Marion Joshuway Petty was born in Arkansas on May 20, 1854. He died in 1934 and was buried in the Lake Cemetery, Cloverland, Washington. His first wife, Martha C. Jefferys Petty was born in Arkansas in 1863. She died in Asotin, Washington in 1891 and was buried in the same Lake Cemetery, Cloverland, Washington. Marion Joshuway Petty's parents were Hubbard Petty (born April 20, 1820 in Tennessee & died in Asotin, Washington, 1897) & Dollie Jane Dillon Petty (born Sept. 11, 1835 in North Carolina & died 1907 in Asotin, Washington). They were both buried in the same Lake Cemetery, Cloverland, Washington. All of this in the United States of America.