The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-03-27
GEORGE MARLEY,
OLDEST CITIZEN,
dies AT ACE los
Pneumonia Fatal to Civil War
Veteran After TwO-Day Ill
ness-WOuld Be 105 April l


daughter, Mrs. D. R. limbaugh.
Death was due to pneumonia from
which he had been i'll two days.
Mr.. Marley had been care, need
ing strict attention, for the past six
months, and had remained in his up
stairs room ever since the election last
November He had been out to cast
his vote for President Roosevelt and
his family had brought him to Oak
land for visit, his first in three
years, and when he returned home he
never left his room after that.
Worked For Late Senator Davis
Mr.. Marley had been a resident of
Deer Park ever since 1866 when
Henry Gasaway Davis took him there
to dig a well. For more than forty
years he worked for Senator Davis.
He was also police officer there for
seven years and among his duties was
lighting the street lamps at sunset,
turning them off at ten. He helped
to carry the first person to be buried
in Deer Park cemetery.
Fought With Union Army
Deceased was born in Stockton upon
Tees, Durham, England. He was
bound to ship when II years old and
followed the sea until shortly before
the Civil War broke out. By this time
he apparently had become natural
lied American citizen. He was then
25 years of age and with other sailors
and soldiers was sent out from New
York to Fortress Monroe to assist in
the capture of some enemy men-of-
war. He enlisted in Company c, Nine
ty-ninth regiment, New York infan-
try, and saw action at Cape Hatteras,
where he was wounded twice. He also
was engaged in battles Of Gettysburg,
Antietam and the Wilderness. He
often told the story of witnessing the
ba, 10 of the Monitor and the Merri-
mac. He also helped build the earth
works at Federal Hill, overlooking
Baltimore harbor. He was hOnorably
discharged June %, 1865, at age 20.
He is the last surviving veteran of
the war in this county.
Was Staunch Democrat
Politics had been his interest for
many years. In 1888 he reused his
family at 2 a. M, so they would be
sure to get him to vote on time. Since
that time he could not be fooled about
when elections were being held, al
though due to his infirmities some
times his family tried to keep him
from knowing about them. He always
voted the straight Democratic ticket.
His first inaugural was President
Lincoln's first one and he went to
Washington to attend several of them.
When he became 100 years old a
detailed story of his life appeared in
The Republican. The story was con-
veyed to England and back to Amer
lea again, and in this manner the
whereabouts of his sister, Mrs. Re-
becca Cook, of Columbus, Ohio, was
learned. Mr.. Marley lost track of her
during the Civil War but they were
reunited in September 1886. At his
101st birthday anniversary celebra-
ton in 1897 he received congratula-
tons from the King and Queen of
England, also Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt and the late Governor Nice.
Mr.. Marley was remarkably we'll
preserved. Deafness was the only af-
Fiction of the aged man and in his
later years his weight made it advis-
able for him not be go up and down
stairs except upon rare occasions.
Until recently his skin was pink and
fresh looking and until his illness he
usually ate normally. He even had
some of his teeth and had never had
any filled. He retained a sense of
humor at all times. A few days before
his 104th birthday he bought some
fruit trees for planting around the
home and also made plans to buy a
mule in order to farm that summer.
Was Father of Ten Children
Mr. Marley was the father of ten
children, four of whom are still liv-
ing. He has nineteen grandchildren
thirty-one great-grandchildre and
one great-great- His four
children are Mrs. Henry Wilhelm
Gary, Ind; Mrs. D. R. limbaugh
George Marley, Jr., and Mrs. Robert
Thrasher, all of Deer Park.
On his last birthday anniversary he
received over rs people and over 20C
sent greeting cards. To his visitors he
said, "Glad to see you; come again
next year"
The funeral of Mr.. Marley was con.
Quoted Wednesday morning, Marcel
&c, at II o'clock from the Methodist
church in Deer Park with Rev w. B
Orndorff, pastor of the Baptist church
at Mt Lake Park, officiating, assisted
by Rev. Hinzman, Methodist pastor
Corinth, w. Va. Interment was in the
Deer Park cemetery with full military
honors by members of Proctor Kildov
Post No. II, American Legion, OF
Oakland
Pallbearers were Alonzo Warwick
7. H. Mosser, Charles Montgomery
Earl George, Bruce Lohr and Ramse!
Smith, Deer Park,