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Marple, Imboden Lee (1863-1922)
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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 506

I. L. MARPLE, the Upshur County Poet, is a son of A. E. and Mary E.
Marple and was born on Hacker's Creek.

He spent his early life on the farm, working hard and studying
diligently. When he became a man he took up the profession of
teaching, and for ten years taught in the public schools of the
county.

He married Miss Effie Reger of Buckhannonn. Their children are
Forrest Marple and Alma Marple.

In 1898 he entered the ministry and for a number of years has been
secretary of the Buckhannon District Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.

We quote a part of a poem from his pen, entitled: 

                   A THOUGHT FROM THE SOUTHLAND. 

                   Away in the far off Southland, 
                     Where the orange blossoms bloom, 
                   I stood in a quiet graveyard 
                     And gazed upon a tomb 
                   That contained the sacred relics 
                     Of a mother who had gone 
                   To try the stern realities 
                     Of the great unknown beyond. 

                   I thought, as I read the story 
                     Told on that humble slab, 
                   Of the cruelty of the white man 
                     Who gave the fatal stab. 
                   For she had "died of a broken heart" — 
                   Just twenty-nine years old — 
                   Because her children were taken away 
                     To the merchant-man and sold. 

                   She could not help her color — 
                     Her servitude or race — 
                   She had a soul within her breast, 
                     Though jet black was her face. 
                   And she loved her darling children 
                     With a fervency unknown 
                   To those who never had love 
                     For children of their own. 

                   But they were slaves! The master 
                     Had a right to buy and sell 
                   And trade in human beings — 
                     What a tale these words do tell — 
                   And he had torn those children 
                     From their mother's fond embrace, 
                   And sold them to a merchant, 
                     In a far off distant place. 

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From Death Certificate, Cabell County, WV #3048
FULL-NAME: Imboden Lee Marple
BIRTH-DATE: 1863
BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co., W.Va.
DEATH-DATE: April 3, 1922 (at 59 years of age)
DEATH-PLACE: Huntington, Cabell County, WV
MARITAL-STATUS: Married
OCCUPATION: Farmer
FATHER: Addison E. Marple (born in W.Va.)
MOTHER: ____ Casto (born in W.Va.)
CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Chalecystitis following operation, enlarged prostate
INFORMANT: F. A. Marple (of Huntington, W.Va.)
BURIAL: Buckhannon, W. Va.

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