Sam Marin was born on Jun 16, 1866 in Michigan. Sam Marin, a prominent saloon keeper, was shot and fatally wounded on Feb 1, 1913 in downtown Bemidji. He was a brother to Sam and Henry Marin of Bemidji.
Mrs. Sam [Esther] Marin was born at Kingston, Ontario on July 4, 1867 and moved from there with her parents when at the age of four years to Euclid. Some years later she went to Crookston to live and it was there in 1894 that she was married to Sam Marin. Three years later they moved to Bemidji. Mrs. Sam Marin died of an attack of pneumonia at her home, 520 First street, on January 4, 1916. She had been ill but a short time, having contracted a cold while visiting at Hibbing before Christmas. She leaves a large number of relatives to mourn her death.
She was survived by a large number of relatives. Those who lived in Bemidji were her sister, Mrs. John Decoster; her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schultz; a brother, William Schultz, and six children, Mrs. Clarence Wintersteen, Elmer, Hazel, Luella, Stella and Margaret Marin, all of Bemidji.