Biography

04/28/1832 - 04/19/1896

MARKLEY, Dr. Arthur D., a Representative from Montgomery County; born, April 28, 1832 in Columbia, Lancaster County, Pa.; attended, Lancasterian School, Harrisburg, Pa.; attended, Captain Partridge’s Military Academy, Harrisburg, Pa.; graduated, medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1857; acting assistant surgeon, United States Navy (September 14, 1861-April 12, 1862); clerk, drugstore; private physician; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1864, 1865, and 1866; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1867); internal revenue collector, Montgomery County (1868-1869); president, Perkiomen Railroad; elected, council, Norristown; staff physician, Bellevue Hospital, New York City; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Hatboro (1886-1888); elected, burgess, Hatboro; proprietor, Stony Creek Paper Mill; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1891-1894); died, April 19, 1896 near Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; interred, Hatboro Cemetery, Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.