THIRD GENERATION
9. Perry Green Marquis
was born on Jan 22 1824 in Posey County, Indiana. According to one of Perry's
Marriage Licenses, dated July 24,1891, recorded in Hamilton County, Illinois
and Perry's Obituary dated August 15, 1907 in the "The Leader" newspaper,
McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois document his birth date. Perry was born
on a Thursday.
In 1840, Perry G. Marquis was 15 years old. He lived with his grandparents William
A. and Mary Marcus while his father James C. Marquis moved to northeast Indiana.
It is evident that this closeness (as far as living with or near) of William
A. and his grandson Perry G. continued for about twenty years. He settled about
1854 in Hamilton County, Illinois. It appears that probably after the death
of his grandfather, William A. Marquis Sr., Perry G. moved his first wife, Elizabeth
Martin Marquis, along with his two sons, William B. and James T. Marquis, to
southern Illinois. (Note: a very obvious fact of Perry's close relationship
to his grandfather was that he named his firstborn son after his grandfather.)
The trip that Perry G. and his young family took was not a very long one in
comparison to his grandfather's migration, but it was a trip due west across
the Wabash River that divides Indiana from Illinois and into a flat wilderness
to be cleared for farming and other agriculture.
Land grant records from Hamilton County, Illinois reflect that Perry was granted
200 acres of land by the Federal Government for the purpose of making a living.
Perry G. Marquis on August 7th, 1854 was granted 160 acres of land in Hamilton
County, Illinois by the Department of the Interior, General Land Office. Documents
exist in the Hamilton County, Illinois Courthouse that record this event, plus
Perry's receiving an additional 40 acres of land on March 28th, 1855.
He was a Farmer and Landowner in 1860 in Hamilton County, Illinois. Perry
owned $500 worth of land and $150 of personal property as recorded in the Hamilton
County, Illinois census of 1860 taken on the 18th day of July, 1860 for Dwelling
and Family Number 678. Schedule I of Free inhabitants enumerated by Wm. Choisser,
Assistant Marshall - Post Office, McLeansboro, Illinois.
He served in the military on Aug 13 1862 in Hamilton County, Illinois. The
following statistics are recorded in the book of Civil War Soldiers and Veterans,
Hamilton County, Illinois, by Harold G. Felty: Marquis, Perry G.; AGR: Private
in Company B in the 110th Illinois Infantry.
Military records form the Illinois State Archives list Perry's muster date was
August 13, 1862. The "Muster and Descriptive Roll of the Regiment of Illinois
Volunteers" lists Perry as 38 years old; 5 feet, 10 inches tall; black hair;
blue eyes; fair complexion. He is also listed as married and a farmer, born
in Posey County, Indiana. He enlisted at Knights Prairie and was mustered in
by Capt. Harper.
No information has yet been discovered as to where Perry fought in Civil War
battles. One might think he may have been close to some action because of the
location where his military service ended. He was mustered out on Thursday,
June 8, 1865 in the nation's capital, Washington D.C.
He was later transferred to Co. B. G.A.R Post 469: muster roll March 31, 1886.
Perry's obituary reads: He was a soldier in the Civil War, serving in Co.
B., 110th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from August 1862, till the close
of the war. He was a member of the G.A.R. Post at Macedonia as long as he was
able to attend.
He was saved and committed his life to the Lord in 1885 in Hamilton County,
Illinois. Perry's obituary from The Leader, Volume XXV.,McLeansboro, Illinois,
Thursday, August 8, 1907 reads: "He (Perry) professed faith in Christ in
1885 at an arbor meeting held on his own place and held out faithful till the
last. He talked of joining the Baptist church at Antioch but thought himself
too feeble for baptism; while he did not belong to any church he was a liberal
giver in helping build and keep up churches."
He died on Jul 18 1907 in Knights Prairie, Hamilton County, Illinois. Perry
died on a Thursday. He lived 83 years, 5 months, and 27 days. The information
sources for his death were Perry G. Marquis' obituary dated August 15, 1907 in
"The Leader", McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois and Hamilton County,
Illinois Death Records, Book B-2267, plus Perry's Death Certificate filed in
Hamilton County, Illinois by John M. Simms, MD.
