Daniel W. Marmon (October 10, 1844 – May 10, 1909) was an industrialist from

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Biography

Born in

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, Marmon was orphaned at age five and raised by his industrialist uncle, Eli Stubbs. As a boy, 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

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, Daniel become an equal partner in the mill construction business, and the company was renamed Nordyke Marmon & Company. It became most notable for its automobiles. In 1882 Daniel and his wife Elizabeth purchased their property at 1100 East Shore Drive on

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's East Shore. It contained a small cottage and over time, the cottage was expanded and outbuildings constructed. Daniel and Elizabeth had two sons, Walter and

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, who founded the

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. Daniel W. Marmon died from

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at his home in Indianapolis on May 10, 1909, and was buried at

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Defunct companies based in Indiana People from Richmond, Indiana Earlham College alumni 1844 births 1909 deaths 19th-century American businesspeople Burials at Crown Hill Cemetery {{US-business-bio-1840s-stub