Bryan Couny OK Markham Marcum Marcrum Family History Submitted by: Cheryl Walker rangercwalker@hotmail.com Update 25 Mar 2007 Return to Bryan County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/bryan/bryan.htm ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== MARKHAM, U.S. Article by Mrs. Talmage MARKHAM, 1982 U.S. MARKHAM was a stern but understanding man and commanded the respect of all who knew him. The MARKHAMs moved from Dyer, [Gibson County] Tennessee to Scurry, Kaufman County Texas in the late 1890's. There, U.S. met Mollie Kell and married her. With his wife, Mollie, his Dad, John, and son, Talmage, U.S. came to Indian Territory in 1902. He taught school at Kemp. Later that year a daughter, Nophlet was born. His Dad (John MARKHAM) died that same year and is buried at Caddo. U.S. was appointed Postmaster of Caddo, I.T. in 1906. His framed appointment signed by Theodore Roosevelt hangs in the Caddo I.T. Museum and Library. He served three times as Postmaster in 38 years. The last time, Mollie was Assistant Postmaster. Between times he taught school. Two of these were Liberty and Rock Springs. In the early twenties, he and Jack MOORE bought a saw mill twenty miles east of Atoka on the McGee River. Many people in and around Caddo hauled lumber by wagon from the MARKHAM Lumber Mill [including G.W. VARNER]. In 1906 U.S. built a 3-room house on Bois D'Arc Street. Later they added 3 rooms and two baths. Talmage's wife, Beulah and son, Kell live there now. When they went out of the Post Office the last time, they bought the Evans Variety Store in what is now the Cowboy Pink Williams building. During the years, he was a worker in the Methodist Church and Sunday School. At one time he had a church orchestra in which Talmage played the violin. During the time they had the Variety Store, his health began to fail and Mollie found herself assuming more responsibility each day. U.S. found he had to give up completely, so he partitioned off a section of the back of the store and made a work shop, with all kinds of electrical equipment. He began turning out furniture from the hardwoood lumber he had to take as part settlement when they closed the lumber mill. Besides filling orders for furniture which can be found in many Caddo homes, he completely furnished the home on Bois D'Arc. He kept busy up to a short time before he died in 1945. He loved to garden and his flower beds were beautiful. He raised his own food and shared with his neighbors. Nophlet died in 1960 and Mollie died in 1965. [U.S. and Mollie MARKHAM's son] Talmage worked as night agent for the Katy Railroad his last year in high school and then joined the [Army Air Corp] during World War I. He was in a base hospital in England with influenza when the armistice was signed. Returning to Caddo, he worked in the Oklahoma State Bank. In 1921 Talmage married Beulah RAINES from Roff, Oklahoma, who was a cashier for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Durant. Beulah's father, Charles Raines' people had come from Nashville, TN to Austin, Texas. He met her mother, Nannie SCOTT, at Elmore, I.T. and married her, then moved to Roff, I.T. The fall of 1921 Talmage took an accounting job in Dallas. Each successive job brought him a little closer to his coveted goal as a Certified Public Accountant, which he reached in 1947. During World War II, he was Chief Accountant for Brown & Root Inc. establishing the accounting set-ups for the construction of their defense projects--beginning with the Corpus Christi Naval Base. After the war, he went into the accounting business in Houston. He died in 1970. Talmage and Beulah had two sons, Kell and Joe. Kell lives at home with his mother. He is employed at the Johnson County Sheriff's Office as a dispatcher at Tishimingo. Joe died in 1956 shortly before his 32nd birthday. He left a son, Joe, who is employed by a jewelry firm in Houston, Texas. Kell has three children, twins Gloria Sue and Victoria Lue, and Claude, who is a vice president of a Houston bank at age 32. All three have good marriages and good homes. [Kell died in 1997.] There are four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Since Talmage's death, Beulah has worked in the Caddo Civic and Cemetery Club as President for ten years. She has founded the Caddo Indian Territory Museum and Library and is now curator of it at age 82 [died 1989]. In the Caddo Cemetery, Caddo, Bryan County, Oklahoma: MINNIE L. MARKHAM 5-25-1867---2-28-1907 LOT 30 CHARLES O. MARKHAM 5-14-1887---3--20-1934 LOT-47 BETTIE V. (CARLOSS) MARKHAM 11-7-1888---11-17-1967 LOT 47 JOHN MARKHAM --8-2-1847---10-21-1902--LOT 29 KELL R. MARKHAM 1922-1997 LOT 29 BEULAH MARKHAM 1900--1989 LOT 29 TALMAGE MARKHAM 1899--1970 LOT 29 ----------------------------------------------------------- This is the 1850 census entry for Henry *MARCUM MARCRUM MARKHAM's family in Gibson County, TN. John MARKHAM, father of U.S. MARKHAM, is the next youngest child. His parents, Henry and Mica, lived to be nearly 90 years old and remained in Tennessee. 