William MARLOW^{[1, 2]}

1812 - 1910  (97 years)

• Name	William MARLOW
  Born	Nov 1812	TN   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1840	Rives County, Missouri (Extinct) formed 1834 from Lafayette, renamed Henry in 1841   [6]
  Census	24 Sep 1850	Madison County, Missouri, p239   [6, 7]
  Census	1860	Iron County, Union TWP, Missouri   [6]
  Census	2 May 1910	Living in Osage County, Big Hill TWP, with son, John Allen Marlow   [6, 8]
  _UID	162A9CB624FCCA4891A2B72D99D9423ECD5E
  Died	2 Jun 1910	Fairfax, Osage County, OK   [6, 9]
  Buried	2 Jun 1910	Fairfax Cemetery, Fairfax, Osage County, OK   [6, 9]
  Person ID	I2649	Steeles_Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020

  
  

  Family	Lucinda Eldorado STEELE,   b. 26 Sep 1849, St. Clair Cty, IL ,   d. 18 Feb 1909, Witts Springs, Searcy County, Arkansas  (Age 59 years)
  Married	19 Aug 1873	Ironton, Iron County, MO   [10]
  Children	1. Florence LEE,   b. 15 Jun 1873, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri ,   d. 12 Jun 1938, Unknown  (Age 64 years)   2. Lidia Evaline MARLOW,   b. 18 Jan 1876, Springfield Greene County, Missouri ,   d. 7 Sep 1953, Porum, Muskogee County, Oklahoma  (Age 77 years)   3. Lillie Artamissa MARLOW,   b. Mar 1879, MO ,   d. 20 Oct 1957  (Age 78 years)   4. Fanny Rosy "Rose" MARLOW,   b. 25 Jul 1883, Missouri ,   d. 15 May 1969, Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas  (Age 85 years)   5. Frances Marion MARLOW,   b. 8 Sep 1895,   d. 1 Jan 1991, Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas  (Age 95 years)
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [Marlow-MarkShook.ftw] Burial at Fairfax Cemetery, Osage County, OK @ 8th & Taft, Section B(NW Corner) last grave on South end of second row from North entranceon West side.Debbie: Thanks a bunch for the card and photos, especially, the photos. Thisis the first time that I have ever seen an identified photo of William Marlow, my Great Grandfather. He appears just as my mother described him. William lived in Iron County, Missouri when John Allen Marlow wasborn. John farmed with his dad in Missouri and married Frances Murphy. When homesteading land became available in Arkansas, both William and John moved to Arkansas. Recall that this was not long after the Civil War (1861 - 1865), and that both Missouri and Arkansas were overrun by military troops. Some of these troups were not much more than gangsof independent volunteer ruffians with little discipline. As the wardrew to a close, there were disoriented, shocked soldiers, roaming the countyside like lost little boys who did not know where they were, or where the next meal was comming from, and did not care as well. Some were renegades. Others had become detached from their units, or were all that was left of a decimated company. These men were desperate, hungry, and would steal and shoot your milk cow to eat. Rape and pillage was commonplace. In William's old age, he lived his final days with his son, John Allen Marlow in Arkansas and lastly, in Oklahoma. Mother recalls that shewas his "bed warmer". It was a common practice for some families to placea child in bed with an elderly person to help keep them warm on a cold winter night. (Also, there was shortage of beds in large families.) Mother [Rosa Orpha (Marlow) Mading] was a young child at that time, probably 4 or 5 years old. She recalled one of her greatest fears: She said that she laid awake many a night fearing that the old manwould die in bed with her. That thought frightened her and I suspect thatit was a secret not shared with any member of the family. Mother was fond of William. She said that she often sat on his lapand played with his beard. She said that William had a skin condition on his face and did not shave. She also said that he had been woundedand wore a silver plate in his body, but she did could not recall the location of this plate or the nature of the wound. There is a possibility that mother may have been confused about someof these details becasue she was 95 years old when she related thisstory. However, I do remember mother telling me in earlier years about her sitting on William's lap and playing with his beard, so I believe that this can be taken as factual. The telling was jumbled and disjointed, jumping from one time frame to another, or from one person to another, but the detail was amazingly vivid. I had the sense that I was there, hidden but observing the scene. We are finding that much of what she told us (while she was in her 90's) does have an accurate basis. The Marlows moved from Arkansas to Oklahoma in 1908 or 1909 taking William Marlow with them.. Mother was 4 years old. The women and small children went by train. They were met at the train station in Oklahoma by the Brown family. In fact, the Browns were veryinfluential in John's decision to go to Oklahoma. The Marlows and Browns werevery close friends while in Arkansas. There exists several pictures of the Browns and Marlows eatng watermelon or picnicing together. The Brown family had relocated to Oklahoma before the Marlows did. They acted much like a sponsor to the newly arriving Marlow family. John Marlow and some of the boys went by wagon to Oklahoma. They were ferrying what belongings that would fit in the wagon Mother said the wagon trip took 2 weeks. Rosa said that Frances (Murphy) Marlow did not want to go to Oklahoma. She was very satisfied with her Arkansas house (on Boston Mountian)and dreaded uprooting the young family, and to go live in uncertain and primitive housing. They had moved once before from Missouri. ButJohn was very disappointed with the soil in the Arkansas homestead. It was too rocky and broke the farming implements. The soil was thin. Itwas impossible for him to farm in the manner that he wished to do. The family arrived in Oklahoma in 1908 or 1909. Rosa had been born in Arkansas on Sept. 20, 1904. Then in Oklahoma, she became 6 years old on September, 1910. She began the first grade at Gray Horse School,but diid not get to complete the first year there. John Marlow came into the house one day in December of 1910 and announced, "We're moving." The family moved 20 miles away from the Gray Horse School, thus interrupting Rosa's first year at shcool. ************************ Hopefully, this provides you with some of the background about this Marlow family and their migration from Missouri to Oklahoma. Yours truly, Jim Mading Your picture was a big help in identifying William Marlow in anotherpicture we have taken about 1905 at Witt Springs, Arkansas that show12 men. The second man from the far right side is William Marlow asidentified from your picture of him with Lucinda Lucy. The man on theleft side of the picture is John Allan Marlow the others are notidentified - LeRoy Paris 12/24/01 MARLOW, WILLIAM Spouse: WALLIS, ELIZABETH Marriage Date: 19 Feb 1860 County: Iron State: MO -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ MARLOW, WILLIAM Spouse: LEE, LUCINDA Marriage Date: 19 Aug 1873 County: Iron State: MO

  
  

• Sources

  [S997] Imported GEDCOM file. [S1] Imported GEDCOM file. [S1033] Dwelling 14, 1900 Searcy Cty, AR Mt Pleasant Twns. [S1054] Michele Roessler. [S1020] steel.GED. [S1025] Marlow-MarkShook.ftw. [S1097] Census, Page 239. [S1052] Federal Census, 1910 Osage County, OK, Big Hill TWP, SD1, ED 159, pg 7a, family 91. [S1068] Grave Stone, Fairfax Cemetery @ 8th & Taft. [S1027] Marriage certificate.