Mark Manlove Borum: January 2, 1851 to November 28, 1924
Mark was born in Indiana to Cyrus Borum (1825-1877) and Anna Manlove (1822-1908).
Occupation: Farmer
Mark married Selina in 1875.
Selina Ellen Sayers: May 15, 1854 to April 7, 1922.
Selina was born in Indiana to Robert Sayers (1804-1872) and Elizabeth Frogge (1819-1893).
Children:
Junia Sayers Borum (June 15, 1876 – March 4, 1960)
Leona Amelia Borum (July 19, 1879 – January 19, 1962)
Alpha Elizabeth Borum (January 3, 1882 – March 3, 1972)
Emory Sayers Borum (May 4, 1884 – Jul 6, 1927)
Helen Margougar Borum (June 2, 1887 – May 24, 1976)
Ann Manlove Borum (May 7, 1889 – September 12, 1979)
Ruth Minerva Borum (September 23, 1891 – January 20, 1930)
Mark and his family are buried at Wheeler Grove Cemetery in Lafayette, Indiana.
Mark and Selina
Top: Alpha, Leona, Emory, Junia, Helen
Bottom: Ann, Mark, Selina, Ruth
Leona and Alpha
Mark Manlove Borum was born January 2, 1851. He passed November 28, 1924. He was born in Indiana to Cyrus Job Borum (1825-1877) and Anna Hodgson Manlove (1822-1908). He married Selina Ellen Sayers (1854-1922) in 1875. His Occupation was a Farmer. Mark and his family are buried at Wheeler Grove Cemetery in Lafayette, Indiana.
Selina Ellen Sayers Borum, wife of Mark Borum, died early Friday morning at the family home near Shawnee Mound, after an illness of several month’s duration. She was 67 years old. The death is the first in the family during the forty-six years of married life of Mr and Mrs Borum, making for an unusual record. Mrs Borum was born May 15, 1854, the daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Sayers, near Sugar Creek. She was married September 23, 1875, to Mark M Borum, in which union seven children were born, all of whom, with the husband, survive. The children are: Mrs Junia S Roberts, Gary; Mrs Leona Knight, Indianapolis; Mrs Alpha Hollett, Pittsburgh, and Emery S, Helen , Ann and Ruth, who reside at home. The deceased had been a member of the Shawnee Mound church for more than forty years and her Christian character had endeared her to a large circle of friends. She was active in many church organizations. Funeral services will be conducted at the Shawnee Mound church Sunday morning with interment in the wheeler Grove Cemetery.