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native of Alsace-Lorraine, was a harness and saddle maker, who came to America as a young man. He died at Panama, Iowa, November 23, 1911. His wife, Catherine Buckley, was born at Anamosa, Iowa, and died at Omaha, August 17, 1930. She was of Irish descent.
Mr. Manhart attended Georgetown University, at Washington, D. C., where he was awarded his LL. B. For three years he was in the Civil Service Department of the government at Washington, and prior thereto taught school and high school at Panama, Iowa. Since June 21, 1921, he has been engaged in the general practice of law. An independent Republican, he was candidate for nomination for congress from the first district of Nebraska in 1923.
He was married to Eleanor Catherine Steinauer at Omaha, on April 18, 1923. Mrs. Manhart was born at Steinauer, Nebraska, August 24, 1897, and is of German, Irish and Swiss descent. There are six children, Frances Ann., born March 1, 1924; Mary Eleanor, September 10, 1925; Paul Ignatius, Jr., January 2, 1927; David, June 10, 1928; Mary Jane, October 16, 1929, and John Nicholas, November 24, 1930.
During the World War Mr. Manhart served in the War Ordnance Department. He is a Catholic, and a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Church. Residence: Omaha.
George Brinton Mann
George B. Mann, editor and newspaperman of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, was born at St. Louis, Missouri, March 10, 1868. He is the son of Peter Mann, who was born at Bedford County, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1824, and died at Plattsmouth, December 21, 1891, and Elizabeth Caroline (Hooker) Mann, who was born at Desseldorf, Germany, March 22, 1835, and died at Plattsmouth, November 3, 1922. Peter Mann was the son of John Mann (1787-1845) and Sarah (McMullin) Mann (1800-1883). John Mann was the son of Peter Mann I (1759-1842) and Hanna (Haney) Mann (1764-1827). Elizabeth (Hooker) Mann was the daughter of Francis Hooker (died 1838) and Mary (Brightingham) Hooker (1814-1872). Francis Hooker was the son of Christopher Hooker. Mary (Brightingham) Hooker was the daughter of George and Elizabeth Brightingham.
Captain Peter Mann, father of George Brinton Mann, led a colorful and varied life. As a youth, he was apprenticed to the carpenter trade and after serving his apprenticeship built wooden tanks in which to store the coal oil then discovered near Bradford, Pennsylvania. A little later he moved to Pittsburgh, where he built his first boats, and from there he was engaged as a carpenter on a steamboat on the Ohio River. He was boat carpenter and pilot on the American Fur Company's boats shipping from St. Louis to Fort Benton, in 1848. In 1850 he traveled by steamboat to Fort Leavenworth, and from there journeyed overland to California, walking most of the way. In California he found little gold, but a great deal of steamboating on the Sacramento River. In 1855 he returned by way of the Isthmus of Panama to New Orleans, and St. Louis, and from that time until 1861 was a pilot on the Mississippi River. During the Civil War he was occupied in the navy yard at Carondlet, building Grant's fleet of gunboats. He was on the Union Pacific steamboats Denver, Colorado, Kate Sweeney, between St. Joseph and Omaha, from 1864 to 1865. In 1867 he raised the sunken steamboat Benton, near Florence, Nebraska, for an insurance company. In 1869 he brought the steamboat Gallatin from Memphis to Plattsmouth, to cross the C. B. & Q. railroad then being built from Plattsmouth to Kearney. He superintended the building of, and operated the transfer boat Vice President for the Burlington railroad at Plattsmouth.
