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From: (Marcia Payne)
Subject: [MAWORCES] Jerome Marble biography
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 10:56:09 -0500 (CDT)

"History of Worcester and Its People" by Charles Nutt; Volume 3

page 177, 178



Head of the firm of Jerome Marble & Company, from 1863 to 1904,
was born in Charlton, Mass., Sept. 10, 1824, died at his home, No. 23
Harvard Street, Worcester on Feb. 14, 1906, son of John Putnam and Ruth
Ann (Rider) Marble.
He attended the public schools of Charlton and Leicester Academy.
He was clerk in his father's store in his native town. Afterward he was
a clerk in the paint store of Randall & Batcheller in Boston for 2
years, returning to the general store in Charlton and remaining for 4
years, succeeding his father. In 1853 he came to Worcester and became
partner of C.A. Harrington, the firm succeeding C.A. & E. Harrington,
druggists and dealers in paints and oils, chemicals, etc. In 1863 Mr.
Harrington retired and the firm became Jerome Marble & Company. He
retired in 1904 from active connection with the firm and ceased to be a
partner in 1905. He was the originator of the excursion car business in
this country. Thefirst private car owned by Mr. Marble was built in
Wilmington, Delaware, and was called " City of Worcester " just before
the Centennial Exhibition in 1876. In 1878 the Worcester Excursion Car
Company was organized and for many years he was manager of the business
and at one time president. Within two years the company had 8 cars in
service. The opposition of the Pullman Company finally prevailed,
preventing the company from operating on various railroads and the
corporation was dissolved in 1894. He was director of the Quinsigamond
Bank from 1886 until it was absorbed by the Trust & Company. He was a
member of the Board of Trade, the Worcester Society of Antiquity, the
Sons of the Revolution, Morning Star Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons,
and the First Universalist Church of Worcester. In politics he was a
Republican, and in 1866 he served in the Board of Aldermen.
Mr. Marble married (1st), March 21, 1849, Susan Emmeline Blanchard,
daughter of William K. and Susanna (Boomer) Blanchard. She died in 1881.
He married (2nd) Mrs. Abbie E. (Redding) Clough, who had been a public
school principal of Worcester. By his first wife he had 2 daughters:
Nellie M., who is a member of Colonel Timothy Bigelow Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution and of the Women's Club; Lena Olive, who
married Jan. 14, 1891 to Rev. Frederic W. Bailey.

John Putnam Marble, father of Jerome Marble, was born in Charlton,
Oct. 2, 1802, and died in Worcester Jan. 23, 1901, at No. 33 Harvard
Street, son of Thaddeus Marble. He kept a general store in Charlton
until he came to Worcester and also ran a tavern there. He became
interested in the boot and shoe business in Michigan and went thither
every year for many years. He served one year in the General Court.
He married Nov. 30, 1823, Ruth Ann Rider, daughter of William P.
Rider, and great-grandson of Eleazer and Elizabeth (Towne) Rider.
Elizabeth was a daughter of General Salem Towne. Thaddeus Marble, father
of John Putnam Marble, was a scythe maker in Sutton, son of Enoch Marble
and grandson of Freegrace Marble, the first of the family in Sutton, son
of Samuel Marble of Andover. Freegrace Marble was the progenitor of
practically all te Marble families of Worcester.

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