2358 Henry MARCUM 48 M . Farmer 2000 NC Mica MARCUM 41 F . . . NC Nancy MARCUM 22 F . . . NC Jefferson MARCUM 18 M . . . NC Henderson MARCUM 16 M . . . TN Mathew MARCUM 14 M . . . TN Emeline MARCUM 12 F . . . TN Hiram MARCUM 10 M . . . TN Jane MARCUM 8 F . . . TN Francis MARCUM 6 M . . . TN John MARCUM 3 M . . . TN Benjamin MARCUM 6/12 M . . . TN Henry MARCUM, born in North Carolina, 1804, married Mical Lynn 6 JAN 1826. Mica, was the daughter of William LYNN and Patsey BARBEE, married 5 NOV 1808 in Wake County, NC. Mica [also spelled Mical and Michal] was born in Orange County, North Carolina, 4 OCT 1809. She died on 9 NOV 1891 in Gibson County, TN. Buried Salem Methodist Cemetery in Gibson County Tennessee. This is an excerpt from Goodspeed Bibliographies, 1887, Gibson County TN about Mathew MARCRUM, John's brother who remained in Tennessee: Matthew MARCRUM is a son of Henry and Mica MARCRUM of [Orange County] North Carolina, and was born in Gibson Co Tn, Sept 25, 1836. He has followed the occupation of farming from boyhood and his early education was secured in the common schools. He has been quite fortunate in whatever enterprises he has engaged in, and by his industry is now the owner of 118 acres of fertile and fairly well improved land. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1870, and December 22, 1858 was united in marriage to Sophronia HUCKEBY, daughter of Thomas and Sallie HUCKEBY, of Gibson County. They have six children, two daughters and four sons; Harriet A., James L., Ada, Benjamin T., Emerson and one infant son. Mr. MARCRUM is a Republican and of English descent. [Matthew MARCRUM died Jan. 22, 1909] ------------- MARKHAM Civil War Claim This is the Civil War claim submitted by U.S. MARKHAM's grandfather, Henry. In order to be paid for his claim, Henry had to prove he was, and had always been, loyal to the government of the United States. Henry also had to prove that it was in fact the Union Army who confiscated his mare. His witness to that was U.S. MARKHAM's father, John MARKHAM (died 1902, buried in Caddo, OK). He was 23 years old at the time of his testimony in 1871; he was only 15 or 16 years old at the time the Army took their only horse. In order to get the claim heard by the Commission, Henry had to pay $9; it is likely that his attorneys' fees were on a percentage basis. Unfortunately, the claim was denied because, on the last page it says, "No officer was present-The evidence will not justify us in holding that this mare was taken for the use of the Union Army and for that reason the claim must be rejected." Apparently only officers were allowed to steal horses! -------------- No. 1551 Petition of Henry MARKHAM Of Trenton Tennessee For One mare taken near Trenton Tenn. By U. S. Army. file: /$150 Submitted Isaac R. Hawkins and S. W. Hawkins Attorneys, Huntingdon, Tennessee To the Commissioners of Claims under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 1871, Washington, D.C.: The petition of Henry MARKHAM a resident of Gibson County Tennessee Whose Post Office address is Trenton Tennessee and a resident of Gibson County Tennessee when this claim accrued. Your petitioner would state that he was the original owner of this claim, and he is now the owner of this claim, and the owner by the property being taken from him. Petitioner states that he is a citizen who remained a loyal adherent to the cause and the Government of the United States during the war, and was so loyal before and at the time of the taking or furnishing of the property for which this claim is made. Petitioner avers of his own knowledge that on or about the first (1) day of July 1863 at or near the town of Trenton and State of Tennessee the articles set forth in the following account were taken from him. By the following named persons, to wit: Item 1. One bay mare fifteen and one half hands high eight years old was taken by Colonel George B. Hatch commanding Cav. Div. Sixteenth (16) Army Core Headquarters Lagrange Tenn, when on a raid after the Reb. Colonel