Dudley Marvin, Gen

1786 - 1852  (66 years)

• Name	Dudley Marvin
  Suffix	Gen
  Born	29 May 1786	Lyme, Conn
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Jun 1852	Ripley, Ny
  Record Change	12 Apr 2009
  Person ID	I76909	120k
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015

  
  

  Father	Elisha Marvin, Dea,   b. 19 Jun 1742, Lyme, Conn ,   d. 21 Oct 1817, Lyme, Conn  (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Selden,   b. 16 Apr 1747, Lyme, Conn ,   d. 24 Jul 1825, Lyme, Conn  (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	10 Jul 1766	Lyme, Conn
  Family ID	F31197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jepson Whalley,   b. 06 May 1792, New London, Conn ,   d. 04 Mar 1876, Erie, Pa  (Age 83 years)
  Married	31 Jan 1818
  Children	1. Selden Marvin,   b. 19 Jun 1819, Canandaique, Ny ,   d. 25 Dec 1896  (Age 77 years)  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F31275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  !He was educated at Colchester Academy Conn.He moved to Canandaigue,NY.in 1807 where he studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1811.During the War of 1812 he was in active service as a Lt;in 1818 he was quartermaster; adjutant 1819,major 182 0 and colonel of the same regiment{11th reg't.Ontario Co.};later he was a brigadier and major-general.He was elected to Congress as a Whig and represented from 1836-45 and in Ripley NY where he moved in 1843.He was again elected to congress in 184 6."While serving his first erm he became a warm personal friend of Henry Clay,then speaker of the House,and the intimacy continued through life.In a speech on the Mexican War,in congress,in 1847 discussing the President's message,His remark s on the question of slavery in the territories were almost prophetic in their character".[from Marvin Genealogy].Maybe d.1852.