Notes for Edmund Bryce Duvall, Jr.

Notes for Edmund Bryce Duvall, Jr.

!US Census 1850 (28 June) Maryland, Prince George's Co., Vansville Division, Roll M432_295, Sheet 83, Page 42A, House No. 310, Lines 26-32: Edmund B. Duvall (b. 1826 - 24 - in MD - Occ: Planter - Property Value $18,000) married to Caroline D. (b. 1827 - 23 - in MD). Children listed (born in MD) are: Lansdale M. (son b. 1848 - 2); and Chatharine M. (dau b. 1849 - 1). ALSO LISTED are: Eliza C. Lansdale (mother-in-law b. 1780 - 70 - in PA); Gabrella Duvall (sister b. 1831 - 19 - in MD); and Mary Harris (b. 1772 - 78 - in MD)

!US Census 1860 (7 June) Maryland, Prince George's Co., First District, Laurel Factory PO, Roll M653_478, Sheet 9, Page 343, House No. 58, Lines 12-21: Edmond B. Duvall (b. 1826 - 34 - in MD - Occ: Farmer - Property Value $19000 + $24885) married to Caroline B. (b. 1827 - 33 - in MD). Children listed (born in MD) are: Lansdale (son b. 1848 - 12); Catharine (dau b. 1849 - 11); Augusta (dau b. 1850 - 10); Gabriel (son b. 1852 - 8); Edmond (son b. 1856 - 4); Gabriella (dau b. 1857 - 3); and Maria (dau b. Dec 1859 - 6/12). ALSO LISTED is: Jane Thompson (b. 1832 - 28 - in MD)

!Marietta House Museum
5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, MD 20769
301-464-5291; TTY 301-699-2544; Fax 301-464-5654
Built between 1812 and 1816 by Judge Gabriel Duvall. Probably built with slave labor and from bricks manufactured on the property or nearby. Grandson Edmund Bryce DuVal inherited the house and 325 acres upon the death of his grandfather in 1844. Edmund and his wife Caroline Lansdale DuVal lived at Marietta after their marriage in 1846. Their eleven children were born and raised there. EBDII died in 1878 and his wife Caroline in 1890. Great grandson and oldest surviving son of Edmund and Caroline, Gabriel DuVal bought the house and 95 acres from his mother's estate in 1892. He and his wife Elizabeth lived there with her two children and their four children. Elizabeth died in 1896; Gabriel sold the house in 1902 and moved his family to Baltimore. William and Mary Bowie bought the house and 95 acres for $5,250 in 1902 . They owned the house until their deaths in 1930. Having no children they left the house and property to a nephew. Hunter Bennett from West Virginia inherited the property in 1930. He never lived in the house but rented it as a tenant farm. Tenants, the Dodd family lived at Marietta from 1935-1941. The first electricity and flush toilet were installed in 1936. William and Mary-Eula Blair purchased the house and 95 acres in 1941. Among their improvements to the house were oak flooring over the worn and damaged pine floors, installing three full bathrooms, central heat and book shelves in the parlor. The last private owners of the house were Paul and Margaret Hale Scherer. They continued improvements to the property. In the 1950's Mr. Scherer designed and built a geothermal central air conditioning system for the house. Members of the 1950's NASA "brain trust" met and socialized in the parlor of Marietta. In 1968 the Scherers sold the house and 25 acres to the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission for $165,000 with a life tenancy clause. The Scherers that same year removed the old kitchen and built an apartment wing. They resided at Marietta until 1978 when they moved to Oregon. In 1980 the National Quilting Association entered into an agreement to use the house as their headquarters. That agreement was terminated in 1983. In 1985 the Prince George's County Historical Society were invited to make Marietta their headquarters. In 1989 with approval of the Commission they opened the house as a museum. In 1991 the Commission hired the first part time museum manager.