Yavapai County AZ Archives Biographies.....Marks, Jake 1833 - living in 1896
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Author: McFarland & Poole

p. 479

  JAKE MARKS. In early days there drifted within the borders of Arizona men of
splendid talents and marked genius, who sought new scenes, far removed from
those of earlier days. One of those whose life is closely connected with the
advancement of Arizona is Jake Marks, the present receiver of United States land
office at Prescott, Arizona, to which position he was appointed by President
Cleveland in February, 1894. On the first of April of that year he assumed the
duties of that position and has proved a most capable official. Mr. Marks was
born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, November 30, 1833, and was reared and
educated in Louisville of that state. When sixteen years old he left home and
turning his face toward the setting sun, went to seek his fortune. He took
passage for San Francisco, and going by way of the Isthmus, reached Yreka,
Siskiyou County, California, in 1852. There he was engaged in mining and
merchandising and was also post trader at Ft. Jones, California. In 1858 he went
to Frazier River, British Columbia, and while there was engaged in mining and
merchandising for ten years. He owned the "Forest Rose" and "High Low Jack" and
other mines. In 1868 he came to Nevada, and was engaged in business at Elko for
some time, and in 1871 made his first appearance in Prescott, Arizona, making
the journey from Los Angeles in a buck-board. On arriving here he became a
member of the firm of C. P. Head & Company, and was engaged in general
merchandising with this firm until 1876, when he sold out his interest to the
firm and went back to California. A few years later he returned to Prescott and
went from there to Phoenix, where he became a member of the firm of Goldman &
Company, with whom he remained for six years, engaged in the wholesale liquor
business. He was unusually successful in this, but in 1890 he returned to
Prescott, where he opened a wholesale liquor house, and this he has conducted
with the best of results up to the present time. Mr. Marks has been a member of
the city council and treasurer of the Territory Insane Asylum, having been
appointed to the latter position under Governor C. M. Zulick. Our subject may
justly be termed a pioneer settler of Arizona and can relate some interesting
and amusing incidents of those early days. He is interested in mining to some
extent and owns a beautiful residence in Prescott, which is presided over by his
most estimable wife, formerly Miss Pooler, a native of Michigan, whom he married
in 1868. In politics he is a Democrat and takes a decided interest in the
welfare of his party. When General Crook was appointed brevet lieutenant of
Fourth infantry at Ft. Jones, Mr. Marks was with him at Pitt River Indian War,
and built Ft. Crook in Pitt River Valley and Ft. Terrawa, opposite Crescent City.


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A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona
Published by
McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896


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