George B. Mann has lived in Nebraska for 61 years, where he received his education, attending the Plattsmouth High School until 1881, and engaging in the newspaper business for the last fifty years. He has held the following positions: editor of the Saturday Mirror, 1891; editor Evening News, 1899; the Elkhorn Exchange, 1892; and the Plattsmouth Journal, 1896-1901. Together with Edgar Howard, of Columbus, Nebraska, he printed the first copy of the Plattsmouth Journal, November 5, 1881, on a Washington hand press. Today he is in the mechanical department of the Plattsrnouth Journal,
At Kearuey, Nebraska, he was married to Pearl Alice Nichols, September 4, 1913. Mrs. Mann, who was born in Buffalo County, Nebraska, February 10, 1879, the daughter of David and Ann Nichols, and now is principal of the high school at Clearwater, Nebraska.
They have one son, Robert M., born June 22, 1914, who has just been made an Eagle Scout.
Politically, Mr. Mann is an independent. Since 1886 he has been a member of the International Typographical Union. His favorite sport is boating on the Missouri River; having owned a houseboat for 20 years. His hobby is the collection of antiques. His home contains many pieces of old-fashioned furniture, many historical books and papers on early Nebraska history, and this collection is considered the finest of its kind in his county. Residence: Plattsrnouth.
Martin Strange Mansfield
Martin S. Mansfield, merchant at Winnebago, Nebraska, for the past 30 years, was born at Homer, Nebraska, January 10, 1879, the son of Martin and Sarah C. (DeBorde) Mansfield. His father, who was a carpenter, was born at Springfield, Illinois, April 4, 1843, and died at Homer, January 10, 1910; he served for three years in the 25th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. His mother was born in Wisconsin, September 15, 1852, and died at Homer, July 5, 1917.
Mr. Mansfield was a merchant at Homer for five years and for over twenty-five years engaged in the general merchandise business at Winnebago where he is also connected with the state bank. He is a member of The Nebraskana Society, is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, and holds membership in the Democratic Party. He is a Mason.
On November 13, 1901, his marriage to Ethelyn Charlotte King was solemnized at Bottinaeu, North Dakota. Mrs. Mansfield was born at Fairbury, Nebraska, September 25, 1882; they had one son, Harold, born August 12, 1902, who died August 2, 1905. During the World War Mr. Mansfield served as chairman of the council of defense in Thurston County. Residence: Winnebago.
Charles B. Mantel
Charles B. Mantel, a hardware merchant at Malmo, Nebraska, since 1914, has always lived in that community. He was born at Malmo, August 31, 1885, the son of John B. and Barbetta Marie (Folk) Mantel. His father, who was a farmer and one of the first settlers in Saunders County, was born at Baden, Germany, December 25, 1840, and died at Malmo, February 18, 1899. His mother was born at Wurttemberg, Creglingen, Germany, May 5, 1844, and died at Malmo, January 24, 1919.
Mr. Mantel farmed until 1914 when he entered the hardware business in which he is still engaged. He is a member of The Nebraskana Society, and has always been interested in civic welfare. His sports are hunting and fishing. Residence: Malmo.
Orlando Bidwell Manville
Orlando Bidwell Manville, real estate and investment executive, was born at Watertown, Wisconsin, September 29, 1867. He is the son of Hiram Sage and Helen Frances (Nute) Manville, the former an importer of dry goods and notions until 1876, and general manager of
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the Converse Cattle Company until 1903. Hiram Sage Manville was born at Great Barrington, Massachusetts on June 13, 1829, of old New England ancestry. He died at Oakdale, Nebraska, December 6, 1911.
Helen Frances Nute, his wife, was born at Farmington, New Hampshire, June 20, 1836, and died at Boston, March 17, 1927, She was also of old New England stock.
Orlando B. Manville attended Markham's Academy at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one year; the public schools of Washington, D. C. two years; the public schools of Manchester, New Hampshire, three years; Chauncy Hall at Boston seven months; and Dartmouth College one year. He is a member of Beta Theta Pi.
