He was born in about 1842 in Monticello, White County, Indiana. He had nine known full siblings and two half-brothers (from his father's second marriage). He was married to Minnesota "Minnie" Elizabeth Foster on 11 Jun 1879 at Cottoneva (now Rockport), Ten Mile Township, Mendocino County, California by George W. Claxton, Justice of the Peace. Minnie was a daughter of William McFadden and Sarah Ann Charlotte (Murphy) Foster, survivors of the Donner Party. Robert and Minnie had five known children: 1) Robert Bruce Markle, Jr.; 2) Elizabeth M. (Markle) Richardson; 3) Henry-Harry Alfred Markle; 4) Charles-Carl Oliver Markle; and 5) Margarite Love Markle. Any surviving biological descendants would come from their daughter Elizabeth. Sometime prior to 24 May 1910 he and his wife were separated and presumably divorced, as he was indicated to be a widower in the 1910 Census enumerated on that date. His wife was similarly indicated to be a widow in the 1920 Census enumerated on 6 Jan 1920, which was four months prior to his death.
Susan E. (Bloch) English, a step-daughter of his son Henry-Harry Alfred Markle, noted before her death that she knew him to be buried in Hillside Cemetery. His name is also engraved on a marker in the Markle family plot at Rose Memorial Park in Fort Bragg, California, but it appears that it was added by one or more of his children as a cenotaph.
His obituary in the 30 Jun 1920 edition of the Fort Bragg [, Mendocino County, CA] Advocate reads, "R. Bruce Markle died in Alaska May 28, 1920 at the age of 78. He had once been the Mendocino County surveyor and a civil engineer with the Union Lumber Company in Fort Bragg. The railroad tunnel at Fort Bragg was built under his supervision."
Susan E. (Bloch) English, a step-daughter of his son Henry-Harry Alfred Markle, noted before her death that she knew him to be buried in Hillside Cemetery. His name is also engraved on a marker in the Markle family plot at Rose Memorial Park in Fort Bragg, California, but it appears that it was added by one or more of his children as a cenotaph.
His obituary in the 30 Jun 1920 edition of the Fort Bragg [, Mendocino County, CA] Advocate reads, "R. Bruce Markle died in Alaska May 28, 1920 at the age of 78. He had once been the Mendocino County surveyor and a civil engineer with the Union Lumber Company in Fort Bragg. The railroad tunnel at Fort Bragg was built under his supervision."
He was born in about 1842 in Monticello, White County, Indiana. He had nine known full siblings and two half-brothers (from his father's second marriage). He was married to Minnesota "Minnie" Elizabeth Foster on 11 Jun 1879 at Cottoneva (now Rockport), Ten Mile Township, Mendocino County, California by George W. Claxton, Justice of the Peace. Minnie was a daughter of William McFadden and Sarah Ann Charlotte (Murphy) Foster, survivors of the Donner Party. Robert and Minnie had five known children: 1) Robert Bruce Markle, Jr.; 2) Elizabeth M. (Markle) Richardson; 3) Henry-Harry Alfred Markle; 4) Charles-Carl Oliver Markle; and 5) Margarite Love Markle. Any surviving biological descendants would come from their daughter Elizabeth. Sometime prior to 24 May 1910 he and his wife were separated and presumably divorced, as he was indicated to be a widower in the 1910 Census enumerated on that date. His wife was similarly indicated to be a widow in the 1920 Census enumerated on 6 Jan 1920, which was four months prior to his death.
Susan E. (Bloch) English, a step-daughter of his son Henry-Harry Alfred Markle, noted before her death that she knew him to be buried in Hillside Cemetery. His name is also engraved on a marker in the Markle family plot at Rose Memorial Park in Fort Bragg, California, but it appears that it was added by one or more of his children as a cenotaph.
His obituary in the 30 Jun 1920 edition of the Fort Bragg [, Mendocino County, CA] Advocate reads, "R. Bruce Markle died in Alaska May 28, 1920 at the age of 78. He had once been the Mendocino County surveyor and a civil engineer with the Union Lumber Company in Fort Bragg. The railroad tunnel at Fort Bragg was built under his supervision."
Susan E. (Bloch) English, a step-daughter of his son Henry-Harry Alfred Markle, noted before her death that she knew him to be buried in Hillside Cemetery. His name is also engraved on a marker in the Markle family plot at Rose Memorial Park in Fort Bragg, California, but it appears that it was added by one or more of his children as a cenotaph.
His obituary in the 30 Jun 1920 edition of the Fort Bragg [, Mendocino County, CA] Advocate reads, "R. Bruce Markle died in Alaska May 28, 1920 at the age of 78. He had once been the Mendocino County surveyor and a civil engineer with the Union Lumber Company in Fort Bragg. The railroad tunnel at Fort Bragg was built under his supervision."
Inscription
Sacred to the memory of
R. B. Markle
Died May 1920
Gravesite Details
On 20 Jun 2003 it was reported that his was a weathered and broken wooden marker with a rounded top leaning against the cemetery fence.
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