Husband Shepard Brown Markle 1 2 3
Born: 15 May 1844 - Mill Grove, Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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Died: 5 May 1900 - Mill Grove, Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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Father: Gen. Cyrus Painter Markle (1810-1882) 4 5
Mother: Sarah Ann Lippincott (1814-1868) 2 5 6
Marriage: 11 Jun 1874 3 7
Wife Isabella Carothers 3 8
Born: 18 Oct 1851 or 1852 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 9
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Died: 18 Dec 1924 3
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Father: James P. Carothers (1806-1877/1879) 10 11
Mother: Jane K. Moore (1824- ) 8
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1 F Sarah Ann Markle 3 7 12
Born: 5 Jun 1875 7
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Spouse: Edgar R. Mills ( - ) 3 12
2 F Jean Carothers Markle 3
AKA: Jane C. Markle 7
Born: 29 Jan 1877 7
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Spouse: Charles W. Fallen ( - ) 3
3 F Margaret McMasters "Maggie" Markle 3 7
Born: 30 Dec 1878 7
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Spouse: Dr. Albert R. Trevaskis ( - ) 3
4 F Emilie Larimer Markle 3
AKA: Mary Emily Markle 7
Born: 23 Feb 1880 7
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Spouse: Thomas J. Parker ( - ) 3
5 M Cyrus Painter Markle 3 7
Born: 7 Apr 1882 7
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Died: 1967 13
Buried: - Mill Grove Cemetery, Sewickley Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
Spouse: Anna Miller ( - ) 3
6 M Shepard Brown Markle, Jr. 3
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Spouse: Dora Elizabeth Sutton ( - ) 3
7 M Joseph Markle 3
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8 F Grace Dick Markle 3
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9 F Cornelia Tinstman Markle 3
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10 M James Carothers Markle 3
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General Notes: Husband - Shepard Brown Markle
From a fall, which happened when about eighteen months old, and which affected the left limb, he was rendered a cripple for life. Many of the most eminent physicians of the country were consulted without favorable results. Finally horseback riding and “plenty of it” was advised by Dr. Pancoast, of Philadelphia, as the means most likely to bring relief. The sequel proved the wisdom of the doctor's advice, for, though no permanent cure was possible in the case, he continued to gain daily in strength, and his ability to discharge for many years the varied duties devolving upon an exceedingly busy man was attributed almost solely by him to the benefit he derived from horseback riding. “Sheppy” Markle and his horse became, if not one, at least almost inseparable. The varied business interests of his father, in which he began early in life to participate, gave him ample scope for his favorite exercise. An average of from twenty-five to thirty miles per day for many years is no exaggeration of the extent of his riding. The necessity for this exercise, together with the important part he was thus enabled early to take in his father's business matters, quite precluded the idea of his entering upon any extended course of study, and in consequence his education was limited to an attendance at the neighborhood district school and a select school at West Newton.
In 1870 he became associated with his father and brother, Capt. C. C. Markle, under the firm “C. P. Markle & Sons,” in the manufacture of paper, the production of coke, raising of stock, and farming generally. He gave special attention to the stock department. In 1876 he purchased twelve head of registered Jerseys at Philadelphia, the first introduced into Westmoreland County, after which time the operations of the firm in that line, managed principally by him, were very extensive, involving many thousands of dollars yearly.
For some years later in life he was obliged to discontinue his horseback riding, having become too stout to use his favorite mode of conveyance with any comfort to himself or horse. Few men of soundest body, however, rode more miles in the day, or accomplish more in the execution of business. Rain or shine, cold or hot, a man could "set his watch" by the promptness and regularity with which he could be seen with his carriage at his usual places of business.
In politics he was a Republican, and though he neither sought nor desired office, no man in the locality was more liberal of his time and money in forwarding the interests of the party. [HWC 1882, 657]