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Capt. Marlin E. BROWN  ‎(I725)‎
Prefix: Capt.
Given Names: Marlin E.
Surname: BROWN

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 26 December 1842 30 30 Ohio, USA
Death: 19 July 1908 ‎(Age 65)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 26 December 1842 30 30 Ohio, USA

Marriage Mary Elizabeth Lib HARPER - 19 May 1868 ‎(Age 25)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA


Hide Details Source: Government Records

Citation Details:  Marriage License, West Virginia, Mason County


Hide Details Note: License
West Virginia, County of Mason, to wit:......
Certificate to obtain a Marriage License.
Time of Marriage, May 19th 1868
Place of Marriage Hartford City West Va
Full Names of Parties Married, Marlin E Brown & Elizabeth Harper
Age of Husband, 25 Years
Age of Wife, 19 Years
Condition of Husband, Single
Condition of Wife, Single
Place of Husband's Birth, Virginia
Place of Wife's Birth, Pennsylvania
Place of Husband's Residence, Hartford City West Va
Place of Wife's Residence, Hartford City West Va
Names of Husband's Parents, Major & Salina Brown
Names of Wife's Parents, William W. & Amanda Harper
Occupation of Husband, Steamboating
Given under my hand this 13th day of May 1868

Ministers' Return of Marriage.
I certify that, on the 19th day of May 1868, at Hartford City I united in Marriage the above named and described parties, under authority of the annexed License.
Jacob Bird

Residence

Note: According to Geo. J. Wetherholt's funeral records, Marlin at the time of his death lived on First Avenue, Gallipolis. He may have lived at the River View Hotel.
Directory August 1907 ‎(Age 64)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA


Source: Buyers' Guide of Gallipolis and All Gallia County
Publication: August 1907


Hide Details Note: Buyer's Guide of Gallipolis & All Gallia Co.
BROWN, Marlon E. Capt. and owner The Shiverlear b‎[oar]‎ds. Days Cafe

Biographical Notes

Hide Details Note: Capt. Marlin Brown, brother of Miles, built his home next to his brother on Second Avenue. In later years the well known attorney, Henry Cherrington, owned and occupied this house.

The Brown family built and owned the following boats: B.F. Enos, Luella, Luella Brown, the Humming Bird, Dick Brown and Big Kanawha.

Biographical Notes

Hide Details Note: 1870 Parkersburg, Wood Co., West Virginia: Marlin, 26, and Lizzie, 20, with baby Albert 1, were living in Parkersburg where Marlon was a steamboat clerk. He had personal assets worth 3,000.

1880 Gallipolis, Gallia Co., Ohio: Marlin, 37, and Elizabeth, 29, had two children: Albert 10 and Luella 9. Both children attended school. Their third child, little Carl 2 years old, had died about six months before.

1900 Gallipolis, Gallia Co., Ohio: Marlin Brown was head of the household, a steamboat maker, and 55 at his last birthday. Living in his home were " Marvin" H. Gelvin, son-in-law, a minister, married for 2 yrs, and Luella B. Gelvin ‎(Marlon's daughter)‎ and their little daughter Elizabeth Gelvin, aged ten months. Marlon's wife had died 3-5 years previously. ‎[I think there was a mistake with Mr. Gelvin's name. Luella married Edward Hill Gelvin.]‎

Death 19 July 1908 ‎(Age 65)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

Cause of death: Cancer
Obituary 20 July 1908 ‎(1 day after death)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA


Hide Details Note: Gallipolis Daily Tribune Front Page
CAPT. MARLIN E. BROWN

Pioneer Steamboatman Succumbs to the Inevitable and Joins the Silent Majority.

Capt. Marlin E. Brown whose condition has been the object of much solicitude, in this city, for the past two weeks, succumbed to a stroke of apoplexy, at 1:30 o'clock Sunday morning, July 19, 1908, while in a paroxysm of coughing. He would have been 66 years old, the 26th day of next December.

The funeral services will be at the River-View his late home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Thomas Maguire, of the First Presbyterian church, the interment following at Mound Hill cemetery by Undertaker Wetherholt.
Capt. Brown is survived by one son, Capt. Dick Brown as he is familiarly know, and one daughter, Mrs. Gelvin, wife of Rev. E. H. Gelvin of Lancaster.
He was the son of Major and Selina Brown of Hartford City, and of three sisters only one, Mrs. C. W. Bird of this city, surviving. He was one of six brothers, Manley, Mel, Matthew of Hartford, and Capt Miles H. Brown of this city.
He was united in marriage 40 years ago with Miss Mary Elizabeth Harper of Hartford, a amiable handsome lady who died twelve years ago. He located in this city about 33 years ago and owned a nice residence here.

