Rodio se 7. jula 1920. godine u selu Lipnici kod Tuzle, u rudarskoj obitelji. Osnovnu školu nije završio, jer je s osam godina ostao bez oca. Zbog slaboga imovnog stanja morao je služiti kod imućnijih seoskih obitelji. Na radu je doošao u dodir s revolucionarnom mladeži iz Husina.Kada je listopada 1941. godine trebao dio Ozrenskog odreda skupa s Birčanskim odredom sudjelovati u napadu na Kladanj, Pejo se nalazio među sto boraca koji su se za 24 sata usiljenog marša probili kroz neprijateljsku teritorij preko planine Konjuha i odmah stupili u borbu. U dvodnevnim borbama Ozrenska četa ovladala je Stuparima, razrušila tuzlanski vodovod i veliki kameni most. Tom prilikom razbijena je cijela bojna domobrana i zaplijenjeno nekoliko mitraljeza. Pejo je u ovim borbama sudjelovao kao zapovjednik čete. Kada je Pejinu četu kod Lupoglava iznenada napala neprijateljska kolona s leđa, krenuo je u juriš na njih. Neprijatelja je potisnuo, ali je Marković ostao teško ranjen. Iako je bilo malo izgleda da će ostati živ, borci su ga omotali u deke i na nosilima po noći ponijeli nazad preko Konjuha. U toku kretanja primijetili su da je Pejo na putu izdahnuo.
Skoro godinu dana poslije, 1942. godine, tim putem je Šesta istočnobosanska brigada u kojoj su se nalazili i Markovićevi suborci iz Ozrenskog odreda. U znak sjećanja na mrtvog druga, zaboli su crvenu zastavu na mjestu gde je pokopan. To je nadahnulo borca Miloša Popovića Đurina, koji je prisustvovao i pokopu i podizanju zastave, spjevati poznatu pjesmu Konjuh planinom.
He was born on July 7, 1920 in the village of Lipnica near Tuzla, to a mining family. He did not finish elementary school, as he lost his father at the age of eight. Due to his poor financial situation, he had to serve with wealthier rural families. At work, he came into contact with revolutionary youth from Husino. When part of the Ozren brigade, together with the Birčanska brigade, was to participate in the attack on Kladanj in October 1941, Pejo was among a hundred fighters who, in a 24-hour forced march, broke through enemy territory over the Konjuh mountain and immediately entered the fight. In two days of fighting, the Ozren brigade captured Stupari, destroyed the Tuzla water supply system and the large stone bridge. On that occasion, an entire Ustaša battalion was defeated and several machine guns were seized. Pejo participated in these battles as the brugade commander. When Pejo's brigade was suddenly attacked from behind by an enemy column near village Lupoglavo, he charged at them. He pushed the enemy back, but Marković was seriously wounded. Although there was little chance that he would survive, the fighters wrapped him in blankets and carried him back on a stretcher at night via Konjuh. During the movement, they noticed that Pejo has died on the way.
Almost a year later, in 1942, the Sixth East Bosnian Brigade, which included Marković's comrades from the Ozren brigade, took that road. In memory of their dead comrade, they planted a red flag at the place where he was buried. This inspired the fighter Miloš Popović Đurin, who attended both the burial and the flag-raising, to sing the famous song Konjuh planinom.
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