Edward L. Markham Jr. (1916 - 1980)

Born 11 Feb 1916 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy Gertrude (Linden) Markham — married 23 Nov 1946 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

Died 26 Oct 1980 at age 64 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States

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Biography

Edward was born in 1916 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was the son of Edward Markum, Sr. and Minnie Lee Skaggs.

When he was 30 he married Dorothy Gertrude Linden in Dallas, Texas. They had three children together, twin sons, and a daughter.

He passed away in 1980 in Dallas, Texas, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Ranger, Texas.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDJ9-KS9 : 31 January 2021), Edward Lee Markham in entry for Edward L Markham, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHXZ-LWP : accessed 23 January 2022), Edw L Markham Jr. in household of Edw L Markham, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 11, sheet 5B, line 8, family 117, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1180; FHL microfilm 2,340,915.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K73P-LVL : 25 November 2019), Edward L Markham in household of Edward L Markham, Ward 3, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-11A, sheet 2A, line 7, family 24, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2093.
• Edward Lee Markham Jr in the Arkansas, Birth Certificates, 1914-1917, Arkansas Department of Vital Records; Little Rock, Arkansas; Birth Certificates, Ancestry Record 61774 #68239
• Edward Lee Markham in the U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 938, Ancestry Record 2238 #20611764
• Edward Lee Markham Jr in the Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, Dallas County Clerk's Office; Dallas, Texas; Dallas County Marriage Records, Ancestry Record 9168 #41214445
• "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVDD-BMZ : 5 December 2014), Edward Lee Markham Jr, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
• "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZZD-TKT : 24 May 2014), Edward Markham, 26 Oct 1980; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number , Dallas, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64279267/edward-l-markham : accessed 22 January 2022), memorial page for Edward L. Markham (1916–1980), Find A Grave: Memorial #64279267, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Ranger, Eastland County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Jason Long (contributor 47023496) .