![]() They cut down trees to build their first house. They paid $1000 for this place from one Moses Cochran who lived in Shelby County, Mo. Therefore he made barrels necessary for the oil industry.įrom there the family moved to a farm located one mile southeast of Troy Center. During their residence there, at a period of perhaps a couple of years, Jacob operated a cooper shop which sat south of the present George Bradley barn. They first lived in a small house at Schreiners Corners in eastern Troy Township. It is said that the oil excitement brought them to this region. It was about 1868 that they removed to Troy Township, Crawford County, Pa. Jacob and Barbara Markley lived in Buffalo perhaps 20 years. More mention of these children will be made farther on. A cross rooster had picked her on the leg and she got infection and died. The children were: Frederick Jacob Markley, George Markley, Rachel Catherine Markley, and another younger daughter who died at the age of three. ![]() They had four children, the last three of whom were born in Buffalo. Thus he was able to eventually buy a couple of acres which would presently be in the center section of Buffalo. It was there that he also operated a cooper shop for years. Jacob earned 25 cents a day working in a blacksmith shop there. It was within the present confines of Buffalo, N.Y. In this country Jacob and Barbara Markley lived in what was called “Black Rock”. The women and girls took care of the cattle and milked them, as well as scrubbing the stable. The family lived in a stone house to which the cow stable was attached. Her father was evidently a German farmer. The date of her birth was Aug.5, 1826, and her parents were Jacob and Barbara Klepper Langiaer.īarbara was one of a family of eight sisters and one brother. He was married in Germany probably in 1846 to Miss Barbara Christine Langiaer, who was also born in that country. ![]() By traveling around the country, that is how he met his future wife. Jacob, our ancestor, was a traveling blacksmith in Germany. They reached the harbor just as Martin was about to board the big ship.Īll five brothers and sisters ventured to Buffalo, N.Y., where some remained the rest of their lives. The military officials were just a few minutes late. It was the custom to have compulsory military training for youths in Germany then, and Martin had no desire for that, so he ran to the waterfront where he took a small boat and sailed out to catch the big ship which had already left the harbor. Martin Markley jumped onto the boat in Germany in a hurry, it is said. Whether they came over on the same voyage as did Jacob and his wife isn’t known. Jacob also had a brother, Martin Markley, and three sisters, Mrs. Record doesn’t seem to indicate the length of time it took for the voyage, but in that time it was three months anyway. That’s the month that their oldest son, Frederick, was born, and he was born on the ocean. The time of their voyage was in January, 1847. Jacob, as a young man, came to America with his young wife. It is a possibility that Jacob’s father was a blacksmith. I have been unsuccessful in finding the names of his parents and other information about them. Jacob Markley was born in Germany on Jan.12, 1827. Throughout this history I shall use the present spelling and pronunciation, Markley, and later tell the story of how it was changed in this family. Even his tombstone has that spelling on it. ![]() Our ancestor, Jacob Merkle, who sailed from Germany to America, used the spelling, Merkle, throughout his entire life. The name as we spell it today is Markley. HISTORY OF THE MARKLEY FAMILY Presented at the annual Markley family reunion held at the Donald Markley home in Titusville on Sunday, July 31, 1960.
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