Biographical Sketch of George Marker, Marion Township, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** George Marker, retired merchant, Easton, was born February 14, 1839, in Buchanan County, Missouri and spent his boyhood days on a farm, and here received his education. In the fall of 1857, he went to Cali- fornia, and engaged in mining and farming, and removed from there to Oregon and engaged in buying and selling stock. Finally located in Washington Territory, thence to Idaho, and returned to this state in 1864, where he engaged in freighting between St. Joseph and Denver for about one year. He then purchased a farm, upon which he settled. In 1866, he was married to Miss Rebecca Clark, a native of this county, born March 4, 1847. She died February 8, 1878, leaving one child, Lenora B. Four are deceased. He moved to Easton in 1873, and engaged in the mercantile business, continuing therein until the spring of 1881. He owns a residence and store building in Easton. He was married again in September, 1880 to Miss Nancy J. Leftwich. She was born in 1851, and is a member of the Christian Church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================