My Genealogy Hound

Angelo Marre (deceased) was a native of “Sunny Italy” and was born in Genoa, in 1842. When about twelve years old he came to America with his parents, and when the war broke out entered the army in the defense of the rights of Tennessee, the State of his adoption. He served throughout the entire war with the courage and ardor of America’s own sons, and after that was employed on the detective force in Memphis. In 1872 he left Memphis and came to Little Rock, where he engaged in the liquor trade. In this business he was very successful, amassing a large fortune, but after a time he retired from the active conduct of business interests and turned his attention to city and county politics. He served several terms as alderman from the second ward, and a realization that he was in any position or office was assurance of the careful and successful discharge of the duties entrusted to his care. For one term he was a member of the board of public affairs, and at one time was selected by the Republican party as their candidate for sheriff. At the time of his death, which occurred in February, 1889, he owned a large interest in, and was president of, the Edison Electric Light Company of Little Rock. At the Catholic Church of Little Rock, in 1877, Mr. Marre was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Bacigalupo, a daughter of Vincent and Mary Bacigalupo. They were the proprietors of the Crystal Palace, of Memphis, Tenn., and were victims of the yellow fever plague of 1878, dying within a few days of each other. The obituaries written at the time of their death spoke of them in unqualified praise. Mrs. Marre survives her husband, and is a charming lady, and a great favorite in her large circle of friends. Little Rock owes much to Mr. Marre for, ever alert for any enterprise that was conducive to the building and growth of that city, he spared neither money nor labor to accomplish the desired results.