"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.'s, Indiana" Goodspeed 
Bros. and Co., 1884 


THOMAS MARKS was born in Washington County, Ind., September 16, 
1834, the oldest son of eight children born to Nathan and Anna (McIntire) 
Marks, the latter being a native of Ireland, emigrating to this county in 1819. 
Our subject's grandparents came to the United States in the same year, and 
with seven sons and four daughters settled in Washington County, Ind. Here 
Thomas Marks was raised by his parents to manhood, receiving a common 
school education. He worked at farming and carpentering until September, 
1863, when he enlisted for the late war in Company C, One Hundred and 
Seventeenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and with but five months exception 
served without interruption until the close of the war, when he was 
honorably discharged. June 1, 1871 Mrs. Sarah (Wilcox) Mitchell, became 
his wife and to their union two children--Ophelia A. and Mary M.--have 
been born. By her first husband, Cornelius Mitchell, Mrs. Marks was the 
mother of two children, named: Balonia Isabelle and Olive May. She was 
born in April, 1840, and is a member of the Church of Christ. Mr. Marks is a 
Republican and one of the well-to-do farmers of the county, owning 142 
acres of nicely improved land. 


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