JESSE A. MARSH
Jesse A. Marsh is a native of Grant county, Indiana, born August 8, 1844. He is a son of Benjamin and Mary Marsh, both of whom died in Grant county. Jesse A. Marsh and Margaret S. Howard were married November 6, 1868. She is a native of the same county, born March 2, 1846, and is a daughter of William and Ruth Howard. The former is now living with Mr. and Mrs. Marsh. The latter died in Grant county in 1875. Mr. Marsh came to Cass county in 1876, and purchased eighty acres of improved land in section 15, of Bear Grove township, where they now live. He enlisted February 1, 1865, in company D, of the One Hundred and Fifty-third Indiana Infantry, and served until the regiment was mustered out of the service. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh have no children of their own, but are bringing up a child, Delila J. Morehead, born July 22, 1868.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 718-719.
