Daniel Whiteaker Marquart

Daniel W. Marquart was reportedly one of the founders of the town of
Norman, Cleveland Co. Oklahoma and was appointed postmaster when
established on May 27, 1889 and served til Dec. 19,1893, he was
unanimously elected mayor in Oct. 1889...... Daniel W. Marquart
moved to (Fontanelle?) Adair Co. Iowa in 1866, and was the county
auditor in 1877 (re-elected 3 consecutive terms).

(Daniel W. Marquart,) Mayor of Norman, Oklahoma, was born in Allen County, Indiana, February 15, 1848.1 He served in the late war in Company H, Ninety-first Indiana Infantry and in 1866 moved to Adair County, Iowa and in 1877 was elected county auditor of that county, was re-elected for three consecutive terms, and held many other positions of trust in said county. He was appointed postmaster of Norman in May 1889, and was unanimously elected mayor of Norman in October 1889.2
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1. Date of birth is actually 16th. 2. This copy is taken from the book
ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA by Marion T. Rock. HON. D. W. MARQUART





D. W. Marquart was eleccted to this position in the fall of 1877, and was re-elected in 1879, and again in 1881, filling the office of auditor for six years. D. W. Marquart bas born in the state of Indiana, February 16, 1848, being the son of Frederick B. and Maria A. (Whitaker) Marquart. When he was but four months old his mother died, and his father is now living with him. He came to Adair county in 1866, locating at Fontanelle. He followed school teaching and various other occupations for several years, after which he assisted his father in the post-office. His father was postmaster at Fontanelle for about thirteen years, and resigned about two years ago to come to Greenfield to live with his son. In 1878 D. W. removed to Greenfield. He was married, March 18, 1868, at Fontanelle, to Miss Mary E. Miller, Judge N. E. Taylor officiating. They have two children living---Gertie E. and Vida A.; there is one dead---Webb E. His wife's parents are George and Maria Miller, who reside in Fontanelle, Mr. Miller having a farm of two hundred acres, all improved, one-half mile east of that place. Mr. Marquart, at the age of sixteen years, enlisted in Company H, 19th Indiana volunteer infantry, and served until the close of the war. In politics he is a republican, and he stands high in the councils of his party, as also in the esteem of the citizens of the county in general. He is one of the influential citizens of Greenfield and took a prominent part in the paying off of the county debt. At the fall election of 1877, he was elected to the position of county auditor, and commenced the performance of his duties in January, 1878, and so well has he met the expectations of the citizens of the county that they kept him in the office for six successive years. When he entered upon the performance of his duties, the county was $20,000 in debt, but under his administration affairs have been so well managed that the county is now practically out of debt, only about five hundred dollars remaining against it. For his second and third terms he had no opposition in the convention, and although he was not a candidate for re-election in 1883, yet he received quite a large vote, which may be cited in proof of his popularity among the people of the county. He is a member of the Masonic lodge.




Burial:
Fontanelle Cemetery
Fontanelle
Adair County
Iowa, USA


Find A Grave Memorial# 27329542

Daniel Whiteaker Marquart
Added by: laura schnabel





MARQUART, Daniel Whitaker -- CIVIL WAR VETERAN -- 52y --11 Sep 1900 -- Fontanelle -- Summerset Twp -- Adair -- GAR Marker -- 86 OHIO INF.
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