William
Mark
26 May
1844 OH – 21 Nov 1904 OH
Son of
Abraham Mark & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger
Spouse
#1 – Emma Abeline Flory
Spouse
#2 – Elidia Rebecca Ritter
14
children
Military
service: 195th Regiment, Ohio Volunteers
Cemetery
: Overton Church of God Cemetery, Wayne Co., OH
My
second great grandfather was born 172 years ago today. He was a colorful figure.
My grandmother, Ivy R (Mark) Brown, remembered her grandfather. In 1994 she told
me about his house in rural Wayne County, Ohio and shared a photo of a very
small log house that did not look like it could contain 14 children.
"I
remember their place. It wasn't a very big place but they always had a good
garden and a lot of chickens. Chickens were out back. In those days there was a
lot of hunting. Like rabbit, turkey, wild turkey and such things. They had a
lot of fishing. There was a big creek right by their house. They could
fish."
The
rifle William carried during the Civil War is still in the family. My
grandmother talked about his military service.
William
Mark "was on Look Out Mountain in Tennessee. A tornado came. A big plank
slammed right into him; into his stomach.
He was never well after that."
My
grandmother told me about his death.
"…my
grandfather lived in that house and he wasn't well enough to do much. He used
to go for walks. He loved to be outside. So, this one day he went for a walk
and he come back and he told Grandma he had walked further that day than he had
for a long time. And she [Elidia Rebecca
(Ritter) Mark] said, 'Well, sit down a few minutes. Dinner isn't quite ready.' And
he sat down and when she went to call him, he was dead."
Although he is gone stories about him continue in our family.
Select
Sources:
·
1850
Federal Census, Wayne Co, Ohio; 1850; Extracted
from Census by C. Arthur Phillips, Published by MicroPhoto Div., Wooster, Ohio,
Wayne Co. Public Library, Wooster.
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1860 U.
S. Census, Wayne County, Ohio; 1860; ; Page 150, Lines
14-22; Family History Center Microfilm #805051.
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1880
Federal Census, Wayne Co., Ohio; 1880; Compiled by Richard G. Smith, 1979,
Published by Wayne Co. Historical Society Genealogical Section, Wooster, Ohio;
Page 38; State Library of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio.
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1890 Us
Census Special Schedule Veterans SD 6 ED 315 Page 1; Chester,
Wayne, Ohio Line 3; William Mark Private Company I 195 Regiment Infantry.
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1900 Federal Census, Wayne Co.,
Ohio; 1900; Vol. 155, E.D. 142, Sheet 10; Line 37; Family History Center Microfilm
#1241331; NOTE Chester Township; William "Marks".
·
Index to Service
Records, Volunteers from Ohio, 1861 - 1865, MAL - MARS, Microfilm #0882280,
Family History Center, Albany, NY. William Mark 195 Reg. Ohio Infantry.
·
Official Records of
the Union and Confederate Armies in the War of the Rebellion, 1860s,
Washington, D. C., U S Government Printing Office, 1901.
·
Office of the Govenor, State of
Ohio, Columbus. Jan 22, 1996. Govenor's Office of Veteran's Affairs. OFFICIAL
ROSTER OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE STATE OF OHIO IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, 1861 -
1866, Vol. X (Cincinnati: The Ohio Valley Company, 1889).Page 185: "195th
Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
·
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
·
Wayne Co. Ohio Marriage Record;
1878; Volume 9; Page 132; William Mark and Rebecca Ritter m. 20 Apr 1878.
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