5: The Marples

They were carpenters, soldiers, bakers, confectioners and inventors.  They hailed from the British Empire, Virginia, West Virginia and Ohio, without almost never moving.  They were absolute patriots whose branches and roots filled the lands.  They went to war….sadly, against each other and some of them ended up in Charlotte, MI.   They were a little bit of this and a little bit of that, which is what this episode is going to be like and...might they be tied to our beloved Hastings family from episodes one and two?   Please let me introduce you to… the Marples. 

Music: St. Kilda Wedding by Harpo Marks

Sources: 
Newspapers.com
Ancestry.com
Family of Rollo Marple
The History of Knox County, OHIO, past and present by N.N. Hill Jr.
Battlefields.org
Pat Campion, Author of Charlotte Michigan Historical Homes, People, and Businesses
Albionmich.com article about Opera house by Frank Passic
Charlotte The Beautiful, 1907
Usa.ipums.org