This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Marks, Spear Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1142 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 894. LANCASTER GEORGE MARKS, brick-mason, Lancaster. A native of Vermont, born Nov. 11, 1837. He came West in November, 1869. In the spring of 1870, he came to Lancaster. Mr. Marks was married March 25, 1862, in Colchester, Vt., to Miss Sophrana N. Spear. They have three sons - Walter, George M. and Arthur. [I am not related to this family. I am posting this as a service and hope it helps!]