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Birth Name: Mark Eugene Grace
Place of Birth: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.
Date of Birth: June 28, 1964
Ethnicity: English, Irish, Scottish, German
Mark Grace is an American professional baseball player. A first baseman, he played for the Chicago Cubs and the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He also coached the Arizona Diamondbacks.
He is the son of Sharon and Gene Lee Grace. He has two children with his former wife Tanya.
Mark’s paternal grandfather was Eugene Milton Grace (the son of Christopher Alonzo Grace and Mary Ann Parkey). Christopher was born in Little Elm, Denton County, Texas, the son of Francis/Frances Marion Grace and Elizabeth Jane King. Mary Ann was born in Tennessee, the daughter of Peter Patterson Parkey, Jr. and Sarah Ann Croxdale.
Mark’s paternal grandmother was Florence Leona Rose Wells (the daughter of Grant Mynher Wells and Beatrice O’Neel). Grant was born in Boone, Iowa, the son of David Wells and Susan Matilda Burling. Beatrice was born in Kansas, the daughter of Millard O’Neel and Margaret Elizabeth Norris.
Mark’s maternal grandfather was Ralph Eugene Cloe (the son of Larkin/Lark Cloe and Gladys Jessie McCumber). Larkin was born in Benton County, Arkansas, the son of Amos Greenberry Cloe and Elizabeth Esther “Bettie” Wilson. Gladys was born in Sanborn, South Dakota, the daughter of Winslow Asa McCumber and Eliza Ann Pratt, whose mother was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mark’s maternal grandmother was Gladys Loraine/Lorraine Searcy (the daughter of Walter Edwin Searcy and Maggie Louise Hartman). Gladys was born in Oklahoma. Walter was born in Oklahoma, the son of George Thomas Searcy and Mary Emma Paul. Maggie was born in Oklahoma, the daughter of Louis Hartman and Jennette Crawford.
Sources: https://www.markgrace.com
Genealogies of Mark’s parents – https://www.findagrave.com