Background
Markey, Lawrence Morris was born on January 10, 1899 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Son of Isadore Girard and Helen Shepherd (Morris) Markey.
Markey, Lawrence Morris was born on January 10, 1899 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Son of Isadore Girard and Helen Shepherd (Morris) Markey.
Student John Marshall High School, Richmond, Virginia, 1913-1916.
Reporter successively for Atlanta Journal, Newark Ledger, New York Daily News, New York World, 1920-1925. On staff The New Yorker, 1925-1933. Writer for magazines, since 1923.
Served with American Red Cross, France, World War I.
Married Helen Turman, October 18, 1921.