Baffle the mare was used to mount a soldier on. THE UNITED STATES, To Henry MARCUM One bay mare $150.00 Total $150.00 That a claim has been made heretofore for the articles in the above account and placed in the hands of Moyer and Dearick for collection I have never heard from it. I have Moyer and Dearick exccused for the collection of claim I revoke the attorneyship of Moyer and Dearick and that no receipt or voucher was given for the above articles by Hatch for said mare said stores; that said stores were actually taken by the person named above for the use of and used by the army of the United States. That no payment has been made, or compensation received, in any way or from any source whatever, for the whole or any part of said claim; and that the same has not been transferred; and that the prices chared are reasonable and just, and do not exceed the market price of the articles at the time and place stated; and I hereby appoint Isaac R. & S.W. Hawkins, of Huntingdon, Tennessee, as my Attorneys-with full power to make one or more Attorneys under them, and to revoke said attorneyships at will-and to receive and receipt for the money or certificate issued in payment of this claim. Petitioner further states upon information and believe that said stores were taken to Lagrange Tennessee and at that time Colonel Hatch was in command of the Post of Lagrange and said stores were taken to supply the pressing need of the army then on the march a soldier was mounted on the mare then and there, being duly sworn each for himself, deposes and says that he is one of the petitioners, and who signed the same, and that the matters therein stated are true of deponents own knowledge, except as to those matters which are stated on information and belief, and as to those matters he believes them to be true; and deponent further says, that he did not voluntarily serve in the Confederate army or navy, either as an officer, soldier or sailor, or in any other capacity, at any time during the late rebellion; that he never voluntarily furnished any stores, supplies, or other material aid to said Confederate army or navy, or to the Confederate Government, or to any officer, department or adherent of the same in support thereof, and that he never voluntarily accepted or exercised the functions of any office whatsoever under, or yielded voluntary support to the said Confederate Government. Signature of Claimant____________Henry MARKHAM. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 28 day of April 1871. M. C. Holmes Clerk of the Court, Gibson Tennessee Names and residence of witnesses to prove loyality: Samuel W. Hatchett, Trenton Tennessee Robert B. Love Trenton Tennessee Names and residences of witnesses to other facts: John MARKHAM Trenton Tennessee Francis MARKHAM Trenton Tennessee Claimants signature:______________Henry MARKHAM The said Witness, John MARKHAM residing 4 miles N. of Trenton Gibson Co. Tennessee, aged 23 years, being first duly sworn to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, relative to the above named claim testified as follows: (Examined by Commissioners at instance of claimant) My name is John MARKHAM. I am 23 years of age. I reside 4 miles North of Trenton Gibson County Tennessee. I am the son of the claimant Henry MARKHAM. During the war I lived with him on his place 4 ½ or 5 miles North of Trenton. I know of some property being taken from him by the Federal troops. They took a mare and some forage. They took the mare in the latter part of the war after the Federals had driven the regular rebel army out of Trenton. The mare was taken by a command of Federal soldiers, which was reported to be Hatch's command. They caught the mare in the field. I was about 400 or 500 yards off in another field. I do not remember whether I saw them catch the mare and put the bridle on her, but I did see them let down the fence and take the mare out of the field. There was only one soldier engaged in taking the mare at the same time there were a couple of soldiers standing talking to my daddy and I. These 3 soldiers were all I saw at that time. The soldier with the mare got on her and rode her off by himself, going towards Trenton. I do not remember which way the other 2 soldiers went. I do not remember of my talking with any of these soldiers about the mare or hearing any one else doing so. They did not all come together and I do not know whether they belonged together or not. They were only there about a half an hour from the time that I first saw them. I do not