On May 29, 1888, he was married to Alice E. Bittenger at Tilden, Nebraska. Two children were born to them, Richard B., December 25, 1889, who is unmarried. Hiram Sage, born October 21, 1891, was married in June, 1916, to Vera Regina Hudson of Omaha. To them were born three children, Betty Larie, born August 18, 1920; Barbara Lorraine, born March 2, 1923; and Beatrice Lucille, born November 2, 1925. Their youngest child, Florence was born July 7, 1905, and has completed a secretarial course at Stephens College. She is a stenographer. Divorced in 1900, Mr. Manville was married to Nora E. Nelson on May 3, 1902, at Neligh, Nebraska. She was born December 1, 1872.
Mr. Manville resided in South Dakota from 1890 until 1892, in Nebraska the summers 1882 to 1885, and became a permanent resident of Nebraska in 1885. The years 1904-06 he spent in California. Until 1906 he was engaged in the cattle business, and since that date has engaged in the real estate and investment business at Oakdale and Norfolk, Nebraska.
He is affiliated with the Congregational Church, is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and is a life member of the Nebraskana Society. Residence: Norfolk. (Photograph in Album).
Milton Hall Marble
Milton H. Marble, a direct descendant of Edward Doty, who came to America on the Mayflower in 1620, was born near Wooster, Ohio, March 16, 1839, the son of Hiram Sepcott and Anne (Stewart) Marble. His father, a minister in the Universalist Church, was born at Hoosick Falls, New York, June 10, 1810, the son of Jacob and Lydia Marble. He died at Mount Pleasant, Washington, in February, 1891. His mother, the daughter of Sylvester and Almira (Doty) Stewart, was born in Wayne County, New York, December 27, 1814, and died in Ohio, April 18, 1849.
Mr. Marble who is a pioneer Nebraskan, was educated in the Iowa public schools and was graduated from the Iowa City High School. He has been justice of the peace since 1895, and is the only police judge Table Rock, Nebraska has ever had. From 1886 to 1890, he served as county commissioner of Pawnee County. He has been a notary public for 48 years and since 1884 has been secretary of the cemetery board at Table Rock. A Republican, he cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. For over 60 years he has been a contributor to magazines and newspapers.
On February 4, 1863, he was married to Maria Sarah Bump at Albany, Green County, Wisconsin. Mrs. Marble was born at Potsdam, New York, April 21, 1844, the daughter of John Orville and Sophronia Bump, and died at Table Rock, April 29, 1872. Two children were born to this union: Alice, born April 4, 1867, who married Edgar Woods; and Harmon, born November 5, 1870, who married Myrtle Woolsey. Harmon has been in the Indian Service as superintendent and assistant superintendent for 17 years. He was proprietor of the Humboldt Leader for fifteen years. Mr. Marble was married to Amanda J. Fairbank at Tecumseh, Nebraska, October 31, 1872, who died April 6, 1910; and on April 15, 1911, married Amy E. Linn, of Abilene, Kansas.
Mr. Marble has been a member of the Odd Fellows for 63 years and bears distinction of being the oldest member of this organization in Nebraska; was a charter member of the lodge of Table Rock. For 19 years he was president of school district number 51, and for 24 years has been a member of the Table Rock board of education, serving most of this time as secretary. At one time in his early youth, he served as deputy postmaster at Brodhead, Wisconsin, under Abraham Lincoln. Residence: Table Rock.
Thomas T. Marcott
Thomas T. Marcott, municipal judge, was born in Canada, October 21, 1857, son of John B. and Matilda (Mountain) Marcott. The father was born in Canada, and died at Brady, Nebraska in 1898. He was a retired farmer of Canadian French descent. His wife was born in Canada, and died at Brady in 1904. She was of French and Scotch descent.
On August 5, 1885; Mr. Marcott was married to Ruby Fidela Atkinson at Brady. She was born at Albany, Wisconsin, November 3, 1865, of English descent. There are three children, born to their union, two of which are still living, Nona M., born November 19, 1891, married W. T. Beatty of Brady. Two children were born to their union, William, December 5, 1915; and Irene, born December 31, 1916. Mrs. Beatty died in October, 1917. T. Logan, born May 10, 1895, married Gene Wardon and is residing on a ranch just south of Brady. Nina F., born June 21, 1902, married Tom Palmer who is maintainer of the public highways of Lincoln County residing at Brady.
