Milford chronicle., 1937-08-06
GEORGETOWN
Marvel Reunion Held Last Sunday

Q late Josiah p. and Mrs. Harriet An
(Pepper) Marvel assembled in ar
t nual dinner reunion last Sunday al
: ternoon at the home of Miss Ann
Marvel and Mrs. Jennie M. Phillip
t at IL South Front street, this city.
4 1t was the S7th annual reunion.
The idea of holding the reunion
I was started by the late Josiah P
r and Mrs. Harriet Ann (Pepper) Mar
vel who were married in 1850.
marks the birthday as well as the
| wedding anniversary of Mrs. Marve
who died in 1914. She was married
when 16 years old. BY the union
there were 13 children. The three
surviving: Mrs. Jennie NJ. Phillips
widow of William A. Phillips; Mrs
Harriet Wilson, widow of former
State Insurance Commissioner Thos
r. Wilson, living between Milford
and Milton, and Miss Anna Marvel,
were in attendance, as well as a
number of relatives from Cambridge,
Nd, Swarthmore, Pa, Washington,
D. c., and Richmond, Ind.
Former Judge David T. Marvel and
Josiah Marvel for many years prom
inent lawyers in Wilmington, as well
| as Andrew Marvel, who at the time
of his death on April 9, was post
master here, were their sons.
1t was an enjoyable occasion for
Miss Anna Marvel, one of the three
surviving daughters, as she has been
shut in for two years because of
poor health.
The Marvel family throughout
lower Delaware has been one of the
most prominent since the Civil War
This family produced three lawyers
Judge David T., Josiah and An
drew, and one doctor, Charles, who
lived in Richmond, Ind, until his
death few years ago. Josiah Mar
vel was for many years one of the
outstanding Democrats in the State.
QuiIlen Family Reunion Tomorrow
At RehObOth Beach
The 18th annual reunion of the
Ebe D., and Elizabeth c. Quillen
family will be held on Saturday, Au-
gust z, at the Belhaven Hotel at
Rehoboth Beach.
The Quillens have for many years |
been prominent in the southeastern |
section of lower Delaware and their |
descendants are scattered through
out Maryland, Pennsylvania. New |
Jersey, New York and Virginia.
On the first Saturday in August, |
1885, the one hundredth anniversary |
of the birth of Ebe d. Quillen was |
observed.
For more than a century and a
half the Quillens have lived in Sus-
sex county and have played an ac-
tive part in the social. educational
and commercial life of lower Della
ware.
Miss Lula E. Quillen, connected
with the Sussex county branch of the
WPA, with Offices here, will be one
of the active members of the clan in
preparing for the reunion and prob
ably will be one of the speakers.
Officers are: President. Joshua
CULLEN; vice president, Ebe J. Holt;
secretary and treasurer. Mrs. Lemuel
F. Holt, all of Ocean View.
Mrs. Sallie Richardson of Odessa /
has been spending several days with
relatives on East Cedar street.
Mrs. John Malin and Mrs. Albert
.. Buckworth of Elkton, Md, spent
and Thursday of last
\ eek with Mr.. and Mrs. John l.. Will
ION on East Cedar street.
Homer Lynch, New York lawyer.
las been visiting his parents. former
yity Councilman and Mrs. George T.
lynch on South Race street, for a
ew days.
Rev. and Mrs. Russell Sapp have
,een entertaining at the First NJ. p.
Church parsonage: Mrs. Sapp's par
.nts, Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Owens OF
oindell, Md, and her brother and
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E.
ovens, Jr.. of Bristol. Md. Next
week the Rev. and Mrs. Sapp will
lave as their guests. Miss Frances
Anna Wilson of Ingleside. Md, and
,ir. and Mrs. Jervis Sughart of Up N
,er Marlboro, Md, and their daugh-
er Shirley. Miss Wilson and Mrs.
;ughart were school mates of both
Rev. and Mrs. Sapp. Mr.. Sughart is
principal of the Upper Marlboro
Iigh School,
fiIIyiIIe Man Has Birthday
Charles c. Derrickson for several
-ears a we'll known merchant of
,fillville, observed his 61st birthday Z
anniversary on Monday. He was
,orn at Ocean View, this county. on
August 2, 1876, and when 16 started
seafaring life and finally became
aptain. Studied for the ministry at
he Theological Seminary of the s
'hristian Church in Canton, Ohio,
in 1916. For three years y
Ie had charge of the Christian
,hurch at Princess Anne, Md. He
inferred the mercantile business in y
922. He is a prominent Republican n
nd for many years served as a no.
ary public. 81
irs. Alice Wilson Dies Ilf
Mrs. Alice Wilson. wife of Elmer I
). Wilson, East Market street, here. g
led at her home on Sunday after
DON, after an illness of many weeks U
aged nearly "A years. She would g
ave been "a years old next Sunday. y
Mrs. Wilson was daughter of the Y
ate George Thoroughbred. for many ~
ears a prominent lumberman here. II
he was married to Mr.. Wilson on y
Iarch IS. 1882, by the Rev. George m
7. johnson.
On March Is. this year. they qiuet- 3
: observed their 55th wedding an u
iversary. "
Mr.. Wilson. in point of age and q