He was buried on Jul 19 1907 in Antioch Cemetery, Hamilton County, Illinois.
Perry Green Marquis' grave stone inscription reads:
----------------
MARQUIS
----------------
Perry G. Marquis
Jan. 22, 1824
July 18, 1907
Co. B 110th Reg. ILL Volume. Inft.
---------------
AT REST
Sources for his burial were: Civil War Alphabetical List, Hamilton County, Illinois,
and Perry's Death Certificate filed in Hamilton County, Illinois by John M. Simms,
MD.
The obituary for Perry G. Marquis was published as follows in: The Leader,
Volume XXV., McLeansboro, Illinois Thursday, August 8, 1907, Number 42:
Perry G. Marquis was born in Posey County, Ind., Jan 22, 1824, died at his home
in Knights Prairie township July 18,1907, aged 83 years, 6 months and 26 days.
(Note: this is a published error, he actually lived 83 years, 5 months and
27 days.)
"Mr. Marquis rose at his usual hour on the morning of his death and ate
breakfast and was apparently as well as common. About 10 o'clock he had an attack
of stomach trouble, which took him away in a few minutes before medical aid could
reach him. Stomach trouble and heart disease is the supposed cause of death.
Mr. Marquis had several attacks of stomach trouble before but they did not last
long and he would be all right again.
Mr. Marquis was first married to Elizabeth Marton (Martin) in March 1848. Moved
to Hamilton County in the fall of 1854 and settled in less than a half mile of
where he died. He was a soldier in the Civil War, serving in Co. B., 110th Regiment
Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from August 1862, till the close of the war. He
was a member of the G.A.R. Post at Macedonia as long as he was able to attend.
He professed faith in Christ in 1885 at an arbor meeting held on his own place
and held out faithful till the last. He talked of joining the Baptist church
at Antioch but thought himself too feeble for baptism; while he did not belong
to any church he was a liberal giver in helping build and keep up churches.
Mr. Marquis was last married to Susan A. Gibbs, Aug. 3, 1890, and is survived
by her and seven children, four boys and three girls as follows: James T. Marquis,
Portland, Oregon; Joseph P. Marquis, Nebraska City, Nebraska; Alexander Marquis
of Flannigan township; G.W. Marquis, at home; Maria (Mariah) E. Moss, Mary E.
Bennett, Martha E. Marquis of Hamilton County. Two older children are dead, William
B. and Sarah F. For the last two years Mr. Marquis' family has been consisted
of his wife and son, G.W. Written by G.W. Marquis."
One comment that must be made on G.W. Marquis' statement that "For the last
two years Mr. Marquis' family has been consisted of his wife and son, G.W.",
is that G.W. did not include the ex-wives and other children that definitely
were still alive at Perry's death. "The Old Sire" certainly left quite
his own "legacy of kin" of which his descendants in this book are just
a small part of the tales that surely could have been known! Perry was married
to six different women on seven occasions. The Hamilton County, Illinois census
of 1860 lists Perry G. Marquis in Dwelling and Family Number 678. He was also
recorded as 36 years old, married to Margaret Freeman, and having four children
in the 1860 census. Hamilton County, Illinois records incorrectly list Perry
G. as George P. Marquis for one of his marriages in 1866. Perry was also listed
as being 45 years old in 1879 on the Birth Certificate of a daughter. According
to Perry's other vital records, he was not 45, but actually, 55 years old.
He was married to Elizabeth Martin on Mar 5 1849 in Vanderburgh County, Indiana.
This was Perry's first of many marriages. Perry was 25 and Elizabeth was 18
years old. Their marriage is recorded in the Marriage Listings in the Indiana
State Archives, Indianapolis, Indiana. Elizabeth Martin
was born on Oct 7 1830 in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. Elizabeth Martin Marquis'
birth date is calculated from her grave stone inscription, Antioch Cemetery,
Hamilton County, Illinois. She was born on a Thursday.
