Fourth Generation

101. Marcus D. [Harmon] HERMAN was born on 9 February 1824 in Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina.^3,7 He was born before 1850. He appeared in the census on 8 June 1860 in Alexander County, Little River PO, North Carolina.³³⁰ 22/22 Marcus Herman, 36, M, farmer, 200/488
H. R. Herman, 29, F [Harriet Roxanne]
M. C. Herman, 8, F
G. C. Herman, 6, M [George Calvin]
J. C. Herman, 1, M [J. Columbus] His record in the War Between the States is as follows:³³¹ HARMON, MARCUS, Private, Company G, 37th Regiment, NC Troops. Resided in Alexander County where he enlisted on October 28, 1864, for the war. Captured near Petersburg,Virginia, April 2, 1865. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, until released on June 14, 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance. Marcus died on 3 July 1896 at the age of 72 in Alexander County, North Carolina. He was buried in Three Forks Baptist Church Cemetery, Alexander County, NC.

Marcus D. [Harmon] HERMAN and Harriet Roxanne ECKARD were married before 23 August 1850 in Alexander County, North Carolina.³³² Harriet Roxanne ECKARD, daughter of George "Mountain George" [Echerd] ECKARD and Elizabeth Margaret "Peggy" ROWE, was born about 1831. She died before 1878 at the age of 47 in Alexander County, North Carolina.

Marcus D. [Harmon] HERMAN and Harriet Roxanne ECKARD had the following children:

Marcus D. [Harmon] HERMAN and Mary Adaline [Echerd] ECKARD were married on 21 November 1878 in Alexander County, North Carolina.³³³ as his second wife Mary Adaline [Echerd] ECKARD, daughter of Henry Franklin [Echerd] ECKARD and Anna WATTS, was born on 9 September 1846. She died on 4 August 1902 at the age of 55 in Alexander County, North Carolina.

Marcus D. [Harmon] HERMAN and Mary Adaline [Echerd] ECKARD had the following children: