Alonzo Marsh

Birth: Mar. 27, 1823 Cattaraugus County New York, USA Death: Mar. 22, 1906 Buchanan Berrien County Michigan, USA

Son of Thomas Marsh (born Oct. 24, 1784 in Mass.), and Damaris Baker (born Aug. 29, 1784 in Windham County Vermont, and died Sept. 12, 1854 in Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan). Thomas Marsh and Damaris Baker were married in 1805, in Ware, Hampshire County Massachusetts. --------------------------------- Thomas and Damaris Marsh were buried in the Kathryn Park Cemetery (a.k.a. "McCoy Cemetery" or "The Old Burying Ground"), with their son Elbridge Marsh. The remaining headstones found there (after the cemetery was ordered vacated), were later moved to the Oak Ridge Cemetery, in Buchanan, MI.
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Note. See the book titled: "Giving Several Thousand Descendants of John Marsh of Hartford, Ct. 1636-1895", by Dwight Whitney Marsh. Available from "Higginson Book Company" Salem, Mass. (Phone 508-745-7170). ___________________________________

Alonzo Marsh was married twice:

m. # 1. Euretta Constable Hathaway (1827-1860), on Sept. 6, 1849, in Niles township, Berrien County Michigan. Euretta died Feb. 13, 1860. Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery (Section 2, Lot 29).
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m. # 2. Leah R. Shook on Feb 13, 1862, in Bertrand (twp.), Berrien County Michigan. (Born 1837 in PA, died Aug. 29, 1891). Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery (Section 2, Lot 29).
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The six children of Alonzo Marsh and Euretta Constable Hathaway are: (Three sons and three daughters)
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1. (?) Sophia Marsh. b. 1851, in Michigan.
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2. Thomas Alonzo Marsh. b. April 8, 1852 in Berrien Co. MI. m. Margaret K. Fedore, on Oct. 13, 1878, in Berrien Co. MI. (Four of their children married siblings of the Keller family). d. Nov. 4, 1933, in Berrien Co. MI. Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery (Section C, Lot 38).
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3. Hiram Marsh (1853-1854). Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery (Section 2, Lot 29, with his parents).
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4. Lydia Marsh. b. about 1856, in MI.
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5. Emma Harriet Marsh. b. about 1857, in MI. m. Frederick Ludwig Ludke, on Oct. 4, 1884, in Berrien Co. MI.
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6. Nadah H. Marsh. (son) (1859-1859). Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Section 2, Lot 29, with his parents.
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The four children of Alonzo Marsh and Leah R. Shook are: (One son and three daughters)
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1. Willie Marsh (1864-1865). Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Section 2, Lot 29, with his parents.
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2. Nettie D. Marsh. b. 1866, in MI. m. # 1. John Frank Lister, on Sept. 6, 1888, in Buchanan, MI. Son of Rev. John White Redden Lister, and Luama McCoy. They had a son Harold Lister, born about 1890, in MI. m. # 2. "Mrs. Nettie D. Marsh-Lister" age 65, was married to Wallace Dalton Pitcher, age 78, on Dec. 17or 27, 1931, in Berrien Co. MI. Son of Ira D. Pitcher and Melissa Miner. d. 1943. Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery (Section 2, Lot 29, with Wallace, and her parents).
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3. Della Rebecca Marsh. b. Oct. 10, 1871, in Bertrand, Berrien County Michigan. d. Sept. 7, 1872, in Bertrand twp., Berrien County Michigan.
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4. Daughter Marsh. Died young ("before" 1891). ______________________________

Alonzo Marsh was a land owner, in the North-East part of Section One, of Bertrand township (Buchanan post office). (On Chamberland Road, East of Red Bud Trail).
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The following obituary for Alonzo Marsh was published in the "Buchanan Record" newspaper, in Buchanan, Michigan on Friday, March 23, 1906, page 2, column 4:
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Alonzo Marsh was born in Cattaraugus County, New York, March 27, 1823, and died of pneumonia at Buchanan, March 22, 1906. Aged 82 years, 11 months, and 25 days. He moved with his parents to Michigan in the year of 1845, and settled on the old homestead about a mile southeast of Buchanan [in Section 1, of Bertrand township], where he lived the greater part of his life. He married Euretta C. Hathaway, September 6, 1849, by whom he had six children, three sons and three daughters, of whom Thomas A., of his [this] vicinity survives him. His wife dying Feb. 1860, he was married a second time to Leah R. Shook, Feb. 22, 1862, by whom he had four children, one son, and three daughters, of whom one daughter, Mrs. Nettie Lister of this place [Buchanan], is still living. His second wife passed from this life Aigust 29, 1891. Mr. Marsh was a man of strictly temperate habits, industrious and of a quiet disposition. He will be missed by a large circle of friends. Funeral services will be held at the Advent Christian church, Sunday, at 2:30 p.m. Elder Chas. A. Shook officiating.
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Death certificate for Alonzo Marsh:
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Alonzo Marsh died on Front Street, Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan, March 22, 1906. Male, white. Born March 27, 1823, in New York. Died age 82 years, 11 months, and 25 days. Father - Thomas Marsh, born Mass. Mother - Damarius Baker, born Vermont. Widowed. Age 26 at first marriage. 10 children, 2 still living. Occupation - farmer. Informant - Nettie Lister [daughter]. Cause of death - Pneumonia. Contributory cause- Old age. Burial - Buchanan Cemetery [Oak Ridge Cemetery, in Buchanan, MI]. Undertaker - Richards Emerson, Buchanan, MI.
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Parents:

 Thomas Marsh (1784 - ____)

 Damaris Baker Marsh (1784 - 1854)

Spouses:

 Euretta Constable Hathaway Marsh (1827 - 1860)

 Leah R. Shook Marsh (1837 - 1891)

Children:

 Thomas Alonzo Marsh (1852 - 1933)*

 Nettie Marsh-Lister Pitcher (1866 - 1943)*

Sibling:

 Alonzo Marsh (1823 - 1906)

 Elbridge Marsh (1825 - ____)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery Buchanan Berrien County Michigan, USA Plot: Section 2, Lot 29.

Created by: Nancy Heib Record added: Jan 30, 2013 Find A Grave Memorial# 104418119