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��sold their interest, and Mr. Mack returned to Shelby and immediately entered into a law partnership with T. H. Wiggins, Esq., under the firm name of Wiggins & Mack ; this partnership lasted until .lune, 1878, when, by mutual consent, the firm was dissolved, and Mr. Mack opened a law oiBce of his own, where he has since been engaged in a lucrative practice. As will be noticed, Mr. Mack has an extended business experi- ence ; he has had good opportunities to become ac- quainted with the various " dealings of men," and from his naturally quick and ready discernment, he has laid a foundation which will be of great benefit in his pro- fession; his classical education and his experience in the editorial sanctum have qualified him fully in the presentation of his cases ; he is a ready and impressive pleader, logical in his conclusions and earnest in his efforts — points essential to the success of a lawyer; he is prompt in his business, and few young men of " the bar" have a brighter future.

MARVIN, STEPHEN, is the second son of Isaac and Hannah Hoyet Marvin, born Jan. 8, 1797, in Fair- field Co., Conn.; he was of a family of fourteen chil- dren — eight brothers and six sisters ; the Marvin family are of English descent ; the original ancestral emigration to this country is believed to be about 1700. At the outbreak of the Revolution, there was quite a numerous family; with a single exception, all em- braced the patriot side of the question, and several enlisted in the army of the Revolution ; one Charles rose to the rank of Colonel. The principal inheritance of the subject of this sketch was a good ancestral name and a vigorous constitution — a will to encounter the difficulties incident to pioneer life and successfully overcome them ; his father being blessed with only a small share of this world's goods, necessitated that the boy should be placed upon his own footing; accord- ingly, at the age of 14 he was duly apprenticed to one Ebenezer Scribner, to learn the tanner and currier business ; a service of seven years completed this compact, and the "boy was his own man " With the wide world all before him, blessed with health, courage and a business vocation, the West presented to him an attraction — a field suited to his purpose. April 5, 1818, he was married to Sarah Burr Sherwood ; this young couple, with love in their hearts, soon took up the line of march to the then far ofi" Ohio ; other fami- lies accompanied them in their journey, among whom were his father and the father of Eli Wilson, making a company of over twenty persons ; a single wagon, drawn by one horse, was sufficient to contain the outfit of this newly wedded couple, with their faces turned to the west, intent upon spending their honeymoon in purposing more than mere travel and recr.eation. De- borah Moyer, mother of Mrs. Marvin, then a widow, accompanied these people, and when, after many weary days, a home of 50 acres was located and pur- chased in Sharon Township, Richland Co., Ohio, the cabin home was erected and life in earnest entered upon ; from a wilderness home, with the log cabin and its usual accompaniments, to one of modern ele- gance and convenience, is a triumph for a lifetime; yet this much was vouchsafed to this worthy couple in the sear and yellow leaf of their lives. As a citizen, few men were more useful than Stephen Marvin ; he

��established himself at his business by first tanning in tubs and vessels, pounding the bark as fine as possible, that the strength might be extracted ; with years of industry came a well-established business of tanning and shoemaking, all carried tm with care and profit. To Stephen and Sarah B. Marvin thirteen children were born, as follows : Angeline, Burr, Charles W., Daniel S., Edward, Hiram, Elanor, John J., Jane, Ellen, Laura L., George F. and Emily A.; ten of them survive at this writing. May 1, 1880; two died in infancy, and one (Ellen ^I. Conover) died July 21, 1866 ; Angeline, the eldest of the family, was married to Downing H. Young Sept. 4, 1837, and now resides at Norwalk, Ohio ; Burr Marvin was married to Lucy Thomas Sept. 2, 184-3 ; Charles W. Marvin to Martha Brooks Dec. 17, 1857 ; Hiram Marvin to Maria Hin- man Oct. 22, 1854; Ellen Jennette Marvin married W. W. Conover Oct. 15, 1862; John J. Marvin manned Harriet Eliza Guilford April 21, 1863; Daniel Sher- wood Marvin married Caroline Sherman Dec. 21, 1863; Isabel Jane married Fritz A. Ott March 8, 1864; George F. Marvin married Harriet E. Riggs Oct. 28, 1860. In religious sentiments, Mr. Marvin was lib- eral, believing in the final salvation of all of God's peo- ple; he was an active member of the Universalist Society of Shelby : in politics, he was an Old-Line Henry Clay Whig, with decided antislavery convic- tions ; hence it was that, when the Whig party did not keep pace with the public sentiment of distrust of the demands made in the interests of slavery, he was found doing battle in the front ranks of the newly formed Republican party, never swerving in his devo- tion to the Union, watching with earnest anxiety the results of the terrible conflict, whereby slavery sought to establish itself permanently in a government of the people. Too old to enlist in the army himself, for the overthrow of the rebellion, he had four sons who stood ready to discharge such duty ; two of them — Daniel S. and George F. — joined the Sherman Brigade, and each testified full faith, and attested their devotion to the Union ; Daniel was seriously wounded at the battle of Stone River, owing to the character of which he was soon discharged from the army ; George F. was wounded at the same battle, although not so seriously ; his services were continued to the close of the war, during which time he received five different wounds, from the effects of which neither Daniel nor George will ever recover; Charles W. was mustered into the serv- ice as surgeon of a Michigan regiment, and served with distinction; John J. enlisted in an Ohio regiment, and was down on the Potomac.

As the log cabins of Eli AVilson and Stephen Marvin were the first erected in the vicinity of where Shelby now stands, so, too, were their new, comfortable home structures the first to take the place of the log cabins, that of Mr. Wilson being erected during the summer of 1833. April 5, 1868, they celebrated their golden wedding, where children, grandchildren and numerous other friends assembled .to pay their respects, and where many testimonials of sincere regard were ten- dered ; this was truly the season of fruition that crowned Stephen and Sarah Marvin with joy and sat- isfaction that their lives, though frought with pioneer hardships and privations, had not been in vain ; a

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