Judge Marcott is a Democrat, and has resided in Nebraska since 1879; He was elected justice of the peace of Gaslin precinct in 1885 serving about 12 years, resigning to move to Brady where he went into the lumber business which he ran until 1896 at which time he returned to the ranch. In 1908 he retired from the ranch and has resided in Brady since. He was elected municipal judge in about 1922 and has served that office since. His fraternal organizations include the Modern Woodmen of America, the Elks and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Residence: Brady.
Clarence Sidney Marcy
Clarence Sidney Marcy, farmer and rancher, was born at Rowley, Iowa, November 18, 1872, and for 43 years has been a resident of Nebraska. His father, Sidney Stephen Marcy, was born at Marengo, Illinois, April 2, 1848, and died at Hay Springs, May 5, 1921. The family has been in America more than 125 years. Harriet Jane Blood, wife of Sidney Stephen Marcy, was born at New Hartford, Connecticut, April 11, 1849, her family having been in America about 150 years.
Educated in country schools in Iowa and Nebraska, Mr. Marcy was graduated from high school at Hay Springs. He taught country schools for three years, clerked five years in a general store and in a bank for about six months, and served as county treasurer for eight years, from 1923 until 1931. He was defeated at the primaries for a third term. He is a Democrat.
Mr. Marcy was united in marriage with Dora J. Johansen at Hay Springs, February 14, 1897. She is the daughter of Christian and Anna M. (Wortman) Johansen. Mrs. Marcy attended country schools and graduated from the Hay Springs High School. She is a member of the Federated Womans Club, the P. E. O. sisterhood and is a member and past worthy matron of the Eastern Star. Mr. and Mrs. Marcy have had five children, four of whom are living, Dorothy Claire, born October 18, 1900; Clarence Leslie, November 18, 1902; Opal Joyce, October 11, 1908; Deane Sidney, December 26, 1910; Irene Ethel, born May 1, 1916, who died May 18, 1916; and Eleanor Jane, born July 1, 1922. Deane Sidney is
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taking his pre-medical course at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
For six years Mr. Marcy served as a member of the board of trustees of Rushville, and one year was chairman of the board. For eight years he was chairman of the Sheridan County Corn Show, and served four years as chairman of the road committee for the Rushville Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Marcy was a proxy delegate to the Democratic state convention in 1924, and is a past president of the Nebraska State County Treasurers Association. During 1920 and 1921 he was treasurer of School District No. 35 of Sheridan County and since 1928 has been a member of the Rushvile Chamber of Commerce. A Master Mason of Hay Springs Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, he is also a Knight Templar and Royal and Select Master. He is a member and past worthy patron of the Eastern Star. During the late war Mr. Marcy was extremely active in all civilian projects oversubscribing his quota in liberty bonds, and registering men, subject to draft, without remuneration. Mr. and Mrs. Marcy are affiliated with the Hay Springs Congregational Church. Residence: Hay Springs. (Photograph on Page 762).
Frank Mares
One of Nebraska's pioneer farmers and business men, Frank Mares has lived in this state for 67 years and has been prominent in various civic organizations. He was born in Czecho-Slovakia, October 11, 1864, the son of Jacob and Mary (Franek) Mares. His father, who was also a farmer, was born at Korita, Czecho-Slovakia, March 9, 1832, and died at Dwight, Nebraska, August 28, 1901. His mother, whose parents were pioneer settlers in Butler County, was born at Klatova, Czecho-Slovakia, August 26, 1838, and died at Dwight, September 26, 1920.
