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BIOGRAPHIES
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1798
PIONEER and GENERAL HISTORY of
GEAUGA COUNTY
with
SKETCHES OF
some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men.
Published by
The Historical Society of Geauga County,
1880
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Bainbridge Twp. -
HENRY F. MARSH, son
of Aden and Elvira Marsh, was born in East Herrick, Bradford
county, Pennsylvania. When he was three years old his father
died, and in his eighth year Henry became the step-son of
Colonel P. D. McConoughey, of Bainbridge, Geauga County, Ohio.
From this time Bainbridge was his home until he was nineteen, when
he enlisted in company F, of the One hundred and fifth regiment,
Ohio volunteer infantry. He was taken prisoner at the battle
of Chickamauga, Sept. 20, 1863, taken to Richmond, and kept in
prison two months. While he, with other prisoners, were being
transferred to Danville, Virginia, Henry escaped from the
cars and came within five miles of the Union lines, but was
re-captured and taken to Richmond again and kept in a dungeon two
months, and then placed on Belle Isle, where he spent the winters of
1863 and 1864. In April, 1864, he was removed to
Andersonville, where he spent the summer until September, when he
was removed to Charleston, South Carolina, from which prison he
escaped Sept. 20, 1864, and reached the Union lines at Hilton Head,
Oct. 7, 1864. As soon as he was safely on board the
man-of-war, from whose mast floated the Union flag, there came a
relaxation of his physical powers, and for a time it was thought he
would not recover. After two weeks he was taken to New York,
where he remained two weeks in the soldiers' home, and was then
brought to his home in Bainbridge. The exposure and ill
treatment he received while in rebel prisons so much impaired his
health that he was unable to endure much physical labor. In
the spring of 1867 he graduated at the commercial college in
Oberlin, Ohio, and in the fall of 1867 was nominated and elected
treasurer of Geauga county. In September, 1868, he took his
office, serving for the term of two years, and was re-elected in the
fall of 1860 and had served one year of his second term when he
became a victim to consumption, and died suddenly at the house of
E. V. Canfield, Chardon, Ohio, aged twenty-eight years.
Mr. Marsh was a young man of unquestionable
integrity, with much more than ordinary business capacity, and
highly esteemed by all who knew him. He was a gentleman of
unusual independence and will power. Although during the last
months of his sickness he was unfit to leave his room, yet by sheer
determination he continued about the duties of his office, and only
consented to be assisted to his room a few minutes before his death.
Thus he avoided what he had dreaded most - that in his last sickness
he would be a burden to his friends.
Source:
1798 Pioneer and General History of Geauga County with
Sketches of
some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men. -
Published by
The Historical Society of Geauga County, 1880 - Page
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Newbury Twp. -
ANSON MATTHEWS was born in Massachusetts in
1809, and in 1814 his parents removed to Ohio, and settled in
Mentor, now Lake county. The country being new, the advantages
for education were limited, and they could only give the rudiments.
But, through his own exertions, by untiring perseverance, he
acquired a good, thorough education, and was very successful as a
teacher for several years.
In 1829 he was married to Betsey A. Durand, who
was born in Connecticut, in 1804, her parents removing to
Painesville in 1806.
They settled in Mentor, and in 1833 removed to Russell,
Geauga county - then a wilderness - remaining on the same farm
seventeen years. The old home became noted for its
hospitality, and the warm welcome given to stranger as well as
friend. Always ready and cheerful in the discharge of every
duty at home, as a citizen and a neighbor, he combined, in a rare
and eminent degree, great mental capacity, executive ability, and a
genial, loving domestic nature. He was respected by the
business world, and loved by the many for whom he transacted
business. During these seventeen years there was not one but he
filled some office of public trust, serving two years as
representative to the State legislature in 1847 and '48.
In 1850 he left the farm and settled in Newbury, Geauga
county, engaged in the mercantile business, and was appointed
postmaster, where he remained until 1864, nearly all the time adding
to his own business and duties of notary public or justice of the
peace. At this time, his health failing, he removed to
southern Illinois, remaining there until 1870,when he removed to
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his sons having settled there some time
previous. His health continued to fail, and he suffered
intensely form a throat disease until his death, Apr. 24, 1873,
leaving his wife and a large circle of children, relatives and
friends, to remember his unexampled generosity, piety, and untiring
devotion to the cause of right. At home, or among strangers,
in private or public life, he was always the same kind and
considerate friend, always looking more to the interests of others
than his own, retaining with unscrupulous fidelity through life, a
personal integrity and a character above reproach, his name will
ever be remembered as a synonym of love, truth and fidelity.
Source:
1798 Pioneer and General History of Geauga County
with Sketches of
some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men. -
Published by
The Historical Society of Geauga County, 1880 - Page
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Burton - 1831.
MATTHEW D. MERRIAM
Source:
1798 Pioneer and General History of Geauga County
with Sketches of
some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men. -
Published by
The Historical Society of Geauga County, 1880 - Page
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LYMAN MILLIARD
Source:
1798 Pioneer and General History of Geauga County
with Sketches of
some of the Pioneers and Prominent Men. -
Published by
The Historical Society of Geauga County, 1880 - Page
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