Son of Joseph Michael Marks & Nancy Newton Marks, Henry's mother died when he was an infant. His father, from Washington, DC, rejoined the U. S. Army and became part of the "patrol" of the south. When he wrote his in-laws that he was coming back for Henry, his father-in-law told him not to bother, that Henry had died also. Joseph Michael would remarry a lady from Burke County and he never spoke about his first wife and child. Henry was raised by his mother's parents and told that his Yankee father had deserted him. But on his Grandfather Newton's deathbed, the confession of the long-ago lie came out -- Henry did not even know how to find Joseph then or maybe he didn't even want too. (part of this story was first found in the Anson County, NC, Heritage Book, written by A. M. Hough and paraphrased here) Henry's obituary from the "Messenger & Intelligencer" of Wadesboro, NC appeared Dec. 28, 1906. It states he died of pneumonia and that "interment was at Savannah church...". Some years later his grave was moved to Gum Springs Baptist Church.
Son of Joseph Michael Marks & Nancy Newton Marks, Henry's mother died when he was an infant. His father, from Washington, DC, rejoined the U. S. Army and became part of the "patrol" of the south. When he wrote his in-laws that he was coming back for Henry, his father-in-law told him not to bother, that Henry had died also. Joseph Michael would remarry a lady from Burke County and he never spoke about his first wife and child. Henry was raised by his mother's parents and told that his Yankee father had deserted him. But on his Grandfather Newton's deathbed, the confession of the long-ago lie came out -- Henry did not even know how to find Joseph then or maybe he didn't even want too. (part of this story was first found in the Anson County, NC, Heritage Book, written by A. M. Hough and paraphrased here) Henry's obituary from the "Messenger & Intelligencer" of Wadesboro, NC appeared Dec. 28, 1906. It states he died of pneumonia and that "interment was at Savannah church...". Some years later his grave was moved to Gum Springs Baptist Church.
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