OBIT: John MARKLEY, 1919, Juniata, Blair County, PA

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JOHN MARKLEY IS CALLED BY DEATH [photo]
Veteran School Teacher Sleeps Into Great Beyond at Juniata Home

  John Markley, veteran school teacher, former justice of peace of Juniata 
and one of the few men who witnessed the meeting of war governors in this 
city during the Civil war, was found dead in his bed at 3:30 o'clock 
yesterday afternoon.  Squire Markley made his home with his son Chester 
Markley, of 714 Sixth avenue, Juniata, and since the death of his wife two 
years ago failed rapidly in health.  He did not feel inclined to rise from 
his bed yesterday and slept quietly into the great beyond.  He spoke to his 
daughter-in-law when she visited his room at 2 o'clock and at 3:30 she found 
him dead.  Details of the long and active career of John Markley could not 
be secured last evening but it is known that he was a teacher in the schools 
of Blair, Clearfield and Huntingdon counties for almost forty years.  He was 
one of the early instructors in the Hamilton and Blair Furnace schools, of 
Logan township and taught the three R's to many boys and girls who are now 
men and women in the Altoona and Juniata district.  He was born on April 9, 
1847, rounding out almost 72 years of life.  For fifteen years he was an 
agent of the Prudential Life Insurance company and during a large part of 
this time served as justice of the peace in Juniata.  About five years ago 
his eyesight failed and he was obliged to resign all business activity.  
During the last year of his life the squire was totally blind.  His mental 
faculties were clear to the last and it was his greatest pleasure to repeat 
history and describe geography from memory.  Squire Markley was held in high 
esteem by his fellow citizens and was elected to office by overwhelming 
majority.  He was a lifelong member of the Methodist Episcopal church and 
was identified with the First Methodist Episcopal church of Juniata at the 
time of his death.  Surviving him are two children - Chester, of Juniata and 
Mrs. James Schugart, of Los Angeles, Cal.  Also surviving are two brothers 
and one sister: Asbury, of Pittsburg; Samuel, of Madiera [Madera] and Mrs. 
Joseph Riggle, of Wehnwood.  Service over his remains will occur in his late 
home at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and will be in charge of the Rev. 
Alexander Lamberson.  Interment will be made in Asbury burial ground.

Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, February 18, 1919, page 5