Mark Deems

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Husband Mark Deems ^{1 2}

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1 M George Deems ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Fisher (      -Bef 1851) 1

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2 M John Deems ¹

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3 M Adam Deems ¹

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4 M Mark Deems ¹

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5 M Jacob Deems ¹

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6 F Catherine Deems ¹

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         Spouse: Nathaniel Jones (      -      ) 1

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7 F Mary Deems ¹

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         Spouse: Samuel Crow (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Mark Deems

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He was of German ancestry, and while a resident of Maryland, served in the Revolutionary war, participating in the battles of Long Island, Brandywine and Trenton. In October, 1786, he came to Pike run township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and took up a tract of 341 acres of wild land at the head waters of Pike run, naming it "Deems' Dependence". John Deems came there with him, but did not remain long, removing to Virginia, where he made a settlement on the Kanawha river, where his descendants continued to reside for many years. Mark Deems died on his land April 14, 1814, his wife about the same time, judging from the following copy of receipt for wages, filed in the office of the county register at Washington, which receipt reads as follows: "April 27, 1814. Barbary House was employed by Mark Deems and his wife, in their last sickness, three weeks, $3.75. Received payment, Barbary House."
At the time of his death he was owner of over 800 acres in West Pike Run township, which land was divided among his children. His personal property amounted to $1,985.32, a large amount for those early days.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 570.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 832.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 573.