Smyrna times., 1930-10-15
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Hon. Josiah Marvel, Prominent
Wilmington Attorney and Presi-
dent of American Bar Asso.


Josiah Marvel, president of the
American Bar Association and
Democratic National Committee
man from Delaware. died at his
home. ''Nanticoke," Greenville near
Wilmington. at a. M, Saturday
mroning. To his many friends
here in Smyrna as well as all over
the State, the announcement of his
death was a shock. Mr. Marvel,
who was sixty-four, suffered a
sudden heart attack He had not
complained of feeling i'll, relatives
said. and his death came as a dis
tinct shock to his family and
friends. Active in the Democratic
partys State and National affairs
for wears, Mr.. Marvel was defeat
ed for the nomination as u. S.
Senator by Thomas F. Bayard at
the Democratic State Convention
at Dover on September Is last, by
margin of a few votes. Mr..
Marvel was backed by the drys
while Mr.. Bayard was a pronounc-
ed wet. A long and distinguished
career in the legal profession was
climaxed on August %, of this
year, when Mr.. Marvel was elect
ed unanimously president of the
Bar Association at its convent on
in Chicago. Mr.. Marvel was prom
inent in Delaware law and also
was noted as an orator and an
authority on the Constitution and
deliver many addresses on this
subject in various parts of the
country. The firm of Marvel,
Morford & Ward, of which he was
a member, has large corporation
and general law practice. He was
born on farm near Georgetown,
January Is, 1866, the son of Josiah
Marvel and Harriet Ann (Pepper)
Marvel. He registered as a law
student in the office of Judge
George Gray, Wilmington. Work
ing during the day and studying
at night he succeeded in qualify
ing and was admitted to the Della
ware State Bar in 1894. That
same year he opened his own law
Office in Wilmington, where he
practiced alone for four years. His
brother, Judge d. +. Marvel, who
was retired from the Delaware
Supreme Court bench, joined him
in 1898. Mr. Marvel was urged
as the party's nominee for Con
gress in Delaware in 1910, but re-
fused. He was selected as the
chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Convention. He was
a former member Of the State
Commission, a former
president of the Delaware State
Bar Association, member of the
Rotary Club, the Will
mington Club, the Wilmington
Country Club, the Delaware
Grange, the Farm Bureau of New
Castle county and the Wilmington
Lodge, No. 307, Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks. Mr.. Marvel
was married April 20, 1898 to Miss
Mary Jackson, a daughter Of Con-
gresham w. H. Jackson, of Mary
land. They had six children, Jack
son, Josiah, 4th, Jane, Mary, Ann
and William. Funeral services
were held Monday afternoon from
his residence. Interment was pri-
vate.
Geo. ireland, Well-Known Painter
George Ireland, well-known
painter of this town, died at the
Kent General Hospital at Dover,
at $50 this morning as a result of
severe burns he received recently
while working. The accident oc-
Cured on October 2 while paint
ing the house of w. H. Spence on
the state road. Swarms of bees
from the weather boarding of the
house began to buzz around him
and interfere with his work. He
mprovised a gasoline torch to
burn out the bees and the torch
N some manner, exploded in his
hand, burning his right hand very
badly. He was given treatment
Immediately by DR.. w. L. Vaughn
and on last Thursday, as his con-
1ition grew more serious, he was
-aken TO the Kent General Hos
oltal. Poison set in and Mr.. Ire
and suffered very much. He was
"a years of age and the son Of the
ate Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Ireland.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Lucy Hackett Ireland, who is a
sister Of Mrs. Broadway, wife of
Rev. Luther Broadway of Perry
vile, Nd. Funeral services will be
1eld on Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock at FAIRIES Funeral Parlors
and interment made at Odd Eel
oWs Cemetery.
Yrs. Estelle Smith DeveIin, Dead
Mrs. Estelle Smith Develin of
Philadelphia, formerly of Smyrna,
wife Of Charles E. Develin, died
sunday morning after an illness
u several months from compli-