BIOGRAPHIES: John A. MARKHAM, Independence, Trempealeau Co., WI

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John A. Markham, former district attorney, three times president of 
Independence, and an active worker in the cause of advancement in his 
native village of Independence, is worthily fulfilling the traditions of 
a distinguished ancestry.  Energetic, keen-minded and capable, he has 
impressed his personality upon many causes which he has fostered and 
encouraged, and has been especially active in behalf of the cause of civic 
righteousness and improvement, good roads and modern schools.  His sightly 
home is one of the most attractive residences in the county, and he and his 
wife are widely known for their genial hospitality.  He was born Sept. 6, 
1876, son of Arthur A. and Rose C. (Bishop) Markham, and spent his boyhood 
on the farm, receiving his education at the Independence High School and 
the University of Minnesota, from which institution he graduated in June, 
1901, with the degree of Bachelor of Law and was admitted to practice law 
in the Supreme Court of Minnesota and later in the State of Wisconsin.  That 
same year he and his brother, Claron Arthur Markham, who had completed the 
same course of education, opened a law office in the city of Beaver Dam, 
Dodge County, Wis., where both brothers were admitted and joined the Odd 
Fellows' Lodge No. 117.  John A. Markham was married to Eleanor Louise 
Brown, eldest daughter of Capt. William F. Brown, of South Bend, Ind., on 
May 21, 1904.  He has three sons:  Arthur William, born at Beaver Dam, Wis., 
May 31, 1905; George Francis Markham, born Aug. 15, 1909, at Independence, 
Wis., and Richard Albert Markham, born Dec. 13, 1912, at Independence, Wis.  
In October, 1905, John A. and Claron A. dissolved partnership and John A. 
removed to Independence where he has since continued the practice of law.  
He served two terms as prosecuting attorney of Trempealeau County from 1909 
to 1913 and has held various municipal offices, including justice of the 
peace and city attorney, and for the past three years has been president of 
the village of Independence.  He was made a Mason at Whitehall Lodge No. 271 
and a Royal Arch Mason at Arcadia, Wis.

--From the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917," page 710.