Dr Elias Marks

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Dr Elias Marks

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Death: June 22, 1886 (95)
Washington City, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Humphrey (Mordecai) Marks and Frances Marks
Husband of Jane Marks and Julia Marks
Father of Frances Marks; Edward F. Marks; Barham Marks and John B. Marks
Brother of Alexander Marks; Moses Marks; Dr. Frederick H. Marks; Isaac Marks and Gedalia Marks

Managed by: Günther Kipp
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About Dr Elias Marks

Converted to Christianity from Judaism by his black nurse. Second son of Humphrey and Frances Marks. Married (1st) June Barham in NYC in 1816. Married (2nd) Julia Pierpont Warne of New Haven, Conn.

from his daughter's obit: .."Dr. Marks of the once famous Barhamville School near Columbia, where so many young women of the Carolinas, Georgia and other Southern states were educated just prior to the War of Secession. Like the city of Columbia, the school was burned during the war, so Dr. Marks, with his wife and daughter, came to Washington directly after the war."

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Dr Elias Marks's Timeline

1790
December 2, 1790
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
1817
February 7, 1817
Columbia, Richland County, SC, United States
1818
1818
Columbia, Richland County, SC, United States
1822
April 1822
Columbia, Richland County, SC, United States
1827
June 24, 1827
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, United States
1886
June 22, 1886
Age 95
Washington City, District Of Columbia, District Of Columbia, USA