1903	Mary Henrietta Mark and James Irwin Bridges

16 May 1935	Dorothy Nell Mark and Joe Rutherford Cameron

22 May 1971	Roderick Dale Mark and Norma Virginia Baker

30 May 1891	Franklin Marriott Mark and Mary Hughes

Noteworthy Events of May
8 May 1919	USMC Private William Lee Mark reported for duty to the Commanding Officer of the Marine Detachment, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) in Norfolk, Virginia. Private Mark's new Commanding Officer was Marine Captain William Jewett. With the arrival of Private Mark, the detachment consisted of 2 Officers, 2 Sergeants, 1 Corporal, 3 Privates First Class and 36 Privates.
8 May 1919	See: Historical Record
8 May 2003	U. S. Army Captain Terrence Murrell Mark, Junior, while serving in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, was awarded The Bronze Star Medal.
8 May 2003	See: Historical Record
15 May 1965	USMC Corporal Roy Mark reported for duty to the Commanding Officer of the Marine Communications Detachment, USS Mount M^cKinley (AGC-7). With the arrival of Corporal Mark, the Detachment consisted of one Captain, one Staff Sergeant, two Corporals, five Lance Corporals and four Privates First Class. Commanding the Detachment, known as “MarCommDet” was Marine Captain D. L. McIntyre and commanding the ship was Navy Captain Louis K. Tuttle, Jr.
23 May 1991	U. S. Army Sergeant Terrence Murrell Mark, Junior returned from the Middle East where he had served in Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

Other Noteworthy Events of May
1 May 1944	The USS Mount M^cKinley (AGC-7) was commissioned into the U.S. Navy at the Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Twenty-One years and fourteen days later, twenty-one year old Corporal Roy Mark would report for duty.
4 May 1962	President John Kennedy gave a speech at New Orleans City Hall in which he said, "Two thousand years ago the proudest boast was to say, 'I am a citizen of Rome.', Today, I believe, in 1962 the proudest boast is to say, 'I am a citizen of the United States.' ". Later that year, Kennedy used the first part of that statement, word for word, in a speech in West Berlin but altered the second half to fit the situation in Berlin. Prior to Kennedy's speech in New Orleans, the John McDonogh Senior High School Concert Band provided entertainment for the crowd. In the band, Roy Mark played alto saxophone.
10 May 1869	The Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met in Promontory, Utah and a ceremonial last spike was driven into the track officially opening transcontinental railroad travel. (Video) The golden age of railroads would attract many young men into the workforce. Possibly the first Mark to work in the industry was Charles E Mark. Charles was working as a telegrapher at the railroad office in Hazel Dell, Iowa in 1920. Maurice Melvin Mark began working for the Union Pacific Railroad about 1925 in Kansas and in 1933 began working for the Rock Island Railroad as a depot agent in Polk City, Iowa. Jess L. Mark, Junior began working for the Santa Fe Railroad about 1943 in Galveston, Texas and continued until his retirement from Santa Fe about 1975 in Alvin, Texas.
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April

April Births

1 Apr 1858 Alfred A Mark Iowa

1 Apr 1862 Aosta Belle Mark –

3 Apr 1925 Donald Lesley Mark Stanislaus, Tuolumne County, California

6 Apr 1837 Harrison F Mark Fayette County, Ohio

6 Apr 1886 Mary Henrietta Mark Iowa

6 Apr 1892 Edna Lois Mark Van Wert County, Ohio

6 Apr 1990 Amy Alyse Mark Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas

8 Apr 1878 Charles Armstrong Mark De Soto, Dallas County, Iowa

8 Apr 2008 Jaidyn Isabella Mark Pinehurst, North Carolina

9 Apr 1842 Edward Harmon Mark
Davis County, Missouri

13 Apr 1945 Terrence “Terry” Murrell Mark Galveston, Texas (Born on Friday the 13th)

14 Apr 1860 Charles A Mark –

14 Apr 1942 Robert Lowell Mark Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri

16 Apr 1859 Joseph Mark Fayette County, Ohio

16 Apr 1898 Bernice Marie Mark Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri

16 Apr 1931 Jo Ann Suttle-Mark Mexia, Limestone County, Texas

17 Apr 1947 Janice Marie Mark Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri

17 Apr 1965 Janice Louisa Mark –

19 Apr 1829 Mary Shobe Mark Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio

19 Apr 1882 Matthew W Mark Fayette County, Ohio

20 Apr 1883 Bessie Mabel Mark Marrion Township, Mercer County, Missouri

20 Apr 1879 Carrie Lois Mark Attica, Marion County, Iowa

21 Apr 1905 Reed Maynard Mark Washington

27 Apr 1899
David Stanley Mark
Fayette County, Ohio

29 Apr 1996 Brian Alexander Mark Tarrant County, Texas

?? Apr 1891 George Albert Mark Lynch, Boyd County, Nebraska

?? Apr 1927 Truman Edward Mark Nebraska

April Deaths
( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )

2 Apr 1863 Benjamin Franklin Mark 11 Marion County, Iowa

6 Apr 1958 Bertha Mark 88 Montgomery County, Ohio

8 Apr 1925 Charles Aura Mark 33 Attica, Marion County, Iowa

12 Apr 1845 Ann A Mark 1 Daviess County, Missouri

20 Apr 1874 Elizabeth “Betsy” Mark 71
Fayette County, Ohio

23 Apr 1996 Terrence “Terry” Murrell Mark 51 Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio

26 Apr 1956 Gertrude Mark-Hard 66 Lansing, Eaton County, Michigan

26 Apr 2004 Dewey Merritt Mark, II 81 Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas

28 Apr 1956 Gertrude Mark 66 Lansing, Eaton County, Michigan

28 Apr 1988 Bernice Marie Mark-Moore 90 Trenton, Grundy County, Missouri

29 Apr 1904 Lucy Maud Mark 27
Attica, Marion County, Iowa

29 Apr 1933 Laurence H Mark 58
Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri

29 Apr 1959 John Stewart Mark 64 –

30 Apr 1934 Cyress Freeman Mark 51 Raymond, Pacific County, Washington

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April Marriages

5 April 1872

Sinia Margaret Mark
and
James Monroe Houk
Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri

5 April 2008

Rebecca Elizabeth Mark
and
Allan Wayne Myers, Jr.

15 April 1858
Henry Mark
and
Amanda Rowe Fayette County, Ohio

17 April 1976
Jess L Mark, III
and
Josephine "Jo" Knight Willis
Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama

21 April 1860
Harrison F Mark
and
Sara A Goodsby

30 April 1946

Russell-Gene-Mark
and
Frances E Horn
Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas

30 April 1950

Roy Dearing Mark
and
Jo Ann Suttle
Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas

30 April 1983

Robin Kay Mark
and
Todd K Cline
Harris County, Texas

Noteworthy Events of April
1 Apr 1990	Dewey Mark was appointed to the Texas Employment Compensation Commission by Texas Governor Bill Clements.
17 Apr 1998	Dewey Mark attended the 15^th Annual Alumni Appreciation Day at the University of North Texas in Denton where he was the Honoree of the Chemistry Department. Dewey died 33 days later at his home near San Antonio. Dewey had graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry in 1943 at the age of 18 and earned his Master's Degree in 1947. He was the President of Diamond Shamrock before his retirement in 1990.
18 Apr 2004	Leta Faye Mark-Hamilton was asleep in her favorite recliner. The 98-year-old, known as “Grandma” to all of her neighbors lived in Oakwood Terrace, a social and health services apartment complex in Princeton, Missouri. Since many of Grandma’s 28 neighbors were hearing impaired, most did not hear the fire alarm coming from her apartment. One resident however did hear the alarm; wheelchair bound due to multiple sclerosis, 52-year-old John Philips searched the complex until he found the source of the alarm. Philips then entered Grandma’s apartment, woke her and assisted her out of the smoke-filled apartment. Leta Faye Mark-Hamilton died at the age of 101 years, 10 months and 3 days at a care facility in Leon, Iowa.
20 Apr 1866	Fifth Corporal Peter Harvey Mark was mustered out of Company E, 8th Iowa Infantry of the Union Army in Selma, Alabama.
20 Apr 1965	USMC Corporal Roy Mark reported to Marine Barracks, U.S. Naval Station, San Diego, California to await further transfer to USS Mount M^cKinley (AGC-7). The ship was in the West Pacific with orders to return to San Diego. While awaiting the return of the ship, Cpl. Mark was assigned to the Navy Brig to work as a prison chaser.

