Daniel W. Marmon

Daniel W. Marmon born in Logan County, Ohio on October 10, 1844, was an industrialist from Richmond, Indiana, United States.[1]

Daniel was orphaned at age 5 (see Maxinkuckee History) and raised by his industrialist uncle, Eli Stubbs. As a boy, Daniel W. Marmon spent a great deal of time visiting the E. & A. H. Nordyke plant, a maker of milling equipment.

In 1865, after his graduation from Earlham College,[2] Daniel become an equal partner in the mill construction business, and the company was renamed Nordyke Marmon & Company.[3] most notable for its automobiles.[4]

In 1882 Daniel and his wife Elizabeth purchased their property at 1100 East Shore Drive on Lake Maxinkuckee's East Shore. It contained a small cottage and over time, the cottage was expanded and outbuildings constructed.

Daniel Marmon died in 1909.

Sources

  1. ↑ Maxinkuckee History
  2. ↑ Ranker.com, Famous Earlham alumni.
  3. ↑ Gas Engine Magazine, History of the Nordyke and Marmon Company
  4. ↑ American Automobiles, Marmon 1902-1908.


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