Marquis DeLafayette Stophlet (1846-1920), was born August 18, 1846 at Holmes County, Ohio... Marquis was a Civil War Veteran, who was mechanically inclined and became a carriage maker, machinist,mechanic, and plumber. He was a coin collector.

In August 1862 he enlisted in the Army in Company D, 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He fought in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi in 1862. In 1863, he fought in the Arkansas Battles ofArkansas Post, Port Gibson, Mississippi Battles -Big Black River, Siege of Vicksburg, Battle of Jackson. He was captured when City Belle sank in 1864 and he along with many soldiers were heldprisoner at Camp Ford near Tyler, Texas.

After the Civil War he returned to the family farm at Holmes County, Ohio.

On August 10, 1873 he married Elizabeth Heller (1853-1929), in Wayne County, Ohio. They had no issue.

About 1875 he began his own shop as a carriage maker.

About 1885 he expanded his shop into a machinist shop. By 1901 he was a distributor for the Frictionless Metal Company manufacturers of a metal of high tensility ideal for weight and highpressure bearing.

His coin collection was sold one month prior to his demise on June 22, 1920 by B. Max Mehl.

He died on July 21, 1920 at Holmes County, Ohio.

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