Abraham Mark 1812 PA – 1872 OH

Abraham Mark was born in Pennsylvania, 12 November 1812. Parents and siblings are unknown at this time. At some time he moved to Ohio. We know he was in Ohio by 1839 when he married Mary Isabella Heffelfinger. They had eight sons. Four of those sons served in the Civil War. Abraham and Mary Isabella lived in Wayne County, Ohio. Abraham died 7 April 1872 in Congress, Wayne, Ohio. Mary Isabella died 19 January 1904 in Ohio. They are buried in Reedsburg Cemetery, Ohio.

1 Abraham Mark b: 12 Nov 1812 Corliss, PA, d: 7 April 1872 Wayne, OH
…… + Mary Isabella Heffelfinger b: 29 April 1819 PA, m: 21 Feb 1839 Wooster, Wayne, OH, d: 19 Jan 1904 OH
…………2 Thomas Jefferson Mark b: 10 Aug 1840  OH, d: 16 Jan 1863   Kentucky
…………2 John Mark b: 18 June 1842  OH, d: 28 Dec 1862 Chickasaw Bluff, MS
…………2 William Mark b: 26 May 1844  OH, d: 21 Nov 1904  OH
………… + Elidia Rebecca Ritter b: 30 July 1854  OH, m: 20 April 1878 Cedar Valley, Wayne, OH, d: 28 Aug 1912 Chester, Wayne, OH
………………3 William M. Mark b: 12 Feb 1877  Wayne, OH, d: Aft. 1920
……………… + Alice L Heacock b: 3 Oct 1880 Ashland, OH, m: 19 Oct 1899 OH
………………3 George Washington Mark b: 1 April 1878 , OH, d: 16 Oct 1938 OH
……………… + Elizabeth Shifferly b: 10 Oct 1881 Plain Twp., Wayne, Ohio, m: 20 Nov 1901 Cedar Valley, Wayne, OH, d: 03 Sept 1949  Chester, Wayne, OH
………………3 Thomas Kenneth Mark b: 19 July 1879  OH, d: 12 Feb 1975  OH
……………… + Nancy Regina Victoria Gruissy b: 31 Jan 1879 in Sharon,  OH
………………3 Margaret Maude Mark b: 06 Jan 1881  OH, d: 10 Jan 1964 OH
……………… + Ralph Clayton Kauffman b: 08 Nov 1877 Wayne, OH, m: 28 Aug 1937 in Orrville, Wayne, OH, d: 12 Nov 1968
……………… + Samuel Martin Jolliff b: 8 Dec 1871 Wayne, OH, m: 10 March 1898 Wayne, OH, d: 28 Jan 1927
………………3 Emma Jane Mark b: 27 April 1882  Wayne, OH, d: 9 Dec 1961 OH
……………… + Alfred C. Pfeifer b: 23 Feb 1880 Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, m: 30 Dec 1902 Lagrange, Lorain, OH, d: 08 April 1968
……………… + Elmer Howard Wilson b: 10 Oct 1879 NJ, d: 12 July 1959 Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
………………3 William Hercules Mark b: 30 April 1884 OH, d: 12 Aug 1929  OH
………………3 Mary Jeanette Mark b: 28 Feb 1886 Chester, Wayne, Ohio, d: 6 May 1940 Berea, Cuyahoga, OH
……………… + John Rickert Shaw b: 13 Jan 1886, m: 12 June 1912, d: c 1984
………………3 Amos Martin Mark b: 21 June 1888  OH, d: 16 June 1969 OH
……………… + Lillian Myrtle Hoverstock b: 25 April 1896 in Chester, Wayne, Ohio, m: 28 April 1914 in Overton, Wayne, Ohio, d: 10 October 1975 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio
………………3 Eslie Guy Mark b 2 Dec 1890  Ohio, d: 10 May 1972 Medina, OH
……………… + Golda Mae Warner b: 22 Sept 1902 in Lodi, Medina, Ohio, m: 15 April 1922, d: 25 March 1982 in Lodi, Medina, Ohio
………………3 Charles Forest Mark b: 02 May 1892 OH, d: 30 April 1967 OH
……………… + Bertha Flickinger b: 2 March 1904 OH, m: 2 June 1923 OH, d: 1 July 2000 OH
………………3 Elva Gale Mark b: 28 June 1894 OH, d: 12 Jan 1959 OH
……………… + Myron A. Boreman b: Abt. 1893 OH, m: 13 Sept 1912 OH
………………3 James Everett Mark b: 28 Oct 1896 OH, d: 28 Oct 1968 OH
……………… + Effie Margaret Carter b: 15 Feb 1904 OH, m: 1924, d: April 1966
………… + Emma A Flory b: 24 Oct 1852 OH, m: 2 June 1870, d: 23 July 1877 OH
………………3 Cora Bell Mark b: 30 July 1872  OH, d: 10 June 1905 OH
……………… + Edward Newell b: April 1873 OH, m: 24 Nov 1892 in Wayne, OH
………………3 Marian Francis Mark b: 14 Nov 1874, d: 6 April 1947 Wayne, OH
…………2 Marion Mark b: 12 Aug 1848 Chester, Wayne, OH, d: Aft. 1930
………… + Jennie
…………2 Abraham Martin Mark b: 18 Nov 1849 Wayne, OH, d: 4 Aug 1933 OH
………… + Mary
………………3 William Mark b: c 1875
……………… + Evelyn b: PA, m: c 1895
…………2 Franklin P. Mark b: 10 April 1853 in Chester, Wayne, OH
………… + Laura M. Miller b: Sept 1860 OH, m: 26 June 1877 in Wayne, OH
………………3 Minnie Mark b: 23 June 1878 Congress, Wayne, OH
………………3 Emma Mark b: July 1882 OH
………………3 Lloyd Mark b: Oct 1883 OH
………………3 Glenn Mark b: July 1888 OH
…………2 David Mark b: 24 May 1856  OH, d: 8 Feb 1951 Creston, Wayne, OH
………… + Mary Ann Clason b: Dec 1867 OH, m: April 1879, d: Bet. 1900–1910
………………3 James Benton Mark b: 07 Feb 1880 in Wayne, OH
………………3 Ella Mark b: 23 Aug 1882 Wayne, OH
………………3 Suzie B. Mark b: May 1887 in Ohio, d: c 1947
……………… + Van Zile
………………3 John Mark b: November 1890 OH
………… + Mary Holderbaum
…………2 Edwin Mark b: 6 Sept 1861  Wayne, OH, d: 5 Dec 1920 Wayne, OH
………… + Delpha b: May 1873 OH, m: 28 May 1896 Wayne, OH, d: 1929

