CAPT. LOUIS L. MARKS.
Louis L., son of Grandison F. Marks, was born in Petersburg on May
13, 1837. His father, born in Prince George county, Virginia, October
24, 1809, died on October 13, 1887, aged seventy-two years. His
mother, who was Sarah T. Bevill, born in Amelia county, Virginia, died
in 1838. His wife is Bettie A Southall, of Amelia county, and they
were married in that county, on May 23, 1860, Rev. R.E.G. Adams uniting
them. Her parents were born in Amelia county, William D. Southall
and Sarah Clay. Captain Marks entered the Confederate States Army
in April, 1861, adjutant of the 12th Virginia regiment. Later he was
promoted captain and commanded Company C, same regiment, which
he was leading when wounded at Second Manassas. He was afterwards
appointed captain in the quartermaster's department, and served until
the surrender of Johnston's army at Greensboro, North Carolina. He
is a well-known merchant of Petersburg, a member of the Board of
Education, Sunday School superintendent and president of the Young
Men's Christian Association of Petersburg, at the present time.
