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Markley, Thomas Edwin

Markley, Thomas Edwin

Male 1909 - 1969  (59 years)

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  1. 1.  Markley, Thomas EdwinMarkley, Thomas Edwin was born on 09 Oct 1909 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA (son of Markley, James Edwin and Blose, Estella Minerva); died on 18 Jan 1969 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.

    Family/Spouse: Schoenberger, Janetta. Janetta was born on 23 Jan 1921 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; died on 27 Mar 1980 in East Stroudsburg, Monroe Co., PA; was buried in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Markley, James EdwinMarkley, James Edwin was born on 03 Mar 1863 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA (son of Markley, Thomas Harrison and Savitz, Elizabeth); died on 08 Mar 1911 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 12 Mar 1911 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Tombstone Photo: Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; Union Hill Cemetery
    • Census: 11 Jul 1870, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA
    • Census: 08 Jun 1880, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Bronchopneumonia

    Buried:
    Union Hill Cemetery

    James married Blose, Estella Minerva. Estella was born on 15 Sep 1868; died on 27 May 1937; was buried in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Blose, Estella MinervaBlose, Estella Minerva was born on 15 Sep 1868; died on 27 May 1937; was buried in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.
    Children:
    1. Markley, Arthur Raymond was born on 13 Feb 1887 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; died on 20 Jan 1957 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 24 Jan 1957 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA.
    2. Markley, Eva Mae was born on 18 Jun 1888 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; died on 21 Oct 1949 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 24 Oct 1949 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA.
    3. Markley, Stuart Llewellyn was born on 22 Apr 1891; died on 28 Aug 1948; was buried in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.
    4. Markley, Maude Irene was born on 28 Apr 1894 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; died on 27 Mar 1973 in Phillipsburg, Warren Co., NJ; was buried in Martins Creek, Northampton Co., PA.
    5. Markley, Helen Buelah was born on 08 Jun 1896; died on 24 Sep 1976.
    6. Markley, Ada Marcella was born on 28 Jan 1898 in Rickertsville, Carbon Co., PA; died on 15 Jul 1972 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA.
    7. Markley, Ellen Jane was born on 28 Feb 1901 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; died on 09 Aug 1953 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA.
    8. Markley, Elizabeth was born on 03 Nov 1902 in Rickertsville, Carbon Co., PA; died on 13 Mar 1982 in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA.
    9. 1. Markley, Thomas Edwin was born on 09 Oct 1909 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; died on 18 Jan 1969 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.
    10. Markley, Elliott Levine was born on 18 Sep 1911 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; died on 11 Nov 1981 in Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA; was buried in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Markley, Thomas HarrisonMarkley, Thomas Harrison was born on 21 Sep 1835 in Carbon Co., PA (son of Markley, Jonah and Walk, Catherine); died on 10 Apr 1903 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 14 Apr 1903 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptised: 02 Apr 1836, Towamensing Twp., Northampton Co., PA; Towamensing Union Church
    • Census: 23 Sep 1850, Upper Towmensing, Carbon Co., PA
    • Census: 10 Jul 1860, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA
    • Census: 11 Jul 1870, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; Farmer
    • Census: 08 Jun 1880, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Cancer per death record

    Thomas married Savitz, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born on 22 Feb 1836 in Towamensing Twp., Northampton Co., PA; died on 22 Jul 1922 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 26 Jul 1922 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Savitz, ElizabethSavitz, Elizabeth was born on 22 Feb 1836 in Towamensing Twp., Northampton Co., PA; died on 22 Jul 1922 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 26 Jul 1922 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 10 Jul 1860, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA
    • Census: 11 Jul 1870, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA
    • Census: 08 Jun 1880, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Cerebral apoplexy


    Buried:
    Union Hill Cemetery

    Children:
    1. Markley, Llewelyn Edwin was born on 07 Jan 1855 in Carbon Co., PA; died on 15 Feb 1943 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 18 Feb 1943 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.
    2. Markley, Milton was born in 1858 in Carbon Co., PA.
    3. Markley, Anna Maria was born on 16 Sep 1860 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA; died on 24 Jan 1940 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 27 Jan 1940 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA.
    4. 2. Markley, James Edwin was born on 03 Mar 1863 in Lehighton, Carbon Co., PA; died on 08 Mar 1911 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 12 Mar 1911 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.
    5. Markley, Albert Herbert was born in 1866 in Carbon Co., PA; died on 19 Sep 1928 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.
    6. Markley, Mary Catherine was born on 24 Apr 1868 in Carbon Co., PA; died on 07 Jan 1943 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 12 Jan 1943 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.
    7. Markley, Martha E was born about 1871 in Carbon Co., PA; died in 1922 in Carbon Co., PA.
    8. Markley, Bertha was born about 1877.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Markley, JonahMarkley, Jonah was born on 01 Jul 1800 in Northampton Co., PA; died on 01 Feb 1886 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 05 Feb 1886 in Big Creek, Franklin Twp, Carbon Co., PA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Tombstone Photo: Big Creek, Franklin Twp, Carbon Co., PA; St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery
    • Census: 23 Sep 1850, Upper Towmensing, Carbon Co., PA; Laborer
    • Census: 10 Jul 1860, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; Farmer
    • Census: 11 Jul 1870, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; Farmer
    • Census: 10 Jun 1880, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; Weaver

    Notes:

    Records of Reverend Frederick Wilhelm Meendsen, Lutheran Pastor in Northampton and Lehigh Counties, Pennsylvania (transcribed by Rev. Amandus S. Leiby, typescript at Lehigh County Historical Society, Allentown, Pennsylvania):

    Names listed as Johas Merkel and Katharine Walk

    1850 Census: Jonah 45 (b.1805), Catherine 38 (b.1812)
    1860 Census: Jonah 56 (b.1804), Catherine 47 (b. 1813); the age of 56 is what Ancestry.com says

    Jonah Markley: Carbon County's esteemed court crier
    EARLY TIMES CAPSUL
    BY JIM ZBICK
    Times News May 18, 1996

    Government officials throughout the area grieved at the sudden passing of Jonah Markley in 1886. For over 40 years, he was one of the county's most faithful servants.

