TIMELINE for BUTLER EMERY MARBLE:
B E Marble
Butler Emery's chronology:

{The pioneer Marble who migrated West from Vermont to New York and through Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Oregon, and finally, the Washington Territory.)

Born: January 1794, Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

June 18, 1812 - December 24, 1814
War of 1812

1814, 11 Feb
U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914
Name: Emery Marble
Birthyear: abt 1794
Birthplace: New Hampshire, United States
Enlistment Date: 11 Feb 1814
Enlistment Age: 20
Rank: Recruit
Regiment: U. S. Drags, Company Commander: Lt. McFarland
Height: 5' 11",
Town County: Winchester, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Enlistment by Lt. Abe Farland
Period: 5 years
Remarks: Monthly R. R. Middlesbury, 28 February 1814,
(Book 669,/ Page 180)

There was no way that B. E. could complete his five year enlistment, because of prison sentence.
However, he probably was released from his commitment since his regiment of Dragoons was disbanded on March 3, 1815 and those men that were not folded into the Corps of Artillery were discharged on June 15, 1815. - Source: Victor Roman, Tallahasse, Florida


1815, 10 December; Butler Marble age 21married MARY JENETTE LAWS in Fayston, Washington County, VT.

1819, Emery Marble always signed his name Emery Marble until about 1819. The story about this is that Emery married Mary Laws when she was with child. His father, Joseph Marble did not approve of the union and did not give Emery a part of his inheritance, as was the custom at a son's wedding. For whatever reasons, Emery stole two of his father's oxen and had his fourteen year-old brother-in-law Benjamin Laws hide them while he found a way to dispose of them. They were both caught and in June of 1817 were sentenced by the state court in Montpelier to three years (Emery) and two years (Benjamin) at hard labor and to bear the costs of prosecution. They immediately petitioned the Governor for clemency, but their petitions were dismissed. However, they kept trying and finally Benjamin was pardoned in October of 1818 and Emery in September of 1819. After he left prison, Emery always signed his name as either Butler E. Marble or B E Marble.

Between 1815 - 1835; Butler Marble and wife Mary Jenette Laws had 8 children.
1819, April 04; Son, Levi Marble was born in Fayston, Washington County, Vermont.

1820 United States Federal Census, Essex Township, Chittenden County, Vermont
Roll: M33_127, Image: 144, Page: 135, Marble, Butler, 26 years old
1820, November 04; Son, Jehiel Butler Marble was born in Essex, Chittenden County, Vermont.

Between 1822 - 1833; Butler Emery Marble Family resided in New York State where 4 of 8 children were born: (1825 in Shadigee, N. Y)
1822, Mary Matilda; 1827, Ezra Stephen; 1829, John Milton, Fulton County, NY; and 1833, Ansil Sylvester in Johnstown, Fulton County, NY.

1830 United States Federal Census, Constantia, Oswego County, NY.
Roll: M19_115, Page: 213, Image: 414, Line 4,
Marble, Butler E.,
Males (222001), under 5 = 2, bet 5-10 = 2, bet 10-15 =2, bet 30-40 =1;
Females (010001), bet 5-10 = 1, bet 30-40 =1;

About 1835, son Jackson Marble was born in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan.

1838, Clyde Township, Whiteside County, Illinois:
The Township of Clyde is situated in the north part of Whiteside county and contains 22,925 acres. The land is rolling prairie and bluffs, interspersed with numerous groves of timber, especially along the water courses.

About 1838 settlers began to come into the town, among others Henry W. Daniels and Hugh Hollinshead. A Mr. Wing of New York, and Dr. H. H. Fowler of Indiana, then residents of Fulton, built a saw mill where the Brothwell Mill now is. This was managed by Butler E. Marble and his son Levi. Hugh Hollinshead, a millwright, and H. W. Daniels were engaged in erecting the concern. In connection with it was a grist mill or "corn cracker," which worked so slowly that it is said a man waiting for his grist could eat all but the toll while the grinding was being done.

In 1838 Wing laid out a "city" at the mill which was called "Genesee City." The "city" was great in its immensity. Lots were sold to eastern people, and several came on to inspect the new metropolis. They found a magnificent array of stakes, and but little else to speak of. Butler E. Marble, the miller, went to Oregon where he died.