He followed steam boating all of his life, and before coming here ran on the Mattie Roberts, Emma Graham, Mary B., and Humming Bird. Of later years he owned and commanded the Luella, the Luella Brown, the Dick Brown, B.T. Enos, Enos Taylor, Chevalier, C.A. Hill, Big Kanawha and maybe others.
Capt. Brown was an affable pleasant gentleman and a first class commander of a vessel, never taking a risk of his boat and passengers, no matter how strong the inducement or allurement. This made him a safe man always.

He was engaged in many hard fought contests for trade with other packets and was nearly always victorious, for he was aggressive and persistent until he saw that the fates were against him when he would retire before he met with loss. He was well liked and his council and judgment were sought by many river men of just as wide experience as his. We don't believe he had an enemy, but with all of his amiability and affability he had the courage and grit of a Spartan. Over twenty-five years ago the Doctors all gave him up and said they could do nothing for him, and he was bedfast for three years.

But he had a faith in a Louisville physician, sent for him and kept him with him for several months, and to the amazement of every one emerged from sick bed good as new.

He was a devoted man to his family, no man could have been better to his wife nor his son and daughter. To sum him all up he was a splendid man and he is gone, and our whole community is sorry that it is so.

Burial Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA

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Parents Family  (F273)
Major BROWN
1812 - 1887
Selina ‎(unknown)‎
1812 - 1858
Martha BROWN
1834 - 1905
Mathew D. BROWN
1835 - 1914
Major J. BROWN
1837 - 1858
Melvin M. Mel BROWN
1839 - 1921
Capt. Miles H. BROWN
1841 - 1924
Capt. Marlin E. BROWN
1842 - 1908
Manly B. BROWN
1844 - 1919
Mary Elizabeth BROWN
1847 - 1933
Mariah Selina Salina BROWN
1848 - 1908
Martin L. BROWN
1851 - 1902

Step-Parent Family  (F281)
Major BROWN
1812 - 1887
Ingaby Ingaba BURNS
1823 -
Willie Ann BROWN
1861 -

Immediate Family  (F277)
Mary Elizabeth Lib HARPER
1850 - 1896
Capt. Albert H. Dick BROWN
1869 - 1958
Luella BROWN
1871 - 1974
Carl BROWN
1877 - 1879


Notes
Marriage License
West Virginia, County of Mason, to wit:......
Certificate to obtain a Marriage License.
Time of Marriage, May 19th 1868
Place of Marriage Hartford City West Va
Full Names of Parties Married, Marlin E Brown & Elizabeth Harper
Age of Husband, 25 Years
Age of Wife, 19 Years
Condition of Husband, Single
Condition of Wife, Single
Place of Husband's Birth, Virginia
Place of Wife's Birth, Pennsylvania
Place of Husband's Residence, Hartford City West Va
Place of Wife's Residence, Hartford City West Va
Names of Husband's Parents, Major & Salina Brown
Names of Wife's Parents, William W. & Amanda Harper
Occupation of Husband, Steamboating
Given under my hand this 13th day of May 1868

Ministers' Return of Marriage.
I certify that, on the 19th day of May 1868, at Hartford City I united in Marriage the above named and described parties, under authority of the annexed License.
Jacob Bird
Marriage License
West Virginia, County of Mason, to wit:......
Certificate to obtain a Marriage License.
Time of Marriage, May 19th 1868
Place of Marriage Hartford City West Va
Full Names of Parties Married, Marlin E Brown & Elizabeth Harper
Age of Husband, 25 Years
Age of Wife, 19 Years
Condition of Husband, Single
Condition of Wife, Single
Place of Husband's Birth, Virginia
Place of Wife's Birth, Pennsylvania
Place of Husband's Residence, Hartford City West Va
Place of Wife's Residence, Hartford City West Va
Names of Husband's Parents, Major & Salina Brown
Names of Wife's Parents, William W. & Amanda Harper
Occupation of Husband, Steamboating
Given under my hand this 13th day of May 1868

Ministers' Return of Marriage.
I certify that, on the 19th day of May 1868, at Hartford City I united in Marriage the above named and described parties, under authority of the annexed License.
Jacob Bird
Death of spouse Age at death was 45 y 7 m 6 d, so she was born circa. Dec 1850. On her tombstone it says her age was 45y 4m.
Residence According to Geo. J. Wetherholt's funeral records, Marlin at the time of his death lived on First Avenue, Gallipolis. He may have lived at the River View Hotel.
Directory Buyer's Guide of Gallipolis & All Gallia Co.
BROWN, Marlon E. Capt. and owner The Shiverlear b‎[oar]‎ds. Days Cafe
Biographical Notes Capt. Marlin Brown, brother of Miles, built his home next to his brother on Second Avenue. In later years the well known attorney, Henry Cherrington, owned and occupied this house.