Read more at my blog, Leaves & Branches:

• Tombstone Tuesday – Abraham Mark
• Pennsylvania Research for the Mark Family

Selected Sources:

• Marriage Record for Abraham Mark and Mary Isabella Heffelfinger, 21 Feb 1839, Volume 4A, Page 253, Wayne Co Marriage Records, Wayne Co Public Library, Wooster, Ohio. Note:: Both of Wooster.
• Smith, Richard G.. Seventy-Five Years of Wayne County, Ohio Marriages 1813 – 1888. Wayne Co Genealogical Society, 1979.  Page 58. Abraham Marks & Mary Isabella Heffelfinger 21 Feb 1839
  From Wayne County Public Library
• 1840 U.S. Census, Wayne County, Ohio; 1840; Vol.26; Page 8; Family History Center Microfilm #358211;  Abraham Marks family in Wooster
• 1850 Federal Census, Wayne Co, Ohio; 1850; Extracted from Census by C. Arthur Phillips, Published by MicroPhoto Div., Wooster, Ohio, R.929.377161Un3wp; Page 324; Wayne Co. Public Library. abraham Mark family
• 1860 U. S. Census, Wayne Co, Ohio; 1860; ; Page 150, Lines 14-22; Family History Center Microfilm #805051: Abraham Marks Family in Congress Twp
• 1870 US Census, Wayne Co, Ohio; 1870; Vol 60 (1-244);Page 19, Line 1 ; Family History Center Microfilm #552779; Notes: A. Mark Family in Congress Township
• Pension Report of John Marks; 1861-1883; National Archives Civil War Pension Report, Ohio Volunteers, Co.C. 16th Regiment, filed by mother, Isabelle Marks, Box #35175, Bundle #7
• Death Record for Abraham Marks, 7 April 1872, Volume 1, page 38, Wayne Co Probate Court, Court House, 107 W Liberty St., Wooster, Ohio
• Family charts, letters, documents, interviews & photographs

Learn much more about this family in my book, ‘The Mark Family Story’.