Claude Elwood Marks

Male21 February 1893–2 November 1955

Brief Life History of Claude Elwood

When Claude Elwood Marks was born on 21 February 1893, in Ottokee, Fulton, Ohio, United States, his father, Frank Marks, was 20 and his mother, Nettie Maude Geer, was 19. He married Hazel M. Cupp on 10 March 1919, in Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States. He lived in Randolph, Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1910 and Wauseon, Clinton Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 2 November 1955, at the age of 62, and was buried in Ottokee Cemetery, Ottokee, Fulton, Ohio, United States.

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Claude Elwood Marks
1893–1955
Hazel M. Cupp
1896–1936
Marriage: 10 March 1919

Sources (12)

  • Claude Marks in household of Frank Marks, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Claude Marks, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Claude Marks, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

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  • Marriage
    10 March 1919Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States

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    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 3

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 5

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1910 · The BSA is Made

    Age 17

    Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Mark , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

    Dutch and German: patronymic from Mark .

    Jewish (western Ashkenazic): variant of Marx .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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