Hon. William Edward Marvin Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire

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Surname: MARVIN
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 777

     HON. WILLIAM EDWARD MARVIN, a member of the law firm
of Frink, Marvin & Batchelder, of Portsmouth, N. H., was born in this
city July 1, 1872, the second child of William and Eliza Salter (Anderson)
Marvin. He received his early education in the schools of Portsmouth,
from which he went to Harvard University, where he graduated with
the class of 1893, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Returning
to his native city, he read law in the office of J. S. H. Frink, Esquire,
and was admitted to the bar in March, 1894. Early in 1894 Mr. Frink,
Charles E. Batchelder and William E. Marvin became partners in busi-
ness under the firm name of Frink, Batchelder & Marvin, attorneys.
Mr. Batchelder died in September, 1894, and the firm of Frink & Marvin
was then formed. Subsequently Charles H. Batchelder was accepted
as partner and the firm of Frink, Marvin & Batchelder was thus formed,
which has continued until the present time. This is one of the strong
firms of Rockingham County and handles a large amount of legal busi-
ness. Mr. Marvin has made his mark as a lawyer, as a business man and
as a public officer. Between 1885 and 1900 he lived in New Castle, N. H.,
where he was elected a member of the board of selectmen four consecu-
tive years. He was also a member of the school board. In 1900 he
moved to Portsmouth, and in March, 1905, was elected mayor, and re-
elected in December of the same year. He is a member of the Powwow
Club of Harvard College, and of Wentworth Lodge, No. 22, Knights
of Pythias of New Castle. He attends the Unitarian church.
     He is a trustee of the Portsmouth Savings Bank and a member of
the investment committee, a director of the National Mechanics & Trad-
ers Bank, and president of the Portsmouth Harbor, Land & Hotel Com-
pany. He is a member of the Portsmouth Athletic Club, Portsmouth
Country Club, Piscataqua Yacht Club, Warwick Club, the Federal Fire
Society, and the Portsmouth Board of Trade and Merchants Exchange,
of the last of which he was president for two years.
     Mr. Marvin married, June 24, 1896, Susan Roby Bent, who was
born in Wayland, Mass., July 27, 1872, daughter of Ralph and Isabelle
Damon (Bond) Bent. They have seven children--William B., Sarah,
Elizabeth, Robert, Isabelle, Edward and Mary.