History of Columbia County, Wisconsin:
GEORGE G. MARVIN
Farmer, Sec. 36; P.O. Randolph; was born April 18, 1824, in the town of Lyme, New London Co., Conn.; in the fall of 1846, he left home, taking a trip through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, North and South Carolina, and back, via Washington, to Philadelphia; then went to Indiana, and spent most of the winter in that State and Michigan; in the latter part of the winter, he came to Wisconsin and lived about two years in Beaver Dam, and spent some time in Walworth Co. In 1848, he located the land on which he now lives, and came to Randolph, with his family, in the spring of 1851, built a house on his land and moved into it in August of the same year. Was married in Beaver Dam, March 29, 1849, to Harriet J. Stultz, who was born Oct. 26, 1832, in Rockland Co., N.Y., daughter of Henry and Sally Ann Stultz, who emigrated to Wisconsin in 1841; lived at Fox Lake until the spring of 1842, then located in Beaver Dam, when there was only one family there besides his own; he resided there till 1875, then removed to Hastings, Minn., where he still resides. Mr. Marvin held the office of Chairman of his town for four years; was Treasurer, Superintendent of Schools and Side Supervisor, and Member of the Assembly, in 1871, and is Republican in politics. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin have five children - Sarah S. (now Mrs. W. B. Shepard of Randolph); Frank S. (lives in Zumbrota, Minn.); Henry S. (lives in Green Bay, Wis.); William D. (in Zumbrota), and Hattie L. (now Mrs. S. S. Lockhart of Portage City, Wis.). Mr. Marvin is a member of the M. E. Church. He has 160 acres of land, just outside the village of Randolph.
Beaver Dam Daily, 16 Nov 1888:
Hon. George G. Marvin, one of the oldest and best known residents of Columbia county, died at his home in Randolph about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after an illness of three months, aged about 60 years. He leaves a wife and five children, two sons residing in Minnesota, one son in Green Bay, one daughter in Dakota, and one daughter, Mrs. W.B. Shepard, residing in this city, and many other relatives and friends, who will unite in mourning the loss of a true and noble husband, father, and honored citizen. Mr. Marvin was a resident of this city for a time back in the 40's, when he taught school here. He was a brother of L. H. Marvin, of this city, and will be remembered by many of our present citizens who have met him often when visiting here. He held several offices of trust, among them the honorable position of representative in the state legislature.