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Bert Lee Markham
3 Oct 1884 – 10 Feb 1937
| Birth | 3 Oct 1884 |
| Death | 10 Feb 1937 |
| Cemetery | Sayre-Doxey Cemetery Sayre , Beckham County , Oklahoma , USA |
| Added by | James Kindsfather on 02 Jul 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206740267 |
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1900 - US Census - Justice Precinct 3, Wise, Texas Household .................Role ........Sex .....Age .Birthplace Birth Date Benjamin F Markham Head .......Male ....44 ..Missouri ...Nov 1856 Lillie L Markham ........Wife .........Female 34 ..Texas ........Aug 1866 Burty L Markham .......Son .........Małe ....16 ..Texas ........Oct 1884 Trudie G Markham .....Daughter Female 14 ..Texas ........Dec 1886 Etta C Markham ..........Daughter Female 11 ..Texas ........Oct 1889 Flora Markham ...........Daughter Female 3 ....Texas ........Sep 1897 Nancy Jefferson .........Mother ....Female 70 ..Kentucky .May 1830 (widowed) Bert married Bessie King on December 18, 1904 in Montague County, Texas. 1910 - US Census - Sayre, Beckham, Oklahoma Household ............Role ........Sex .........Age Birthplace Ben F Markham ....Head .......Male .......54 ..Missouri Lillie Markham .....Wife .........Female ...44 ..Texas Bert Markham ......Son ..........Małe .......26 ..Texas Gertude Markham Daughter Female ...23 ..Texas Eddie Markham ....Son(sic) ...Male(sic) 21 ..Texas Flora Markham .....Daughter Female ...12 ..Texas Eskel Markham .....Son .........Male .......8 ....Texas Ethel Markham .....Daughter Female ...1 ....Texas Note: Bert appears to have been counted in error as in the home with his parents. 1910 - US Census - Sayre, Beckham, Oklahoma Household ..........Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace Bert Markham ....Head ........Male ....25 ..Texas Bessie Markham .Wife .........Female 23 ..Texas Hubert Markham Son ..........Male ....4 ....Texas Jewell Markham .Daughter Female 1 ....Oklahoma Number of Years married: 5 1920 - US Census - Sayre, Beckham, Oklahoma Household .............Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace Bert L Markham .....Head .......Male ....35 ..Texas Bessie J Markham .Wife .........Female 33 ..Texas Hubert C Markham Son .........Male ....14 ..Texas Bertie J Markham ..Daughter Female 10 ..Oklahoma Audrey Markham ...Daughter Female 3 ....Oklahoma Eunice F Marham ...Daughter Female 0 ....Oklahoma Marriage license to Dory/Dora Thorne July 1, 1926 Canadian County, Oklahoma. 1930 - US Census - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Household .................Role .......Sex .......Age..Birthplace Bert L Markham .........Head ......Male ....48 ....Texas Dora L Markham .........Wife ......Female 45.... Texas Chas E Thorn ............. Stepson .Male ....18 ....Oklahoma James Thorn ..............Stepson .Male ....16.... Oklahoma Margarite B Markham Daughter Female 3 .....Oklahoma The Oklahoma News, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Thursday, February 11, 1937 pg 5 BURIAL TO BE AT SAYRE Markham Rites Will Be Held In Beckham County Town The body of B. L. Markham, 50, 2112 SW 20th-st, a Rock Island railroad employe, who died at his home Wednesday night of heart disease, will be sent Saturday to Sayre, Beckham County. Services will be arranged by Watts & MeAtee Funeral Home. Mr. Markham died shortly after he returned from an auto ride with his step-son, Carl Thorne, 2242 SW 20th-st. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Dora Markham: three daughters, Miss Jewell Markham and Mrs. Audrey McGowen, both of San Francisco, and Miss Eunice, of the home address; and his mother, Mrs. Lillie Dotson, of Amarillo, Tex. The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Friday, February 12, 1937 pg 1 MARKHAM FUNERAL TO BE SATURDAY Kin of Sayre Woman Succumbs In Oklahoma City Thursday: Burial to Be at Delhi Last rites for Bert Markham, brother-in-law of Mrs. J. A. Phillips of Sayre, will be held at special services at the Sayre-Doxey cemetery at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Mr. Markham, who resided at 2112 S. W. 20th street, Okla City, succumbed Thursday after a prolonged illness. He was 52 years of age. Funeral services for the deceased were held at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon from the Exchange Avenue Baptist church in Oklahoma City. Burial rites here Saturday will be held under the direction of the Moore Funeral home. Mr. Markham is survived by his wodow, Mrs. Bert Markham; and three daughters, Mrs. Audrey McGowen, Miss Jewell Markham, and Miss Eunice Markham, of Oklahoma City. The Sayre Sun, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, February 18, 1937 pg 8 OBITUARY ____________ Bert Markham Services were conducted at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the Moore Funeral Home for Bert Markham, railroad fireman, with Rev. L. B. Alder in charge. Markham died with heart trouble at Oklahoma City, his home, Feb. 10 at the age of 52. He was a member of the Baptist church and is survived by his wife and three daughters.
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- William J. Markham 1882–1883
- Gertrude Markum Campbell 1886–1920
- Ettie Cornelia Markham Burris 1889–1964
- Nancy May "Nanie" Markham 1895–1896
- Flora Lola Markham Hammack 1897–1978
- Eskle J. Markham 1901–1980
- Velma Christine Markham Lewis 1906–1992
- Ethel Mary Markham Lewis 1908–1980
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