Joseph Hughes Mark

BONHAM, MARK

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/9/2004 at 10:17:07

Joseph Hughes Mark, (Dr.), Macksburg, physician; was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1837, and after a residence in Ind. and Ill., came to this county in 1857; he came up the river to Des Moines on a boat, and landed near the mouth of the Coon river; it was so wet and muddy he came on foot from Des Moines to Grand River township; he owns about 600 acres of land, and is engaged extensively in farming; he enlisted in the 47th Iowa Infantry in the late war; he has been practicing his profession actively about sixteen years; he has been closely identified in the improvements of Grand River township; he married Miss Bonham (Hannah Jane) in 1857; she was born in Ohio; has four children: Sarah, Alice, Ona B. and Artie.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879"