She died on Nov 5 1858 in Hamilton County, Illinois. Elizabeth's death date
is taken from the grave stone inscription at Antioch Cemetery, Hamilton County,
Illinois. She died on a Friday. She was buried on Nov 7 1858 in Antioch Cemetery,
Hamilton County, Illinois. Elizabeth Marquis' grave stone inscription reads:
Wife of Perry G. Marquis
Died Nov. 5, 1858
Age 28 yrs, 29 days
Elizabeth appears to have had several brothers and sisters. From a document
dated January of 1869, a Lucy Martin brings suit against the late Elizabeth Marquis'
children. Also named in this document is William Martin, Minerva Martin (probably
husband and wife), Charles Martin, and Nancy A. Martin (also probably husband
and wife). In a pleading document dated September 1871, William Martin states
that he and the defendants are joint tenants of fifty-six and one-half acres
in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It appears that this legal action was to get
total property rights of what would have been part of an inheritance from Elizabeth
Martin's parents. Perry Green Marquis and Elizabeth Martin had the following
children:
+21 i.
William B. Marquis.
+22 ii.
James T. Marquis.
+23 iii.
Sarah F. Marquis.
+24 iv.
Joseph P. Marquis.
He was married to Margaret
Freeman on Jan 16 1859 in Hamilton County, Illinois. This was Perry's second
marriage. Perry and Margaret were married on a Sunday by Z.B. Reed Justice of
the Peace. Marriage License, Hamilton County, Illinois, Dated 14-Jan-1859 and
Hamilton County, Illinois Marriage Records, Book C-1790. He was 34 and she was
16, almost 17, years old.
Margaret Freeman was born on Mar 14 1842 in Illinois.
Margaret was born on a Sunday. She is listed as 18 years old in the Hamilton
County, Illinois census of 1860. At the time of the census, she would have also
been expecting her only child, Mariah Marquis. She died on Jan 18 1862 in
Hamilton County, Illinois. Margaret died on a Saturday. Her death date is taken
from her grave stone inscription, Antioch Cemetery, Hamilton County, Illinois.
She was buried on Jan 20 1862 in Antioch Cemetery, Hamilton County, Illinois.
Margaret is buried in the old section of the Antioch Cemetery. Her grave stone
is worn and barely legible. She is buried right next to Perry's first wife,
Elizabeth (Martin) Marquis. Cemetery Index Records of Hamilton County, Illinois
and eyewitness Daniel L. Robbins.
Perry Green Marquis and Margaret Freeman had the following children:
+25 i.
Mariah Elizabeth Marquis.
He was married to Amanda
Elizabeth Cowen (daughter of Mr. Catharine Cowen) on Apr 3
1862 in McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois. This was Perry's third marriage
and the only marriage for Amanda Elizabeth. Perry was 38 and Amanda was 23 years
old. They were married on a Thursday by Z.B. Reed Justice of the Peace as recorded
on Marriage License, Hamilton County, Illinois, Dated April 1, 1862 and Hamilton
County, Illinois Marriage Records, Book C-2167. Helen Huffstutler Ferreira writes:
"Perry and Amanda were married during the Civil War. Perry went away to
serve and came back such a hard and changed man that the marriage could not last."
He was divorced from Amanda Elizabeth Cowen in 1866 in Hamilton County, Illinois.
Helen Huffstutler Ferreira writes: "My mother Kate indicated that whenever
"Old Perry" moved on, he would insist that his offspring should go
with him. When he confronted Amanda Elizabeth with this demand, she met him
with, 'Over my dead body!' He did not take Katherine and Alexander." It
should be further noted that Perry had a distinct practice of naming a subsequent
child for his previous wife. Evidence that the daughter born to Perry and his
next wife Margaret Perry in 1870 was named Amanda. One can also conclude from
Perry's pattern of marriage that he would attract his next wife by means of needing
help in caring for all the children he had.
Amanda Elizabeth Cowen was born in Mar 1839 in Tennessee.
The exact birthplace of Amanda Elizabeth in Tennessee is still yet to be located.
