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Markee Family Bible
Collection Summary
Title
Markee Family Bible
Date
1820s-1920s
Extent
1 archival box
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 2012-MFB
Processed by: Nicole Schlagel, 2016; finding aid created by Nicole Schlagel, 2016
Name of Creator
Markee Family
Biographical History
Joseph Markee was born on June 23, 1823 in Orleans, Canada. Joseph participated in the California gold
rush during the 1840s and used the money he earned to buy farm land in Bureau County, Illinois. Joseph
married Mary Jane Waite on June 25, 1857 in Bureau County, Illinois. Together they had nine children,
seven of whom survived. Joseph and his family continued to farm in Bureau County as well as raising
cattle. Joseph died on May 26, 1906 and was buried in Buda, Bureau County. Mary Jane Markee died
July 18, 1931 and was buried in Bureau County.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of the family Bible for the Joseph Markee family. This Bible contains family
records for births, marriages, and deaths Joseph, his wife Mary Jane Waite Markee, and their children.
Also included in this collection is a family unit chart and a bookmark.
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Markee Family Bible
Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 2 series.
Series 1, Markee Family Genealogy
Folder 1, Family Unit Chart
Series 2, Bible
Folder 1, Family Record sheets [scanned]
Folder 2, Bookmark from Bible
Folder 3, Bible
Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Records within this collection are housed within file folders. The Bible is secured with cotton typing tape
and wrapped in acid-free tissue paper.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. Bureau County, Illinois Historical and Biographical Sketches [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
FindAGrave.com. “Joseph Markee.” Accessed June 1, 2016. http://www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49659714&ref=acom
FindAGrave.com. “Mary Jane Waite Markee.” Accessed June 1, 2016.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=49659675&ref=acom
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