John G. Marler (died 1877) was a state legislator in North Carolina. He served two terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives and then served in the North Carolina Senate.[1][2]

He was born in Virginia.[1] He lived in Yadkin County and represented counties including Yadkin County and Alleghany County. He married Sallie Stimpson and had five children including William H. Marler.[1]

General E. R. S. Canby appointed him to a seat at the 1868 Constitutional Convention in Raleigh.[3] He represented Yadkin County.[4]

John M. Marshall replaced him in the North Carolina House in 1868 after a committee's ruling on the election.[5]

In 1877 his widow was awarded his per diem.[6]

There is a book about the Marler family's history.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "History of North Carolina: North Carolina biography, by special staff of writers". Lewis Publishing Company. December 30, 1919 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "A Manual of North Carolina". North Carolina Historical Commission. December 30, 1913 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Agriculture, North Carolina Department of; Polk, Leonidas La Fayette (December 30, 1879). "Hand Book of North Carolina: Embracing Historical and Physiographical Sketches of the State, with Statistical and Other Information Relating to Its Industries, Resources and Political Condition". Raleigh News Steam Book and Job Print – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "North Carolina. Constitutional Convention (1868). Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of North-Carolina, at Its Session 1868".
  5. ^ Convention, North Carolina Constitutional (December 30, 1868). "Constitution of the State of North-Carolina: Together with the Ordinances and Resolutions of the Constitutional Convention, Assembled in the City of Raleigh, Jan. 14th, 1868". J. W. Holden, convention printer – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Carolina, North (December 30, 1877). "Acts Passed by the General Assembly of the State of North-Carolina". J. Gales & Son – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Manuel, Sherry Wilson; Marler, Don C.; Marler, Kimble (1996). The Marler Family History. ISBN 9781887745062.