A BIOGRAPHY OF ADRIAN MARBLE REED, by Laurence Overmire (great great nephew), genealogist and family historian, Aug. 2008:
Adrian Marble was born about 1830 in Maine. She may have been the daughter of Ephraim and Hannah Marble of Dixfield, Oxford County, Maine, as she appears with this couple in the 1850 census.
As a teenager, She must have fallen in love with young Sampson Reed, Jr., the son of Sampson Read and Huldah Bisbee of Hartford, Maine.
When Sampson came of age, however, in 1848, he went to Boston and worked there until 1850. Then he joined a group that sailed for the gold fields of Australia. Sampson stayed there for almost two decades searching for gold, never writing back home to his family or friends. He also tried prospecting in Van Diman's Land (Tasmania) and New Zealand, then sailed to California and made his way back home to Hartford, Maine, after being gone for 20 years. In the interim, America had passed through a bloody Civil War, in which his younger brother Axel had served with distinction and would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge.
Upon his return, Sampson got quickly reaquainted with Adrian. Though he never wrote, she had faithfully waited for his return. He married her and soon after in 1869, they moved to Glencoe, McLeod County, Minnesota. They stayed there for about a year, then moved on to California, and finally settled in Boise City, Idaho, where Sampson took a job as a government store keeper. Adrian died there about 1887. Her burial location is unknown. Sampson returned to Glencoe where he died in 1890.
Adrian Marble was born about 1830 in Maine. She may have been the daughter of Ephraim and Hannah Marble of Dixfield, Oxford County, Maine, as she appears with this couple in the 1850 census.
As a teenager, She must have fallen in love with young Sampson Reed, Jr., the son of Sampson Read and Huldah Bisbee of Hartford, Maine.
When Sampson came of age, however, in 1848, he went to Boston and worked there until 1850. Then he joined a group that sailed for the gold fields of Australia. Sampson stayed there for almost two decades searching for gold, never writing back home to his family or friends. He also tried prospecting in Van Diman's Land (Tasmania) and New Zealand, then sailed to California and made his way back home to Hartford, Maine, after being gone for 20 years. In the interim, America had passed through a bloody Civil War, in which his younger brother Axel had served with distinction and would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge.
Upon his return, Sampson got quickly reaquainted with Adrian. Though he never wrote, she had faithfully waited for his return. He married her and soon after in 1869, they moved to Glencoe, McLeod County, Minnesota. They stayed there for about a year, then moved on to California, and finally settled in Boise City, Idaho, where Sampson took a job as a government store keeper. Adrian died there about 1887. Her burial location is unknown. Sampson returned to Glencoe where he died in 1890.
A BIOGRAPHY OF ADRIAN MARBLE REED, by Laurence Overmire (great great nephew), genealogist and family historian, Aug. 2008:
Adrian Marble was born about 1830 in Maine. She may have been the daughter of Ephraim and Hannah Marble of Dixfield, Oxford County, Maine, as she appears with this couple in the 1850 census.
As a teenager, She must have fallen in love with young Sampson Reed, Jr., the son of Sampson Read and Huldah Bisbee of Hartford, Maine.
When Sampson came of age, however, in 1848, he went to Boston and worked there until 1850. Then he joined a group that sailed for the gold fields of Australia. Sampson stayed there for almost two decades searching for gold, never writing back home to his family or friends. He also tried prospecting in Van Diman's Land (Tasmania) and New Zealand, then sailed to California and made his way back home to Hartford, Maine, after being gone for 20 years. In the interim, America had passed through a bloody Civil War, in which his younger brother Axel had served with distinction and would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge.
Upon his return, Sampson got quickly reaquainted with Adrian. Though he never wrote, she had faithfully waited for his return. He married her and soon after in 1869, they moved to Glencoe, McLeod County, Minnesota. They stayed there for about a year, then moved on to California, and finally settled in Boise City, Idaho, where Sampson took a job as a government store keeper. Adrian died there about 1887. Her burial location is unknown. Sampson returned to Glencoe where he died in 1890.
Adrian Marble was born about 1830 in Maine. She may have been the daughter of Ephraim and Hannah Marble of Dixfield, Oxford County, Maine, as she appears with this couple in the 1850 census.
As a teenager, She must have fallen in love with young Sampson Reed, Jr., the son of Sampson Read and Huldah Bisbee of Hartford, Maine.
When Sampson came of age, however, in 1848, he went to Boston and worked there until 1850. Then he joined a group that sailed for the gold fields of Australia. Sampson stayed there for almost two decades searching for gold, never writing back home to his family or friends. He also tried prospecting in Van Diman's Land (Tasmania) and New Zealand, then sailed to California and made his way back home to Hartford, Maine, after being gone for 20 years. In the interim, America had passed through a bloody Civil War, in which his younger brother Axel had served with distinction and would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge.
Upon his return, Sampson got quickly reaquainted with Adrian. Though he never wrote, she had faithfully waited for his return. He married her and soon after in 1869, they moved to Glencoe, McLeod County, Minnesota. They stayed there for about a year, then moved on to California, and finally settled in Boise City, Idaho, where Sampson took a job as a government store keeper. Adrian died there about 1887. Her burial location is unknown. Sampson returned to Glencoe where he died in 1890.
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