remember whether I had heard of any soldiers being in the neighborhood at that time or whether I had heard of any fighting. I never saw the soldiers or the mare afterwards, I do not think that my father ever got any voucher or receipt for the mare. The mare was about 7 years of age and just about [unreadable] on size. We used her for riding, ploughing, and wagoning. The mare was worth about $150. I had not traded in horses nor seen any bought or sold. I was rather too young at that time. My father bought the mare and had used it I think about 3 years. If there was any officer with these soldiers I did not know it. The forage was taken at a different time, and my father has gotten pay for it. And further the deponent says not and hereto subscribes his name _____John MARKHAM___ (December 4, 1871) *During many years in Gibson County, the MARKHAMs spelled their name "MARCRUM" or "MARCUM." Henry's tombstone in Salem Methodist Cemetery in Gibson County Tennessee says "Henry MARCRUM." Some of Henry's children and grandchildren changed the spelling to "MARKHAM" during the 1880's. Below is my best interpretation of the genealogy data I received from Ron and Mary Scheets. [Year of birth is MY best guess based upon census data.] ------------------------------------------ FAMILY OF HENRY MARKHAM (MARCUM) and MICHAL Benjamin MARKHAM (b. 1850) Jefferson MARKHAM (b. 1832 in NC) H. Judge MARKHAM (Henderson Judge, b. 1834 in TN) Mathew MARKHAM (b. 1836) Hyram MARKHAM (b. 1840) Francis (Frank) MARKHAM (b. 1844) John MARKHAM (b. 1847) Nancy MARKHAM PROCTOR (b. 1828 in NC) married Paul Proctor Emeline MARKHAM ROGERS (b. 1838) Amanda MARKHAM THORN (b. 1854) Mary Jane MARKHAM YATES (b. 1842) Henry MARKHAM made a will September 16, 1888 in which he named his wife by her first name and the children listed above. Benjamin (Ben) was the youngest child and lived with his sister Mary Jane YATES after her husband died, at the old home place close to Poplar Grove. He was a bachelor. Harm (Hyram or Hiram) MARKHAM had three boys and two girls (married to Cassandra) Will MARKHAM (b. 1862) Edd MARKHAM Carrol MARKHAM Lundie MARKHAM Greer (I found these additional children on censuses: Mary J. MARKHAM b. 1864 Anderson MARKHAM b. 1866) Edd MARKHAM was Sunday School Supt. at Griers Chappel in the early 1920s and lived east of the church only a short distance. Frank MARKHAM had 8 boys and 3 girls (married to Nancy) Robert MARKHAM (b. 1879) Kellie MARKHAM Lonnie MARKHAM Aie MARKHAM Cornelius MARKHAM (b. 1877) Vernon MARKHAM Albert MARKHAM (b. 1870) Talmus MARKHAM (b. 1872) Ollie MARKHAM (b. 1880) Addie MARKHAM Russie Robert lived in Dyer, Tenn. There are two children, Hazel and F.J. MARKHAM both living in Dyer, Tenn. H. Judge MARKHAM lived in Oklahoma. There were 5 boys and 3 girls. (Apparently the MARKHAMs knew him as "Judge") Tom MARKHAM (b. 1868 - married Lucy Gassoway) Wm. Henry MARKHAM (b. 1859 3 boys/2 girls in Okla) Johnie MARKHAM (b. 1857) George MARKHAM (b. 1866 married Nina Evans) Sam MARKHAM (Sandy, b. 1864 died in Caddo, OK 1909, bachelor) Mary A. MARKHAM (b. 1862 married Jefferson Thompkins) Sarah J. MARKHAM (b. 1871 married F. Herrod) Lou Ada MARKHAM (b. 1873 married Charles Cantrell) One of Henrys is buried in Laneview Church Cemetery. There are other MARKHAMs buried at Rutherford, Bradford, and Kenton, Tenn. Mag Holloway of Rutherford, Tenn. had a brother who was married to one of Henry's girls, either Thorn or Proctor. Brodie MARKHAM lived with Mag from about 5 years old until he was grown. FAMILY OF JOHN MARKHAM AND MARGRET L. BROWN Ulysses S. (U.S.) MARKHAM (married Mollie Kell) Sallie MARKHAM Patrick (married Wess Patrick) Missie MARKHAM Harget Arvie MARKHAM Bloom (married John Bloom) Lula MARKHAM Campbell Brodie Oscar MARKHAM [b. April 14, 1883 Dyer Tenn. Died 1945, married Oct. 13 1910 Mollie Azile Landrum b. Aug 18 1884, father of Hollis MARKHAM] Tollie MARKHAM Margret L. Brown from Yorkville, Tenn. Married to John MARKHAM Jan. 12, 1868. They sold home east of Griers Chappel about 1880. She died in Bouie, Texas Feb. 1, 1924. U.S. MARKHAM went to Texas with his father and later moved to Caddo Oklahoma and lived there the remainder of his life. There was one girl Nophlet who died (1960) no children, and one boy Talmedge, his wife (Beulah Raines) is still living 1974. Children: unknown [Kell and Joe. Kell had 3 children] Sallie Patrick lived near Beech Grove church south of Dyer, Tenn. There were two boys, Boon and Leonard, who was in Memphis and possibly had two girls. Boon lived in