    Born in Northampton County in 1801 to "humble and very respectable parents," Markley showed signs of early maturity as a teenager. At age 13 he became an associate of a Dr. Thomas, a respected physician in Philadelphia. Later, in life, Markley would be influenced by another doctor, Dr. Humphrey from cherryville who became his brother-in-law. During the Civil War, Dr. Humphrey, based in Easton, was the examining surgeon for the draft.

    After faithfully serving Dr. Thomas for a number of years in Philadelphia, Markley came to Carbon County, learning the weavers' trade at Lehigh Gap from a man named Peter Brown. Markley married Caroline Walck in 1828.

    Markley's next move was to Franklin where he established himself as a humble farmer. In a short time, however, he discovered his life was destined for public service.

    Soon after Carbon County's organization in 1843, Markley was elected one of the first constables. This made him familiar to county officials and when court crier William Holly retired, Markley was chosen as successor. It was a position the popular Franklin farmer would hold for the next four decades.

    "Through rain and shine and winter and summer, Markley was always in his accustomed place and with that manner so peculiarly his own, opened and closed the sessions of the court, calling out for good order and quietness during its continuance," one Mauch Chunk newspaperman noted.

    Despite being an octogenarian, Markley seemed to be in good health at the close of court on Jan. 23, 1886. As in countless previous sessions, he closed the court with a final prayer, "God save the commonwealth and the honorable court."

    Death came quite suddenly to the respected court crier. He died at 9 a.m. in his home in Franklin on February 1. The cause of death was termed "heart disease."

    Markley and his wife raised five sons and three daughters, and two of the children preceded him in death. He also left 53 grandchildren and 49 great-grandchildren.

    His remains were interred in the cemetery adjoining the Big Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church in Franklin Township. Friends and relatives formed a funeral cortege from the home to the church, then crowded into the sanctuary to hear Rev. J.S. Erb of Slatington deliver a practical message from Isaiah 38:1 entitled, "set thine house in order for thou shalt die."

    The service, which was in German, also included hymn-singing, reading of the 90th Psalm, and the Lord's Prayer. Many county officials attended the service, including William Holly, the man he replaced as court crier over 40 years earlier.

    "He was good natured and kind hearted to a fault, simple mannered and always obliging," a Mauch Chunk writer eulogized. "With his pleasant face and plain old-fashioned form, he'll be remembered as long as this county endures."

    From The Carbon Advocate, Volume 7, Number 7, Saturday, January 11, 1879
    Big Creek Items. On New Years day, our old friend, Jonas Markley, court crier, and his wife Catharine celebrated their golden wedding. About 50 or 60 persons were present, among whom
    were their three sons and two daughters. Among the presents to the worthy couple were one sack of flour, 6 pounds of coffee, 8 pounds of sugar, a large ham and sundry other articles. To say that Jonas was happy on that occasion falls far short of expressing his feelings.

    Jonah married Walk, Catherine on 11 Nov 1828 in Towamensing Twp., Northampton Co., PA. Catherine (daughter of Walk, George Michael and Strohl, Maria Elizabeth) was born on 17 Sep 1811; died on 03 Feb 1893 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Big Creek, Franklin Twp, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Walk, CatherineWalk, Catherine was born on 17 Sep 1811 (daughter of Walk, George Michael and Strohl, Maria Elizabeth); died on 03 Feb 1893 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Big Creek, Franklin Twp, Carbon Co., PA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Tombstone Photo: Big Creek, Franklin Twp, Carbon Co., PA; St. Paul's Union Church Cemetery
    • Baptised: 20 Oct 1811, Towamensing Twp., Northampton Co., PA
    • Census: 23 Sep 1850, Upper Towmensing, Carbon Co., PA
    • Census: 10 Jul 1860, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA
    • Census: 11 Jul 1870, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA
    • Census: 10 Jun 1880, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA

    Children:
    1. Markley, Alexander was born on 01 Feb 1829 in Northampton Co., PA; died on 30 Sep 1863 in Carbon Co., PA.
    2. Markley, Harriet was born on 06 Oct 1830 in Northampton Co., PA; died on 2 May 1905 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; was buried in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.
    3. Markley, Caroline was born on 21 Jan 1833 in Walcksville, Carbon Co., PA; died on 15 Dec 1927 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 20 Dec 1927 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA.
    4. 4. Markley, Thomas Harrison was born on 21 Sep 1835 in Carbon Co., PA; died on 10 Apr 1903 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 14 Apr 1903 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA.
    5. Markley, Stephen was born on 18 Oct 1838 in PA; died on 29 Sep 1919 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 4 Oct 1929 in Big Creek, Franklin Twp, Carbon Co., PA.
    6. Markley, Tilghman G. was born in 1841 in PA; died on 31 Jan 1928 in Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA; was buried on 2 Feb 1928 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA.
    7. Markley, Benjamin F was born on 3 Apr 1845 in Carbon Co., PA; died on 1 Mar 1929 in Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 4 Mar 1929 in Weissport, Carbon Co., PA.


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