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| Enoch Marsh ** |
CHAPTER VIII North Fork SettledEnoch Marsh was born near Tollgate in 1804, and in his youn g manhood, was married to Miss Mary Ann Cline. daughter of Abraham Cline, who was born in January, 1808: and after spending the first few years of their married life at the old homestead near Tollgate, in March, 1836, they removed a little farther up the river and settled on the farm that is now the home of Ben Wilson, and from here they passed to their final home. He died on March 31, 1865, and his wife, on September 19, 1878, and both rest on their old homestead.CHAPTER VIII North Fork SettledTheir children were: Sarah Jane (Mrs. David McGinnis), Eli, Elizabeth (Mrs. John Douglass, of Cairo), Clarinda (Mrs. J. H. B. Cunningham, of Mole Hill), James, of near Ellenboro; the late Jefferson Marsh, of Harrisville; and Mary, Cathrine, Angelina, Eliza, and Ellen P. Marsh, who all died unmarried.CHAPTER VIII North Fork SettledA large number of prominent young people in the various walks of life in this and sister counties are descended from this branch of the Marsh family. Among them are H. E. McGinnis, the honorable County clerk; Prof. J. F. Marsh, one of the leading young educators of the State; Guy Young, of Glenville; and Harvey Marsh, of Ohio. Calvin Marsh, an editor in Washington state; Newton Marsh, of Cairo, etc ---------------------------------------------------- Enoch Marsh, the namesake of his grandson, was born in 1804 in Tollgate, WV, at the north for k of the Hughes River, south of Mole Hill. In March 1836, a few years after his marriage to Mary Ann Cline, they left the old family homestead (though they are buried there), and moved to a farm slightly up river, which later belonged to Ben Wilson. A cabin built fromtimbers from his cabin still stands not far from David Allen McGinnis's home. Parmenas M. McGinnis says some of this family, several generations removed from the old country, could still speak German. Enoch's children include Sarah Jane Marsh, the wife of David Allen McGinnis. Parents: Father: James William Marsh b: Abt 1770 in MarylandMother: Eleanor Hurst b: Abt 1770 in En gland Sources: Title: Ordinance Index (R)Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsPublicatio n: 1993 02 28 Edition Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific NorthwestAuthor: Jim Webe rPublication: ancestry.comNote: downloaded periodically 2001-2004. Updated frequently, with many sources.Note: jim.weber@nwintl.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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