Born the son of Anna Dunham and Ephraim Marble, Levi married Elizabeth Granger on February 19, 1809 in Sodus, New York. They raised nine children as early settlers in Avon Township, Lake County, Illinois. Elected the first Justice of the Peace in the town of Avon in 1839, Levi continued in office without interruption for about thirty years. In 1840 the Fort Hill Post Office was moved to the Marble house when he was appointed Postmaster. The first school house, built of hewn logs in the SW corner of town around 1841, became known as Marble School House, due to Levi, who lived immediately to the west of it. Further illustrating his importance in the community, Levi was selected as a delegate from Lake County to the Chicago River and Harbor Convention of July 1847. One Lake County historical sketch from 1852 notes a "large and extensive fruit nursery is a matter of worthy notice containing 50,000 trees of various kinds of fruit and choice varieties", attributed to Esq. Levi Marble.
Children:
Mary Helen Marble Huson unknown–1847
Amy May Marble Morse 1814–1890
Hannah Marble King 1819–1903
Delilah Marble Seeber 1821–1903
Otis L Marble 1823–1861
Marie Antoinette Marble Freeman 1828–1854
Elizabeth Electra Marble Botsford 1833–1910
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