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October, 1905 Louise Gillespie and Charles Hathaway, petition the court in Ramsey county, Minnesota, for the $1,800 mortgage of George Marvin property, in Anoka county, Minnesota and Harriet Marvine agrees to pay a compromise of $200 to settle this claim, as the land is "nearly worthless." | October, 1905 Louise Gillespie and Charles Hathaway, petition the court in Ramsey county, Minnesota, for the $1,800 mortgage of George Marvin property, in Anoka county, Minnesota and Harriet Marvine agrees to pay a compromise of $200 to settle this claim, as the land is "nearly worthless." | ||
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| + | =="Was president of the waterworks after the death of his father"=== | ||
| + | ''1897 Historical souvenir of Delhi, N.Y.,'' [by Edgar Luderne Welch] | ||
| + | Page 6. The Delhi Water Company. It was incorporated February 19, 1872. The incorporators were H. N. Buckley, Charles Hathaway, William Youmans, Charles Marvine, James H. Graham, W. C. Sheldon, T. Benjamin Meigs, James H. Wright, Daniel T. Arbuckle and Caleb A. Frost. At the first meeting, March 15, 1872, Charles Marvine was chosen president, Charles Hathaway vice-president, D. T. Arbuckle secretary and treasurer, and J. H. Wright superintendent. The capital stock was $20,000. The reservoir is on Steeles' Brook, three-quarters of a mile from Main street. | ||
| + | Page 55: The Delhi Water Works supplies the village from a reservoir, two and a half miles from the village, fed by Steele's brook, a mountain stream of spring water, which never gets low. The normal storage is 6,000 gallons with a capacity three times as great. Having a fall to Main Street of 196 feet the head is sufficient to throw a stream to the top of the highest building. The reservoir was built in 1896 by the Delhi Water Co., to replace one situated farther down stream and inadequate. In 1897 the village became the owner with the board of trustees as the water commissioners. | ||
| + | *http://www.waterworkshistory.us/NY/Delhi/ | ||
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| + | [[category:Genealogy]] | ||
| + | [[category:Foote Family Papers]] | ||
| + | [[category:Municipal Government]] | ||
Revision as of 15:28, 30 January 2022
George Edward Marvin, was born on 14 Jun 1836, at Delhi, Delaware county, New York, to Charles Augustus Marvine and Frances Foote [Foote Rec.].
He died 27 March, 1905, æ. 68-69 buried Woodland Cemetery, Delhi [findagrave;195197328].
He married at Delhi? 1863, Harriet Danforth Steele, daughter of Ebenezer Steele and Harriet Danforth of Delhi, New York. She was born at Delhi, 1 August, 1839 and died at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 26 December, 1907 [Milw;d.r., findagrave;85586513].
Abram Foote, Foote Genealogy, p.
[A] man of culture and travel, and of quiet tastes. He was president of the bank and other interests.
October, 1905 Louise Gillespie and Charles Hathaway, petition the court in Ramsey county, Minnesota, for the $1,800 mortgage of George Marvin property, in Anoka county, Minnesota and Harriet Marvine agrees to pay a compromise of $200 to settle this claim, as the land is "nearly worthless."
"Was president of the waterworks after the death of his father"=
1897 Historical souvenir of Delhi, N.Y., [by Edgar Luderne Welch] Page 6. The Delhi Water Company. It was incorporated February 19, 1872. The incorporators were H. N. Buckley, Charles Hathaway, William Youmans, Charles Marvine, James H. Graham, W. C. Sheldon, T. Benjamin Meigs, James H. Wright, Daniel T. Arbuckle and Caleb A. Frost. At the first meeting, March 15, 1872, Charles Marvine was chosen president, Charles Hathaway vice-president, D. T. Arbuckle secretary and treasurer, and J. H. Wright superintendent. The capital stock was $20,000. The reservoir is on Steeles' Brook, three-quarters of a mile from Main street. Page 55: The Delhi Water Works supplies the village from a reservoir, two and a half miles from the village, fed by Steele's brook, a mountain stream of spring water, which never gets low. The normal storage is 6,000 gallons with a capacity three times as great. Having a fall to Main Street of 196 feet the head is sufficient to throw a stream to the top of the highest building. The reservoir was built in 1896 by the Delhi Water Co., to replace one situated farther down stream and inadequate. In 1897 the village became the owner with the board of trustees as the water commissioners.
