Marcus Franklin Pleak
1838 - 1908 (70 years)-
Name Marcus Franklin Pleak Birth 28 Apr 1838 Montgomery County, Kentucky 
[1, 2] Gender Male Census 1870 Maury County, Tennessee Census 1880 Flat Branch, Shelby County, Illinois Census 1900 Flat Branch, Shelby County, Illinois Death 8 Nov 1908 Decatur, Macon County, Illinois [2, 3] Burial Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois [2] Person ID I3591 Hedges Last Modified 14 Feb 2024
Father Joseph Dawson "Dorsey" Pleak, b. 15 Nov 1800, Kentucky d. 20 Mar 1876, Decatur County, Indiana (Age 75 years) Mother Sarah Ribelin, b. 11 Jun 1805, Kentucky d. 3 Dec 1888, Decatur County, Indiana (Age 83 years) Family ID F258 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Francis H. "Fannie" Beard, b. Nov 1837, Tennessee d. 1916, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma (Age 78 years) Marriage 3 Oct 1869 Maury County, Tennessee - Tennesse state marriages.
Children 1. Stoder M. Pleak, b. 1870, Tennessee d. 1942 (Age 72 years)Family ID F1599 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 18 Feb 2018
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Birth - 28 Apr 1838 - Montgomery County, Kentucky 
Marriage - 3 Oct 1869 - Maury County, Tennessee Census - 1870 - Maury County, Tennessee 
Census - 1880 - Flat Branch, Shelby County, Illinois Census - 1900 - Flat Branch, Shelby County, Illinois 
Death - 8 Nov 1908 - Decatur, Macon County, Illinois 
Burial - - Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Most information taken from Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby and Moutrie Counties, Illinois. By Adam H. Fulton. 1891. Pages 599-600.
- Marcus Franklin Pleak died at 9:20 Monday night at the family residence, 1716 North Church street. His age was 70 years, 6 months and 11 days. He was born in Fleming county, Kentucky. He married Fannie H. Briggs in the fall of 1868. They came to Illinois in 1877 and settled on a farm near Moweaqua that has long been known as Pleak's corner. They lived there till about a year ago when they moved to Decatur. Besides his wife he is survived by four children, Dr. S. M. Pleak of Tulsa, Okla., A. E. Pleak of Rosinberg, Tex., Mrs. Mary Evans of North Yakima,
Wash., and Dr. J. J. Pleak of Hlllsboro, Ill. He also leaves three sisters, Lucy Yohe of Moweaqua, Mrs. Theodore Daley and Martha Pleak, both of St. Louis and a nephew, Edgar Pleak, of Sunset, Ky. He had been a member of the
Christian church for fifty years.
Decatur, IL Nov 9, 1908 p18
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- Most information taken from Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby and Moutrie Counties, Illinois. By Adam H. Fulton. 1891. Pages 599-600.
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