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Frances
A. Mark Frances
A. Mark, widow of Samuel Mark, was born March 26, 1843, in Fayette County, Ohio,
and is the daughter of William and Katherine (Bush) Baughn, both natives of
Ohio. She lost both parents by
death when she was but a small child and her uncle, Jacob Bush, took her into
his family and cared for her as one of his own children. Mrs. Mark had two brothers and two sisters, namely: Charles,
who died while in the service of the Union Army from quick consumption in a
hospital in Tennessee; Leonard died at the age of seventeen; Simeon died in
infancy; Martha, wife of Abraham Dawson, who was killed while in the service of
his country in the Civil War. On
March 17, 1863, Mrs. Mark was united in marriage to Samuel Mark, the son of
Jonathan and Susanna Mark. Samuel
Mark was born in Ohio and when the call came for men to go forth and help put
down the rebellion, he enlisted and went to the front.
At the expiration of his term of enlistment he returned home, married and
settled down to a quiet life, but seeing the sore need of his country for help,
he again enlisted and went to the front, leaving his young wife at home.
He was a member of Company F, One Hundred Sixty-eighth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry. He was twice captured by
the enemy, once at Harper's Ferry and once near Cynthiana, by Morgan. All his
life Mr. Mark suffered from heart trouble due to exhaustion from a forced march
while a captive of Morgan. Many of
the prisoners were overcome at that time and fell by the wayside.
After the close of the war he returned to his home in Ohio, where he
engaged in farming. Two years later
the family removed to Marion County, Iowa, where they pursued agricultural
pursuits for twelve years, at the expiration of which time they came to Jasper
County, where they purchased eighty acres of land in Buena Vista Township.
Here they established a home and have resided there continuously ever
since, Mr. Mark dying there on December 5, 1893. While living in Marion County,
Iowa, Mr. Mark had his ankle broken and for a few years he was unable to follow
the plow, and learned the carpenter's trade, but after his ankle became strong
again he resumed agricultural pursuits, carrying this on during the summer,
while working at the carpenter's trade in the winter months.
Mr. Mark has one brother living at this time, I. N. Mark, living near
Moberly, Missouri. Two of his
brothers served in the Civil War. To
Mr. and Mrs. Mark were born seven children, four of whom survive, namely: Rose,
born August 2, 1864, wife of William H. Drake, living in Jasper County, Iowa;
Armada died in childhood; Lucy J., born September 16, 1868, wife of Charles
Scoville, living in Jasper County; Olive died in childhood; Ada, born April 10,
1875, married George P. Sampson (deceased) and lives in Jasper, County;
Georgianna, born in 1878, died when small; Daisy B., born December 17, 1880,
wife of Charles J. Sampson, lives in Emmett County, Iowa.
The daughter, Ada, mentioned above, is widowed and lives at home with her
mother. Her husband, George P. Sampson, was overcome by foul air while assisting
in the digging of a well, and was dead when taken out.
He was the son of D. W. and Mary (Drake) Sampson; his brother, Charles
married Daisy Mark. Mrs. Mark is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Pleasant View, Iowa, as was also her husband before his death. He was also a member of Garrett Post, Grand Army of the
Republic, at Kellogg, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at
Kellogg, Iowa. Mrs. Mark is of German descent on her mother's side; German and French on her father's. Her father's people came from Carolina, her grandfather Baughn being a slave driver there before the Civil war. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1302. |
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