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Mr. Marvin came to Jacksonburgh in the fall of 1831 with two yoke of cattle, wagon, bed and cross-cut saw. He came from Monroe, and had to cut a road for his wagon through the Saline woods. His trip from the " mouth of the Raisen" to Jacksonburgh was a most tedious and laborious one. Mr. Marvin commenced running the saw-mill soon after his arrival here, and Jerry Marvin's mill" being the only one west of Mill creek in Washtenaw county became widely and favorably known in all the adja cent settlements.
In the summer of 1832 Mr. Marvin bought of Mr. House his inter in the property, and continued sole owner and manager until 1835, when he sold his mill and water power to William and Jerry Ford. Since this time Mr. Marvin has been engaged in farming. A portion of his farm: within the city limits, and he is now living on it, working with the same energy and untiring industry as forty-seven years ago when turning over lumber for the first settlers in the county to make themselves homes.
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