Other Noteworthy Events of April
6 Apr 1866	The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an organization of Union Veterans was formed by Benjamin Franklin Stephenson. The first post, numbering only twelve members was organized and chartered in Decatur, Illinois. Benjamin Lee Mark would later become a member as would Presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, and McKinley. By 1890 the GAR membership would number 409,489 veterans.
9 Apr 1865	Confederate General Robert E Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S Grant in the village of Appomattox Courthouse at the house of Wilmer McClean. At the time of the surrender, Union Second Lieutenant George Marion Mark Photo (Company H, First Iowa Cavalry) was in Texas, and Private Benjamin Lee Mark (Company D, 23^rd Missouri Regiment) was in Goldsboro, Georgia.
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March

March Births


1 Mar 1845	Mary Catharine Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
2 Mar 1920	Walderine Hunt-Mark	Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
4 Mar 1914	Jess L Mark, Jr.	Texas
4 Mar 1925	Dewey Mark	Denton, Denton County, Texas
6 Mar 1798	Naomi Bush-Mark	Pendleton County, Virginia (Now West Virginia)
7 Mar 1953	Marshall Lindsay Mark	Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
8 Mar 1933	Lynn Arthur Mark	–
11 Mar 1952	Roy Suttle Mark	Houston, Harris County, Texas
12 Mar 1912	Jack Beard Mark	Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
12 Mar 1925	Patricia Ann Mark	Des Moines, Jasper County, Iowa
13 Mar 1783	Jacob Mark	Fredrick County, Maryland
13 Mar1858	Letitia Jane Fitzgerald-Mark	Attica, Marion County, Iowa
14 Mar 1906	Anna Lois Mark	Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
16 Mar 1957	Richard Lee Mark	–
18 Mar 1889	Velta Fay Mark	Iowa
18 Mar 1951	Linda Marie Mark	Auburn, King County, Washington
19 Mar 1984	James Benjamine Mark	–
20 Mar 1944	Roy Davis Mark	Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana
20 Mar 1977	Robin Beardsley-Mark	Birmingham, Alabama
22 Mar 1895	Roscoe Allen Mark	Missouri
22 Mar 1902	Ralph Freeman Mark	Lynch, Boyd County, Nebraska
24 Mar 1984	Joel Thomas Mark	Alexandria, Egypt
25 Mar 1930	John Davis “Mickey” Mark	Celeste, Hunt County, Texas
25 Mar 1958	Dan Howard Mark	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
27 Mar 1839	George Marion Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
27 Mar 1839	Catherine Burnett-Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
27 Mar 1895	Fredrick Donald Mark	Attica, Marion County, Ohio
30 Mar 1849	Jesse B Mark	Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio

March Deaths
( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )

1 Mar 1867	Jacob L Mark	19	–
1 Mar 1954	George Albert Mark	62	–
2 Mar 1922	Melissa J Childs-Mark	72	Kansas City, Missouri
2 Mar 1987	Richard Edwin Mark	85	Estero, Lee County, Florida
3 Mar 1980	Maurice Melvin Mark	79	Wheatridge, Jefferson County, Colorado
9 Mar 1899	Catharine Burnette-Mark	84	Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
9 Mar 1905	Cyrus Murton Mark	73 Days	Lynch, Boyd County, Nebraska
12 Mar 1887	Allen Latham Mark	63	Ross County, Ohio
14 Mar 1942	Sarah Alice Rigdon-Mark	86	Stanislaus, Tuolumne County, California
14 Mar 2008	Jess L Mark, III	65	Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi
15 Mar 1887	Jacob LeGore Mark	70	Fayette County, Ohio
15 Mar 1912	Jack Beard Mark	3 Days	Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
15 Mar 1967	George Edward Mark	66	Torrington, Goshen County, Wyoming
24 Mar 1865	Zachary T Mark	17	Ohio
25 Mar 1850	Sarah J Mark	1	Marion County, Iowa
28 Mar 1949	Mabel Fox-Mark	28	Long Beach, California
29 Mar 1953	William Lee Mark	52	–
29 Mar 1971	Donald Edgar Mark	46	Los Alamos, New Mexico
29 Mar 1992	Russell Gene Mark	73	Papillion, Sarpy County, Nebraska

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March Marriages

3 Mar 1924	Alice Winifred Mark and Raymond Keller	Leon, Decatur County, Iowa

10 Mar 1815	Joseph Mark, Jr. and Catherine Plaugher	Chillicothe, Ohio

16 Mar 1893	Melvin Arthur Mark and Nora Carter

22 Mar 1942	Patricia Ann Mark and Joseph Merlen Murphy	Lancaster, Schuyler County, Missouri

Noteworthy Events of March
1 Mar 1864	Benjamin Lee Mark and Company D, 23^rd Missouri Regiment was sent to a little railroad station in Tennessee called “Christian”. There they were to guard the railroad between Chattanooga and Nashville. They remained there about one month.
1 Mar 1919	Marine Private William Lee Mark was admitted to the U.S. Naval Hospital located on the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. Private Mark spent six days confined to the hospital and returned to the Sea Going Detachment (Sea School) at Parris Island on 7 March. The records do not indicate why he was hospitalized. See: Historical Record
1 Mar 1949	Emma Mark, after suffering from a paralytic stroke in November of 1947, was taken to the home of Alice Mark-Keller, her niece. Alice Keller cared for Emma at her home near Pleasanton, Missouri where other nieces and sister–in–law, Mrs. Mirtis Mark could lend assistance.
15 Mar 1966	Marine Corporal Roy Mark departed San Diego aboard the USS Mount M^cKinley (AGC-7) bound for Subic Bay, Philippines. After a ten-day layover at Pearl Harbor, the ship arrived in Subic on 17 April.
20 Mar 1965	On his 21^st birthday, Marine Corporal Roy Mark was transferred from 1^st Anti-Tank Battalion, 1^st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California to the Marine Communications Detachment (MarCommDet) aboard the USS Mount M^cKinley (AGC-7). Within two weeks of his transfer, the entire 1^st Marine Division was ordered to Vietnam.
22 Mar 1858	Abner Mark was given an exhorter’s license of qualification and permission to be an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church by John James, the presiding elder of the Grand River District Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
?? Mar 1863	Benjamin Lee Mark, while serving as a Private in Company D, 23^rd Missouri Regiment stationed at the Navy Yard, Carondelet, Missouri (now part of St. Louis) took a ten-day “French Furlough” and visited his home in Missouri. The term “French Furlough” at the time was understood to mean “Absence Without Leave” (AWOL).
?? Mar 1891	Emma Mark returned home from Missouri Wesleyan Institute located at Cameron, Missouri intending to teach. Her father, Benjamin Lee Mark secured a school for her at Toad Valley School District. Emma later wrote, “The finances of that district were not sufficient to hire a competent man teacher, so I was hired at $22.00 a month…”

Other Noteworthy Events of March
23 Mar 1839	The initials "O.K." were first published in The Boston Morning Post. During the 1830’s, it was a favorite practice among the youth to intentionally misspell words and then abbreviate them for use as slang. The 1830’s "in crowd" invented many slang terms they abbreviated such as “KY” meaning, "no use" ("Know Yuse"), and "KG" for "no go" (Know Go). Although “KY” has taken on a completely different meaning today and “KG” quickly faded from use, the misspelled and abbreviated “all correct” (Oll Korrect) or “O.K.” endured. After its use by the Boston Morning Post in 1839, “O.K.” spread to general use in the United States and today is understood and used around the world in virtually all languages.
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February

February Births

2 Feb 1927	Edwin Roscoe Mark		Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
3 Feb 1907	Zilpha Evelynn Benfield-Mark		Paradise, Russell County, Kansas
7 Feb 1878	Nora Blanche Mark		Mercer County, Missouri
7 Feb 1931	Carleen Nichols-Mark		Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas
10 Feb 1849	Moab Henkle Mark		Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
11 Feb 1916	Janice Olive Grace Mark		Mercer County, Missouri
12 Feb 1847	Sinia Margaret Mark		Fayette County, Ohio
13 Feb 1846	Mary E Mark		Fayette County, Ohio (Born Friday the 13th)
13 Feb 1890	Gertrude Mark	Twins	Fayette County, Ohio
13 Feb 1890	Helen Mark	Twins	Fayette County, Ohio
13 Feb 1986	David Lee Mark		Harris County, Texas
16 Feb 1848	Jacob L Mark		Marion County, Iowa
17 Feb 1849	Sarah J Mark		Marion County, Iowa
17 Feb 1874	Levi Elwin Mark		De Soto, Dallas County, Iowa
17 Feb 1934	Gerald Lawrence "Larry" Mark		Casey, Guthrie Couty, Iowa
18 or 25 Feb 1776	Peter Mark		Frederick County, Maryland
18 Feb 1923	Dewey Merritt Mark II		Attica, Marion County, Iowa
20 Feb 1953	Sandra Jean Mark		Winterset, Madison County, Iowa
22 Feb 1877	Lucy Maud Mark		Attica, Marion County, Iowa
22 Feb 1894	Grace Lena O’Barr-Mark		Gainesville, Texas
23 Feb 1856	Adin Emmett Mark		Concord, Fayette County, Ohio
23 Feb 1908	Leta Faye Mark-Hamilton		Mercer County, Missouri
23 Feb 1955	Robert Dale Mark		–
23 Feb 2001	Bennett Andrew Mark		Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi
24 Feb 1872	Della Armstrong-Mark		Edina, Knox County Missouri
25 Feb 1776	Peter Mark		Frederick County Maryland
26 Feb 1915	Louise Mildred Mark		Des Moines, Iowa
27 Feb 1965	Robin Kay Mark		Harris County, Texas
28 Feb 1805	Susan “Sukey” Mark		Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio
?? Feb 1826	Anthony Wayne Mark		Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio

February Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )

1 Feb 1981	Louisa Look Murrell-Mark	67	Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
6 Feb 1908	Fredrick Mark	35	–
7 Feb 1878	Nora Blanche Mark	<1day	–
7 Feb 1953	Earl Raymond Mark	70	Butler, Bates County, Missouri
10 Feb 1964	Charles Augustus Mark	82	Auburn, King County, Washington
11 Feb 1917	Ezra Jacob Mark	75	McLouth, Jefferson County, Kansas
18 Feb 1854	Rachel Mark	41	Ross County, Ohio
19 Feb 1870	Margaret “Peggy” Mark	62	–
19 Feb 1976	Ralph Freeman Mark	73	Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming
23 Feb 1978	Hobart Mark	82	Spencerville, Allen County, Ohio
26 Feb 1955	Joseph Maynard Mark	72	Stanislaus, Tuolumne County, California
27 Feb 1919	Frederick Peter Mark	41	Hot Springs, Fall River County, S. Dakota
28 Feb 1898	Beth Murl Mark	1	–
?? Feb 1865	Isaiah S Mark	17	Savannah, Catham County, Georgia

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February Marriages

5 Feb 1994	Alexander Thomas Mark and Jennifer Lynne Cates	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

8 Feb 1904	Lenore Vashti Mark and Frank C Allen

8 Feb 1916	Bernice Marie Mark and Laurence S Moore	Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri

11 Feb 1940	Eugene L Mark and Walderine Hunt	Greenville, Hunt County, Texas

12 Feb 1865	Mary E Mark and Henry R Lemmon	Marion County, Iowa

17 Feb 1901	Bessie Mabel Mark and James Stuart Hagan

21 Feb 1921	James Garfield "Jack" Mark and Miriam Edith Rankin

Noteworthy Events of February

1 Feb 1930

Emma Mark was admitted to the Daughters of the American Revolution.

2 Feb 1963

Roy Mark raised his right hand and solemnly swore to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic and thereby became a private in the United States Marine Corps.

6 Feb 1967

Sergeant Roy Mark was released from active duty by the U.S. Marine Corps and departed the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego where he had been an instructor. He arrived home in New Orleans on the eve of Mardi Gras Day. Ironically, he had departed New Orleans on 26 February 1963 which was Mardi Gras Day.

12 Feb 2003

U. S. Army Captain Terrence Murrell Mark, Junior and the 212th Mobil Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) was deployed to Kuwait and Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During his deployment, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Meritorious Unit Citation.

17 Feb 1835

Abner Mark and Catharine Burnett’s December 1834 marriage was recorded at Washington Court House, Ohio by justice of the peace Mr. J. W. Williams.

18 Feb 1919

Marine Private William Lee Mark was transferred from Company “W” Marine Barracks, Parris Island, South Carolina to Sea Duty (Sea School) also located at Parris Island. See: Historical Record

22 Feb 1933

Late at night, everyone was asleep at the Jess L Mark home in Celeste, Texas when a fire broke out in an upstairs closet. Eighteen year old Jess Junior, home from East Texas State Teachers College* at Commerce at the time, awoke and alerted the rest of the family. The family gathered in the downstairs living room to count heads. Jess and his wife Grace checked that the children, Jess Junior, Eugene (15), Dorothy Nell (13), Roy "Himmie" (6), and John "Mickey" who was one month shy of 3 years old were all present and safe. By then the upstairs fire was blazing. Celeste had no fire department in those days, so the family and neighbors gathered outside to watch the fire consume the entire house. Many neighbors began entering the burning house to retrieve furniture and other items from the downstairs, which was not yet burning. Among the items saved was the cook stove from the kitchen and of all things, the bathtub from the bathroom. As fate would have it, the tragedy occurred on Grace's 39^th birthday. In the summer of 1933 Grace’s father, Eugene Ernest O’Barr and his crew built a new home where the old house had stood. The new house, now eight decades old is still standing at 102 South 5th Street in Celeste, and can be viewed by clicking the link.

*East Texas State Teachers College became East Texas State University in 1962 and Texas A&M University-Commerce in 1996.

23 Feb 2008

A Grand 100^th Birthday celebration was held for Leta Faye Mark-Hamilton in Leon, Iowa.

26 Feb 1963

Roy Mark departed New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day bound for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. His salary was $76 per month.

Feb 1863

U.S. Army Private Benjamin Lee Mark and Company D, 23^rd Missouri Regiment was sent to guard the Navy Yard at Carondelet, Missouri where the Union Navy was building the “Iron Clad Monitors”.

Feb 1866

Union Second Lieutenant George Marion Mark returned to his Iowa home from Texas, where he had been serving at the end of the Civil War.

Feb 1917	A fire destroyed Benjamin Mark’s farmhouse near Pleasanton, Iowa.

Other Noteworthy Events of February
2 Feb 1963	Stars and Stripes Newspaper reported that a U.S. Army Captain was killed in action in Vietnam, bringing the total killed to 55. Roy Mark enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. Roy was sworn in at a Marine Reserve base on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. Upon arriving at the base to be sworn in, Roy discovered that a high school friend, Kenneth Arruebarrena had also enlisted and was to be sworn in that same night. Roy was given serial number 2018641 and Ken 2018647. The two friends went through boot camp at Parris Island, S.C. and Advanced Infantry Training at Camp Lejeune, N.C. together.
28 Feb 1844	U.S. President John Tyler, cruising the Potomac River with 400 others aboard the USS Princeton narrowly escaped death. The Princeton carried a new 12-inch cannon called the “Peacemaker” and the ship’s captain insisted on firing the cannon during the Potomac cruise. The first two ear-splitting volleys sent the crowd into wild applause. On the third firing however the “Peacemaker” exploded killing several aboard, including two members of Tyler’s cabinet and the President’s future father-in-law. That same year, Abner Mark and his growing family, along with brother Mannigan and his family, moved from Fayette County, Ohio to Harrison County, Missouri. They located on Sugar Creek some ten miles southeast of Bethany.
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January

January Births

2 Jan 1972	Laura Jeanette Mark			Portsmouth, Virginia
4 Jan 1841	Peter Harvey Mark			Davis County, Missouri
4 Jan 1856	Sarah Collins Tong-Mark			Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
4 Jan 1968	Laura Jean Mark			Marrero, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
4 Jan 1998	Austen Ian Mark			San Antonio, Texas
5 Jan 1995	Alexa Marie Mark			Tarrant County, Texas
6 Jan 1888	Jess L Mark			Pleasanton, Decatur County, Iowa
7 Jan 1963	Laura Kay Mark			Winterset, Madison County, Iowa
8 Jan 1824	Allen Latham Mark			Ross County, Ohio
8 Jan 1857	John F Mark			Fayette, County, Ohio
8 Jan 1892	Charles Aura Mark			Indiana, Marion County, Iowa
8 Jan 1960	Russell A Mark			–
12 Jan 1926	Bonnie Jean Mark			–
15 Jan 1815	Catharine Burnett -Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
15 Jan 1872	Melvin Arthur Mark			De Soto, Dallas County, Iowa
16 Jan 1869	Willis Marion Mark			Attica, Marion County, Iowa
18 Jan 1969	Terrence Murrell Mark, Jr.			Harris County, Texas
20 Jan 1849	Lewis Peter Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
23 Jan 1882	Clara Gould Mark			Ohio
23 Jan 1992	Stanley Lee Mark			Hamilton, Decatur County, Iowa
24 Jan 1850	Allen Latham Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
25 Jan 1876	Anthony Austin Mark			Dallas County, Iowa
26 Jan 1865	James Leslie Mark			Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
26 Jan 1875	Herman Joseph Mark			Attica, Marion County, Iowa
28 Jan 1943	James Hunt Mark			Cleveland, Liberty County, Texas
30 Jan 1808	Margaret “Peggy” Mark			Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio
30 Jan 1838	Lewis Howell Mark			Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
31 Jan 1953	Michael Lee Mark			Howard County, Texas
?? Jan 1878	Mary E			Ohio
?? Jan 1884	Pearl Mark			–

January Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )

1 Jan 1923	Anthony Wayne Mark		70	Como, Hopkins County, Texas
1 Jan 1945	Arthur Lynn Mark		71	McLouth, Jefferson County, Kansas
3 Jan 1951	Lenore Vashti Mark		67	–
5 Jan 1962	Anthony Austin Mark		85	–
7 Jan 2015	JoAnn Suttle Mark		83	Pleasanton, Atascosa County, Texas
8 Jan 1918	Mary Frances Foxworthy-Mark		70	Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
13 Jan 1934	Ottis Paul "Ott" Mark		55	–
15 Jan 1880	Naomi Bush-Mark		81	Fayette County, Ohio
19 Jan 1865	Aosta Belle Mark		2	Marion County, Iowa
19 Jan 1865	Jesse B Mark		15	Ohio
21 Jan 1918	Henry Mark		83	Fayette County, Ohio
22 Jan 1891	Ralph Mark	69 Days		–
23 Jan 1992	Stanley Lee Mark		69	–
24 Jan 1897	Eliza Jane Mark		50	–
25 Jan 1898	Abner Mark		87	Mercer County, Missouri
26 Jan 1973	Dewey Merritt Mark		75	Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
29 Jan 1934	Letitia Jane Fitzgerald-Mark		75	Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
30 Jan 1914	Hannah Kirkpatrick-Mark		88	Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio

