U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Marks, Orestes T. (1873-1927) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 431 Orestes T. Marks, born 1873 on Camp Run, son of Lemuel and Indiana (Talbott) Marks, was married on Pleasant Creek, August 18, 1895, to Adah, daughter of Lewis and Terrena (Woodford) Lough. Children, Lotus, Arnett D., Olen E. He is a Baptist and a farmer, living on Flag Run, Taylor County. He was educated at the West Virginia College, Flemington. He was two years a member of the board of examiners for teachers. He taught six years in Barbour. On his father's side his grandfather was Benjamin Marks, and on his mother's side, Jesse Jenkins, a Revolutionary soldier. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Harrison County, WV #4537 FULL-NAME: Orestes Talbot Marks BIRTH-DATE: Jan. 23, 1873 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: March 20, 1927 DEATH-PLACE: St. Marys Hospital, Clarksburg, Harrison, WV MARITAL-STATUS: married (Zora Marks) OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Lemuel Marks (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Indiana Talbot (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Acute Appendicitis, peritonitis INFORMANT: Mrs. O. T. Marks of Philippi, W.Va. BURIAL: Pt. Pleasant in Barbour County Wife of Orestes Marks From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #4576 FULL-NAME: Adah F. Marks BIRTH-DATE: September 2, 1877 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: April 7, 1922 DEATH-PLACE: Pleasant District, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Housekeeper FATHER: Lewis Lough (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Teressia Woodford (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Encephalitis BURIAL: Pt. Pleasant Marriage License, Barbour County, WV, Page 476 Orestes T. Marks (age 51) and Zora I. Clem (age 38) were married on January 1, 1925 at Grafton, WV by J. W. Brown, Baptist Minister ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------