Selden Marvin

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1819 - 1896 (77 years)

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Generation: 1

Selden Marvin was born 19 Jun 1819, Canandaique, Ny; died 25 Dec 1896.

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Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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Selden Marvin,City Recirder and Attorney,Erie,only child of Dudley and Mary(Whalley)Marvin,(brother of Elisha,Enoch,and Elihu)was born in Canandaigua,NY.,9 Jun 1819, named after his grandmother,who was of the CT.family of Seldens;received hi s education mainly at Canandaigua Academy,and at Jefferson College,Cannonsburg
PA.; spent one year in a printing office in Boston. Parents moved to New York City in the summer of 1837,where he read law until 1841 in the office of his father,who was one of the most distinguished attorneys in the state,and
for eight years a member of Congress. In 1841,he removed to Ripley,Chautauqua Co.,NY.,where he was exclusively engaged in farming until 1846;in the latter year entered upon the practice of law at Jamestown. In
1847.was married to Miss Sarah Wilson Dinsmore,of Ripley,and returned to the farm. A year or so later formed
a connection with Hon.George W.Parker,now of the city of NY.,and resumed the legal proffession at westfield,
NY.;in the fall of 1852,was elected Special County Judge,and in 1855 County Judge of Chautaugua county,
serving in the latter position until Jan 1,1860;moved to Erie in Jun,1860; became a member of the firm of Spencer
and Marvin,and practiced law until 1877. Was the Democratic candidate for Assembly in 1862;Democratic
nominee for Congress in 1870,coming within 500 votes of an election; Democratic candidate for elector at large in
1872; Mayor of Erir City in 1877;the same year elected City Recorder for five years which office,by re-election in 1882,he still holds. The marriage of Judge Marvin and his wife has been blessed with five children,three of whom survive,viz.;Charle s Dinsmore Marvin,engaged in the banking business in the city of NY; Anna Humphreys,wife of
William D.Lewis,and Elizabeth Selden Marvin,wife of Robrt W.Neff,of Boston,Mass.

Selden married Sarah Wilson Dinsmoor 25 May 1847. Sarah (daughter of John Bell Dinsmoor and Nancy Wilson) was born 03 Jun 1828, Ripley, Ny. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Dudley Marvin was born Abt 1848, Windham, Nh.
3. Mary Whalley Marvin was born Abt 1850, Windham, Nh.
4. Charles Marvin was born Abt 1852, Windham, Nh.
5. Elizabeth S Marvin was born Abt 1854, Windham, Nh.
6. Anna Humphreyes Marvin was born Abt 1856, Windham, Nh.

Generation: 2

2.
Dudley Marvin (1.Selden¹) was born Abt 1848, Windham, Nh.
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Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

3.	Mary Whalley Marvin (1.Selden¹) was born Abt 1850, Windham, Nh. Other Events: Record Change: 12 Apr 2009 Mary married D O Dell Sep 1876, of, Windham, Nh. D was born Abt 1846, of, Windham, Nh. [Group Sheet]

4.
Charles Marvin (1.Selden¹) was born Abt 1852, Windham, Nh.
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Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
5.
Elizabeth S Marvin (1.Selden¹) was born Abt 1854, Windham, Nh.
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Record Change: 12 Apr 2009
6.
Anna Humphreyes Marvin (1.Selden¹) was born Abt 1856, Windham, Nh.
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Record Change: 12 Apr 2009