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Marple, Granville Dexter (1833-1912)
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The History of Upshur County West Virginia
From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time
by W. B. Cutright
Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907

Page 504

GRANVILLE DEXTER MARPLE, was born June 28, 1833, in Harrison County.
His parents were Moses Marple and Elizabeth Bennett. He had two
sisters, Mary and Martha. His father settled on the waters of Peck's
Run, on leaving Harrison County. He is a farmer of Buckhannon
District, now owning two hundred and thirty acres of valuable coal
and grass land near Lorentz. He has been a District and County
officer many years since the formation of the County in 1861. His
first office was that of Constable from 1854 to 1856. He was County
Supervisor from 1866 to 1868. He served one term as land assessor of
Upshur County and was assessor of personal property for eight years;
he was Justice of the Peace for one year and was elected Sheriff of
Upshur County in 1880.

His father was the son of John Marple and Barbara Weaver of
Pennsylvania. His grandfather was a soldier in the War of 1812, and
emigrated from Pennsylvania to Virginia in 1815, when his father was
eighteen years of age.

He married Eliza Loudin, daughter of Walter Loudin and Nancy Conley,
February 14, 1856.

Children: Albert J., Moses Franklin, Grace, the wife of Rev. J. S. W.
Dean, and Elsie, head nurse in the David City Hospital, David City,
Neb.

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(wife of Granville Dexter Marple)
From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #2722
FULL-NAME: Eliza Marple
BIRTH-DATE: January 17, 1831
BIRTH-PLACE: Harrison Co.
DEATH-DATE: February 24, 1922 (at age 91y-1m)
DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV
MARITAL-STATUS: Widow
OCCUPATION: Housewife
FATHER: Walter Lowden (born in W.Va.)
MOTHER: Nancy Conley (born in W.Va.)
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Old age
INFORMANT: A. J. Marple (of Buckhannon)
BURIAL: Lorentz

There's a double-tombstone in Lorentz Cemetery, Upshur County, WV
   G. D. Marple (1833-1912)
   Eliza Loudin, his wife (1831-1922)
   
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