History: MARKLAND, Washington 1881 HAMILTON COUNTY OHIO
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Washington Markland
History of Hamilton County, OH; published in 1881 by Ford
pg 305
Submitted by Patti Graman
PMRHG@aol.com
                                       

        Washington Markland is of Chestnut farm, Green township, on which
place he has lived during a
life of seventy-one years, excepting four years he resided in Piqua,
Ohio, to educate his children. His
father, Thomas Markland, and mother, Anna Maria, were born in Maryland;
moved to Boone county,
Kentucky, in 1801; removed to the Chestnut farm (section thirty-two,
Green township), in 1805, having
then a family of seven children, viz: Elizabeth, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John, William, Leah, and Noah;
Martha, Washington, James, and Charles, were born on this farm; all are
now dead but Noah,
Washington, and Charles. 
        His mother, Anna Maria Summers, was of Welsh descent; his father
was of English origin; he died
in the year 1825, May 18th, leaving Washington in charge of the family.
His mother died in the year
1830. 
        Thomas Markland, whose father was a companion of Daniel Boone,
Kent and Cornelius Washburne,
the latter the grandfather of Hon. Washburne, of Illinois, lived near the
family after they came to
Ohio; was intensely bitter towards the Indians and a great friend to
Washington, teaching him old
battle songs when he was but four or five years of age. 
        Washington Markland was married to Miss Mary Hammond, of
Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania,
December 24, 1829. Her father was a minister of the gospel in the
Methodist Episcopal church. She
lived a Christian life, dying triumphant in the faith, July 20, 1878. She
was the mother of eight
children, three of whom are now dead. He is now conscious of his end
approaching, and is waiting 
in joy the time when he may have the privilege of crossing over to meet
his beloved wife and others, who
have gone before. He was born October 25, 1809.  The family records were
destroyed by a dog, and
much valuable history of the foreparents is lost. Of his children two
sons were in the late war. Albert 
was under General Butler on the Potomac, and Samuel who was in the
cavalry service under General
Kilpatrick, was taken prisoner, and for two nights and a day before Lee's
surrender was confined in
Libby prison. 
        Mr. Markland has several relics of old times he highly prizes,
viz: An Indian tomahawk of 1812; an
iron kettle, ninety-nine years old; a grubbing hoe, seventy years old,
and several parts of General
Harrison's carriage. He still resides on the farm of his birthplace.





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