Mr. Mares received his education in a rural school. In 1900 he was a hotel keeper at Dwight, and at this time is a farmer and real estate dealer. He has served as Democratic delegate to county conventions, has been a member of the school board for 35 years, and was appointed county agent inspector by Governor Neville. During the World War he served as chairman of the loan drive committee and chairman of the Red Cross drives.
His marriage to Anna Kastl occurred at Weston, Saunders County, Nebraska, October 9, 1886. Mrs. Mares, who was a pioneer in Saunders County, was born at Weston, August 25, 1869, and died at Dwight, January 5, 1925. They have nine children, all of whom are living on farms: Albert; Frank C.; Barbara; James; Lewis; Fred; Helen; Eleanor; and Edward.
Mr. Mares is affiliated with the Dwight Catholic Church, and holds membership in the following organizations: Wester Bohemian Fraternal Association; Woodmen of the World; Modern Woodmen; Catholic Workmen and The Nebraskana Society. His hobby is pigeons. Residence: Dwight.
William Charles Margrave
On June 27, 1877, William C. Margrave was born near Preston, Richardson County, Nebraska. His father, William Addison Margrave, a farmer and rancher, was born at Peoria, Illinois, May 1, 1845, and died at Preston, July 30, 1906.
Margaret (Rubeti) Margrave, his mother, was born at Highland, Doniphan County, Kansas, January 19, 1848, the daughter of a French Canadian father and a Sac and Fox Indian mother. She was adopted at the age of three by a Presbyterian missionary, Rev. S. M. Irvin, who reared and educated her. She became the first teacher in the Sac and Fox Indian school on the Indian reservation near Preston, where she taught Indian children who could speak no English while she knew none of their language. She died at Hiawatha, Kansas, December 28, 1918.
Mr. Margrave received his early education at the Indian school where his mother had taught, later was a student in the public schools at Reserve, Kansas, and attended Hiawatha Academy.
For 46 years he has lived in Nebraska where for twenty years he was president of the W. A. Margrave Company and president of the Farmers' State Bank, at Preston. For the last twelve years he has been a director of of the Morrill and Janes Bank of Hiawatha.
He was united in marriage with Mary Julia Waller at Padonia, Brown County, Kansas, March 17, 1897. Mrs. Margrave was born August 28, 1877, and died at Preston, April 27, 1908. Three children were born to them: Howard J., born September 15, 1900, who married Marie Wasmand; Julia R., born September 12, 1903, who married Harold Kottman; and Martha M., born January 29, 1906, who married Madison Idol. His marriage to Ida Ernestme Pribbeno was solemnized at Preston, June 1, 1910. She was born at Preston, September 14, 1885, the daughter of Charles and Mary (Zoeller) Pribbeno. Three children were born to them, two of whom are living: Helen M., born December 21, 1911; William Addison, born April 9, 1914; and Warren Robert, born March 15, 1919, who died August 13, 1924.
For the past eight years Mr. Margrave has been a director on the school board, district 99, at Preston. He is a member of the Red Cross, the Modern Woodmen, and is chairman of the Republican national committee for Jefferson precinct. He is a member of the Methodist Church at Reserve, Kansas. His hobby is reading. Residence: Preston.
John Henry Markel
John Henry Markel was born at Nebraska City, September 10, 1891. His father, Henry Gustavus Markel, was born in Springfield, Illinois, August 7, 1851, of German descent. Engaged in the hardware business at Nebraska City from 1905 until his death on November 11, 1925, he was married to Amelia Mary Mohr, a native of Germany, born June 21, 1858. She came from a family of high military rank in her native country, and died at Nebraska City, March 5, 1909.
John H. Markel attended the Nebraska City public schools until 1907, and started as a Ford dealer at Nebraska City, August 3, 1908. On April 14, 1913, he took over the Ford dealership at Lincoln, which he sold in April, 1914. In November of 1914 he became Ford and Dodge dealer at Nebraska City. In March of 1915, he opened an office in Chicago, for the distribution of oil in the central west, and in December of 1916, sold his Ford Agency. In August, 1917, he sold his Dodge agency in Nebraska City, and his office in Chicago and entered the World War.
