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 MARBLE. MARBLE. 393 the same year by the New Orleans Uni- versity. The Wesleyan University gave him the degree of master of arts. In 1888 he with a company of clergymen visited Europe and the Orient in an ex- tended tour. Mr. Mansfield was married in Poultncv, Vt., September 6, 1865, to Pamelia S., daughter of Eli B. and Sarah (Hyde) Murray. Of this union were five children: Mabel S. (deceased), Frederick Joseph Hallett, George Whitney, Eliza Chamber- lain, and Grace Murray Mansfield. MARBLE, ALBERT PRESCOTT, son of John and Emeline (Prescott) Marble, was born in Vassalborough, Kennebec county, Me., May 21, 1S36. His early education was that received in the common schools of the town, supple- mented by his father's instruction, and at- tendance at the academies at Vassalbor- ough, China, AVaterville and Yarmouth. He was graduated from Waterville College (now Colby University) in the class of 1861, from which he received the degree of Ph. D. in 1 88 1. After his graduation he sought the edu- cational field for his life work, and has held the following honorable positions as an educator : professor of mathematics, Wayland Academy, Beaver Dam, Wis. ; principal of Boynton High School, East- port, Me. ; of Berkshire Family School, Stockbridge, Mass., and of Worcester Academy, Worcester. He has held the position of superintendent of schools, Wor- cester, from 1868 to the present time. Mr. Marble was married in Waterville, Me., to Louise Wells, daughter of Joseph and Cynthia (Wedge) Marston. Of this union are two children : Margaret and Katharine Marble. He has been president of Worcester County Teachers' Association, of the Massachusetts Teachers' Association, of the National Educational Association, 1888 and '89, and of the Department of Superin- tendence, 1 88 1 ; trustee of the Worcester Academy; and one of the board of visitors to Wellesley College. Mr. Marble is a veteran in the educa- tional field, a man always found in the ad- vance guard of the progressive forces ; and he is not chary of tongue or pen when the live educational issues of the hour need intelligent exposition. MARBLE, JEROME, son of John P. and Ruth A. (Rider) Marble, was born in Charlton, Worcester county, September 10, 1824. His early education was received in the public schools, Dudley and Leicester acad- emies. He began the grocery business in 1849, in Charlton, after clerking two years in a paint and oil store in Boston. He contin- ued in Charlton until 1853. He then went to Worcester and entered the wholesale and retail drug, oil, dye-stuff and chemical business with C. A. Harrington, under the firm name of C. A. Harrington &: Co., un- til 1863. He then bought Mr. Harrington's interest, changing the firm name to Jerome Marble & Co., in which business he is still engaged. He is also interested in the Worcester Excursion Car Company, of which he is president. Mr. Marble was married in Charlton, on March 30, 1849, to Susan E., daughter of W. B. and Susan B. (Boomer) Blanchard. They have two children : Nella and L. Olive Marble. His second marriage, Au- gust 22, 1882, was with Mrs.Abbie E. Clough, daughter of John and Abigail Redding. Mr. Marble was a member of the board of aldermen, 1866. He was elected direct- or of the Quinsigamond Bank, 1886, which position he still holds. He was the origi- nator of the excursion-car business as a specialty, and designed the first car built. In connection with the Worcester store, he has a branch store in the city of Boston. MARBLE, JOHN OLIVER, son of John and Emeline (Prescott) Marble, was born in Vassalborough, Kennebec county. Me., April 26, 1839. His foundation educational training was secured in the district schools of his native town, Vassalborough Academy and Oak Grove Seminary. He fitted for college at AVaterville Academy, and was graduated from Waterville College (now Colby Uni- versity) in the class of 1863. He received his A. M. from the same institution, 1866. During the years 1864 to '66 he was clerk in the war department, Washington, D. C, then in the treasury department till 1869. He studied medicine, and attended lectures at the medical department of Georgetown University in Washington, 1864 to '68, where he was graduated M I). In i869-'7o, Dr. Marble took a post-graduate course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. In March, 1870, he began the practice of medicine in Worcester, where he lias since resided in the possession of an ever- growing and lucrative practice. Dr. Marble was married in Worcester, April 8, 1873, t0 Helen M., daughter of