Kennet, Mo. and had possibly three children. Missie lived in Mason Hall, Tenn and had one son William Bryan who lives at the home place (1974). Arvie lived in Chicago and Trenton, Tenn. died and had no children. Tollie lived in Arizona and Portland, Oregon also lived in Shawnee, OK. His one boy is Tom. RESEARCH BY CHERYL D. (VARNER) WALKER, 1998-2005 Following are the children of Henderson Judge (H.J.) MARKHAM, older brother of John MARKHAM, who also moved to Indian Territory from Tennessee. They are first cousins of John MARKHAM's children and the VARNERs (their mother was Sarah J. VARNER). Article from the Milan Exchange, Milan, Tennessee, May 6, 1882 Shot Dead in the Road Last Monday evening, three miles north of Trenton, Elisha Harrison was found dead in the Trenton and Dyer Station road, about 7 o'clock, with a pistol shot wound in the left side. A coroner's jury was summoned, Esq H. C. Pearce presiding, and the following state of facts was developed: Elisha Harrison had been postmaster at Dyer Station for some years past and up to last winter and fall, when he was removed. He had made threats before the day of the killing against all concerned in having him removed, and on that day said in Trenton that he intended "cursing out the whole set," and mentioned the name of H. J. MARCUM as one of those he intended cursing out. Late in the evening Harrison left town on horseback and is supposed to have stopped on the road where the killing took place and hitched his horse and then went to meet MARCUM as he came up, and he was found about fifty yards from his horse, back towards Trenton, and his hat was found midway between his horse and his body. Harrison was found with an open knife in his pocket with the point down. Suspicion pointed at once to MARCUM. He left Trenton with some plow handles he had bought in town, was overtaken by a man named Kelly, who took him in his buggy until their roads separated, about half a mile from the place where Harrison was found dead. A gentleman living near the place of the killing heard some loud talking and soon afterwards heard a pistol shot. He went down the road and saw a man he didn't know walking rapidly away with plow handles on his shoulder. MARCUM has since given himself up, but we have not heard the result of the trial. Below is the Henderson Judge and Sarah / Sallie MARCRUM MARKHAM family in Bryan County. Sarah/Sallie Marcrum is buried in Alvord Cemetery, Wise County, Texas. The tomb stone lists her date of birth as January 25, 1833, died April 10, 1886. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~drycreek/m.htm H.J. Markham was still living in 1900, in Alvord, TX with his youngest daughter and son-in-law. However, H.J. is not buried with Sallie. 1. Jonas (Jonah Johnny) MARKHAM-Married Mary Evans, twin of Nina Evans, photograph http://www.oclayhoma.com/photos/EvansJoesphfamily.jpg I believe this picture is around 1912. Seated (left-right) is Joseph M. Evans and in his arms is Dan MARKHAM, Mary and Jonas MARKHAM's son. The little girl standing is Gladys MARKHAM, 3 or 4 years old, the daughter of George and Nina MARKHAM. Also seated is Susan (Sumner) Evans, wife of Joseph M. Standing behind is an unknown male, Mary Evans MARKHAM, and her husband Jonas MARKHAM. Susan was the daughter of Marcus D.L. Sumner of Sumner, Lamar County, Texas. One of her sisters was Tennessee Fayette (Sumner) Perkins, wife of Reverend S. M. Perkins. 2. William Henry MARKHAM married in either Texas or Tennessee, living in Caddo with children in 1900, but no wife: Charles (1887-1934), Theodore (both born in TX), Abner, Lulu, Minnie (born in OK). William Henry lived with U.S. MARKHAM in 1920 at age 62. 3. Mary A. MARKHAM married Jefferson Thompkins 23 May 1897 at Caddo (MC7-329) 4. Sandy S. (may be called Sam/Sammy) MARKHAM Buried in Soper, Choctaw County, Oklahoma. No recorded marriage, no known children. 5. George F. MARKHAM married P. Evens 10 May 1896 at Caddo (MC6-493). In 1920 census, he is living at Soper, OK with wife Nina Evans MARKHAM and 3 daughters: Sallie, Gladys, Louise. (George W. VARNER married Nina's sister, Nancy Ellen Evans, so this is another connection between the families.) 6. Thomas D. MARKHAM married Mrs. Lucy Gassoway (widow) 3 Jul 1898 at Caddo (AT1-115-229) 7. Sarah J. MARKHAM married F. Herrod 17 Apr 1896 at Caddo (AT1-83-165) 8. Lou Ada MARKHAM married Charles E. Cantrell 9 Jun 1897 at Caddo (MC7-338). In the 1900 Census, they lived in Alvord, Wise County, Texas. Also in the household is Henderson Judge MARCRUM, age 66.