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Below is a family biography included in Portrait and Biographical Record of Seneca and Schuyler Counties, New York published by Chapman Publishing Co., in 1895. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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DR. MATHER MARVIN, who was born in Lyme, Conn., in 1786, removed to the village of Romulus about 1810, and engaged in the practice of the medical profession here. Subsequently he also embarked in merchandising, and afterward settled upon the Wade Farm, on military lot No. 59. During the War of 1812 he served in the American army. For a number of years he was a magistrate and School Inspector in Varick. In April, 1823, he was elected Supervisor, and re-elected in 1825. In 1828 he became County Clerk, serving a full term. In 1833 he removed to Lodi, Mich., where he died April 8, 1862, aged seventy-six years.
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