Mary Catherine Markley
(1838-1908)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rev. William W. Hambright

Mary Catherine Markley 1

  • Born: 4 Nov 1838, , , PA 1
  • Marriage (1): Rev. William W. Hambright
  • Died: 25 May 1908, Bangor, Northampton, PA at age 69 1 2
  • Buried: 28 May 1908, Bangor, Northampton, PA 1 2

   FamilySearch ID: LTK8-RG5.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Lower Mount Bethel Township, Northampton, PA. 3 The 1870 census recorded Davis Hambright, minister of the Gospel, 60, living in the home of Josiah Ackerman, day laborer, 27, and his wife Sarah, 21, and daughter Violette, 5 months born in Dec 1869.
A neighbor on the same census page is Davis' son, Rev. W. W. Hambight, minister of the Gospel, 37, with his wife Mary C., 32; son Davis, 10; son George 8; and daughter Minnie, 6.
Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Obituary: Morning Call: obituary of Mary C. Hambright on 27 May 1908 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. 2 Mrs. Mary C. Hambright died on Monday afternoon at her home in Bangor on a complication of ailments aged 69 years. Deceased was a native of Bucks county and is survived by the following children: William B. Hambright, Mrs. Reuben Stocker, Bangor; also by these brothers: George W. Markley, Urbana, Ill.; Nelson Markley, Arcanum, O.; and John Markley, Landsale. Funeral on Thursday at 2 p. m., Rev. C. L. Oswald officiating.


Mary married Rev. William W. Hambright, son of Reverend Davis W. Hambright and Anna Maria Beecher. (Rev. William W. Hambright was born on 9 Mar 1833 in , Lancaster, PA,4 died on 28 Feb 1882 in Bangor, Northampton, PA 4 5 6 and was buried in Bangor, Northampton, PA 4.)

Sources

1 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133011782.

2 Morning Call (Allentown, PA), 27 May 1908, page 5, obituary of Mary C. Hambright.

3 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZGR-CTS Davis Hambright in entry for Josiah Ackerman, 1870.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133011760.

5 S. C. Breyfogel, "Landmarks of the Evangelical Association" (Reading, Pa. 1887), page 412.

6 "The Evangelical Messenger (New Berlin, PA)" (Online at Allen County Public Library at https://www.genealogycenter.info/), 4 Apr 1882, page 110. Obituary of Rev. W. W. Hambright.


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