George Markle

MARKLE, BROWN, STRAWHACKER, RYCKMAN, MOSHIER, WILKINSON, OLLINBRUG

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Date: 3/17/2002 at 21:15:56

George Markle was born in Canada in 1819, came to the United States in 1839 and in 1842, at LaPorte, Indiana, married Miss Sarah Brown. In October, 1860, he located in Butler county and has since made farming a business. Of their ten children seven are now living – Catherine, now Mrs. Reuben Strawhacker; Betsy, now Mrs. Betsy Ryckman; Mary Belle, now Mrs. Joseph Moshier; Ida, now Mrs. Ed Wilkinson; Ellen, now Mrs. Fred Ollinburg, and Charity L.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 525