The Brown family built and owned the following boats: B.F. Enos, Luella, Luella Brown, the Humming Bird, Dick Brown and Big Kanawha.
Biographical Notes 1870 Parkersburg, Wood Co., West Virginia: Marlin, 26, and Lizzie, 20, with baby Albert 1, were living in Parkersburg where Marlon was a steamboat clerk. He had personal assets worth 3,000.

1880 Gallipolis, Gallia Co., Ohio: Marlin, 37, and Elizabeth, 29, had two children: Albert 10 and Luella 9. Both children attended school. Their third child, little Carl 2 years old, had died about six months before.

1900 Gallipolis, Gallia Co., Ohio: Marlin Brown was head of the household, a steamboat maker, and 55 at his last birthday. Living in his home were " Marvin" H. Gelvin, son-in-law, a minister, married for 2 yrs, and Luella B. Gelvin ‎(Marlon's daughter)‎ and their little daughter Elizabeth Gelvin, aged ten months. Marlon's wife had died 3-5 years previously. ‎[I think there was a mistake with Mr. Gelvin's name. Luella married Edward Hill Gelvin.]‎
Obituary Gallipolis Daily Tribune Front Page
CAPT. MARLIN E. BROWN

Pioneer Steamboatman Succumbs to the Inevitable and Joins the Silent Majority.

Capt. Marlin E. Brown whose condition has been the object of much solicitude, in this city, for the past two weeks, succumbed to a stroke of apoplexy, at 1:30 o'clock Sunday morning, July 19, 1908, while in a paroxysm of coughing. He would have been 66 years old, the 26th day of next December.

The funeral services will be at the River-View his late home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Thomas Maguire, of the First Presbyterian church, the interment following at Mound Hill cemetery by Undertaker Wetherholt.
Capt. Brown is survived by one son, Capt. Dick Brown as he is familiarly know, and one daughter, Mrs. Gelvin, wife of Rev. E. H. Gelvin of Lancaster.
He was the son of Major and Selina Brown of Hartford City, and of three sisters only one, Mrs. C. W. Bird of this city, surviving. He was one of six brothers, Manley, Mel, Matthew of Hartford, and Capt Miles H. Brown of this city.
He was united in marriage 40 years ago with Miss Mary Elizabeth Harper of Hartford, a amiable handsome lady who died twelve years ago. He located in this city about 33 years ago and owned a nice residence here.

He followed steam boating all of his life, and before coming here ran on the Mattie Roberts, Emma Graham, Mary B., and Humming Bird. Of later years he owned and commanded the Luella, the Luella Brown, the Dick Brown, B.T. Enos, Enos Taylor, Chevalier, C.A. Hill, Big Kanawha and maybe others.
Capt. Brown was an affable pleasant gentleman and a first class commander of a vessel, never taking a risk of his boat and passengers, no matter how strong the inducement or allurement. This made him a safe man always.

He was engaged in many hard fought contests for trade with other packets and was nearly always victorious, for he was aggressive and persistent until he saw that the fates were against him when he would retire before he met with loss. He was well liked and his council and judgment were sought by many river men of just as wide experience as his. We don't believe he had an enemy, but with all of his amiability and affability he had the courage and grit of a Spartan. Over twenty-five years ago the Doctors all gave him up and said they could do nothing for him, and he was bedfast for three years.

But he had a faith in a Louisville physician, sent for him and kept him with him for several months, and to the amazement of every one emerged from sick bed good as new.

He was a devoted man to his family, no man could have been better to his wife nor his son and daughter. To sum him all up he was a splendid man and he is gone, and our whole community is sorry that it is so.

