The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-01-23
ANOTHER CONE.

Yesterday morning at about O'Clock
Isaac Marks, ESQ.,, of this city, died sud-
denly at his residence on Broad street.
Mr. Marks has ever been sufferer with
asthma, which was hereditary in his case.
For several-years it has been his custom
to sleep on reclining sofa or in an easy
chair, enjoying greater comfort thus
than lying in bed. Upon the morning
Of his death he aroused his servant girl,
Rena Johnson, shortly before his de-
mise, who found him suffering with q
very severe hemorrhage. He stated his
condition and expressed the belief that |
his last was at hand, and requested that |
a physician be called. The servant went
short distance to her brothers and sent |
| him for DR.. Harrington, and at the same |
| time aroused other friends, but when |
they reached the afflicted man they |
found him dead. Mr.. II. p. Christensen |
spent Wednesday evening with the de-
ceased, in social converse, and he was in
good spirits, complaining some, how.
ever, of pain In one of his knees, which
was attributed to lack of his usual ex-
ercise.
| lsaac Marks was native Of Germany,
Of Jewish extraction, and came To this
country in early life. When the Winnie
bago Indians were removed from Wis
consin to Long Prairie Minnesota, he,
in company with Asa White, his former
partner in business, carried on a trading
business with tn, tribe, and when they
wera brought to this county the firm To-
Gated here conducting similar business
at Winnebago Agency. About the year
} 1858 they erected the stone business
J house in block IA, now occupied by j. G.
Fowler, which was once among the most
important business structures in the city.
Here they conducted a mercantile trade
under the firm name of Marks & White
until the year 1858, when the partner
ship was dissolved and the business clos
ed out. Since that time Mr.. Marks has
resided in this city doing profitable
5 business, dealing in ginseng. During
this period he was honored for several
consecutive years with an election to the
, Office of city treasurer, trust which he
3 aluaus honorod by conducting ito affairs
) with faultless accuracy, and an integrity
) beyond question. He has always been
y identified with the city's interests, read
I lily cooperating with every project for
0 tie furtherance of the municipal inter
I ests, and freely lending pecuniary aid to
Z all public institution when it was IN his
= power 80 W iiS
Z and considerable, manifestlng the spirit
, of true politness at all times, !. e., a gen.
Q erous sympathy for the feelings OF others.
. He was ever ready to sympathize with
D his fellowman, and willing to contribute
U to the alienation Of suffering wherever
z found. In late years he has been phys
y ically crippled but was still the same
: cheerful person, always greeting his
D friends in his usual aAable manner.
] The deceased leaves an adopted daugh'
U ter, Miss Kittie, now woman grown
= He was married in 1860 to Anna Schoff'
o man, of this city, a sister of Mrs. Lorent1
8 and Mrs. Walz, now residents here, hei
4 father having died at Minnesota Lake Q
. few years ago, where he resided. The
y wife preceded him to the grave about
z wears. His funeral has not been arrang
z ed for entirely at this hour, the friends
q awaiting advices from the relatives ut {
z distance before doing so. ..
. Mr.. Marks will live in the memory o
y our old settlers so long as they retair
u their mortal existence, and his name
2 will always be conspicuous in the city
. history. He will be missed by all hi
! acauuintances, who join in sympathizini
. with the relatives, and who will ex
Z tend every possible ministration dur
" ing the last rites over the mortal re
" mains of Isaac Marks.