Seth Orlando Marsh (1837 - 1899)

Born 17 Jan 1837 in Hancock County, Indiana, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Missouri Elizabeth (Tidd) Marsh — married 9 Sep 1858 in Hancock, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Feb 1899 at age 62 in Missouri, USA

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Biography

From Find A Grave: CIVIL WAR VETERAN

Capt. Seth Orlando Marsh was the son of Joseph Marsh and Hanna Rigby. He married Missouri Elizabeth “Molly” Tidd on September 9, 1858, in Hancock County, IN. To this union were born:

Mary S. Marsh 1860 – 1861 Clara E. (Marsh) Anderson 1868 – 1898 Lida Mae (Marsh) Hall 1869 – 1939 Howard Harrison Marsh 1871 – 1942 Bertie Belle (Marsh) Swafford 1872 – 1918 Gilbert Hayes Marsh 1874 – 1948

Seth served on the Union side in the Civil War. In 1861 he served 3 months in Company I, 8th Infantry Regiment, with a rank of Private. He later enlisted as a Sergeant in Company D, Indiana 51st Infantry Regiment, on 14 Dec 1861, and was promoted to Full Captain on 17 Jun 1865.

He served as one of the directors of the Black Hills School near Chillicothe, which opened in 1881, and he was responsible for building the fence in front of the schoolhouse in 1884. In 1896 he owned land along the Grand River in Smith Township, Carroll County, MO.

[Sources: Census Records; Article on Black Hills School by Mrs. Luther Boone, Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune, Feb 9. 1956; U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941; U.S. Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918]

Contributed by: Heartsong, #48040541, 28, May, 2015

Sources

• Capt Seth Orlando Marsh (1837-1899) on Find A Grave: Memorial #139012939 retrieved 25 April 2018

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJN-9GS), Seth Marsh in household of Hannah Marsh, Blue River Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).