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January Marriages

1 Jan 1889	Marcus Mark and Nellie Irene Mouser	Ohio

1 Jan 1899	Lucy Maud Mark and Edward W. Scull

2 Jan 1993	Laura Jeanette Mark and Shawn C. Prunty	Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas

5 Jan 1864	Ezra Jacob Mark and Melissa J. Childs	Nodaway County, Missouri

19 Jan 1875	Peter Harvey Mark and Margaret A. Mark	Attica, Marion County, Iowa

17 Jan 1906	Velta Fay Mark and Herman Milo Hammond

?? Jan 1823	Joseph Mark and Naomi Bush

Noteworthy Events of January
1 Jan 1864	Peter Harvey Mark reenlisted as a veteran volunteer in Company E of the 8th Iowa Infantry.
1 Jan 1930	Emma Mark submitted her application to the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was accepted as a member in February.
27 Jan 1898	Funeral services for Abner Mark were held at his home. Abner was laid to rest amid blizzard conditions at Freedom Cemetery, Mercer County, Missouri.
30 Jan 2004	U.S. Army Captain Terrence Murrell Mark, Junior was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal while assigned to the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Miseau, Germany. Captain Mark was cited for exceptionally meritorious service while assigned as a charge nurse in the I.C.U. of Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, 30th Medical Brigade.
30 Jan 2004	See: Citation

Other Noteworthy Events of January
6 Jan 1838	Samuel Morse's telegraph system was demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey. Exactly 126 years later on *6 January 1964*, Marine PFC Roy Mark reported to Communications & Electronics Schools Battalion in San Diego after spending the holidays with his family in New Orleans. Roy was assigned to Radio Telegraph Operators Course where he was learning Morse Code.
10 Jan 1901	A drilling rig at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas produced an enormous gusher of crude oil, signaling the advent of the American oil industry. Soon after Spindletop, Jess L Mark began working in the oil fields of East Texas. In time, sons Eugene L Mark and Roy Dearing Mark would also make careers in the oil industry, as would grandson Roy Davis Mark.
12 Jan 1926	The two-man comedy series "Sam 'n' Henry" made its debut on Chicago's WGN radio station. The program’s title was later changed to "Amos 'n' Andy". Nineteen months later, Bernice Marie Mark-Moore gave birth to a son she named Andy Moore. About 3 years later, Bernice presented Andy with a baby brother she named… Kenneth. Kenneth quickly acquired the nickname “Amos” and the Moore brothers were known as "Amos 'n' Andy" throughout their lives.
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December

December Births
1 Dec 1901	Richard Edwin Mark	Ohio
2 Dec 1826	Francis Kirkpatrick-Mark	Washington Court House, Ohio
2 Dec 1838	Naomi A Mark	Fayette County, Iowa
2 Dec 1880	Mary Jane Mark	Jennings, Van Wert County, Ohio
3 Dec 1913	Louisa Look Murrell-Mark	Gainesville, Texas
4 Dec 1851	Elizabeth Helena Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
7 Dec 1874	Mary Frances Mark	Licking County, Ohio
7 Dec 1992	John Matthew Mark, II	Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas
11 Dec 1889	Oliver Perry Mark	Dallas County, Iowa
12 Dec 1851	Adrian A H Mark	Marion County, Iowa
12 Dec 1853	Joseph Filmore Mark	Attica, Marion County, Iowa
12 Dec 1883	Lenore Vashti Mark	Attica, Marion County, Iowa
13 Dec 1909	Pete Odell Mark	Lynch, Boyd County, Nebraska
16 Dec 1835	Aaron Libriand Mark	Attica, Marion County, Iowa
16 Dec 1960	Karen Denise Mark	–
19 Dec 1972	Gerald "Gerry" Gilbert Mark	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
21 Dec 1814	Matilda “Tilda” Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
21 Dec 1898	Margaret May Mark	Ohio
21 Dec 1950	Christine Sue Mark	Winterset, Madison County Iowa
21 Dec 1989	Daniel Jones Mark
22 Dec 1872	Nora Carter-Mark	De Soto Iowa
23 Dec 1987	Diedre Ann Mark	–
25 Dec 1852	Anthony Wayne Mark	Allen County, Ohio
25 Dec 1872	Emma Mark	Mercer County, Missouri
26 Dec 1904	Cyrus Murton Mark	Lynch, Boyd County, Nebraska
27 Dec 1880	Robert Matthew Mark	Ohio
28 Dec 1923	Guy Harold Mark	Pleasantville, Marion County, Iowa
29 Dec 1795	Jonathan Mark	Fredrick County, Maryland
29 Dec 1843	Ann A Mark	Daviess County, Missouri
29 Dec 1947	Jo Willis-Mark	Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama
29 Dec 1987	Caitlin Sue Mark	–
29 Dec 1992	Sean Anthony Mark	Tarrant County, Texas
31 Dec 1926	Shirley May Mark	Stanislaus, Tuolumne County, California

December Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )
3 Dec 1956	Rachel Frances Mark-Mickle	65	Concord, Fayette County, Ohio
4 Dec 1923	Willis Marion Mark	54	Spoon Buttes, Goshen County, Wyoming
6 Dec 1993	Anna Lois Mark	87	Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida
7 Dec 1950	Ottis Paul Mark, Jr.	27	Democratic People's Republic of Korea (P.O.W.)
11 Dec 1879	Peter Harvey Mark	38	Indiana Township, Marion County, Iowa
11 Dec 1945	Susan Rebecca Myers-Mark	93	Como, Hopkins County, Texas
12 Dec 1850	Marvin Fletcher Mark	3	Fayette County, Ohio
13 Dec 1857	Jacob Mark	74	Pattonville, Jackson County, Ohio
19 Dec 1985	Michael Lee Mark	32	Harris County, Texas
15 Dec 1898	Mannigan Mickey Mark	84	Attica, Marion County, Iowa
20 Dec 1940	Fredrick Martin Mark	66	–
20 Dec 1984	Eugene Latham Mark	67	Slidell, Saint Tammany Parish, Louisiana
24 Dec 1948	Grace Belle Mark	67	Pierce, Pierce County, Nebraska
26 Dec 1993	Dorothy Nell Mark-Cameron-Givens	74	–
26 Dec 2009	Leta Faye Mark-Hamilton	101	Leon, Decatur County, IowaCentenarian
27 Dec 1915	Sarah Mildred Tong-Mark	59	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

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December Marriages

6 Dec 1997
Kenneth Eugene Mark
and
Phyllis A Cummings Harris County, Texas

8 Dec 1867
Edward Herman Mark
and
Caroline Ross Lynch, Boyd County, Nebraska

11 Dec 1834

Abner Mark

and

Catharine Burnett

11 Dec 1856

Eliza Ann Mark
and
Kirby McGrew

12 Dec 1844
Jacob LeGore Mark
and
Naomi Burnett

19 Dec 1998
Mollie Rebecca Mark
and
Wade Rollin Spaulding Lufkin, Angelina County Texas

20 Dec 1849
John Mark
and
Dorothy Ann Coons

22 Dec 1979
Richard Lee Mark
and
Karen Sue Van Heiden

23 Dec 1912
Jess L Mark
and
Grace Lena O'Barr

23 Dec 1923
Dewey Mark
and
Eva Victoria Hatch

23 Dec 1936

Jess L Mark, Jr.

