Beaver Dam Argus 19 Aug 1904:
Died - MARVIN - In this city at the home of her daughter Mrs. W. B. Shephard, Thursday , August 11, 1904, of pleurisy, Mrs. Harriet J. Marvin, widow of the late Francis C. Marvin, aged 71 years, 9 months and 16 days.
Deceased was the daughter of Henry Stultz and Sarah DeClark, and was born near Yonkers, in what is now a part of New York City, October 26, 1832 [sic]. In 1840 [sic] she came to Wisconsin with her parents, and settled at Beaver Dam, which was then a wilderness, and her early life was spent in the midst of struggles and privations, as well as the hopes and joys of the first days of Beaver Dam. It was here where her brother George Stultz, the first white child born in this city, first saw the light of day.
She was united in marriage to George G. Marvin March 29, 1849, and with her husband set up her home on a beautiful farm a mile northwest of the village of Randolph, where they lived in great domestic comfort for many years, until the death of her husband in 1888. Five children were born to them, all of whom are living, they are: Mrs. Sarah S. Shephard of this city, Frank G. Marvin of Zumbrota, Minn., Henry S. Marvin of Green Bay, William Marvin of Pine Island, Minn., Mrs. Harriet S. Lockhart of Milbank, S.D. Mrs. Marvin was married a second time to Francis C. Marvin in 1893, who died in 1895, leaving her again a widow. Since which time she has really made her home with her eldest daughter, Mrs. W. B. Shepard in this city, although she spent much of her time with her other children, who are scattered though Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota. Hers was a lovable disposition, and she leaves besides her immediate family, a large and wide circle of friends and acquaintances, who have known her for years.
A beautiful funeral service was held at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. W. B. Shepard, last Sunday morning by the Rev. T. S. Johnson, assisted by the Grand Secretary of the F. and A.M., W. W. Perry, of Milwaukee, and the children and relatives followed to her burial in the cemetery at Randolph, where the last rites were conducted by Rev. J. V. Trenery, of that village.