BIO:  PROF. HENRY BRINDLE MARKLEY, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 525-527
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    PROF. HENRY BRINDLE MARKLEY, one of the efficient educators of Cumberland
  county, a grammar school teacher of Mechanicsburg, was born on a farm
  southwest of that city, and is a son of Moses Markley. He is descended from
  one of three brothers, John, Jacob and George Markley, who came to this
  country Aug. 30, 1749, in the ship "Crown," Michael James, master, from
  Rotterdam and settled in Lancaster county, Pa. They were from Cowes, Isle of
  Wight, England. Henry Markley, grandfather of Henry Brindle Markley, married
  Margaret Myers, and they had two children, viz: Elizabeth, who married
  Christian Gleim, and Moses, father of Henry B. Markley. Mrs. Margaret (Myers)
  Markley was born Sept. 28, 1800, daughter of Henry Myers, who was born Oct.
  24, 1772, and on July 28, 1799, married Catharine Smith, daughter of Peter
  Smith. They had three children: Margaret, born in 1800; John Jacob, born in
  1804; and David, born in 1810. George Myers, father of Henry, was born Oct.
  20, 1739. The Myers family have long been
  
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  large landholders, owning one tract of 1,000 acres.
  
    Moses Markley was born on the farm before named, locally known as the old
  Markley homestead, April 23, 1824, and has resided in retirement in
  Mechanicsburg since 1876. For a number of years he was classed with the
  county's most successful farmers. He married Elizabeth Brindle, who was born
  Sept. 29, 1826, daughter of Peter and Margaret (Zug) Brindle, the former of
  whom was born Aug. 15, 1798; the latter was born June 19, 1803, daughter of
  Christian Zug. Mr. and Mrs. Brindle had the following children: Jacob,
  Elizabeth (wife of Moses Markley), Levi, Samuel( deceased), David, Margaret,
  Sarah, Susan (who married Jacob Pentz), Peter and William. The children of
  Moses Markley and his wife were three sons: George S., David Myers and Henry
  Brindle.
  
    Henry Brindle Markley grew up on his father's farm and attended the
  district schools until old enough to enter an excellent select school at
  Boiling Springs. When but nineteen years old he began to teach, his first
  attempt being a term of three years at the Handshew school, after which he
  taught four terms at Lines house and at Oak Grove, in Monroe township,
  fourteen years; three terms at the Bell school house; one term at Maple
  Grove; and one term at the Rife schoolhouse. In 1893 he became a teacher in
  Mechanicsburg. His reputation as an educator is not confined to the city, as
  he is well and favorably known in all educational centers over the county and
  is a member of many of the organizations of his profession.
  
    On May 25, 1880, Mr. Markley married Marietta Gates, of Churchtown, the
  eldest daughter of Levi and Sarah Ellen (Toomey) Gates. She was educated in
  the local schools and also became a teacher, being
  engaged for two terms at Churchtown and two at Fairview. Their pleasant
  home is located at No. 515 West Main street. Mrs. Markley is a member of the
  Woman's Literary Club of Mechanicsburg and is prominent in the city's social
  life. Both she and her husband are members of the Church of God, in which he
  has served as deacon and is superintendent of the Primary department of the
  Sunday-school, and for seven years has been president of the Christian
  Endeavor society.
  
    Politically Mr. Markley is a Republican. Fraternally he is a member of
  Eureka Lodge, No. 302, A. F. & A. M., of Mechanicsburg, also of the K. of P.
  and Knights of Malta. He is vice president of the City Steam Fire Company No.
  2, and is interested in everything looking to the advancement of the
  educational and material welfare of his section. Personally he is a man of
  sterling character, and enjoys the esteem of all with whom his years of
  public life have made him acquainted.