and

Louisa Look Murrell

Gainesville, Texas

23 Dec 1990
Terrence Murrell Mark
and
Constance J Might
Ohio

29 Dec 1878
Anthony Wayne Mark
and
Susan Rebecca Myers

29 Dec 1914
Edna Lois Mark
and
Emery Jay Stose

31 Dec 1988
Terrence Murrell Mark, Jr.
and
Concepcion Lujan
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas

Noteworthy Events of December
1 Dec 1862	U.S. Army Private Benjamin Lee Mark and Company D, 23^rd Missouri Regiment was ordered to move from Macon City, Missouri to a place near Jefferson City, Missouri to guard a railroad bridge over the Osage River.
1 Dec 1950	U. S. Army Master Sergeant Ottis Paul Mark Junior, a medic with the Medical Company, 31^stInfantry Regiment, 7^th Infantry Division was traveling in a convoy near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea when the convoy was ambushed by Chinese forces. While tending his wounded comrades, Sergeant Mark was seriously wounded and taken prisoner. Master Sergeant Mark died of his wounds as a P.O.W. on 7 December 1950. His remains were not recovered but his name is inscribed on a memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) in Honolulu, Hawaii. Master Sergeant Mark was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Prisoner of War Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean War Service Medal, the Japanese Occupation Medal and the World War II Victory Medal.
10 Dec 1947	Emma Mark revoked a portion of her original Last Will and Testament, which allowed for a portion of her estate to go to Simpson College and in lieu, specified that portion to go to her nephew William Lee Mark.
11 Dec 1884	Abner and Catharine Mark Golden Wedding Anniversary. A celebratory dinner was served on the same tablecloth used at their wedding 50 years earlier. All of their children were home for the occasion.
11 Dec 1892	Abner and Catharine Mark’s granddaughter Lillie McGrew was married to John O. Mitchell. The wedding was announced and performed as a surprise during the 58^th wedding anniversary of her grandparents.
14 Dec 1918	USMC Private William Lee Mark qualified on the rifle range at Parris Island, South Carolina and was awarded a “Sharpshooter” Badge.
14 Dec 2007	U.S. Army Major Terrence Murrell Mark, Junior graduated from the Command and General Staff College At Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The course prepares an Army officer to succeed at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
14 Dec 2007	See: Historical Record
22 Dec 1962	A Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebration was held for Jess L Mark and Grace O'Barr Mark at their home in Celeste, Texas.
22 Dec 1962	See: Group Photo
20 – 28 Dec 1918	USMC Private William Lee Mark went on furlough and traveled from Parris Island, South Carolina to spend Christmas with his family in Missouri.
?? Dec 1923	Benjamin Lee Mark and daughter Emma went from their home in Missouri to Biloxi, Mississippi where they spent the winter.
?? Dec 1930	Jess L Mark was working on a drilling rig in the oil boom region of East Texas near Kilgore in late 1930 when a smallpox epidemic began to spread in the region, particularly in the oil fields. In their attempt to eradicate the epidemic, the authorities would forcibly remove a newly infected person from their home and family or in the case of oil field workers, from their jobs and temporary lodging and place them in special smallpox hospitals. These special hospitals were known as, “pest houses” and apparently were not pleasant places to be forcibly confined. Sometime in December, Jess Mark began showing the early symptoms of the disease, which were not outwardly visible. Dreading the thought of confinement in a “pest house”, Jess simply left the job and began the long drive back to his home in Celeste, Texas. Today with modern roads and cars, that trip would take about 2 ½ hours; in 1930 the trip was likely an eight or 10-hour journey. Along the way, Jess began to show outward signs of the disease, - a rash and smallpox eruptions beginning to form. Jess was fearful that if he stopped anywhere along the remainder of his route, someone would notice the telltale signs and report him to the local sheriff, thereby risking forcible confinement in a local “pest house”. The need for gasoline however eventually overcame his apprehension. Desperate for gas, he stopped at a small country gas station. The proprietor pumped the gas without noticing anything unusual. Jess had called home before he left the Kilgore Oil Field, and so preparations were underway for his arrival. Living arrangements were made for him in the garage that was located south of the main house. It was dead of winter, and the garage had large gaps around the doors and of course no insulation or heating. Even so, it was considered preferential to a “pest house”. Doctor E. E. Williams of Celeste came to the family home and vaccinated Jess’ wife Grace and the children, Jess Junior (16), Eugene (13), Dorothy Nell (11), and Roy (4). Upon his arrival in Celeste, Jess was quarantined in the garage and the family quarantined in their house. Jess cut and nailed strips of rubber around the garage door gaps to block the winter winds. Food was brought to the house by neighbors and left on the porch. Meals were prepared by Grace and left at the garage door for Jess. It is not known exactly how long the quarantine period lasted but was likely 3 to 4 weeks. By January 1931, Jess was feeling fine with the pox eruptions almost fully healed. On nice sunny days, he would venture out of the garage for short walks around the yard. Eventually Jess fully recovered from smallpox with no lasting effects or scars. None of the other family members or anyone else in Celeste contracted the dread disease.

Other Noteworthy Events of December
7 Dec 1941	Three hundred and sixty Japanese warplanes descended on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. The surprise attack drew the United States into World War II. Otis Paul Mark was serving with the U.S. Army at Pearl Harbor on that Day of Infamy.
17 Dec 1903	Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful airplane flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Emma Mark was a student at Capital City Community College at Des Moines, Iowa. Less than 38 years later... See entry for 7 Dec 1941.
26 Dec 2004	A massive 9.2 earthquake struck just off the coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia near Banda Ache resulting in a tsunami that would kill over 220,000 people. Roy Mark was 1,000 miles to the north at the time, but felt the quake shake his house in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
28 Dec 1895	The world's first commercial movie screening took place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. Emma Mark was teaching primary school in Davis City, Iowa for $30 per month ($675 in 2006 dollars).

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November

November Births
5 Nov 1926	Shirlie Jo Mark	Prairie City, Jasper County, Iowa
6 Nov 1872	Fredrick Mark	–
8 Nov 1925	Barbara Ruth Mark	Attica, Marion County, Iowa
11 Nov 1856	Mary Rachel Jane Mark	Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
11 Nov 1948	Michael “Mickey” O’Barr Mark	Galveston, Galveston County, Texas
13 Nov 1816	Jacob LeGore Mark	Ross County, Ohio
13Nov 1969	Alisha Mark	Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
14 Nov 1890	Ralph Mark	–
14 Nov 1898	Susan Beulah Mark	Mercer County, Missouri
14 Nov 1911	Francis Maud Mark	Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
14 Nov 1948	Thomas Stuart Mark	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
15 Nov 1960	Boyd Howard Mark	Victoria, Texas
17 Nov 1847	Isaiah S Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
17 Nov 1854	Margaret A Mark	–
17 Nov 1997	Brittany Noel Mark	Tarrant County, texas
19 Nov 1894	John Stewart Mark	Ohio
19 Nov 1942	Jess L Mark, III	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
20 Nov 1955	John Matthew Mark	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
21 Nov 1929	Marilyn Mae Mark	Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
24 Nov 1968	Barbra Jean Mark	Winterset, Madison County, Iowa
27 Nov 1851	Benjamin F Mark	–
27 Nov 1927	Robert Hendrick Mark	Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
27 Nov 1954	Daniel Lee Mark	Howard County, Texas
28 Nov 1822	John Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
29 Nov 1834	Henry Mark	Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
30 Nov 1947	Michael Maurice Mark	–
?? Nov 1896	Beth Murl Mark	–

November Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )
5 Nov 2004	Willard Neal Mark	78	Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
7 Nov 1967	Jess L Mark	79	Celeste, Hunt County, Texas
7 Nov 1977	Edwin Roscoe Mark	50	El Paso, Texas
10 Nov 1925	Sinia "Margaret" Mark-Houk	78	Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
13 Nov 1875	Susan "Sukey" Mark-Free	70	North Attica, Marion County, Iowa
14 Nov 1979	Jess L Mark, Jr.	65	Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas
15 Nov 1968	Carrie Lois Mark	89	Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
16 Nov 1911	Allen Latham Mark	61	Como, Hopkins County, Texas
20 Nov 1919	Lewis Howell Mark	81	Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
21 Nov 1942	Homer Rodgers Mark	57	Seattle, King County, Washington
23 Nov 1855	Harriett Mark	23	Fayette County, Ohio
24 Nov 1971	Hannah Elizabeth Mark-Freshour	75	Fayette County, Ohio
26 Nov 1980	Grace Lena O’Barr-Mark	86	Houston, Texas
27 Nov 1941	Leta Vivian Mark-Woods	47	–

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November Marriages

9 Nov 1950 Frances Irene Mark
and
Herbert Betterton

14 Nov 1865 Jacob LeGore Mark
and
Rebecca Burnett-Feagins

15 Nov 1874 Allen Latham Mark
and
Sarah Mildred Tong

21 Nov 1872 Moab Henkle Mark
and
Sarah Alice Rigdon
Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio

24 Nov 1925 Maurice Melvin Mark
and
Zilpha Evelynn Benfield

25 Nov 1980 Thomas Stuart Mark
and
Donna Jean Cox

28 Nov 1906 Anna Louella Mark
and
Charles W Bush
Fayette County, Ohio

Noteworthy Events of November
1 Nov 1863	Benjamin Lee Mark and Company D, 23rd Missouri Regiment were transferred from Rolla to McMinnville, Tennessee to guard a pass in the Cumberland Mountains.
1 Nov 1918	USMC Private William Lee Mark arrived at Parris Island, South Carolina to begin his basic training. (Historical Record)
1^st Week of Nov 1925	Benjamin Lee Mark and daughter Emma moved from the Mark Family Farm to a new home in Pleasanton, Missouri.^.
9 Nov 1931	A history of the Bethel Methodist Church of Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri, was written by Emma Mark and printed in the Princeton, Missouri, Telegraph. It was written from material furnished her by her father, Benjamin Lee Mark and under his name.
16 Nov 1945	Emma Mark signed and dated her Last Will and Testament.
22 Nov 1937	Emma Mark began writing THE MARK FAMILY HISTORY in her home in Pleasanton, Decatur County, Iowa.

Other Noteworthy Events of November

22 Nov 1963

USMC Private First Class Roy Mark was attending Radio-Telegraph Operator's Course at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego. Endless hours and endless days of copying Morse Code made him quite proficient, so much so that he would often begin to daydream as the "dots" and "dashes" entered his subconscious through the earphones and somehow magically flowed through his body to depart his fingertips as letters into his typewriter. It was a day like any other until a little after 10:30 that morning when the dots and dashes abruptly stopped, replaced with spoken words. The "tap" "tap" "tap" of seventeen typewriters stopped in unison and puzzled faces looked around for comprehension. After a moment, it became clear that they were listening to a radio news broadcast. After a few more moments sketchy reports that their Commander-in-Chief had been shot in Dallas came through the earphones.

