Cumberland County, Maine - William Miller Marks
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Biography
William Miller Marks
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 516-517


William Miller Marks, a book, card, and job printer of Portland, proprietor of
one of the best appointed printing offices in the State of Maine, was born in
Youghal, Ireland, December 13, 1841, and is a son of John and Dora (Hall) Marks.
He attended public and private schools in Ireland and in Sherbrooke, P. Q.; and
in 1854 entered the office of the Canadian Times at Sherbrooke, owned by Ritchie
Brothers, to learn the printing business. In September, 1860, he came to
Portland, and entered the office of Brown, Thurston & Co., where he worked for
about a year. He then accepted the foremanship of the Portland Daily Advertiser,
and was subsequently invited to assume the management of the Daily Press job
printing-office, entering on his duties in 1863, and retaining the position
until November, 1877, when he resigned on December 13 of that year, opening the
book and job printing-office of which he is now proprietor. His establishment,
which is located at 97 1-2 Exchange Street (the "Printer's Exchange"), is
equipped with all modern conveniences for first-class printing; and Mr. Marks
has established a reputation for fine work that keeps his presses busy
throughout the year. He does all kinds of job printing, railroad, law, and
insurance work, and has printed a large number of the State reports, receiving
the highest commendations on his completion of the Revised Statutes of the State
in 1882 from the Commissioner, Judge Goddard, and the legislative committee
under whose supervision the work was carried on.

On September 20, 1870, Mr. Marks married Amanda Althea Stearns, daughter of
Marshall and Mary Ann (Chase) Stearns, of Paris Hill, Me. Two children blessed
their union - Henry Thornton, born September 25, 1871; and Helen Amanda, born
March 15, 1874, both of whom died in October, 1879, the former on the 20th, the
latter on the 22nd of the month.

In politics Mr. Marks is a Republican. He was a member of the Republican City
Committee from Ward 6 from 1867 to 1885, Chairman from 1883 to 1885, and has
been Treasurer since 1894. He was a member and Treasurer of the Republican
District Committee from 1876 to 1894, member of the City Council from Ward 6
from 1879 to 1881, Alderman from 1885 to 1887, and Chairman of the Board of
Aldermen in 1886-87. He also belongs to various fraternal orders and
associations. He is a member of Maine Lodge, No. 1, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, and Machigonne Encampment of the same Order; Bramhall Lodge, No. 3,
Knights of Pythias; and was President of the Associated Charities from 1886 to
1890. He is a member of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, the Maine
State Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, is President of the
Portland Provident Association, and belongs to the Young Men's Christian
Association. He is also a Fellow and Trustee of the Maine Academy of Medicine,
and was a Trustee of Evergreen Cemetery from 1881 to 1884. He is a leading
member of the High Street Congregational Church, of which he was elected Deacon
October 28, 1873, and of whose Parish Committee he has been a member since April
17, 1876, serving as Chairman since April, 1888. Mr. Marks is a man of good
physique and strong mentality. Though quiet in manner, he makes a marked and
favorable impression on those with whom he comes in contact by his uniform
courtesy and innate force of character.