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MARKHAM Charles DeWitt
Birth:          31 Jan 1854 Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa.
Death:          4 Jul 1919 Potterbrook, Tioga Co., Pa.
Burial:         Riverside Cemetery, Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa.

Notes
1860 in Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa.
1870 in Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa. laborer
1880 in Knoxville, Tioga Co., Pa. druggist
1900 cannot find
1910 in Westfield, Tioga Co., Pa. retail merchant dry goods
1920 1930 cannot find any exc son
from http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/1897/ch61b.htm
CHARLES D. MARKHAM was born in Knoxville, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, January 
31, 1854, a son of William and Betsey Markham, a sketch of whom will be found in 
this chapter. The subject of this sketch was reared in Knoxville, and obtained a 
common school education. He began his business career as a clerk in a drug store at 
Knoxville, in which he served three years, when he purchased the business of his 
employer and carried it on four years. The year 1882 he spent in the South, and in 
1883 he located at Potter Brook, Tioga county, where he has since carried on general 
merchandising. In 1879 Mr. Markham married Emma J. Martin, a daughter of William 
and Mary A. (Johnson) Martin, of Knoxville, and has one son, Carl W. Mr. Markham is 
a member of the Christian church, and also of Cowanesque Lodge, No. 351, F. & A. M. 
In politics, he is a Republican, and served as postmaster of Potter Brook five years. 

http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/obitcemt/riverobtk.htm
MARKHAM CHARLES D 
Death of Charles D. Markham 
Charles DeWitt Markham, one of the best known citizens of the Cowanesque Valley, 
died at his home in Potterbrook July 4, at 11:45 p.m.  He had been in failing health for 
some years.  Charles D. Markham was born in Knoxville, Jan. 31, 1854, a son of 
William and Betsy Markham.  His father, William Markham, was born in England in 
1817, and when six years old came to this country with his parents who settled at 
Ithaca and later moved to Deerfield, this county, where John Markham, the 
grandfather of Charles, was one of the early settlers and cleaned up a farm of 200 
acres.  Charley Markham, as he was familiarly called by his many friends, was reared 
in Knoxville and obtained a common school education, says the Courier.  He began his 
business career as a clerk in a drug store and after three years purchased the 
business of his employer and carried it on for four years.  In 1883, he located to 
Potterbrook and since then had conducted there a general merchandise business, and 
served as postmaster several years.  In 1879 he married Emma J. Martin, of Knoxville, 
and they raised an adopted son, Carl W. Markham.  His first wife died a number of 
years ago.  About fourteen years ago he married Miss Alice Cushing, of Knoxville.  
They had one daughter, Doris, aged 9 years.  Mr. Markham was a member of 
Cowanesque Lodge, No. 351, F. & A. M., having joined April 5, 1876 and was the 
oldest in point of membership of the lodge at the time of his death.  Funeral services 
were held July 9 at 2 o'clock at the home in Potterbrook, and the burial was in the 
Riverside cemetery at Knoxville, and was conducted by the Masonic fraternity, 
Cowanesque Lodge.  Besides his wife and daughter and adopted son he is survived 
by one brother, Albert Markham, who is 68 years old, and has been in feeble for a 
number of years, for several months passt being confined to his home 

Parents
MARKHAM William (6 Jul 1817 - 12 Jul 1883)
GUILE Betsey (Mar 1823 - 12 May 1902)

Siblings
MARKHAM Mary Ann (1847 - 25 Jan 1882)
MARKHAM Albert (27 Dec 1850 - 24 Aug 1919)
MARKHAM Charles DeWitt (31 Jan 1854 - 4 Jul 1919)
MARKHAM Hannah Sophronia (1856 - BEF 1902)

Marriage To MARTIN Emma J. ("Emily") (9 Mar 1853 - 28 Jan 1903) m. 8 Jan 1879 Notes Parents MARTIN William () JOHNSON Mary A. () Children by MARTIN Emma J. ("Emily") 9 Mar 1853 - 28 Jan 1903
MARKHAM Carl W. (1888 - )
Marriage To CUSHING Alice (1861 - ) m. 1905 Notes Children by CUSHING Alice 1861 -
MARKHAM Alice Doris (1909 - )
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