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October

October Births

1 Oct 1800	Joseph Mark	Pennsylvania
1 Oct 1843	Benjamin Lee Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
2 Oct 1897	Dewey Merritt Mark	Iowa
3 Oct 1873	Arthur Lynn Mark	Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County, Kansas
3 Oct 1879	Albert Emmett Mark	Ohio
5 Oct 1900	William Lee Mark	Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
5 Oct 1926	Shirlie Jo Mark	Prairie City, Jasper County, Iowa
6 Oct 1847	Marvin Fletcher Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
6 Oct 1847	Zachary T Mark	Ohio
6 Oct 1954	Mary Lynn Mark	–
7 Oct 1880	Ezra Elbert "Bertie" Mark	Dallas County, Iowa
7 Oct 1945	Cleta Mae Mark	Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
10 Oct 1877	Frederick Peter Mark	Attica, Marion County, Iowa
10 Oct 1922	Carl E Mark	Stanislaus, Tuolumne County, California
10 Oct 1928	Gene Ellis Mark	Paradise, Russell County, Kansas
12 Oct 1955	Cheryl Ann Mark	–
14 Oct 1991	Linda Mark	Harris County, Texas
17 Oct 1841	Ezra Jacob Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
17 Oct 1865	Marion E Mark	–
17 Oct 1923	Ottis Paul Mark, Jr.	Pike, Nebraska
18 Oct 1853	Rachel Frances Mark	Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
21 Oct 1987	Laura Mark	Harris County, Texas
26 Oct 1956	Barbara "Barbie" Jan Mark	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
28 Oct 1941	Eugene L Mark, Jr.	Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
31 Oct 1877	Arvill J Mark	Ohio
31 Oct 1895	Hobart Mark	Van Wert County, Ohio
31 Oct 1913	Donavan Grant Mark	–
?? Oct 1889	Viola Mark	Ohio
?? Oct 1895	James H Mark	Ohio

October Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )
1 Oct 1998	Oliver P Mark	78	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
3 Oct 1945	Matthew W Mark	63	Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
10 Oct 1927	Truman Edward Mark	6 Mo.	Nebraska
11 Oct 1896	John Wesley Mark	53	Iowa
14 Oct 1916	Effie Jane Mark-Seabrooks	58	Fayette County, Ohio
20 Oct 1969	Bessie Mabel Mark-Hagan	86	–
20 Oct 1876	Dora Estella Mark	7	Fayette County, Ohio
21 Oct 1887	Marion E Mark	22	–
22 Oct 1965	Pete Odell Mark	57	Lusk, Niobrara County, Wyoming
28 Oct 1903	Frank Waldo Mark	18	Cainsville, Harrison County, Missouri
28 Oct 1919	Edward Herman Mark	77	Lynch, Boyd County, Nebraska
29 Oct 1982	Charles Adin Mark	72	Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
31 Oct 1966	Mary Henrietta Mark-Bridges	80	N. Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

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October Marriages

2 Oct 1870
Benjamin Lee Mark
and
Mary Francis Foxworthy

Mercer County, Missouri

5 Oct 1979
John Matthew Mark
and
Diana Rendon

Cameron County, Texas

18 Oct 1923
Fredrick Donald Mark
and
Mabel Evangeline Fox

Iowa

22 Oct 1867
George Marion Mark
and
Mary Ann Chesnutwood

Dallas County, Iowa

?? Oct 1893

Arthur Lynn Mark
and
Susan Foney

Iowa

?? Oct 1900
Anthony Austin Mark
and
Ida Butler

Noteworthy Events of October
6 Oct 1847	First Cousins Zachary T Mark and Marvin Fletcher Mark were born in Ohio. Grandsons of Peter Mark, Zach was the son of Jacob LeGore Mark and Marvin the son of Matthew W Mark.
8 Oct 2014	The book Fixin' To Die Rag by Roy Mark was published. The book is about Charlie Company of the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion in Vietnam during 1970. A number of incidents are covered including the mid-air accident that killed Mark Richard Holtom on 26 September 1970. Mark Holtom was the son of Shirlie Joe Mark-Holtom. The book is available on Amazon.Com and other online and book stores in print and e-book format. More information about the book is available on Amazon.Com: Fixin' To Die Rag on Amazon.Com
20 Oct 1990	U. S. Army Sergeant Terrence Murrell Mark, Junior was deployed to the Middle East in support of Desert Shield and Desert Storm. He served with the 2^nd Battalion, 1^st Air Defense Artillery, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade as a HAWK Missile Crew Chief.
28 Oct 1779	Joseph Mark enlisted in the Revolutionary Army.
28 Oct 1903	Frank Waldo Mark (18) was injured while working in his father's sawmill, four miles northeast of Leon, Iowa. The boy had apparently leaned over the saw to see if the blade was hot when the saw blade caught his left arm and pulled it into the blade. Frank's left shoulder and part of his collar bone was severed, held only by a piece of skin on the back of the shoulder. With the help of his father, Latham Mark, Frank walked from the mill to a nearby tent. While Latham attended to his son by pinching the severed subclavian artery closed to prevent further bleeding, others summoned doctors to the scene. Frank was too severely injured for the doctors to save him and he died at 9:15 that night.
28 Oct 2008	U. S. Army Major Terrence Murrell Mark Junior, while assigned to the 772^nd Forward Surgical Team in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan was awarded the Combat Medical Badge for performing medical duties while under fire during a mission in Western Afghanistan in support of Marine Special Operations Forces.
28 Oct 2008	See: Historical Record
30 Oct 1918	William Lee Mark enlisted in the USMC at Kansas City, Missouri.
31 Oct 1966	USMC Sergeant Roy Mark, was transferred from the Marine Communications Detachment, USS Mount M^cKinley (AGC-7) to Communications and Electronics Schools Battalion at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego where he would serve as an instructor in the Radio-Telegraph School.
?? Oct 1854	Abner Mark, along with his family arrived in Marion County, Iowa after a long migration from Allen County, Ohio. They settled near the town of Attica.
?? Oct 1865	Benjamin Lee Mark traveled from his home in Mercer County, Missouri to Arago, Nebraska where he secured work in a sawmill. Benjamin worked there for 11 months and was paid $2.00 per day, the highest wages he had ever received.

Other Noteworthy Events of October

8 Oct 1918

U.S. Army Corporal Alvin Cullum York single-handedly killed 25 German soldiers and captured 132 others in France. The action saved York's small detachment from annihilation by a German machine-gun nest and won the reluctant warrior from backwater Tennessee the Medal of Honor and a promotion to sergeant. Three days before Corporal York’s acts of heroism William Lee Mark celebrated his 18^th birthday in Lindley, Mercer County, Missouri. Twenty-two days after his birthday, Lee enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps.

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September

September Births
5 Sept 1920	Betty Maxine Mark	Attica, Marion County, Iowa
5 Sept 1989	Matthew Lee Mark	–
5 Sept 2001	Roman Isaac Mark	Landstuhl, Germany
8 Sept 1853	Andrew Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
9 Sept 1978	Ladd Wallace Mark	–
9 Sept 1981	Travis John Mark	–
11 Sept 1845	John Mark	Staunton, Fayette, Ohio
11 Sept 1902	Lester M Mark	Oklahoma
15 Sept 1881	James Garfield Mark	Marion County, Iowa
15 Sept 1948	Glynda Ann Mark	Texas City, Galveston County, Texas
16 Sept 1980	Justin Nicholas Mark	Harris County, Texas
18 Sept 1879	Charles Ezra Mark	Missouri
23 Sept 1882	Cyress Freeman Mark	Creighton, Knox County, Nebraska
24 Sept 1896	Hannah Elizabeth Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
29 Sept 1924	Russell-Gene-Mark	Hamilton, Decatur County, Iowa
30 Sept 1862	Anna Louella Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
30 Sept 1893	James Russell Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
?? Sept 1882	Sira Mark	–
?? Sept 1908	John L Mark	Ohio

September Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )
2 Sept 1936	Warren Lee Mark	69	Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
4 Sept 1970	Gene Ellis Mark	41	Cotopaxi, Fremont County, Colorado
4 Sept 1983	Guy Harold Mark	59	Winlock, Lewis County, Washington
5 Sept 1901	Francis Kirkpatrick-Mark	74	Fayette County, Ohio
8 Sept 1891	Martha "Mattie" C Mark	3	–
9 Sept 1845	Matilda Mark-Hyer	27	Fayette County, Ohio
9 Sept 1898	Matthew W Mark	77	Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio
9 Sept 1899	John Mark	76	Indiana, Marion County, Iowa
10 Sept 1945	Lester M Mark	42	Solano, Solano County, California
11 Sept 1845	John Mark	64	Staunton, Fayette County, Ohio
13 Sept 1854	Mary “Polly” LeGore-Mark	73	Concord, Fayette County, Ohio
17 Sept 1857	Mary Rachel Jane Mark	2	Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
18 Sept 1993	Forest M Mark	88	Saint Charles, Saint Charles County, Missouri
19 Sept 1951	Charles Armstrong Mark	73	–
20 Sept 1986	Chauncey Marion Mark	89	Sonora, Tuolumne County, California
30 Sept 1992	Patricia Ann Mark-Murphey	67	Lakewood, Los Angeles County, California
?? Sept 1966	Clara Gould Mark	84

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September Marriages

2 Sept 1989 Janice Louisa Mark
and
Jefferson Maxcy
Tupelo, Lee County Mississippi

7 Sept 1903 Anthony Austin Mark
and
Olive Odell Norris
Mercer County, Missouri

10 Sept 1818 Jonathan Mark
and
Susanna Blocher
Fayette County, Ohio

?? Sept 1964 Jess L Mark, III
and
Marilyn Gale Muir
Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho

Noteworthy Events of September
5 Sept 1892	Emma Mark began teaching a six–month term at the Cavanaugh School in Mercer County, Missouri for $25.00 per month. Emma boarded at home and walked a mile and a half across the fields to the school when the weather was good and rode “Old Jule” two and a half miles around the road if the weather was bad.
8 Sept 1861	Peter Harvey Mark enlisted as a Private in Company E, 8th Iowa Infantry.
17 Sept 1963	USMC Private First Class Roy Mark, while serving as an Administrative Man at 1st Anti-Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California was assigned Temporary Additional Duty at the Communications & Electronics Schools Battalion located at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego to learn the skills of Radio-Telegraph Operations.
30 Sept 1966	USMC Sergeant Roy Mark, serving in the Marine Communications Detachment aboard the USS Mount M^cKinley (AGC-7) went on leave (furlough) and accompanied his friend Corporal Gerald Max Christner to his home in Bradford, Ohio. Unbeknownst to Roy at the time, Bradford, Ohio was about 50 miles (As the Crow Flies) from Mark Family roots in Washington Court House, Fayette County, Ohio.

Other Noteworthy Events of September
2 Sept 1945	In Tokyo Bay, aboard the U. S. Navy battleship USS Missouri, the Japanese signed the "Instrument of Surrender" ending World War-II. Representing the Allied victors was General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz. On board the USS Missouri that day was Navy Photographer Donald Edgar Mark. Donald was one of several official photographers recording the events of that historic day. Some of the pictures taken that day can be seen at the Naval Historical Center website.
3 Sept 1900	A Category 4 hurricane hit landfall at Galveston, Texas, killing an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 people. A 15-foot storm surge flooded the city destroying numerous homes and buildings. The hurricane remains the worst weather-related disaster in U.S. history in terms of loss of life. Forty-five years later, Galveston Island witnessed the birth of Terrence “Terry” Murrell Mark, and in 1948 the birth of Michael “Mickey” O’Barr Mark.
26 Sept 1970	U.S. Army Warrant Officer Mark Richard Holtom, son of Shirlie Jo Mark-Holtom, was killed in a helicopter accident in Long Khanh Province of South Vietnam. Forty-four years later, Mark's fourth cousin, Roy Mark, is preparing to publish his book, Fixin' To Die Rag which features the mid-air collision of two helicopters that claimed the life of Mark Holtom and seven others. More information about the book is available at www.roymark.org and www.facebook.com/Roy.Mark.Books. Found on Footnote.com

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June

June Births

1 Jun 1841	Hulda Jane Mark			Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
1 Jun 1843	Rachel Catherine Mark			Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
1 Jun 1846	Eliza Jane Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
1 Jun 1917	Charles Verdell Mark			Iowa
2 Jun 1882	Margaret Nell Mark			Minowi, Knox County, Nebraska
2 Jun 1924	Donald Edgar Mark			Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
6 Jun 1926	Walter Noel Mark	Twins		Hamilton Township, Decatur County, Iowa
	Willard Neal Mark
8 Jun 1922	Stanley Lee Mark			Hamilton Township, Decatur County, Iowa
9 Jun 1869	Dora Estella Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
13 Jun 1979	Justin Robert Mark			–
15 Jun 1915	Kenneth Paul Mark			–
18 Jun 1891	Rachel Frances Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
19 Jun 1843	Rachel Catherine Mark			Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
20 Jun 1885	Frank Waldo Mark			Mercer County, Missouri
21 Jun 1810	Abner Mark			Ross County, Ohio
21 Jun 1885	Homer Rodgers Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
22 Jun 1871	Nancy Estella Mark			Attica, Marion County, Iowa
23 Jun 1910	Charles Adin Mark			Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
24 Jun 1904	Alice Winifred Mark			Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
26 Jun 1814	Mannigan “Mickey” Mark			Fayette County, Ohio
26 Jun 1959	David Joe Mark			Houston, Harris County, Texas
27 Jun 1925	David Stanley Mark, Jr.			Ohio
28 Jun 1976	Mollie Rebecca Mark			Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
?? Jun 1888	Ruth Mark			Ohio

June Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )
2 Jun 1933	Winona Nora Mark		47	–
2 Jun 1944	Herman Joseph Mark		69	Denver, Denver County, Colorado
3 Jun 1954	Frederick Donald Mark		59	Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California
3 Jun 1994	Michael Raymond Mark		47	Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star, Alaska
4 Jun 1953	Margaret Nell Mark		71	–
5 Jun 2009	Richard Lee Mark		52	Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colorado
11 Jun 1902	Levi Elwin Mark		28	Carlsbad, Eddy County, New Mexico
12 Jun 1967	Walter Noel Mark		41	Olmsted County, Minnesota
13 Jun 1993	Roderick Dale Mark		62	Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado
15 Jun 1972	Oliver Perry Mark		82	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
16 Jun 1886	Joseph Mark		85	–
18 Jun 1979	Susan Beulah Mark-Nelson		80	Corsicana, Nararro, Texas
24 Jun 1980	Vern Thomas Mark		88	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
25 Jun 1934	Nancy Estella Mark		63	–
26 Jun 1970	Edna Lois Mark		78	Celina, Mercer County, Ohio
26 Jun 2005	Charles Verdell Mark		88	Sand Springs, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
29 Jun 1859	Adrian A. H. Mark		7	Marion County, Iowa
30 Jun 1952	Franklin Mariott Mark		85	Celina, Mercer County, Ohio
?? Jun 1929	Mary Shobe Mark-Stafford		100	–	Centenarian
?? Jun 1981	Myles Benjamin Mark		66	Leon, Decatur County, Iowa

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June Marriages

1 June 1946	Stanley Lee Mark and Rebecca Fay Williams	Des Moines, Iowa

5 June 1889	James Leslie Mark and Della Armstrong	Ohio

6 June 1918	Hobart Mark and Florence Ival Purdy

7 June 1946	Guy Harold Mark and Hazel Louise Schurb	Auburn, King County, Washington

9 June 1913	Charles Augustus Mark and Mary Amber Morkert	Humeston, Wayne County, Iowa

11 June 1994	Janice Louisa Mark and Michael Paul Collins	Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi

12 June 1951	Roderick Dale Mark and Jo Ann Mower	Nashua, Chickasaw County, Iowa

16 June 1923	David Stanley Mark and Edith Worrell	Ohio

17 June 1917	Ottis Paul Mark and Mary Aetna M^cBeth

18 June 1921	William Lee Mark and Leona Gertrude Stanley	Bethany, Missouri

18 June 1921	Michael Maurice Mark and Janet Satterlee

25 June 1983	Linda Anne Mark and Liniel William Thompson, Jr.	Marrero, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

29 June 1964	Terrence Murrell Mark and Nancy Elizabeth Coffee

Noteworthy Events of June
2 June 1919	USMC Private William Lee Mark, onboard the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), was placed on report for violation of Marine Corps Orders. His commanding officer, Marine Corps Captain William Jewett gave Private Mark eight hours of extra duty and assigned him to five days of mess duty (K.P.) in the ship’s galley.
2 June 1919	See: Historical Record
4 June 1874	A photograph of Benjamin Lee Mark was made in Lineville, Wayne County, Iowa. Benjamin was thirty years old at the time. That photograph has been handed down through the generations, and appears, among other places in THE MARK FAMILY HISTORY, by Emma Mark.
4 June 1874	See: Photo
29 June 1854	Peter Mark (78) and his son Abner traveled from his home in Allen County, Ohio to Washington Court House, Ohio where he wrote and filed his Last Will and Testament. Peter died 36 days later on 4 August 1854. Abner was bequeathed $300 as his share of the estate.
13 June 1865	Benjamin Lee Mark was mustered out of the 23^rd Missouri Regiment of the Union Army in Washington D.C.
13 - 22 June 1865	After being mustered out of the Union Army, Benjamin Lee Mark traveled from Washington, D.C. on the North Missouri Railroad (later renamed Wabash Railroad) to Macon City where he changed to the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad for Chillicothe, Missouri. At Chillicothe he found a teamster who consented to take him and six other soldiers to Cainsville, Missouri. The teamster charged the group ten dollars for the bunch. Adjusted for inflation, that $10 is equivalent to about $134 in today's dollars. From Cainsville, Benjamin walked the final leg and arrived home on 22 June 1865.
?? June 1890	Emma Mark entered Decatur County Teachers Institute at Leon, Iowa
?? June 1918	Emma Mark returned to Leon, Iowa from Pomeroy, Washington where she had been teaching.

Other Noteworthy Events of June
6 June 1865	William Quantrill died from wounds sustained in a May skirmish with Union Soldiers. Before the war, Quantrill was a strong supporter of pro-slavery settlers in Missouri and often led violent conflicts with his antislavery neighbors. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, the 24-year-old Quantrill became the leader of an irregular force of Confederate Soldiers that became known as Quantrill's Raiders. By 1862, Union forces had established control over Missouri, but Quantrill's Raiders continued to harass the northern army and pro-Union towns. As Quantrill awaited death, Private Benjamin Lee Mark awaited the Grand Review before President Andrew Johnson and mustering-out in Washington, D.C.

