Nicholas Corbin MARSH & Mary Gordon HOLTON

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Nicholas Corbin MARSH
Mary Gordon HOLTON

Husband: Nicholas Corbin MARSH
Birth: 4 Aug 1833, Harrison Co., KY
Death: 20 Jul 1894
Occupation: farmer
Father: Nathaniel Corbin MARSH
Mother: Susan Ann RAYMOND

Marriage: 22 Apr 1856

Wife: Mary Gordon HOLTON
Birth: 19 Jun 1838, KY
Death: 14 Jan 1890
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Augustus F. HOLTON
Mother: Sarah Ann "Sally" BROWNING

Children:

— born in Kentucky, either Bracken Co., KY, or Harrison Co., KY:
1. Augustus F. MARSH, b. 5 May 1862
2. Matilda F. MARSH, b. 20 Apr 1865

— born in Buena Vista Dist., Harrison Co., KY
3. Thomas MARSH, b. 8 Jul 1870
4. John D. or B. MARSH, b. 1 Dec 1872
5. James Holton MARSH, b. 24 Jul 1879; d. 28 Mar 1957; bur. Salem Cem., Harrison Co., KY

Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229): not found, but there are no Bourbon, Harrison, or Nicholas County marriages on the CD.

2. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #255 of 268): Brooksville P.O., District No. 1, Bracken Co., KY, p. 255, PN 111, 750/750, enumerated 7 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Nicholas Marsh 27 M Farmer 2800 100 Ky

Mary G 22 F "

3. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 40): Buena Vista P.O., Buena Vista Dist., Harrison Co., KY, Roll M593_468, p. 101A, PN 11, 83/79, enumerated 11 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Marsh Nicholas C 36 M W Farmer Ky

_____ Mary G 32 F W Keeps House "

_____ Augustus 8 M W At Home "

_____ Matilda F 5 F W "

Cluff Anne 18 F W No Occupation Ky

4. 1880 Census: Every-Name-Index/Extraction (online at FamilySearch.org); Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #31 of 35): Buena Vista Dist., Harrison Co., KY, Roll T9-0418, p. 69C, PN 31, SD 4, ED 101, enumerated 21 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880: for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 21 24 25 26

263 270 Marsh Nicholas C W M 46 / Farmer KY KY KY

_____ Mary G W F 41 Wife / House Keeper KY KY KY

_____ Augustus F W M 18 Son / works on farm / KY KY KY

_____ Matilda F W F 15 Dau / At Home / KY KY KY

_____ Thomas W M 9 Son / / KY KY KY

_____ John B W M 7 Son / / KY KY KY

_____ James H W M ¹¹/₁₂ Aug Son / KY KY KY

John's middle initial here is definitely "B," not "D."

5. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6. William Henry Perrin, ed. 1882. History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky. O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago.

p. 692 NICHOLAS C. MARSH, farmer; P. O. Oddville; was born in Harrison County, Aug. 4, 1833; his grandfather, Thomas Marsh, came from Maryland, near Baltimore, in the latter part of the eighteenth century, and settled in Bourbon County; afterwards moved to Nicholas, thence to Harrison, where he died at the advanced age of eighty-four. Nathan C. Marsh, father of our subject, was born in Bourbon County, April 22, 1808; was elected Magistrate of Harrison, under the old Constitution, about 1849; he is still living, now a resident of Bracken County. Nicholas C. Marsh married, April 22, 1856, Mary G., daughter of Augustus F. and Sally Ann (Browning) Holton; they have five living children, named and aged as follows: Augustus F., born May 5, 1862; Matilda F., April 20, 1865; Thomas, July 8, 1870; John D., Dec. 1, 1872; James H., July 24, 1879; himself and wife are members of the Republican Christian Church; he is a member of the Blue Lodge (Masonic) at Cynthiana, and is also a Royal Arch Mason in the Chapter Lodge at the same place; was appointed by the Governor to fill out the unexpired term of Squire Whittaker's magistracy; at the expiration of this time he was elected by the people to the office for four years; served two years and resigned; he has also filled the local offices of School Trustee, etc.; he votes the Democratic ticket.

7. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

8. Bob & Cindy Francis. Root & Branch (personal genealogy site online at shawhan.com).

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