John Marvin "Marvin" Edgar 2 3
- Born: July 24, 1908, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa 3
- Marriage: Thelma May Lyons-Templin on October 1, 1932 in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois 1
- Died: September 1980, Masonic Nursing Home, Bettendorf, Scott County, Iowa at age 72 3 4
- Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa 3
 Noted events in his life were:
• Census, 1910, Flint River Township, Des Moines County, Iowa. 5 Marvin Edgar, son, male, white, 1 8(?)/12, single, born in Iowa, both parents born in Iowa
• Census, 1920, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. 6 Soundex Only: Marvin Edgar, son, age 11, born in Iowa
• Residence, May 23, 1939, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. 7
• Biography. John Marvin Edgar spent many of his younger days in bed, due to his bad heart and arthritis. When he was 14 the doctor gave him up for dead, yet the next day when the doctor came by John Marvin was sitting up in bed playing his guitar. These illnesses developed in him a great interest in books. He loved to read mysteries and play cards. He was very interested in science fiction and how the world would be in the future. He could play the following instruments, guitar, piano, zither (similar to an auto harp), violin, fiddle, and a banjo. All of these instruments were self taught, he played in many area bands. One zither he donated to the St. Louis, Missouri Music Museum, they have encased in a glass case with a golden plaque bearing John Marvin's name. It was a rare piece they were happy to get since so few of them are left in existence. He was an avid rock collector who made jewelry from polished agates. He was also an inventor who didn't patent his ideas since they were only created to make someone's (or his own) life a little easier, such as the beer can press from many years before they were marketed. He worked for many years as a welder before retiring from Dewey Portland, a cement plant in Buffalo, Iowa.
(from an ancestry.com online note in John's file)
• Social Security Administration Information. 4 John Edgar; born: 24 July 1908; died: September 1980; last residence: 65717 (Norwood, Wright, Missouri); state where issued: Iowa
Marvin married Thelma May Lyons-Templin on October 1, 1932 in Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois.1 (Thelma May Lyons-Templin was born on April 25, 1910 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois,1 died on September 11, 1994 in Fejerary Nursing Home, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa 1 and was buried on September 15, 1994 in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa 1.)
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