Della Gruthoff Marquis writes: "Amanda Elizabeth Cowen came from Tennessee
(to southern Illinois) in a covered wagon. Her family who still lived in Tennessee,
fought (in the Civil War) with the Southern Army, but those who came to southern
Illinois served with the North.
She was a domestic worker in 1860 in Hamilton County, Illinois. The United
States Census of 1860 records Elizabeth (Amanda)'s occupation. This type of
work would serve Amanda Elizabeth well since she would spend the majority of
her life being the sole provider for herself and her two children. Amanda was
a large women and was known to have an outer and inner strength. She had to
have those qualities in being a single parent with children. We today think
of that concept as a modern day dilemma, but our direct ancestor was faced with
that adjustment just following the very tough Civil War years.
During the Civil War, while her husband Perry was away, Amanda Elizabeth and
Perry's sons from his first marriage tended the fields alone. They farmed the
land together during the war, ploughing with a team of oxen.
She died on Aug 11 1907 in Flannigan Township, Hamilton County, Illinois.
The Leader, McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois obituary of Mrs. (Amanda)
Elizabeth Marquis states: "an old lady, died here (McLeansboro, Illinois)
at the home of her son Alex. Buried at Cartwright Chapel Cemetery." Amanda
Elizabeth Marquis died on a Sunday. She lived 68 years and 5 months. She was
buried on Aug 13 1907 in Cartwright Chapel Cemetery, Hamilton County, Illinois.
Amanda is listed as twenty-one years old in the Hamilton County, Illinois census
of 1860 taken on the 4th day of July, 1860 for Dwelling and Family Number 356.
She is actually listed as Elizabeth Cowen in that census of 1860 and she was
most commonly known as Elizabeth throughout her life. Only her marriage certificate
recorded her full name of Amanda Elizabeth Cowen. In addition, the 1900 census
of Hamilton County, Illinois records her name as Amanda E. Marquis. Perry Green
Marquis and Amanda Elizabeth Cowen had the following children:
26 i.
Katherine Marquis was born about 1863 in Hamilton County, Illinois. She
died about 1875 in Hamilton County, Illinois. Katherine was the first child
of Perry Green and Amanda Elizabeth Marquis. Birth records for Hamilton County,
Illinois were not listed until 1872, and Katherine is not listed in the 1860
census for Hamilton County. Only the recall of Katherine's nieces, Susan Katherine
(Marquis) Huffstutler and Della Evalee (Marquis) Gruthoff, validates that Katherine
was Amanda's daughter. Susan Katherine and Della Evalee referred to her as "Aunt
Kate" although Della wrote in a particular memo: "Grandmother (Amanda
Elizabeth Marquis) raised Alex and Katie. Katie died when 12 years and is buried
at Cartwright Cemetery beside Grandmother."
In addition, the 1900 census for Hamilton County, Illinois lists Amanda E. Marquis
(Katie's mother) as having two children with only one living. This is the first
official record to give indication of Katie's birth and death.
+27 ii.
Alexander Rhodes Marquis.
He was married to Margaret
Perry on Mar 1 1866 in Hamilton County, Illinois. Perry's fourth marriage.
They were married on a Thursday by O.P. Kelly, Justice of the Peace. A marriage
record is also listed for George P. Marquis to Margaret Perry on the exact same
date of March 1, 1866. Perry was 42 and Margaret was 33 years old. Hamilton
County, Illinois Marriage Records, Perry G. Marquis and Margaret(t) Perry, Book
C-2963. Hamilton County, Illinois Marriage Records, George P. Marquis and Margaret
Perry, Book C-2616.
He was divorced from Margaret Perry in 1873 in Hamilton County, Illinois.
Margaret Perry Marquis married a second time on April 30, 1897. She married
Stephen L. Wells from Jefferson County, Illinois. They both were 52 years old
and this was the second marriage for both. This marriage is recorded in Marriage
Book 2 in the Hamilton County, Illinois Courthouse.
