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Benjamin S. MARKLEY

Benjamin S. MARKLEY

Male 1864 -

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  • Name Benjamin S. MARKLEY 
    Born Sep 1864  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1890  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1900  Coal District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1902  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1910  Adamston (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [4] 
    coal miner 
    Person ID I49987  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 1 Nov 2020 

    Father Joseph MARKLEY 
    Mother Martha CLAYPOOL 
    Family ID F56715  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ida LUZADER,   b. Aug 1874, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Married 6 Apr 1890  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on Jun 16 1900:
      B. S. Markley, 35, b. Sep 1864, coal miner, married 10 yrs; wife Ida, 25, b. Aug 1874, married 10 yrs, mother of 3 children (all still living); dau Lula, 6, b. Oct 1893; dau Maggie M, 4, b. Aug 1895; dau Ivy, 2, b. Feb 1898; boarder Norval Cornnule (?), 30, b. May 1870, single, coal miner; boarder John Connule (?), 35, b. Mar 1865, single, coal miner; boarder John Richards, 25, b. May 1875, single, coal miner; boarder Benjamin H. Wilford, 35, b. Jan 1865, single. All born in West Virginia.
    Children 
     1. Iva MARKLEY,   b. Feb 1898, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Documents
    49987_BenjaminSMarkley_IdaLuzader_MarriageRecord_6Apr1890.jpg    		49987_BenjaminSMarkley_IdaLuzader_MarriageRecord_6Apr1890.jpg
    Family ID F20611  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Ellen "Lizzie" DAVIS,   b. CA 1882, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 17 Sep 1902  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Coal District), enumerated on May 6 1910 in the Town of Adamston:
      Benjamin Markley, 44, coal miner, married 8 yrs (2nd marriage); wife Lizzie, 26, married 8 yrs (2nd marriage), mother of 4 children (all still living); dau Lula, 16; dau Mertie, 14; dau Iva, 13; dau Missouria Danley, 9; dau Agness, 5; dau Georgia, 3; dau Mary, 7 months; boarder Gearld Davis, 11; boarder Frank Miller, 36, single, coal miner. All born in West Virginia except Frank Miller, born in Michigan (both parents b. Germany).
      NOTE: The three older children were daughters of Benjamin and his first wife, Ida Luzader. Helen Missouri Danley was the daughter of Lizzie and her first husband, Guy Danley. The three younger daughters were children of Benjamin and Lizzie together. Gerald Davis was Lizzie's half-brother, son of Samuel H. Davis and Dora B. Male.
    Documents
    49987_BenjaminSMarkley_ElizabethEllenDavis_MarriageRecord_17Sep1902.jpg    		49987_BenjaminSMarkley_ElizabethEllenDavis_MarriageRecord_17Sep1902.jpg
    Family ID F56716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1980] 1900 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    2. [S1985] Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10820247&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=52745&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S2113] 1910 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    5. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.