Bio: Marden, Charles Sumner (1864 - 1925)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Cayo, Brophy, Repke, Clifford, Hooper

----Sources: CLAY AND NORMAN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. (Pg. 65-66), VT Birth Records

CHARLES SUMNER MARDEN (2 Oct 1864 - 1925)

Charles Sumner Marden, extensive owner of land, former member of the state Legislature and former county attorney for Clay county, is a native of the state of Vermont, but has been a resident of Minnesota since 1882. He was born in Randolph, Vermont, on October 2, 1864, a son of Riley H. and Emily M. (Clifford) Marden, natives of the same state.

Riley H. Marden was born in Albany, Vermont, on January 24, 1832, and Was a member of the legal profession and A. member of the bar in his native place. At the age of fifty, in 1882, he Moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where he continued to practice as an attorney and also became the owner of a tract of land. His death took place on July 22, 1900. Riley H. Marden served the cause of the Union during the Civil War and was a member of Fourth and Ninth Regiments, Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and later held a commission in the One Hundred and . Twenty-seventh United States Colored Infantry. His war service covered the entire period of that conflict and he participated in several important engagements, receiving his honorable discharge at the close of the war, Mr. Marden's wife, Emily M. Clifford, was born in April, 1837, in, the same house in Randolph, Vermont, as was her son, Charles S., the subject of this sketch. She died in April, 1871, eleven years before her husband came to this state. They were the parents of two children; namely, Mrs. Caroline E. Hooper, whose death occurred in Omaha, Nebraska; in. March, 1899, and Charles S.

Charles S. Marden was reared in Bristol, Vermont,: and attended the public schools and Bristol Academy. In 1882 he accompanied his father to Minnesota, where they settled in Fergus Falls and he commenced taking a law course with the view to practicing as an attorney. In 1891 he moved to Barnesville, Clay county, where he resided until 191 I, and where he, served as city attorney from 189I to 1901. From 1901 to 1907 Mr. Marden was county attorney for Clay county, and from 1911 to 1915 he represented the Sixtieth district in the Minnesota state Senate. During all those years of public service he commanded the unstinted confidence of the electors and was generally recognized as one of the leading and public spirited men of Clay county. In April, 1911, Mr. Marden removed his practice to Moorhead. In January, 1911, he organized the Red River Farm Loan Company, and has been president of the company ever since.

On January 2, 1886, Charles S. Marden was united in marriage to Elise E. Cayo, who was born on April 15, 1863, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. They are the parents of two children, Irene Emily, who married L. V. Repke and is living at St. Paul, this state, and Edith Josephine, who became the wife of Fred M. Brophy and lives in Moorhead, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Marden take a proper part in the general social activities of the community in which they reside, helpful factors in the promotion of all causes having for their object the common good of the community. Mr. Marden is a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution ; he is also a member of the Masonic order and is a Shriner and also holds membership in the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and the Elks, and in all these several organizations takes an active part. He served two years in Company C, Second Regiment, State Militia, at Winona, Minnesota.

CLAY AND NORMAN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. (Pg. 65-66)

CHARLES S. MARDEN.

CharleS S. Marcie!), extensive owner of land, former member of the state Legislature and former county attorney for Clay county, is a native of the state of Vermont, but has been a resident of Minnesota since 1882. He was born in Randolph, Vermont, on Oetober 2, 1864, a son of Riley H. and Emily M. (Clifford) Marden, natives of the same state.

Riley H. Marden was born in Albany, Vermont, on January 24, 1832, and Was a member of the legal profession and A. member of the bar in his native place. At the age of fifty, in 1882, he Moved to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, where he continued to practice as an attorney and also became the owner of a tract of land. His death took place on July 22, 19oo. Riley H. Marden served the cause of the Union during the Civil War and was a member of Fourth and Ninth Regiments, Vermont Volunteer Infantry, and later held a commission in the One Hundred and . Twenty-seventh United States Colored Infantry. His war service covered the entire periOd of that conflict and he participated in several important engagements, receiving his honorable discharge at the close of the war, Mr. Marden's wife, Emily M. Clifford, was born in April, 1837, in, the sante house in Randolph, Vermont, as was her son, Charles S., the subject of this sketch. She died in April, 1871, eleven years before her husband came to this state. They were the parents of two children; namely, Mrs. Caroline E. Hooper, whose death occurred in Omaha, Nebraska; in. March, 1899, and Charles S.

Charles S. Marden was reared in Bristol, Vermont,: and attended the public schools and Bristol Academy. In 1882 he accompanied his father to Minnesota, where they settled in Fergus Falls and he commenced taking a law course with the view to practicing as an attorney. In 1891 he moved to Barnesville, Clay county, where he resided until 191 I, and where he, served as city attorney from 189I to 1901. From 1901 to 1907 Mr. Marden was county attorney •for Clay county, and from 1911 to 1915 he represented the Sixtieth district in the Minnesota state Senate. During all those years of public service he commanded the unstinted confidence of the electors and was generally recognized as one of the leading and public spirited men of Clay county. In April, 1911, Mr. Marden removed his practice to Moorhead. In January, IOU, he organized the Red River Farm Loan Company, and has been president of the company ever since.

On January 2, 1886, Charles S. Marden was united in marriage to Elise E. Cayo, who was born on April 15, 1863, in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. They are the parents of two children, Irene Emily, who married L. V. Repke and is living at St. Paul, this state, and Edith Josephine, who became the wife of Fred M. Brophy and lives in Moorhead, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Marden take a proper part in the general social activities of the community in which they reside, helpful factors in the promotion of all causes having for their object the common good of the community. Mr. Marden is a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution ; he is also a member of the Masonic order and is a Shriner and also holds membership in the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and the Elks, and in all these several organizations takes an active part. He served two years in Company C, Second Regiment, State Militia, at Winona, Minnesota.

Vermont Birth Records

Chas Sumner Mardin
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 02 Oct 1864
Event Place: , United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: R  H. (Rilley Hull) Mardin
Mother's Name: Emily M Clifford

1905 Minnesota State Census, Dist. #11, Barnesville, Ward Number: 01, Humboldt township, Clay, Minnesota, Page: 24

Street: Broadway

Chas S Marden, Lawyer
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Race: White
Birth location: Vermont
Birth Year (Estimated): 1864
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont

Household Members

Chas S Marden

Elise Marden, 42yrs., white,b. Wis., housewife 1864
Irene Marden, 19 yrs., white, b. MN 1886
Edith Marden, 17 yrs., whtie, b. MN 1888

Death Record

Buried May 1, 1925
Riverside Cemetery, Clay County, Moorhead, Minnesota
Plot: Section E79 or 96

Will Records Volume B 1919 - 1927

Charles S Marden
Event Year: 1925
Event Place: , Clay, Minnesota