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MARKELL, CHARLES FREDERICK, author and lawyer, was born October 16, 1855, at Frederick, Md.; son of Frederick and Catherine Sue (Thomas) Markell, the former a native of Frederick; grandson of Jacob and Rebecca (Miller) Markell, of Winchester, Va., the former a captain of the Maryland line in the War of 1812, and of George Thomas and wife, a Miss Rogan, of Kingsport, Tenn.; great-grandson of Conrad Markell, an officer in the German army who came to America from Alsace, 1747, landing at Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Markell was educated at the Frederick academy, the male high school at Columbus, Miss., the St. John's military academy, at Alexandria, Va., St. John's col lege, Frederick, Md., and was graduated from the Columbian, now George Washington uni versity, LL. B., 1876. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in the District of Columbia and in Maryland; was a member of the Maryland house of delegates, 1884-85, 1896-97; U. S. secretary of legation to Brazil, 1892, and charge' d' affairs 1893; and in duced the Brazilian government to remove expediente tax on wheat flour from U. S. He located in Alabama in 1908. He is a Re publican; and an Episcopalian. Author: "Chamodine and other poems," "The Chas-kell papers;" "Ypiranga — A love tale of the Brazils." Married: January 28, 1902, in New York City, his cousin Sue Markell, daughter of LaFayette and Ella Jane Rogan of Birmingham, a family of Irish origin. Residence : Birmingham.
MARKELL, CHARLES FREDERICK, author and lawyer, was born October 16, 1855, at Frederick, Md.; son of Frederick and Catherine Sue (Thomas) Markell, the former a native of Frederick; grandson of Jacob and Rebecca (Miller) Markell, of Winchester, Va., the former a captain of the Maryland line in the War of 1812, and of George Thomas and wife, a Miss Rogan, of Kingsport, Tenn.; great-grandson of Conrad Markell, an officer in the German army who came to America from Alsace, 1747, landing at Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Markell was educated at the Frederick academy, the male high school at Columbus, Miss., the St. John's military academy, at Alexandria, Va., St. John's col lege, Frederick, Md., and was graduated from the Columbian, now George Washington uni versity, LL. B., 1876. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in the District of Columbia and in Maryland; was a member of the Maryland house of delegates, 1884-85, 1896-97; U. S. secretary of legation to Brazil, 1892, and charge' d' affairs 1893; and in duced the Brazilian government to remove expediente tax on wheat flour from U. S. He located in Alabama in 1908. He is a Re publican; and an Episcopalian. Author: "Chamodine and other poems," "The Chas-kell papers;" "Ypiranga — A love tale of the Brazils." Married: January 28, 1902, in New York City, his cousin Sue Markell, daughter of LaFayette and Ella Jane Rogan of Birmingham, a family of Irish origin. Residence : Birmingham.
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MARKELL, CHARLES FREDERICK, author and lawyer, was born October 16, 1855, at Frederick, Md.; son of Frederick and Catherine Sue (Thomas) Markell, the former a native of Frederick; grandson of Jacob and Rebecca (Miller) Markell, of Winchester, Va., the former a captain of the Maryland line in the War of 1812, and of George Thomas and wife, a Miss Rogan, of Kingsport, Tenn.; great-grandson of Conrad Markell, an officer in the German army who came to America from Alsace, 1747, landing at Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Markell was educated at the Frederick academy, the male high school at Columbus, Miss., the St. John's military academy, at Alexandria, Va., St. John's col lege, Frederick, Md., and was graduated from the Columbian, now George Washington uni versity, LL. B., 1876. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in the District of Columbia and in Maryland; was a member of the Maryland house of delegates, 1884-85, 1896-97; U. S. secretary of legation to Brazil, 1892, and charge' d' affairs 1893; and in duced the Brazilian government to remove expediente tax on wheat flour from U. S. He located in Alabama in 1908. He is a Re publican; and an Episcopalian. Author: "Chamodine and other poems," "The Chas-kell papers;" "Ypiranga — A love tale of the Brazils." Married: January 28, 1902, in New York City, his cousin Sue Markell, daughter of LaFayette and Ella Jane Rogan of Birmingham, a family of Irish origin. Residence : Birmingham.
MARKELL, CHARLES FREDERICK, author and lawyer, was born October 16, 1855, at Frederick, Md.; son of Frederick and Catherine Sue (Thomas) Markell, the former a native of Frederick; grandson of Jacob and Rebecca (Miller) Markell, of Winchester, Va., the former a captain of the Maryland line in the War of 1812, and of George Thomas and wife, a Miss Rogan, of Kingsport, Tenn.; great-grandson of Conrad Markell, an officer in the German army who came to America from Alsace, 1747, landing at Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Markell was educated at the Frederick academy, the male high school at Columbus, Miss., the St. John's military academy, at Alexandria, Va., St. John's col lege, Frederick, Md., and was graduated from the Columbian, now George Washington uni versity, LL. B., 1876. He was admitted to the bar and practiced in the District of Columbia and in Maryland; was a member of the Maryland house of delegates, 1884-85, 1896-97; U. S. secretary of legation to Brazil, 1892, and charge' d' affairs 1893; and in duced the Brazilian government to remove expediente tax on wheat flour from U. S. He located in Alabama in 1908. He is a Re publican; and an Episcopalian. Author: "Chamodine and other poems," "The Chas-kell papers;" "Ypiranga — A love tale of the Brazils." Married: January 28, 1902, in New York City, his cousin Sue Markell, daughter of LaFayette and Ella Jane Rogan of Birmingham, a family of Irish origin. Residence : Birmingham.
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