MARSH, MULFORD

MARSH, MCDANIEL, MORTON, MULFORD, ADAMS, KERNY, LUTHER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/12/2019 at 22:40:32

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MARSH, MULFORD, farmer. Sec 22 ; P. O. Fort Madison ; son of James Marsh, who was born in Preble Co., Ohio, in 1802. There married Annie McDaniel, who was born in Kentucky, in 1808; they first settled in South Carolina, returned to Ohio, and, in 1840, to this county, where they lived for thirty years, and, in 1870, removed to Anderson Co., Kan., where he died in 1873, his wife having died in 1872, they raised a family of six children— Mary A., born in Preble Co., married A. H. Morton, of Lee Co., and died in this township in May, 1870, at 47 years of age ; Martha, who became the third wife of A. H. Morton, died January, 1874, aged 42 years ; the third Mulford, born in Preble Co., Ohio, in 1838, was 2 years of age when brought to this county by his parents, who settled on the farm where he now resides, consisting of 80 acres, which he values at $45 per acre. Nov. 18, 1857, he married Miss Melinda Marsh, daughter of Samuel H. Marsh, also from Preble Co., a resident of California since 1853 ; she was born in Lee Co., in 1841 ; they have one child—Belle, born April 12, 1859 ; Mr. M.'s sister, Lucinda, married David Adams,, of Harrison Co., Ohio, and died January, 1865 ; his brother Stephen married Maria Kerny, and died in Anderson Co., Kan., September, 1874 ; his wife in August of the same year; Harrison, the youngest brother, married Emily Luther ; died in same county, Kansas, September, 1868.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879