Submitted by Dolores Raines Sutton Thanks Dolores!

John Docus Marler was born 1851 in Douglas County, Missouri, the son of Stephen Nathan Marler and Kizziah Rivers. Stephen was born 1825 in Tennessee and Kizziah was born 1832 in Tennessee.

John Marler 1^st married Mary Aangela Meirs, had the following children:

Liz, married Bill Brown
Nancy, married Delbert Spears
Emma, married Bill Ivey
Jim, married Lucy Alley
Bill, married Rose Upshaw
Steven, married Josie Rhodes
Tom, married three times: Allie White, Addie Payne and Ethel Payne (sisters)
Sarah Ellen, married twice: Ben Williams in 1908, James Munroe Raines, 1912 (my aunt and uncle)

John Marler's 2^nd wife was Sarah Alley Kissee. They married October 9, 1897 in Forsyth, Taney County, Missouri. Sarah had four children by her first husband, Don Kissee. They were: Roll, Len, Claudia and Leslie (died young).

John and Sarah had two children:
Effie, married ____ Demetroff
John, married Rusha Arizona Smith

John Docus Marler died February 27, 1933 in Keokuk, Oklahoma.

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