Harold was born in Hoxie, Lawrence County, Arkansas in 1914. He married Ruby Phillips in Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas in November of 1933. They had eight children, but only seven of them lived to adulthood. Harold and Ruby would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in November of 1983, but Harold was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in January of 1983 and died on February 11 of that same year in Newport, Arkansas. He was buried in his former hometown of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas.
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"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDF2-2F9 : accessed 19 October 2020), Hearl Marlin in household of Samuel T Marlin, Piney Fork, Sharp, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 140, sheet 6B, line 91, family 111, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 83; FHL microfilm 1,820,083.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMLF-H4P : accessed 19 October 2020), Harold Marlin in household of Sam Marlin, Campbell, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 12, sheet 2B, line 70, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 80; FHL microfilm 2,339,815.
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMKY-MBZ : 18 March 2019), Harold Marlin, 4 Nov 1933; citing Marriage, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 2,195,824.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQKW-9BF : 28 February 2020), Harold Marlin, Walnut Ridge, Campbell Township, Lawrence, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38-11, sheet 14B, line 78, family 295, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 148.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 October 2020), memorial page for Joe Harold Marlin (30 Jun 1914–11 Feb 1983), Find a Grave Memorial no. 86048531, citing Lawrence Memorial Park, Walnut Ridge, Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by SRS (contributor 47497996) .
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J59Q-W3P : 22 August 2020), Joe Marlin, Feb 1983; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Harold by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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