Margaret Perry was born about 1833 in Indiana. Margaret
is listed as 37 years old in the Hamilton County, Illinois census of 1870. Her
vocation was listed as "Keeping House". Perry Green Marquis and Margaret
Perry had the following children:
+28 i.
George Washington Marquis.
29 ii.
Amanda Marquis was born in Feb 1870 in Hamilton County, Illinois. Amanda
is listed as 4 months old in the Hamilton County, Illinois census of 1870. Births
were not recorded officially in Hamilton County until 1872, making this the only
record of Amanda's birth.
He was married to Sarah Matilda Clanton (daughter
of James H. Clanton and Sarah E. Clanton)
on Sep 15 1873 in Hamilton County, Illinois. This was Perry's fifth marriage.
He was 49 and Sarah appeared to be only 15, although she lists her age on the
marriage certificate as 30. Perry and Sarah were married on a Monday. All of
this is recorded in the Marriage Records, Book C-3725 in Hamilton County, Illinois.
Sarah Matilda Clanton was born in 1858 in Missouri.
Sarah is listed as 2 years old in the Hamilton County, Illinois census of 1860.
Her future husband Perry Marquis already had four children older than she was
in 1860, and he at that time was married to his second wife. Sarah is also listed
as 21 years old on her second child's birth record in the Register of Births
for Hamilton County, Illinois dated October 14, 1879. Perry Green Marquis and
Sarah Matilda Clanton had the following children:
+30 i.
Mary Etta Marquis.
31 ii.
Ellen (Martha E.) Marquis was born on Sep 29 1879 in Knights Prairie Precinct,
Hamilton County, Illinois. Perry G. Marquis' granddaughter, Della (Marquis)
Gruthoff, referred to this child as Ellen. She was born on a Monday. Birth
Records Index, Hamilton County, Illinois, Book A-899 and Register of Births,
page 70, number 364. The Birth Certificate was filed by Jane Harrelson of Knights
Prairie Precinct.
32 iii.
Infant Marquis was born on Jul 22 1883. There is no name recorded for
the birth of this child in the Hamilton County, Illinois courthouse records.
This child was born to Sarah and Perry on a Sunday.
He was married to Susan
Angeline Gibbs on Jul 27 1891 in Hamilton County, Illinois. This was Perry's
sixth and Susan Angeline's first marriage. They were married on a Monday in
the home of A. Gibbes (probably the mother of the bride), by R.M. Harrelson,
Justice of the Peace. Witnesses were the parents of the bride, Nicholas Gibbes
and Angeline Gibbes. Perry was 62 and Susan Angeline was 48 years old according
to the Marriage License, Hamilton County, Illinois, Dated July 24, 1891 and
Hamilton County, Illinois Marriage Records, Book 1-7098.
Susan Angeline Gibbs was born on Nov 13 1842 in Knox
County, Tennessee. Susan was the daughter of Nicholas and Angeline Graves Gibbs
and was born on a Sunday. She also had a brother Elijah T. Gibbs, of McLeansboro,
Illinois and a sister Mrs. Mary McCoy, of Sheridan, Indiana. Nicholes Gibbs
and his wife Angeline are not directly related to the Marquis family. The Gibbs
family's only connection is that Perry Green Marquis married their daughter Susan
Angeline Gibbs. Both of Susan's parents were also born in Tennessee. This information
comes from the Marriage License of Perry G. Marquis and Susan A. Gibbs, Issued
July 24 1891, Married July 27 1891, and Filed August 4 1891 and Susan's Obituary,
McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Illinois. Susan A. Marquis united early in life
with M.E. Church in Tennessee and lived a devoted Christian life until death.
She died on Jun 4 1921 in Knights Prairie, Hamilton County, Illinois. She died
on a Saturday, according to Hamilton County, Illinois Death Records, Book 2-3715.
She was buried on Jun 6 1921 in Antioch Cemetery, Hamilton County, Illinois.
Her funeral was conducted by Rev. J.B. Hall and Rev. O.J. Bell on Monday June
6, 1921 at 11:00 o'clock. This was recorded in the Published Newspaper Obituary
of Susan A. Marquis.
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