Loren Pinckney Waldo Marvin

L P. WALDO MARVIN. It is a well known fact that the descendants of our pioneer families occupy, as a rule, honorable positions in life. The subject of this biography, L. P. Waldo Marvin, a prominent Attorney and Judge of Probate of Hartford, furnishes a noteworthy instance.

In his successful career he maintains the prestige of a name which has been associated from an early day, with the qualities that constitute good citizenship. He traces his ancestry back to Reinold Marvin, who came to Hartford in 1637. It is no stretch of the truth to say that no one is better known in Hartford nor more highly esteemed than Judge Marvin. Big in stature he is equally big in heart. He is a genial, whole-souled, manly man.

He was born in Hartford October 19, 1870, his parents being Edwin E. and Cynthia P. (Waldo) Marvin. His father was a Captain in the First Connecticut United States Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion and for several decades has been Clerk of the United States District and Circuit Courts and a United States Commissioner. His mother, who died March 18, 1898, was a daughter of Loren P. Waldo, a former Representative of this district in Congress, a Judge of the Superior Court and United States Commissioner of Pensions.

Judge Marvin has always resided in Hartford. He was educated in the public schools, graduating from the West Middle District School in 1884, and from the Hartford Public High School in 1888. He then entered Yale College and graduated from the Academic department in 1892 and from the Yale Law School in 1894. Immediately he began the practice of law in Hartford. On June 4, 1895, he was joined in marriage to F. Belle Watrous, a daughter of Christopher and Lottie C. Watrous, of Chicago. They have two children, Florence Watrous Marvin, born December 2, 1896, and Edwin Waldo Marvin, born June 13, 1899. Judge Marvin has twice been a Democratic candidate for Representative of the City of Hartford in the State Legislature. From January, 1904, until April, 1906, he was Chairman of the Democratic Town Committee and his resignation was keenly regretted.

In November, 1906, he was elected Judge of the Court of Probate for the District of Hartford, defeating the Republican candidate, William J. McConville, and succeeding Harrison B. Freeman, who had held the office for years and was obliged to retire on account of reaching the age limit. Judge Marvin is one of the strongest candidates that ever entered the political arena in Hartford County. In spite of his youth he has a liberal support of both parties. The Tenth Ward, in which he resides, is strongly Republican, yet he has carried it by a large majority in two elections. In the last election he defeated Judge Albert C. Bill, who was considered an exceptionally strong candidate. He has been Secretary of the Hartford Public High School Committee and a member of the Board of Street Commissioners, his term in the latter office expiring in December, 1906. He is a vestryman of Trinity Episcopal Church, Hartford; President of the Open Hearth Association, a member of the Hartford Club, Hartford Golf Club, University Club, Elihu Club of New Haven, Alpha Delta Phi of New York, Connecticut Historical Society, Municipal Art Society and many other local organizations.

Judge Marvin has a charming and affable manner. He is assiduously attentive to business. He has a happy choice of English, is well read in law, a great reader and in the trial of cases has more than ordinary patience.