- Daughter, with Bennett, Melinda born (February 27, 1934)
- Married the widow who owned Calumet Farm, the most famous Kentucky horse racing stable. This made him the proprietor and a very happy man at the time of his death, as he probably loved race horses more than women, and from the list of his wives he apparently loved women a great deal. One of Calumet Farm's horses, a Filly named Our Mims, was named after his daughter.
- His 1946 wedding to Myrna Loy was a full dress military affair at San Pedro Naval Station near Los Angeles, California. Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey was his best man and noted film director, [John Ford], gave the bride away.
- While he lived in Kentucky, he purchased an 18th Century log cabin and had it moved to the Calumet Farm property. He used the cabin as a work room for his writing.
- Was very fond of Labrador Retrievers. Once owned a Black Lab named Lucky that lived to be 17.
- He advanced to the rank of Commodore in the US Navy during World War II. He was promoted to Rear Admiral after the war.
- Won the Bronze Star for leading a reconaissance mission in the Solomon Islands - 1942. Also won the Legion of Merit, the Unit Comendation Medal, the Legion of Honor (France), and the Star of Solidarity (Italy).
- Was the model for Burgess Meredith's character in the 1965 John Wayne film, In Harm's Way.
- Served as Assistant Intelligence Officer on the Staff of Fleet Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Third Fleet, U.S. Navy at Guadalcanal.
- Served as an infantry Lieutenant in the U.S. Army during World War I (1917-1918). Saw action at the Battle of Bellau Wood and the Second Battle of the Marne.
- Was good friends with actors Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and John Wayne as well as producer John Hay Whitney.
- Was good friends with songwriter, Irving Berlin, who sent flowers to his funeral when he died in 1980.
- Adopted actress Hedy Lamarr's son, James and he became known as James Lamarr Markey. He was later adopted by her subsequent husband John Loder and his name was changed to James Lamarr Loder.
- One of his novels, "The Far Paradise", was about a family that left Culpepper County, VA to settle in what would eventually become Kentucky. As part of the research for the book, Markey decided to recreate the journey himself.
- Graduated from Dartmouth College, B.A. - 1918.
- He was also a very prolific author. Among his works were: Women, Women Everywhere, His Majesty's Pajamas, That Far Paradise, and Kentucky Pride.
- As a tribute to his military service, he had some Bourbon distilled that he labeled, "Old Commodore". His other private reserve brand was labeled, "Old Calumet Cabin" after the aforementioned cabin he used as his writing room.
- One of his fourth wife, Lucille's hobbies was collecting statues of eagles. In 18th Century Kentucky, eagles were widely believed to be a symbol of good luck.
- His pet name for his fourth wife, Lucille was "Zookie". In fact, he named one of Calumet Farms' horses "Zookielu".
- While he was married to the widow of the owner of Calumet Farm, he developed something of a knack for naming the farm's horses. One was named Eastern Fleet (possibly as a tribute to his service in the Navy) - he finished Fourth in the 1971 Kentucky Derby. Another was named Myrtle Morgan after the streets that intersected in front of his property in Saratoga Springs, NY.
- His father, Eugene Lawrence Markey was a Colonel in the United States Army. His uncle, Daniel P. Markey was Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives.
- During World War II, he became good friends with Louis Mountbatten, who is/was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, uncle of Prince Philip. and later1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
- Markey was intensely proud of the fact that he was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. So proud, in fact, that ANY mail that wasn't addressed to Admiral Markey (including bills) was tossed into the trash. He always liked to be called, "Admiral Markey" and never, "Mr. Markey". Rarely did people call him "Gene". One of his grandsons sometimes addressed him as , "Admiral".
- Was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel (a ceremonial rank) on July 31, 1958 by Governor Albert 'Happy' Chandler, who had previously served as Commissioner of Baseball.
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