Source: Whiteside County, Illinois, "History of Clyde Township" From Bent-Wilson History Book, 1877
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilwhites/town_histories/clyde_township.htm

Genesee Township, Early Settlers; 1838 - Levi Marble
In 1838,The First Mill: Butler E. Marble and his son Levi operated their mill. They also attempted to operate a corn cracker at the mill, but it wasn’t a success. Some people said they could crack more corn with a plumping stone. The mills were used only three or four months of the year because there was insufficient water in the races to provide power.

Source:
Some History of Whiteside County IL, Written by Landis Fay (1992),
Second Edition Edited, Transcribed and Contributed by Larry Reynolds April 2006
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/whiteside/landis.html


1840, 25 May; Marriage of MARBLE, Butler E. and CRAWFORD, Matilda, by Harvey Morgan, Probate J.P.
Source: Lee County Marriages, 1839-1865 {Illinois}

20 May 1845 - 23 July 1849, Illinois Public Land Purchase Records, E. Butler Marble:
__Name_________ Section_ Price___Total______ Date____ Vol Page Acres
MARBLE BUTLER E NWSE 00000 0000000 23 July 1849 709 046 4000
MARBLE BUTLER E W2SE 00000 0000000 23 July 1849 709 046 8000
MARBLE BUTLER E NESE 00000 0000000 23 July 1849 709 046 4000
MARBLE BUTLER E NENW 00125 0004978 26 March 1846 709 063 3982
MARBLE BUTLER E SWSE 00125 0005000 20 May 1845 709 060 4000

1850 United States Federal Census, Harlem Township, Carroll County, Illinois
Roll: M432_99, Image: 372, Page 372A, Line 38, Dwell/Fam 7
Butler E. Marble, 57, <1793>, NH, 2000;
Martha, 50, <1799>, KY; (Matilda Crawford)
Ansil, 17, <1832>, Illinois;
Andrew C., 3 or 8, <1846 or 1841>, ILL.

1851, November 04; marriage of Jehiel Butler Marble (son of Butler Emery Marble) to Anna Loveridge Drake in Carroll County, Illinois. Jehiel Marble's family migrated to Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio.

1852, 16 November; Butler E. Marble came to Vancouver, Washington from Carroll County, Illinois by the Oregon Trail.

1854, Butler Marble received a Donation Land Claim, (DLC). His sons, Ansil Sylvester and John Milton Marble came west at about the same time. Later, John went to Goldendale. John adopted his niece, the daughter of Ansil.

1859, Butler Marble built a gristmill on Salmon Creek. It is said that he lived on Burnt Bridge Creek.

Note:
Burnt Bridge Creek: A creek of many names. At one time, when a bridge crossed the creek at 4th Plain, it was called Bridge Creek. Then the bridge burned. In the 1850s, it was also called Stenegier's Creek, after a Hudson's Bay employee on whose land the creek ran. In 1865, it appears on the maps as Marble Creek, for Ansil Marble, on whose land it then lay. However, by 1885, it appears as Burnt Bridge Creek. The stream was Vancouver's primary water source until the city's wells were dug.

1860; Census Place: , Clark, Washington;
Roll: M653_1398; Page: 125; Image: 129.
Post Office: Vancouver
Line 17, Dwell 316 Fam 310
Name: Butler E Marrel Age 66 Birth Year: abt 1794 Birthplace: New Hampshire Gender: Male
Matilda Marrel Age 60 Birth Year: abt 1800 Birthplace: Kentucky Gender: Female
Andrew Marrel Age 13 Birth Year: abt 1847 Birthplace: Illinois Gender: Male
Elizabeth Marrel Age in 1860: 2 Birth Year: abt 1858 Birthplace: Washington (WT) Washington Territory Gender: Female
Sammuel Vaughn Age 25 Birth Year: abt 1835 Birthplace: Ohio Gender: Male


Clarke, Walla Walla, Washington

1866, Abt. April; After the end of the Civil War, Emery Butler age 72 died in Clarke County, Washington Territory.
Post Military Cemetery {1882 or 1849} next to
St. James cemetery at Fourth Plain Rd, & L Street, Vancouver, WA

Burial Site: Fort Vancouver Military Cemetery or Vancouver Barracks Post Cemetery

Post Military Cemetery, also known as Vancouver Barracks Cemetery and Military Cemetery;

The following are excerpts from the National Archive - Document No. 351000:
"The original post cemetery was in the northwest corner of the reserve, area 4 acres, enclosed by a strong picket fence. Total interments to 12 August 1882 was 314. Of these the number of officers, as far as was known was six; number of enlisted men whose record could be obtained 30; the remainder civilians or persons whose graves were without headboards or any other marks to designate who they were. Civilians were encouraged to reclaim and remove the remains of their relatives, about 72 disinterment of civilians occurred during the year 1881. The new cemetery, situated about 1/2 mile north of the old one, area 2 acres, was enclosed with a strong new picket fence. No new interments had been made to 12 August 1882. There was some dissention (local) to the disturbance of the burials for reinterment in the new post cemetery. Rather it was recommended that the old post cemetery be declared a national cemetery as had formerly been done by GO# 4 of 1875 subsequently revoked by GO of 1876. The original post was needed for expansion of the building area of the Reservation."

