Mark Hersman *
Birth: 11 Aug 1790, Beaver Run, Mineral Co., West Virginia, USA
Death: 25 Oct 1856, Missouri Fork, Roane Co., West Virginia, USA
Father: Johann Dietrich Christopher Hersman (Hirschman)*
Mother: Margret Cunningham *
- Married Mary "Polly" Kiger (Geiger?)* on 4 Apr 1811
- Child 1: George Hersman 2 Jan 1812 - 1 May 1865 m. Sarah Starcher
- Child 2: William Hersman 27 Mar 1814 - m. (1) Phoebe Wolfe m. (2) Elizabeth (Hersman)
- Child 3: James Hersman 27 Apr 1816 - 20 Oct 1898 m. Margaret Casto
- Child 4: Abraham Hersman 30 Mar 1818 - 27/29 Oct 1896 m. Elizabeth Clark
- Child 5: Polly Ann Hersman <3 Aug 1820> - 14 Jul 1876 m. John Brake Morrison
- Child 6: Mark Hersman * 2 Jun 1822 - 19 Oct 1908 m. Margaret Ann Morrison *
- Child 7: Christopher C. Hersman 22 May 1824 - 1847
- Child 8: Margaret "Peggy" Hersman 1 Nov 1826 - 19 Feb 1917 m. Samuel Baxter Bonnett
- Child 9: Jacob Bush Hersman 12 Aug 1828 - 10/11 Aug 1899 m. Rachel Morrison
- Child 10: Marshall Hersman 13 Jul 1831 - 29 Dec 1909 m. (1) Martha Bonnett m. (2) Margaret Allman m. (3) Vashti (Propst, Hersman)
- Child 11: Ruhanna (Ruhama) Hersman 5 Aug 1835 - m. Charles B. McGee
Notes: Biography: Mark Hersman, fifth child and second son of Christopher and Margaret Hersman, wa s born August 11, 1790, probably at the homestead at the fork of Beaver Run. He married Mar y "Polly" Kiger, and they moved to Hacker's Creek, Lewis County VA (WV), where they reared 1 1 children. Mark is described as "an exponent of farm industry in Ohio and West Virgina"(Amer ican Historical Society "History of West Virginia", vol. 3, p. 433).He became a Methodist Epi scopal minister and was a charter member of the Old Harmony M.E. Church on Hacker's Creek, wh ich reorganized in October1829, to become the 'mother church' of Methodist Protestantism in W estVirginia. He later transferred his membership to the new Berlin Church, closer to his home . He was also indicted by the first grand jury to sit in Lewis County for assault and battery . Buried Hebron Cemetery.Margaret Ann, Rachel, and John B. Morrison, who married three of th e Hersman children, were brother and sisters.
BURIAL: Was not able to find his grave in the Hebron cemetery at Speed.
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