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Zebina Earl “Zeke” Marvin

Zebina Earl “Zeke” Marvin

Birth
Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA
Death
25 Oct 1957 (aged 80)
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
Burial
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Hillcrest Mausoleum, Devotion niche
Memorial ID
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Per death certificate:
father - Andrew Marvin
mother - Ann Ward
Oil investor & Real estate
informant: Mrs. Z. E. Marvin
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Zeke Marvin owned Marvin's Drugstore in Dallas located in the Marvin Building at Akard & Main Streets in Downtown Dallas in the early 1920's.

Zeke Marvin was a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Dallas. In 1923 he helped raise $85,000 through the Klan to build the Hope Cottage Orphanage in Dallas that was later bought by the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in 1977.

He is discussed at length in Jim Gatewood's book, "Captain Will Fritz and the Dallas Mafia" published in 2004.
Per death certificate:
father - Andrew Marvin
mother - Ann Ward
Oil investor & Real estate
informant: Mrs. Z. E. Marvin
=====================

Zeke Marvin owned Marvin's Drugstore in Dallas located in the Marvin Building at Akard & Main Streets in Downtown Dallas in the early 1920's.

Zeke Marvin was a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Dallas. In 1923 he helped raise $85,000 through the Klan to build the Hope Cottage Orphanage in Dallas that was later bought by the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in 1977.

He is discussed at length in Jim Gatewood's book, "Captain Will Fritz and the Dallas Mafia" published in 2004.


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  • Maintained by: Helperkw
  • Originally Created by: KBounds
  • Added: Jan 29, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84162343/zebina_earl-marvin: accessed ), memorial page for Zebina Earl “Zeke” Marvin (11 Jan 1877–25 Oct 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84162343, citing Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Helperkw (contributor 47110127).