Charles Marvin (Connecticut politician)

Charles Marvin
Member of the Connecticut Senate from the 12th District
In office 1846 – 1848[1]
Preceded by	Darius Mead[1]
Succeeded by	Thomas B. Butler[1]
In office 1851 – 1852[1]
Preceded by	Joshua Ferris[1]
Succeeded by	Thomas B. Butler[1]
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
In office 1836 – 1837[1][2]
Preceded by	James F. Chapman[1]
Succeeded by	Isaac M. Sturgess, II[1]
In office 1838 – 1839[1][2]
Preceded by	Isaac M. Sturgess, II[1]
Succeeded by	Abijah Betts[1]
Personal details
Born	1804[3]
Died	December 1, 1883[3] Wilton, Connecticut[3]
Political party	Whig[2]
Residence	Wilton, Connecticut[1][2]
Occupation	farmer[2]

Charles Marvin (1804 – December 1, 1883) was a member of the Connecticut Senate representing the 12th district from 1846 to 1848 and from 1851 to 1852 and a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in the sessions of 1836 and 1838.

He graduated from Yale College in 1823. After leaving College he began to read law, but from trouble with his eyes was led to engage in farming in his native town, which occupation he afterwards adopted. He became a deacon in the Congregational church of his native town in 1841, and was through life earnestly interested in that church's welfare. In 1846, and again in 1847, and in 1851, he was chosen to the State Senate, and thus became ex officio in the two latter terms a member of the Corporation of Yale College. In 1848 he represented Wilton, Connecticut in the House, and in 1852 was appointed bank commissioner. He had already been for many years one of the directors of the Fairfield County Bank. He died at his ancestral home in Wilton, Conn., December 1, 1883, in his 81st year, after a protracted illness.

In November, 1836, he married Clarina, third daughter of the Rev. Samuel Merwin, then of Wilton, who survived him, with three daughters and two sons.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the 1884 Yale Obituary Record.

References

1. Roll of state officers and members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881
2. Political Graveyard
3. "Connecticut, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7DK-7YD : accessed 27 May 2013), Charles Marvin, 01 Dec 1883; citing reference , FHL microfilm 3166

External links

• Charles Marvin at Find a Grave