Background
Markham was born December 18, 1838 in Long Meadow, Massachusetts. The son of Solvin and Harriet Markham, he married Henrietta E. King on November 29, 1860.
Markham was born December 18, 1838 in Long Meadow, Massachusetts. The son of Solvin and Harriet Markham, he married Henrietta E. King on November 29, 1860.
Between March 1892 and February of 1894, Markham invested a total of $2800 in Charles and Frank Duryea"s project of creating a self-propelled road vehicle.