SAMUEL H. MARKS.
The subject of this sketch was born in Prince George county, Virginia,
on March 6, 1808. Since he was twenty years of age, he has been engaged
in business in Petersburg, one of its most honored citizens. His
father, Samuel Marks, died in 1810, and his mother, whose maiden
name was Martha Birchett, has been many years dead. In August,
1829, he married Sallie G. Rives, who died in 1856, aged forty-seven
years. Their children were: William A., died in January, 1888, Samuel
G., died at age of nineteen years; Virginia R., Frank E. and Spencer
G. These two youngest sons served through the late war, in the
Confederate States Army. Mr. Marks married secondly, at Richmond,
Virginia, February 3, 1853, Charlotte W. Skinner, who was born in
Hampton, Virginia.
In 1823 Mr. Marks came to Petersburg to live with Mr. Peter Martin,
the leading confectioner at that time in the city, and remained with him
until 1828, when he commenced business for himself as confectioner and
fruiterer. He has followed the same almost continuously ever since,
having now the largest wholesale business of the kind in the State.