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Sources

Source
US Census 1870
Citation Details:  US Census 1870-07-22 Parkersburg, West Virginia Page 5
  Text: Brown
Marlin, 26, S.B. Clerk, Va
Lizzie, 20, keeping house, Pa
Albert, 1, WV

Source
US Census 1880
Citation Details:  1880-06-02 Gallipolis, Gallia Co, Ohio 24-4-6B

Source
US Census 1900

Source
Cemeteries of Gallipolis Township, Gallia Co, Ohio
Publication: Gallia Co. Historical/Genealogical Society, 2001
Citation Details:  Page 60

Source
Government Records
Citation Details:  Marriage License Mason County Ref. 05 180

Source
Bert Lindsay
Citation Details:  Emails April 2008
Marriage Government Records
Citation Details:  Marriage License, West Virginia, Mason County
Marriage Government Records
Citation Details:  Marriage License, West Virginia, Mason County
Marriage Government Records
Citation Details:  Marriage License, West Virginia, Mason County
Directory Buyers' Guide of Gallipolis and All Gallia County
Publication: August 1907

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Family with Parents
Father
Major BROWN ‎(I718)‎
Birth 2 March 1812 New York City, New York, USA
Death 15 December 1887 ‎(Age 75)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
4 months
Mother
 
Selina ‎(unknown)‎ ‎(I719)‎
Birth 12 July 1812 England
Death 27 October 1858 ‎(Age 46)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA

Marriage: circa 1832
3 years
#1
Sister
Martha BROWN ‎(I720)‎
Birth July 1834 22 21 New York, USA
Death 22 May 1905 ‎(Age 70)‎ Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
10 months
#2
Brother
Mathew D. BROWN ‎(I95)‎
Birth 8 May 1835 23 22 Ohio, USA
Death 4 January 1914 ‎(Age 78)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
2 years
#3
Brother
Major J. BROWN ‎(I721)‎
Birth February 1837 24 24 Ohio, USA
Death 20 September 1858 ‎(Age 21)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
2 years
#4
Brother
Melvin M. Mel BROWN ‎(I722)‎
Birth 1839 26 26 Ohio, USA
Death 1921 ‎(Age 82)‎
2 years
#5
Brother
Capt. Miles H. BROWN ‎(I724)‎
Birth March 1841 28 28 Ohio, USA
Death 24 May 1924 ‎(Age 83)‎ New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
2 years
#6
Capt. Marlin E. BROWN ‎(I725)‎
Birth 26 December 1842 30 30 Ohio, USA
Death 19 July 1908 ‎(Age 65)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
16 months
#7
Brother
Manly B. BROWN ‎(I728)‎
Birth May 1844 32 31 Virginia, USA
Death 1919 ‎(Age 74)‎ Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
3 years
#8
Sister
Mary Elizabeth BROWN ‎(I730)‎
Birth 16 January 1847 34 34 Wood County, West Virginia, USA
Death 19 January 1933 ‎(Age 86)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
11 months
#9
Sister
Mariah Selina Salina BROWN ‎(I732)‎
Birth 1848 35 35 Murraysville, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
Death 27 June 1908 ‎(Age 60)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
3 years
#10
Brother
Martin L. BROWN ‎(I734)‎
Birth 1851 38 38 Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Death 18 July 1902 ‎(Age 51)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Father's Family with Ingaby Ingaba BURNS
Father
Major BROWN ‎(I718)‎
Birth 2 March 1812 New York City, New York, USA
Death 15 December 1887 ‎(Age 75)‎ Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
11 years
Step-Mother
 
Ingaby Ingaba BURNS ‎(I735)‎
Birth 1823 Virginia, USA

Marriage: 3 March 1860 -- Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
10 months
#1
Half-Sister
Willie Ann BROWN ‎(I736)‎
Birth 1861 48 38 Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Family with Mary Elizabeth Lib HARPER
Capt. Marlin E. BROWN ‎(I725)‎
Birth 26 December 1842 30 30 Ohio, USA
Death 19 July 1908 ‎(Age 65)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA
8 years
Wife
 
Mary Elizabeth Lib HARPER ‎(I727)‎
Birth 31 December 1850 30 32 Pennsylvania, USA
Death 6 August 1896 ‎(Age 45)‎ Gallia County, Ohio, USA

Marriage: 19 May 1868 -- Hartford, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
13 months
#1
Son
Capt. Albert H. Dick BROWN ‎(I738)‎
Birth July 1869 26 18 Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia, USA
Death 9 January 1958 ‎(Age 88)‎ Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA
19 months
#2
Daughter
Luella BROWN ‎(I751)‎
Birth 21 January 1871 28 20 Mason, Mason County, West Virginia, USA
Death April 1974 ‎(Age 103)‎ Stockton, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA
7 years
#3
Son
Carl BROWN ‎(I737)‎
Birth December 1877 34 26
Death 2 March 1879 ‎(Age 15 months)‎ Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA