The William Mark family in Ohio
William Mark was born 26 May 1844 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio. He was the son of Abraham Mark and Mary Isabella (Heffelfinger) Mark. William was the third of twelve children. William served in the Civil War. He returned to Ohio but two of his brothers died in the war. William married Emma Abeline Flory on 2 June 1870. Emma died 23 July 1877. William married Elidia Rebecca Ritter on 20 April 1878 in Ohio. He raised his large family in a cabin in Wayne Co., Ohio. He hunted and fished and farmed to keep his family fed. William died 21 November 1904. He is buried in Overton, Church of God Cemetery, Ohio.
1 William Mark b: 26 May 1844 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, d: 21 Nov 1904 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio
…… + Emma Abeline Flory b: 24 Oct1852 in Wayne, Ohio, m: 02 June 1870, d: 23 July 1877 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio
…………2 Cora Bell Mark b: 30 July 1872 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio, d: 10 June 1905 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio
………… + Edward Newell b: April 1873 in Ohio, m: 24 Nov 1892 in Wayne, Ohio
…………2 Marian Francis Mark b: 14 Nov 1874, d: 06 April 1947 in Wayne, Ohio
…… + Elidia Rebecca Ritter b: 30 July 1854 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio, m: 20 April 1878 in Cedar Valley, Wayne, Ohio, d: 28 Aug 1912 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio
…………2 William M. Mark b: 12 Feb 1877 in Cedar Valley, Wayne, OH, d: Aft. 1920
………… + Alice Leota Heacock b: 03 Oct1880 in Ashland, Ohio, m: 19 Oct 1899 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio
…………2 George Washington Mark b: 01 April 1878 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio, d: 16 Oct 1938 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio
………… + Elizabeth Shifferly b: 10 Oct 1881 in Plain Twp., Wayne, Ohio, m: 20 Nov 1901 in Cedar Valley, Wayne, Ohio, d: 03 Sept 1949 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio
…………2 Thomas Kenneth Mark b: 19 July 1879 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, d: 12 Feb 1975 in Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio
………… + Nancy Regina Victoria Gruissy b: 31 Jan 1879 in Sharon, Medina, OH, m: 28 Jan 1903 in Medina, OH, d: 24 May 1959 in Wadsworth, Medina, OH
…………2 Margaret Maude Mark b: 06 Jan 1881 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio, d: 10 Jan 1964 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio
………… + Ralph Clayton Kauffman b: 08 Nov 1877 in Wayne, Ohio, m: 28 Aug 1937 in Orrville, Wayne, Ohio, d: 12 Nov 1968
………… + Samuel Martin Jolliff b: 08 Dec 1871 in Wayne, Ohio, m: 10 March 1898 in Wayne, Ohio, d: 28 Jan 1927
…………2 Emma Jane Mark b: 27 April 1882 in Overton, Wayne, Ohio, d: 09 Dec 1961 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio
………… + Alfred C. Pfeifer b: 23 Feb 1880 in Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, m: 30 Dec 1902 in Lagrange, Lorain, Ohio, d: 08 April 1968
………… + Elmer Howard Wilson b: 10 Oct 1879 in NJ, d: 12 July 1959 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
…………2 William Hercules Mark b: 30 April 1884 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio, d: 12 Aug 1929 in Congress, Wayne, Ohio
…………2 Mary Jeanette Mark b: 28 Feb 1886 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio, d: 06 May 1940 in Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio
………… + John Rickert Shaw b: 13 Jan 1886, m: 12 June 1912, d: Abt. 1984
…………2 Amos Martin Mark b: 21 June 1888 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio, d: 16 June 1969 in Wayne, Ohio
………… + Lillian Myrtle Hoverstock b: 25 April 1896 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio, m: 28 April 1914 in Overton, Wayne, OH, d: 10 Oct 1975 in Wooster, Wayne, OH
…………2 Eslie Guy Mark b: 02 Dec 1890 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio, d: 10 May 1972 in Medin, Ohio
………… + Golda Mae Warner b: 22 Sept 1902 in Lodi, Medina, Ohio, m: 15 April 1922, d: 25 March 1982 in Lodi, Medina, Ohio
…………2 Charles Forest Mark b: 02 May 1892 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio,d: 30 April 1967 in Ohio
………… + Bertha Flickinger b: 02 March 1904 in Wayne, Ohio, m: 02 June 1923 in Overton, Wayne, Ohio, d: 01 July 2000 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio
…………2 Elva Gale Mark b: 28 June 1894 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio, d: 12 Jan 1959 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio
………… + Myron A. Boreman b: c. 1893 Wayne Co, Ohio, m: 13 Sept 1912 in Wayne, Ohio
…………2 James Everett Mark b: 28 Oct 1896 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio, d: 28 Oct 1968 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio
………… + Effie Margaret Carter b: 15 Feb 1904 in Knox, Ohio, m: 31 Dec 1924, d: 05 April 1966
Selected Sources:
- 1850 Federal Census, Wayne Co, Ohio; 1850; Extracted from Census by C. Arthur Phillips, Published by MicroPhoto Div., Wooster, Ohio,
R.929.377161Un3wp; Page 324; Wayne Co. Public Library, Wooster. Abraham Mark family. - 1860 U. S. Census, Wayne Co, Ohio; 1860; ; Page 150, Lines 14-22; Family History Center Micorfilm #805051: Abraham Marks Family in Congress Twp.
- Rooster of Soldiers, Ohio, 195th Regiment; 1861 – 1866;Family
History Center Microfilm #0284929. Private William Mark enlisted in Wayne Co., Ohio - Pension application of William Mark; 1865-1905; Civil War, Ohio Volunteer Inf.,Co.I, 195 Regiment, filed by widow Rebecca Mark, National Archives, Washington, D.C.
- Record of Deaths, Probate Court, Chester Township, Wayne Co., Volume 1, 1877, Page 81, #16. Copy from Wayne County Public Library, Wooster, Ohio. Marks, Abeline
- Wayne Co. Ohio Marriage Record; 1878; Volume 9; Page 132; William Mark and Rebecca Ritter m. 20 Apr 1878
- 1880 US Census, Wayne Co., Ohio; 1880; Compiled by Richard G. Smith, 1979, Published by Wayne Co. Historical Society Genealogical Section. William Mark family
- 1890 Us Census Special Schedule Veterans Sd 6 ED 315 Page 1
Chester, Wayne, Ohio; Line 3; William Mark Private Co I 195 Reg Infantry - 1900 US Census, Wayne Co., Ohio; 1900; Vol. 155, E.D. 142, Sheet
10; Line 37; Family History Center Microfilm #1241331; Chester Township William “Marks” - Ohio Military Records: Grave Registration; ; Family History Center Microfilm #0182752. (Maier-Martin): William Mark was born in 1844 in Wooster, Ohio. He died on 21 Nov 1904 at Chester Twp.
- Family documents, letters, interviews & photographs
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