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November

November Births
6 Nov 1872	Fredrick Mark	–
8 Nov 1925	Barbara Ruth Mark	Attica, Marion County, Iowa
11 Nov 1856	Mary Rachel Jane Mark	Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
11 Nov 1948	Michael “Mickey” O’Barr Mark	Galveston, Galveston County, Texas
13 Nov 1816	Jacob LeGore Mark	Ross County, Ohio
13Nov 1969	Alisha Mark	Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
14 Nov 1890	Ralph Mark	–
14 Nov 1898	Susan Beulah Mark	Mercer County, Missouri
14 Nov 1911	Francis Maud Mark	Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington
14 Nov 1948	Thomas Stuart Mark	El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
15 Nov 1960	Boyd Howard Mark	Victoria, Texas
17 Nov 1847	Isaiah S Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
17 Nov 1854	Margaret A Mark	–
17 Nov 1997	Brittany Noel Mark	Tarrant County, texas
19 Nov 1894	John Stewart Mark	Ohio
19 Nov 1942	Jess L Mark, III	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
20 Nov 1955	John Matthew Mark	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
21 Nov 1929	Marilyn Mae Mark	Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
24 Nov 1968	Barbra Jean Mark	Winterset, Madison County, Iowa
27 Nov 1851	Benjamin F Mark	–
27 Nov 1927	Robert Hendrick Mark	Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
27 Nov 1954	Daniel Lee Mark	Howard County, Texas
28 Nov 1822	John Mark	Fayette County, Ohio
29 Nov 1834	Henry Mark	Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
30 Nov 1947	Michael Maurice Mark	–
?? Nov 1896	Beth Murl Mark	–

November Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )
5 Nov 2004	Willard Neal Mark	78	Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
7 Nov 1967	Jess L Mark	79	Celeste, Hunt County, Texas
7 Nov 1977	Edwin Roscoe Mark	50	El Paso, Texas
10 Nov 1925	Sinia "Margaret" Mark-Houk	78	Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri
13 Nov 1875	Susan "Sukey" Mark-Free	70	North Attica, Marion County, Iowa
14 Nov 1979	Jess L Mark, Jr.	65	Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas
15 Nov 1968	Carrie Lois Mark	89	Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa
16 Nov 1911	Allen Latham Mark	61	Como, Hopkins County, Texas
20 Nov 1919	Lewis Howell Mark	81	Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
21 Nov 1942	Homer Rodgers Mark	57	Seattle, King County, Washington
23 Nov 1855	Harriett Mark	23	Fayette County, Ohio
24 Nov 1971	Hannah Elizabeth Mark-Freshour	75	Fayette County, Ohio
26 Nov 1980	Grace Lena O’Barr-Mark	86	Houston, Texas
27 Nov 1941	Leta Vivian Mark-Woods	47	–

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Noteworthy Events of November
1 Nov 1863	Benjamin Lee Mark and Company D, 23^rd Missouri Regiment were transferred from Rolla to McMinnville, Tennessee to guard a pass in the Cumberland Mountains.
1 Nov 1918	USMC Private William Lee Mark arrived at Parris Island, South Carolina to begin his basic training. (Historical Record)
1^st Week of Nov 1925	Benjamin Lee Mark and daughter Emma moved from the Mark Family Farm to a new home in Pleasanton, Missouri.^.
9 Nov 1931	A history of the Bethel Methodist Church of Lindley Township, Mercer County, Missouri, was written by Emma Mark and printed in the Princeton, Missouri, Telegraph. It was written from material furnished her by her father, Benjamin Lee Mark and under his name.
16 Nov 1945	Emma Mark signed and dated her Last Will and Testament.
22 Nov 1937	Emma Mark began writing THE MARK FAMILY HISTORY in her home in Pleasanton, Decatur County, Iowa.

Other Noteworthy Events of November

22 Nov 1963

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February

February Births

2 Feb 1927	Edwin Roscoe Mark		Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
3 Feb 1907	Zilpha Evelynn Benfield-Mark		Paradise, Russell County, Kansas
7 Feb 1878	Nora Blanche Mark		Mercer County, Missouri
7 Feb 1931	Carleen Nichols-Mark		Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas
10 Feb 1849	Moab Henkle Mark		Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio
11 Feb 1916	Janice Olive Grace Mark		Mercer County, Missouri
12 Feb 1847	Sinia Margaret Mark		Fayette County, Ohio
13 Feb 1846	Mary E Mark		Fayette County, Ohio (Born Friday the 13th)
13 Feb 1890	Gertrude Mark	Twins	Fayette County, Ohio
13 Feb 1890	Helen Mark	Twins	Fayette County, Ohio
13 Feb 1986	David Lee Mark		Harris County, Texas
16 Feb 1848	Jacob L Mark		Marion County, Iowa
17 Feb 1849	Sarah J Mark		Marion County, Iowa
17 Feb 1874	Levi Elwin Mark		De Soto, Dallas County, Iowa
17 Feb 1934	Gerald Lawrence "Larry" Mark		Casey, Guthrie Couty, Iowa
18 or 25 Feb 1776	Peter Mark		Frederick County, Maryland
18 Feb 1923	Dewey Merritt Mark II		Attica, Marion County, Iowa
20 Feb 1953	Sandra Jean Mark		Winterset, Madison County, Iowa
22 Feb 1877	Lucy Maud Mark		Attica, Marion County, Iowa
22 Feb 1894	Grace Lena O’Barr-Mark		Gainesville, Texas
23 Feb 1856	Adin Emmett Mark		Concord, Fayette County, Ohio
23 Feb 1908	Leta Faye Mark-Hamilton		Mercer County, Missouri
23 Feb 1955	Robert Dale Mark		–
23 Feb 2001	Bennett Andrew Mark		Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi
24 Feb 1872	Della Armstrong-Mark		Edina, Knox County Missouri
25 Feb 1776	Peter Mark		Frederick County Maryland
26 Feb 1915	Louise Mildred Mark		Des Moines, Iowa
27 Feb 1965	Robin Kay Mark		Harris County, Texas
28 Feb 1805	Susan “Sukey” Mark		Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio
?? Feb 1826	Anthony Wayne Mark		Jasper Mills, Fayette County, Ohio

February Deaths ( See: Mark Virtual Cemetery )

1 Feb 1981	Louisa Look Murrell-Mark	67	Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas
6 Feb 1908	Fredrick Mark	35	–
7 Feb 1878	Nora Blanche Mark	<1day	–
7 Feb 1953	Earl Raymond Mark	70	Butler, Bates County, Missouri
10 Feb 1964	Charles Augustus Mark	82	Auburn, King County, Washington
11 Feb 1917	Ezra Jacob Mark	75	McLouth, Jefferson County, Kansas
18 Feb 1854	Rachel Mark	41	Ross County, Ohio
19 Feb 1870	Margaret “Peggy” Mark	62	–
19 Feb 1976	Ralph Freeman Mark	73	Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming
23 Feb 1978	Hobart Mark	82	Spencerville, Allen County, Ohio
26 Feb 1955	Joseph Maynard Mark	72	Stanislaus, Tuolumne County, California
27 Feb 1919	Frederick Peter Mark	41	Hot Springs, Fall River County, S. Dakota
28 Feb 1898	Beth Murl Mark	1	–
?? Feb 1865	Isaiah S Mark	17	Savannah, Catham County, Georgia

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February Marriages

5 Feb 1994	Alexander Thomas Mark and Jennifer Lynne Cates	Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

8 Feb 1904	Lenore Vashti Mark and Frank C Allen

8 Feb 1916	Bernice Marie Mark and Laurence S Moore	Princeton, Mercer County, Missouri

11 Feb 1940	Eugene L Mark and Walderine Hunt	Greenville, Hunt County, Texas

12 Feb 1865	Mary E Mark and Henry R Lemmon	Marion County, Iowa

17 Feb 1901	Bessie Mabel Mark and James Stuart Hagan

21 Feb 1921	James Garfield "Jack" Mark and Miriam Edith Rankin

Noteworthy Events of February

1 Feb 1930

Emma Mark was admitted to the Daughters of the American Revolution.

2 Feb 1963

6 Feb 1967

12 Feb 2003

17 Feb 1835

Abner Mark and Catharine Burnett’s December 1834 marriage was recorded at Washington Court House, Ohio by justice of the peace Mr. J. W. Williams.

18 Feb 1919

Marine Private William Lee Mark was transferred from Company “W” Marine Barracks, Parris Island, South Carolina to Sea Duty (Sea School) also located at Parris Island. See: Historical Record

22 Feb 1933

*East Texas State Teachers College became East Texas State University in 1962 and Texas A&M University-Commerce in 1996.

23 Feb 2008

A Grand 100^th Birthday celebration was held for Leta Faye Mark-Hamilton in Leon, Iowa.

26 Feb 1963

Roy Mark departed New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day bound for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina. His salary was $76 per month.

Feb 1863

U.S. Army Private Benjamin Lee Mark and Company D, 23^rd Missouri Regiment was sent to guard the Navy Yard at Carondelet, Missouri where the Union Navy was building the “Iron Clad Monitors”.

Feb 1866

Union Second Lieutenant George Marion Mark returned to his Iowa home from Texas, where he had been serving at the end of the Civil War.

Feb 1917	A fire destroyed Benjamin Mark’s farmhouse near Pleasanton, Iowa.

Other Noteworthy Events of February
2 Feb 1963	Stars and Stripes Newspaper reported that a U.S. Army Captain was killed in action in Vietnam, bringing the total killed to 55. Roy Mark enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. Roy was sworn in at a Marine Reserve base on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. Upon arriving at the base to be sworn in, Roy discovered that a high school friend, Kenneth Arruebarrena had also enlisted and was to be sworn in that same night. Roy was given serial number 2018641 and Ken 2018642. The two friends went through boot camp at Parris Island, S.C. and Advanced Infantry Training at Camp Lejeune, N.C. together.
28 Feb 1844	U.S. President John Tyler, cruising the Potomac River with 400 others aboard the USS Princeton narrowly escaped death. The Princeton carried a new 12-inch cannon called the “Peacemaker” and the ship’s captain insisted on firing the cannon during the Potomac cruise. The first two ear-splitting volleys sent the crowd into wild applause. On the third firing however the “Peacemaker” exploded killing several aboard, including two members of Tyler’s cabinet and the President’s future father-in-law. That same year, Abner Mark and his growing family, along with brother Mannigan and his family, moved from Fayette County, Ohio to Harrison County, Missouri. They located on Sugar Creek some ten miles southeast of Bethany.
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