Francis Marion Marvin (1895 - 1942)

Born 22 Jun 1895 in Pierpoint, Ashtabula, Ohio

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel Addie (Dalrymple) Marvin — married 23 Apr 1918 in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States

Died 18 Jul 1942 at age 47 in Willoughby, Lake, Ohio, United States

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Private First Class Frank Marvin served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 16 Jun 1917
Unit(s): 145th Infantry, 37th Division
Service ended: Apr 1919

Biography

Frank Marvin was an Ohioan.

Francis “Frank” Marvin was born on 22 Jun 1895 in Ashtabula, Ohio. He was the son of Benjamin Butler Marvin and Sarah Rhodes. Benjamin was born Mar. 17, 1867, also in Pierpont Twp., Ohio and died April 8, 1925 in Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio. Frank's mother was Sarah B. Rhodes Marvin. She was born Dec. 10, 1866 in Ohio and died 1947 in Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio.

On Dec. 20, 1892, Frank married Ethel Addie Dalrymple, in Ashtabula, Ohio. Ethel A. Dalrymple was born Oct. 24, 1895 in Monroe Twp., Ashtabula, Ohio. Her father was Burnie Francis Dalrymple who was born Oct. 29, 1868 in Monroe Twp., Ashtabula, Ohio, and died Mar. 6, 1948 in Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio. Ethel's mother was Sylvia Viola Rositer, daughter of Civil War Veteran, Daniel Rositer, Jr.; Sylvia was born Oct. 11, 1873 in Conneaut Twp., Erie County, Pennsylvania. Sylvia died there Mar. 2, 1921.

Frank & Ethel had 5 children:

Francis M. Marvin, Jr. 1918-2006

Burnie B. Marvin 1920-2008

Raymond Lewis Marvin 1922-1997

George Howard "Pete" Marvin 1924-2008

Gertrude Isabel Marvin Shear 1927-2014

Frank was a truck driver for George Gooding Beer Distributing in West Springfield, Pa. On June 16, 1917, he enlisted as Private First Class in the 145th Infantry, 37th Division during WWI.

Francis Marion Marvin's death came on 18 July 1945 in Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio, when he was in a fatal crash at the New York Central Railroad tracks in that city. Ethel Addie Dalrymple Marvin died in Conneaut, Ohio on Feb. 27, 1988.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMC3-JQ4 : accessed 23 August 2020), Frank M Marvin in household of Benjamin B Marvin, Pierpont Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration distr...

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML8K-LBG : accessed 23 August 2020), Frank Marrin in household of Benjamin Marrin, Pierpont, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4...

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6XB-QLH : 6 March 2020), Frank Merian Marvin, 1917-1918

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QCM-8NC : 26 August 2019), Frank M Marvin and Ethel A Dalrymple, 23 Apr 1918; citing Marriage, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, , Franklin County Genealogi...

• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WMJ4-KQT2 : 23 October 2019), Frank Marvin, 8 May 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National ...

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD1H-SXS : accessed 23 August 2020), Frank M Marvin, Conneaut Ward 1, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing ED 25, sheet 9B, line 99, family 267, NARA microfilm...

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X49T-WQB : accessed 23 August 2020), Frank M Marvin, Conneaut, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 11B, line 82, family ...

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWDJ-JM9 : 19 May 2020), Frank M Marvin, Ward 2, Conneaut City, Conneaut Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-33, sheet 9B...

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5W2-93V : 8 May 2020), Frank Marion Marvin, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M198...

• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZRK-QLV : 15 August 2019), Frank M Marvin, 18 Jul 1942; citing Willoughby Village, Lake, Ohio, reference fn 42478; FHL microfilm 2,024,008.

• "Ohio, Grave Registrations of Soldiers, 1810-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6RF-426Z : 9 November 2020), Frank M. Marvin, 1942.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #115872034 memorial page for Francis Marion “Frank” Marvin (22 Jun 1895–18 Jul 1942), Find a Grave Memorial ID 115872034, citing East Conneaut Cemetery, Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Lyla Carr (contributor 49352041) .

Notes

• In World War I, the 145th Infantry Regiment was drafted into federal service on 5 August 1917. On 25 September 1917 it was reorganized and designated the 145th Infantry Regiment of the 37th Division. In June 1918 the regiment deployed to Europe, where it fought in the Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine, and Ypres-Lys campaigns. During its service in World War I, eighteen of the regiment's officers and soldiers received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism fighting in France and Belgium. The regiment was demobilized over late April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio.