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HIRAM H. MARKLEY

Hiram H. Markley, the subject of this sketch, was
born in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, and received
his education in the public schools of Altoona.

After leaving school
he engaged in business,
later removing to Roanoke,
in 1891.

He engaged in various
commercial pursuits
and has been especially
active in large building
operations extending
over the past seven
years.

For the last three
years, he has been a
member of the firm of
Pace & Markley, engaged
in the real estate
and private banking
business, and in the
erection of houses in
various sections of the
city; also the promotion of corporations for improvement
and sale of suburban property.

Mr. Markley is one of the best informed real estate
men in the city and has a wide knowledge of affairs
generally, having made frequent tours throughout the
United States, as well as a trip around the world.

He is prominently identified with business of various
kinds and is President of the Ghent Heights Company,
President of the Sunny-Side Awning Company, Vice
President of the Gordon Development Company, Vice
President of the Forest Park Corporation, and a
director of the Mill Mountain Investment Company,
taking an active part in the management of their
affairs.

Fraternally he is a Mason, Knight Templar, an Elk,
and a member of the Mystic Shrine.

He is an active member of the Chamber of Commerce,
and takes an interest in all matters pertaining
to the general development of the city.

Religiously he is a member of St. Mark's Lutheran
Church.