Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - Ko tana tuakana, ko John Q. Marr (1825<unk>1861), i whakaako i te Virginia Military Institute (VMI) hei kaihauturu kaiwhakaako mo te pangarau me te rautaki i muri i tana tohu, engari i hoki mai ia ki te kaainga i te 1848 ki te tiaki i tona whaea me ona tuahine Sarah / Sally (1819-1895), Margaret (1830-1903), Frances, me Jane (1840-1927). Ko ona tuakana, ko Thomas Scott Marr (1830-1897) me James Ripon Marr (1832-1879), i wehe atu i te kaainga i te tau 1850. Ko tana tuakana, ko Robert Athelstan Marr (1823-1854), he Lieutenant i te United States Navy; i uru ia ki te Pakanga o Mexico-American; i pupuhi i te pupuhi tuatahi i te whakaeke moana ki Vera Cruz
; a i ngaro i te Moana Karipiana me te katoa o te kaipuke USS "Albany", i te Oketopa, 1854.