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AMOS MARKEY is a native of Frederick County, Md., born September 17, 1832, and is a son of Amos and Jane (Eby) Markey. He was the sixth in a family of eight children, of whom six still survive. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Lancaster County about 1779. He was reared to the life of a farmer, and shortly after his marriage removed to Maryland, where he engaged successfully in the same occupation until 1839, when he removed to Preble County, Ohio, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1841.

The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm and received his primary education in the old log schoolhouse. He remained at home until twenty-three years of age, when he began to think of a future for himself. Emigrating to Missouri in 1855, he settled in Johnson County and commenced farming. From his father’s estate he received some $3,000, with which he purchased a farm of seven hundred and twenty acres on his arrival here. From that time on his success has been more than gratifying. Disposing of this property in 1866, he removed to his present location, where he purchased five hundred and sixty acres, though not all at one time. Mr. Markey is a thoroughly practical farmer and stock-raiser, devoting most of his attention to feeding stock for the market.

On the 22d of September, 1867, Mr. Markey was united in marriage with Miss Nancy Fritz, daughter of Daniel and Nancy (Loy) Fritz. She was born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1844, and is one of four children, of whom all survive. Three children were born to our subject and his wife, two of whom, Edward and Ellen, are still members of the family household, assisting in the farm and indoor duties. Edward has been given the advantage of a thorough collegiate education, having attended the Mt. Morris College in Illinois, McPherson College in McPherson County, Kan., and the Stanford University of California, where he fitted himself for the ministry. He recently received a call to the Center View Church of this county.

The political affiliations of the subject of this sketch are with the Democratic party, and religiously he is a member of the German Baptist Church. He is an affable, courteous man, and his hospitality is widely known, the doors of his home swinging on welcoming hinges to strangers and friends alike.