John Markin

John was born in 1870.¹   John's father was Thomas Markin and his mother was Lucinda Spears.  His paternal grandparents were Charles W II Markin and Nancy Simpson. He had five brothers and four sisters, named Charles, Warren W, Peter, Son, Josephus, Elizabeth, Lucinda, Margaret and Martha.  He was the fourth youngest of the ten children. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named William S and Josephine.