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 MARDEN

MARETT

MARDEN, Orison Swett, author, was born at Thornton, N.H., in 1850 ; son of Lewis and Martha (Cilley) Marden, and of English ancestry. He prepared for college at the New Hampton, N.H., institute and was graduated from Boston university, A.B., 1877, A.M., 1879, LL.B., 1881, and from Harvard, M.D., 1882. He founded and became editor-in-chief of the magazine Success in December, 1897, and of The Success Library (10 vols., 1901). His published works, some of which came into use in the schools of Japan and America, include : Pushing to the Front (1896); Rising in the World (1897) ; TJie Secret of Achieve- ment (1898); Success (1899); Character (1899); Cheerfulness as a Life Power (1899); Good Man- ners and Success (1900); The Hour of Opportunity (1900); Wealth in Economy {l^\); Tlie Iron Will (1901); How they Succeeded (1901); Talks with Great Workers (1901).

MARDIS, Samuel W., respresentative, was born in Tennessee in 1801 ; son of Reuben Mardis, a farmer. He received a limited education, was admitted to the bar, and removed to Shelby county, Ala., with his father. He practised in Monte vallo ; represented Shelby county in the state legislature, 1823-31, and was a Democratic representative in the 22d and 23d congresses, 1831- 35. He married a daughter of Robert Taylor of Shelby county. He practised law in Mardisville, Ala., 1835-36, and died there Nov. 14, 1836.

MARECHAL, Ambrose, R.C. archbishop, was born in Ingres, Loire, France, Aug. 28, 1764 ; son of Louis and Anna (Adam) Marechal. He at- tended a college at Orleans, France, and studied law. Deciding to become a priest he entered the seminary of St. Sulpice, Orleans, France, and received tonsure in December, 1787. He went to Paris in 1791, where he was made sub-deacon and deacon, but was obliged to flee to Bordeaux in 1792 on account of the persecution of the Catholics. He was ordained priest by Arch- bishop Jerome Maria at Bordeaux, France, on the eve of his embarkation for America. He ar- rived in Baltimore, Md., June 24, 1792, and tvas in charge of the Bohemian station, 1792-99 ; was professor of theology at St. Mary's seminary, Bal- timore, 1799-1803, at the same time filling the chair of philosophy in Georgetow u college, Md. He was teacher of theology at Aix and Lyons, France, 1803-11 ; returned to his chair in St. Mary's in 1811, and was subsequently elected president of the seminary. He was elected bishop of Philadelphia, Jan. 16, 1816, but declined and was appointed titular bishop of Stauropolis, and coadjutor to Archbishop Nealeof Baltimore, July 4, 1817, but was not consecrated owing to the death of Archbishop Neale. He was conse- crated archbishop of Baltimore, Dec. 14, 1817, by Bishop Cheverus of Boston, assisted by Bishop VII. — 17

Connolly of New York, and the Very Rev. Louis de Barth, administrator of Philadelphia, and receiving his pallium at the hands of the Rev. A. Kohlmann at his cathedral, Dec. 19, 1819. He dedicated The Cathedral, Baltimore, May 31, 1821. On visiting Pope Pius VH. in 1822 he was made domestic prelate, the first appointed in the United States. He is the author of : Pastoral I^etters of Archbishop Carroll to the Congregation of Trinity Church, Philadelphia, in 1797, and of Archbishop Marechal to that of Norfolk, in 1819 (1819). He died in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 29, 1828. MARETT, Philip, philanthropist, was born in Boston, Mass., Sept. 25, 1792 ; son of Capt. Philip Marett of the Revolutionary army, and a descend- ant of French Huguenots from Normandy. He gained the Franklin medal in the Boston public school, 1804; engaged in the foreign shipping trade, 1804-45 ; was vice-consul to Portugal, 1818 ; president of the Boston common council, 1835, and president of the New England bank, 1837-45. He made an extended tour of the old world, 1845, and in 1852 settled in New Haven, Conn. In 1867 he drew his own will, leaving his entire eitate of $650,000 to his wife and daughter, and at their death to be distributed in benevolent and char- itable legacies, chiefly in the city of New Haven. A clause in the will provided that one tenth part of said estate should be given to the city of New Haven in trust, the income to be use<l "for the purchase of books for the Young Men's Institute, or any public library which may from time to time exist in said city." Mr. Marett died in 1869, and his widow in 1878, and his daughter, Mrs. Ellen M. Gifford, who left over $800,- 000 to charity, in 1889. The YoungMen's In- stitute, and The New Haven Free Public Library established in expectation of the legacy, now contested their respective claim to the income and the supreme court decided in favor of the latter and it became the beneficiary to the income from one tenth of the estate, and the library owes its existence to this benefaction. The bequests were: one fifth to the New Haven hospital, one fifth to the New Haven aged and infirm (not paupers), one fifth to Yale university ; one tenth to Protestant and and one tenth to Roman Catholic orphan asylums of New Haven ; one tenth to the free library, and one tenth to the state for the relief of im-

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