Samuel R. Marvin
Samuel R. Marvin was born in Dover, Morris county, New Jersey, June 5, 1804. lie came to this State with his parents, and first settled on the farm now owned by Mrs. Narcissa SNOW, in Harrison township. At one time he attended the Miami university at Oxford. He devoted twenty years to teaching school. He received the rudiments of a good English education from his scholarly father, but by reason of weak eyes was never able to pursue a regular course of study. He was a great reader, a close observer of human nature, and, in his day, succeeded well as a teacher, in which profession he spent the best part of his life. In 1842 he married Julia A. Place, who was born in New York in 1808. After his marriage he became a farmer, which business he followed the remainder of his life. He filled the office of township clerk for Harrison township, and was also a member of the school board, in the same township, for several years. Early in his life he was a believer in Universalism, but he afterward adopted the Swedenborgian faith. In politics he was an Old Line Whig, a strong Abolitionist, and, after the forming of the Republican party he became a Republican. A highly educated and truly good man, he was highly respected by the many with whom he was acquainted. lie died at his home near Harrison, June 29, 1863. His wife survives him. lie was the father of three children, Gustavus L., who died in infancy; Jerome P., now married to Martha A. Stokes, and Melissa A., now the wife of Henry N. Congden.
From History of Hamilton county, Ohio, Henry & Kate Ford, L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1881