Mark DeSpain ^{1 2 3}

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1850 census, Mark was a farmer in Dallas County, Missouri. He had real estate valued at $300. At the time of the 1860 census, Mark was farming in St. Luke, Washington township, Webster County, Missouri. He had real estate valued at $2000 and personal assets of $5000. At the time of the 1870 census, Mark was farming at Sand Springs, Washington township, Webster County, Missouri. He had real estate valued at $1500 (his wife had an additional $1000) and personal assets of $800.

Mark married Elizabeth Jane Thompson. (Elizabeth Jane Thompson was born in 1807 in Kentucky and died in 1869 in , Fort Bend County, Texas.)