At present (15 April 2000) there are 1400 graves at Vancouver Barracks, 210 of which are unknown from the mid 1800's.
Source: Index of the persons buried at Vancouver Barracks, researched by Robert and Ruth Crouch
Url: http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/4458/vanbar.html
or http://robert-crouch.com/vanbar.html

Note: About Clark County, Washington;
Formed in 1844, and originally named Vancouver County (changed to Clark in 1849), Clark County is the oldest county in Washington state, and is home to one of the oldest settlements in Washington.

Note: Fort Vancouver Site
The site of Fort Vancouver, called Jolie Prairie, was located near a Chinook Indian village named Ske-chew-twa that was located on the site of the W.W.I. Kaiser Shipyards. Jolie Prairie was later named Fort Plain by the Hudson's Bay Company, and became the core of Fort Vancouver. The coniferous forests surrounding the plains provided a ready supply of timber for fuel and building materials. The streams on Mill Plain, six miles east of Fort Plain, provided a power source for both a grist mill and a saw mill.

Fort became the headquarters and principal supply depot for the Hudson Bay Company's "Department of the Columbia" and the center for the Northwest fur trade. It also became the western terminus of the Oregon Trail.

Statistics: {Butler Emery Marble}

Butler Emery Marble, the individual ancestor within the "MarblesAncestors" gedcom or database has 11 generations of ancestors, totaling 56 ancestors with 26 recorded marriages. Butler Marble's oldest recorded ancestor is Thomas Arnold, born 1468. Also, as of 7 December, 2003, Butler Marble has 7 generations of descendants totaling 409 descendants with 139 recorded marriages.
Database compiled by descendant/researcher, DeCody Brad Marble.
9 generations, 169 ancestors

• Married: 10 DEC 1815 in Fayston, Washington County, Vermont
• Note:

  State of Vermont, Washington County
  Street at Fayston
  on this 10th Day of December in the year of our lord 1815
  Emery Marble and Mary Laws of Fayston in the county of one said was duly joine in
  marriage by me Copher Carpenter, Justice of Peace
  and for record November 16, 1816 and recorded by Refus Burnett, Town Clerk.

1. Abel Marble b: ABT SEP 1815 in Fayston, Washington County, Vermont
2. Levi Marble b: 4 APR 1819 in Fayston, Washington County, Vermont
3. Jehiel Butler Marble b: 4 NOV 1820 in Essex, Chittendon County, Vermont
4. Mary Matilda Marble b: 1822 in Vermont
5. Ezra Stephen Marble b: ABT NOV 1827 in New York
6. John Milton Marble b: 27 FEB 1829 in Fulton County, New York
7. Ansil Sylvester Marble b: 30 MAR 1833 in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York
8. Jackson Marble b: ABT 1835 in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan

• Married: 25 MAY 1840 in Ogle, Lee County, Illinois
• Note:

  1840, 25 May; Marriage of MARBLE, Butler E. and CRAWFORD, Matilda, by Harvey Morgan, Probate J.P.
  Source: Lee County Marriages, 1839-1865 {Illinois}
  
  State of Illinois, Lee County
  To any person authorized by law of the State of Illinois
  in the said state to perform the rites of matrimony.
  You are hereby authorized to join in marriage
  Buttler E. Marble and Matilda Crawford and
  hereof make due return according to law.
  Given under my hand thi twenty fifth day of May A. D. 1840
  Isaac S. Boardman
  Clk Co Court
  
  Illinois Marriages, 1790-1860
  Name: Matilda Crawford
  Spouse: Butler E. Marble
  Date: 25 May 1840
  County: Lee
  State: Illinois
  Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT
  Microfilm: 0848652 items 4-6
  

1. Andrew C. Marble b: 1847 in Lee County, Illinois
2. Elizabeth Marble b: 1858 in Washington