He enlisted as a private in headquarters company of the 355th Infantry, 89th Division and was promoted to sergeant on October 19, 1917; transferred to the 34th Division, National Guard Unit; on November 7, 1917, he was promoted to first sergeant Headquarters Company, 134th Infantry; May 1, 1918, he was promoted to regimental sergeant-major, 134th Infantry; September 11, 1918, he was promoted to second lieutenant of Regular Army Supply Office, transferred to 10th Supply Train, 10th Division under General Wood, and on October 18, 1918, received promotion to supply captain, 10th Division, Regular Army. He was honorably discharged January 23, 1919.
In December, 1927, he sold the Dodge Agency, taking the Hudson-Essex dealership at Lincoln, January, 1929. Omaha was then added for Hudson-Essex dealership, September, 1929, and he had taken entire distribution for entire state and western part of Iowa for Hudson-Essex Cars, with offices in Omaha and Lincoln.
During 1926-28 he was chairman of the campaign fund of the Community Chest. He has been a member of the Lincoln Kiwanis Club since 1927, and is a life member of the Lincoln Commercial Club and the Lincoln Auto Club. He is a member of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, the Ad-Sell League, the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, the Aero-
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nautic Association of the United States, and a director of the Motor Trades Association of Omaha and Lincoln. His hobby is aviation, and his sports are golf and hunting. His clubs are the Omaha Club, the Omaha Athletic Club, and the Lincoln Country Club. Residence: Omaha.
Miles R. Markley
Miles R. Markley, dentist, was born at Juniata, Nebraska, November 5, 1903, son of Melvin and Mildred (Veley) Markley. His father Dr. M. Markley, was born in Cass County, Michigan, August 1, 1862. In 1779 (sic) he came to the state of Nebraska with his parents, Urias L. Markley and Caroline Lutz Markley, his brother Lemon and sister Lennie. They settled on a farm in Adams County near the towns of Juniata and Hastings. The brother Lemon Markley, M. D., took his degree from Omaha Medical College in 1887, and was the first resident practicing physician in Kimball, Nebraska, 1887-1890. He moved from there to Bellingham, Washington where he now lives. The sister, Lennie (Markley) Saddler lives in the same city.
Malvin Markley attended the Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery, graduating in the class of 1896. He was two years an instructor in this institution. He practiced in Juniata, Nebraska from 1896-1909, when he and his family moved to Kimball. Of the three children in this family, Luella M. Markley is a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Journalism, having had training in the University of Colorado and Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. She is at present the editor of the Oregon State Board of Public Health publication, Child Health. The younger brother Dick, is a graduate of the Kimball Public Schools and is preparing for a medical course.
Dr. M. Markley's wife, Mildred, was born in Otsego, Michigan, August 12, 1883. She is secretary of the Kimball school board and past president of the Kimball Womans Club.
Dr. Miles R. Marklcy attended Kimball public and high schools, graduating from the later in 1921. He attended the University of Nebraska during the years 1922-23, and the University of Denver from 1923 until 1927, receiving the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1927. He is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and Delta Sigma Delta fraternities. Since July 1927 he has been active in the practice of dentistry at Kimball.
On June 28, 1929, he was married to Winnifred F. Lute of Denver She was born at Camden, New Jersey, September 23, 1905. She has the degree of Bachelor of Arts and the degree of Bachelor of Science in Commercial science. She taught in the Sidney, Nebraska high school in 1926-27.
Dr. Markley is a member of the Kimball Methodist Episcopal Church, the National, State, and District Dental Society, the Lions Club (secretary 1931, director 1932, state secretary 1932) and is scout master of Scout Troop No. 31. His club is the Kimball Country Club. He enjoys all outdoor sports especially fishing and skating, while his hobbies are his garden and his work shop. Residence: Kimball.
John Prince Markoe
John Prince Markoe is a native of Minnesota, born at St. Paul, November 1, 1890. He is the son of James Cox and Mary (Prince) Markoe, the former a physician. James Cox Markoe was born at St. Paul, August 13, 1856, and is descended from French immigrants to the Danish West Indies, who came to America prior to the Revolution and settled in Philadelphia. Mary (Prince) Markoe was born at St. Paul, September 19, 1856.
Professor Markoe attended the public schools of St. Paul, until 1905, and was graduated from the High School department of St. Thomas College in 1909. He attended the United States Military Academy from 1910-14, where he was a letterman in football 1912-13.
From 1914-15 he held the rank of second lieutenant, 10th United States Cavalry, Fort Huachuca, Arizona; and captain Company F., 2nd Minnesota Infantry on the Mexican Border, 1916-17. During the years 1922 and 1923 he was professor of mathematics at the University of Detroit, and at the present time he holds the position of professor of astronomy at Creighton University. He is a member of the Society of Jesus. His hobby is mathematics. Residence: Omaha.
Robert Howard Marks
Robert Howard Marks, farmer and pioneer resident of Nebraska, was born at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, June 4, 1876, son of Robert Henry and Ella (Pyncheon) Marks. His father, who was born at Sun Prairie, September 27, 1842, was a volunteer in the 40th Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War. He was a farmer in Nebraska who died at Alexandria, August 10, 1906. His patents came from England in the 1830's, settling near the present town of Sun Prairie, the trading point being Milwaukee, seventy-five miles away. Ella Pyncheon was born in Clyde, New York, February 6, 1844, and before her marriage was a school teacher. She has always been interested in educational and church work. Her mother's ancestors came from Scotland in early colonial days, while her father, William Pyncheon, was of English descent. The family moved to Thayer County in 1883, and Mr. Marks was educated first in the country schools here, completing the 11th year of the Ohiowa High School in 1897. In 1898 he completed a course at the Omaha Commercial College, and during the year 1911-12 was a student at the University of Nebraska.
Beginning as a hardware merchant at Ohiowa in 1898, Mr. Marks continued until 1900, when he became assistant cashier of the Bank of Ohiowa. He retired from the bank in 1904 to establish the Ohiowa telephone exchange, of which he retained management until 1912. He moved to his present home in 1910, which is on the same farm purchased by his father in 1880, and occupied in 1883.
A Republican, he was a member of the House of Representatives, 1904-05, from Fillmore County, and was active in civic affairs in Ohiowa until 1910. He volunteered in June, 1917, and served as a private with the 134th Infantry, 34th Division, at Camp Cody, New Mexico,, until August, 1918. He was transfered to Camp Dix, New Jersey, on that date and sailed for France in October, 1918. After three months service he returned to the United States with the 83rd Division and was mustered out at Camp Funston, Kansas, February, 1919. Since 1919 he has been a member of the American Legion, at Ohiowa.
He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, the Nebraskana Society, and for several years a director of the school board. His special interests include better highways, better schools, better homes and communities.
On June 18, 1898, he was married to Clara Belle Clemons at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Mrs. Marks was born at Carleton, Nebraska, April 2, 1879, the daughter of Albert F. and Laura (Babcock) Clemons. Her ancestors were mainly English, one fought in the French and Indian War and others in the Revolution. Albert F. Clemons was born November 21, 1840 at Hartland, Connecticut, and died November 13, 1914. He homesteaded in the Ohiowa Community in 1870, where he was the first postmaster and was the originator of the name Ohiowa given to the community and the postoffice. Three years later he moved to the new Carleton settlement where he engaged in the general merchandise and implement business. He was very prominent in civic affairs. Later he was elected county clerk and moved to Hebron, and in 1885 removed again to Ohiowa, where he was an officer and one of the founders of the Bank of Ohiowa. Laura
