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Markley, Jonah

Markley, Jonah

Male 1800 - 1886  (85 years)

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  • Name Markley, Jonah 
    Birth 01 Jul 1800  Northampton Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 23 Sep 1850  Upper Towmensing, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 10 Jul 1860  Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 11 Jul 1870  Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 10 Jun 1880  Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Tombstone Photo Big Creek, Franklin Twp, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery 
    Death 01 Feb 1886  Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial 05 Feb 1886  Big Creek, Franklin Twp, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 7] 
    Person ID I81205  My Damon Genealogy
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2019 

    Family Walk, Catherine,   b. 17 Sep 1811   d. 03 Feb 1893, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 11 Nov 1828  Towamensing Twp., Northampton Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
     1. Markley, Alexander,   b. 01 Feb 1829, Northampton Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1863, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
     2. Markley, Harriet,   b. 06 Oct 1830, Northampton Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1905, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. Markley, Caroline,   b. 21 Jan 1833, Walcksville, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1927, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     4. Markley, Thomas Harrison,   b. 21 Sep 1835, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1903, Weissport, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     5. Markley, Stephen,   b. 18 Oct 1838, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1919, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     6. Markley, Tilghman G.,   b. 1841, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1928, Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     7. Markley, Benjamin F,   b. 3 Apr 1845, Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1929, Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F30678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2019 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 01 Jul 1800 - Northampton Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 11 Nov 1828 - Towamensing Twp., Northampton Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Laborer - 23 Sep 1850 - Upper Towmensing, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Farmer - 10 Jul 1860 - Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Farmer - 11 Jul 1870 - Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Weaver - 10 Jun 1880 - Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTombstone Photo - St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery - - Big Creek, Franklin Twp, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 01 Feb 1886 - Franklin Twp., Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 05 Feb 1886 - Big Creek, Franklin Twp, Carbon Co., PA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Markley, Jonah    		Markley, Jonah
    Obituary
    1850 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Upper Towamensing, p. 402B    		1850 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Upper Towamensing, p. 402B
    1860 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Franklin Twp, p. 17     		1860 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Franklin Twp, p. 17
    1870 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Franklin, p. 73A    		1870 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Franklin, p. 73A
    1880 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Franklin Twp, enumeration district 123, p. 502C     		1880 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Franklin Twp, enumeration district 123, p. 502C

    Headstones
    Markley, Jonah     		Markley, Jonah
    Markley, Jonah and Catherine     		Markley, Jonah and Catherine

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S945] St. Paul's Union Church Cemetery, (Franklin Twp, Carbon County, Pennsylvania; east side of Franklin Twp, near the Beltzville Dam), Jonah Markley marker.

    2. [S11] 1850 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Upper Towamensing, p. 402B-403A (stamped), dwelling 132, family 132, Catherine and Jonah Markle [Markley]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 2 September 2013); citing National Archives microfilm publication M432_762, images 364-365.

    3. [S582] 1860 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Franklin Twp, p. 17 (stamped), dwelling 610, family 131, Cath and Johah Markle [Markley]; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : accessed 23 September 2013); citing National Archives microfilm publication M653_1089, image 285.

    4. [S588] 1870 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Franklin, p. 73A (stamped), dwelling 135, family 151, Catharine and Jonah Markley; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 29 September 2013); citing National Archives microfilm publication M593_1320, image 149.

    5. [S621] 1880 U.S. census, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Franklin Twp, enumeration district 123, p. 502C (stamped), dwelling 118, family 129, Catherine and Jonah Markle [Markley], digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 October 2013); citing FH film 1255108, roll 1108, image 0656.

    6. [S674] Obituary, "Funeral of Jonah Markley," Mauch Chunk (Pennsylvania) Daily News, 9 Februrary 1886.

    7. [S648] "Find A Grave", Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 30 July 2013), memorial page for Jonah Markley (1800-1886), Find A Grave Memorial no. 58292203, citing Saint Paulus Lutheran & Reformed Church Cemetery, Big Creek, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, created by Erice Wilcox, photograph by Mike Damon.

    8. [S617] Vargo, Michele Leibenguth, "Marriage Records of Frederick W Meendsen".


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