Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: John C. Marsh    
                Born: May- 2-1855          in Upshur Co, (W)VA  1,2,3 (see note 1)
                Died: Mar-17-1939          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  4,1
              Buried:                      in Halderman Cemetery, Lewis Co, WV  1
              Census: 1900                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Upshur Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
              Father: Jonathan H. Marsh   (1818 -     ) 
              Mother: Mary Margaret Morrison   (1822 -     ) 
                Wife: Melzimia Wagner   3  
                Born: ca 1855              in Highland Co, VA  3
                Died: bef Jun 1900          2
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Grover C. Marsh      
                Born: May- 4-1887          in Hurst, Lewis Co, WV  5 (see note 2)
                Died: Feb-11-1918           
      Cause of death:                      suicide by shotgun after receiving draft notice  
             Resided: 1917                 in Hurst, Lewis Co, WV  5
              Census: 1900, 1910           in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV   (see note 3)
          Occupation: 1917                 farmer  5
          Occupation: 1910                 farm laborer  6
           M Child 2: Kemper B. Marsh      
                Born: Feb-26-1891          in Doddridge Co, WV  7
                Died: Jul-  -1971           8
              Buried:                      in Rock Grove Baptist Cemetery, Rt 33/119, Pickle Street, Lewis Co, WV  1
             Resided:                      in Linn, Gilmer Co, WV  9
              Census: 1930                 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 laborer at odd jobs  10
                Wife: Martha M. Woofter  b. Jun-10-1895  d. Jun-10-1995  
             Married: Sep- 4-1915           11,10

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) 1900 Census, Lewis County, WV. 
(3) Birth record of son. 
(4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Ancestry.com online 
database) 
(6) 1910 Census, Lewis County, WV. 
(7) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Social Security Death Index. 
(9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(10) 1930 Census, Gilmer County, WV. 
(11) Doddridge County Republican, 9/9/1915. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Age 3 in 1860 Census would put birth in about 1857.
Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1888.  But his WW I draft registration
shows it as May 4 1887.
Note (3) In 1910, listed as hired hand Grover Marsh, 22, single, farm laborer (working
out), in household of Frank & Maggie (Margaret Albers) Rastle and their family.







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