This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Markley Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nZB.2ACE/149 Message Board Post: from "The Hood River Glacier" 19 Jul 1901, page 3 DIED--In Hood River valley, July 17, 1901, John C. Markley aged 70 years. Deceased met death from heart failure. John C. Markley was born in Ashland, Ohio, November 4, 1830. When a child, he moved with his parents to Illinois, where he lived until the early 60's, when he moved to Kansas, and lived there till he came to Hood River 12 years ago. Mr. Markley has had a very eventful career. A life-long democrat, he followed Lincoln and Douglas through Illinois during that historical debate when Douglas defeated Lincoln for U. S. senator. Later in Kansas he was on intimate terms with the noted men of the plains--entertaining at his house such as "Buffalo Bill," "Wild Bill" and others. He was at one time a great hunter and at one time ranked among the crack shots of the plains.