Marsh, Levi (1819 - 16 MAY 1893)

Obit: Marsh, Levi (1819 - 16 MAY 1893)
Contact: Stan Schwarze
Email: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: MARSH

----Source: CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.) 05/25/1893

Marsh, Levi (1819 - 16 MAY 1893)

Levi Marsh, one of the oldest Clark County residents, died at the home of his brother, Nelson Marsh, in the town of Grant, Sunday, May 16, 1893.

He came to Clark County in 1856, took a homestead in what is now the town of Grant, where he ad since resided. Although he was 74 years of age, he had enjoyed unusually good health up to about a year ago, at which time he had a stroke of paralysis from which he but partially recovered, and the effects of which caused his death.

He leaves behind him the record of honest conscientious man, and died in the Christian faith. His funeral was conducted by Rev. Evatt of this city, from the Maple Works Church on Thursday.

1880 Federal Census for Grant Township, Clark Co., WI
Name	Relationship	Status	Sex	Race	Age	Occupation	Father's Nativity	Mother's Nativity
Marsh, Levi	Head	Married	Male	White	61	Farmer	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania
Marsh, Diana	Wife	Married	Female	White	58	Housekeeping	Connecticut	Pennsylvania
Severs, Samuel	Son	Single	Male	White	15	At Home	New York	New York

***Notes: Levi was the son of Joseph & Samantha (Leonard) Marsh who were married July 9, 1805 in Otsego Co., NY. Levi was born in 1819 in Pennsylvannia. He married Diana Balch June 15, 1869 and died at the home of his brother, Nelson.

(Additional Note)

Don't know if anyone from our research line has responded to your posting yet but I wanted to let you know that Nelson & Levi Marsh were brothers to my husband's ggg-gm Susy Ann Marsh b.1817 who married Ezekiel Carr in 1836 in Middletown, Susquehanna Co, PA. Ezekiel & his wife Susy Ann moved to Herrick Twp/Herrickville in nearby Bradford County, PA by 1837 and lived their whole lives there. They had 10 children, my husband descending from the oldest son James Carr [child #2] who married Nancy Barnes. Both Ezekiel Carr * his wife Susy Ann Carr are both buried in Herrickville Cemetery not far from where my husband's relatives still live.

I believe Susy Ann's brothers went out to Wisconsin on account of bounty land granted to their father Joseph Marsh for his War of 1812 service. One of Susy Ann Marsh Carr's sons, Calvin L. Carr followed them out there about 1870 where he married and had 2 sons before moving back to PA about 7 years later. Mary Lou Benjamin, Athens, Bradford Co, PA