Marriages
1st wife Samantha Leever
George and Samantha had four children. Samantha died 28 February 1877, leaving George with four young children: Mary, Arthur, George, and Charles.
2nd wife Mary Francis "Fannie" Schatz
George and Mary Francis married about 1878. George's children were ages 11, 8, 6, and 3 when he and Mary were married. George and Mary had six children together: Florence, Nellie, Wiley Ray, Ruth, Charlotte, and Lillian.
3rd wife -- Nancy Jane Marvel Shipley
Childhood Lovers, 73 and 72, Meet, Wed
Sheridan, Ore.-George Marvel, seventy-three, and Mrs. Nancy Shipley. seventy-two, were married here as the culmination of a romance of nearly sixty years ago, when they were child-sweethearts in their old homes in Illinois.
Their youthful romance became blighted and each married a chum of the other. They lost track of each other after that and finally came separately to Oregon, Eight years ago Marvel lost his wife by death and at about the same time Mrs. Shipley's husband died. Through a mutual friend Marvel recently learned that Mrs. Shipley lived here. From his home in eastern Oregon he wrote her. Correspondence ensued between them. The couple have 40 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, many of whom attended the wedding.
The Bradford County Telegraph
Starke, Florida
Friday July 20, 1923 Page 8
Marriages
1st wife Samantha Leever
George and Samantha had four children. Samantha died 28 February 1877, leaving George with four young children: Mary, Arthur, George, and Charles.
2nd wife Mary Francis "Fannie" Schatz
George and Mary Francis married about 1878. George's children were ages 11, 8, 6, and 3 when he and Mary were married. George and Mary had six children together: Florence, Nellie, Wiley Ray, Ruth, Charlotte, and Lillian.
3rd wife -- Nancy Jane Marvel Shipley
Childhood Lovers, 73 and 72, Meet, Wed
Sheridan, Ore.-George Marvel, seventy-three, and Mrs. Nancy Shipley. seventy-two, were married here as the culmination of a romance of nearly sixty years ago, when they were child-sweethearts in their old homes in Illinois.
Their youthful romance became blighted and each married a chum of the other. They lost track of each other after that and finally came separately to Oregon, Eight years ago Marvel lost his wife by death and at about the same time Mrs. Shipley's husband died. Through a mutual friend Marvel recently learned that Mrs. Shipley lived here. From his home in eastern Oregon he wrote her. Correspondence ensued between them. The couple have 40 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, many of whom attended the wedding.
The Bradford County Telegraph
Starke, Florida
Friday July 20, 1923 Page 8
Family Members
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Mary Elizabeth Marvel Atkinson
1867–1953
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Arthur Asbury Marvel
1870–1956
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George Franklin Marvel
1872–1956
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Charles Branton Marvel
1874–1964
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Florence G. Marvel Purdy
1881–1911
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Nellie Elsie Marvel Chapman
1884–1972
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Wiley Ray Marvel
1886–1968
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Ruth Marvel Greenlee
1889–1956
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Charlotte M. Marvel Adkisson
1893–1977
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Lillian Marvel Strachan
1894–1936
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