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    Frederick P Markham

    Birth: unknown

    Death: 2-23-1880

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F. P. Markham worked in the United States Department of State, at the end of his life serving abroad as the Commercial Agent of Samana in the Dominican Republic. He is possibly the clerk who is referred to in Benjamin Sanford's letter to Frances Miller Seward on Septermber 21, 1861.

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F. P. Markham worked in the United States Department of State, at the end of his life serving abroad as the Commercial Agent of Samana in the Dominican Republic. He is possibly the clerk who is referred to in Benjamin Sanford's letter to Frances Miller Seward on Septermber 21, 1861.
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There are several Markhams, including an F. P. Markham from a North Carolina family. I cannot identify whether this is the same family, but I'm inclined to say that it is not.
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Source Citation National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.; NAI Number: 1227673; Record Group Title: General Records of the Department of State; Record Group Number: Record Group 59; Series Number: Publication A1 849; Box Number: 11; Box Description: 1875 - 1880 A - Z Description Box Number: Vol 11: 1875 - 1880 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data:Reports of the Deaths of American Citizens, compiled 01/1835-12/1974. Publication A1 5166. NAI: 613857. Record Group 59. National Archives at College Park, Maryland, U.S.A. Record of Death Notices of U.S. Citizens Aboard, 1835-1855. Publication A1 848, NAI: 1227672. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives at College Park, Maryland, U.S.A. Notices of Deaths of U.S. Citizens Abroad, 1857-1922. Publication A1 849, NAI: 1227673. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives at College Park, Maryland, U.S.A. Death Reports of U.S. Citizens Abroad, 1920-1962 Publication A1 205, NAI: 302021. General Records of the Department of State, Record Group 59. National Archives at College Park, Maryland, U.S.A. Source Description This data collection contains death reports submitted by American Consuls abroad for the years 1835 through 1974. The intent of the compilation is to provide satisfactory proof of an American death. It does not include the deaths of active military personnel or of individuals whose citizenship status was unknown. Information that can be obtained from this database includes name of the deceased, place and date of record, occupation, nativity, last known address in the U.S., date of death, and other related information.