Born in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Peabody
and Judith (Dodge) Peabody
Wife of
Caleb Marsh
— married
10 Mar 1827 in Danvers Essex, Massachusetts
Mother of
Othniel Charles Marsh
Died
at age 29
in Lockport, Niagara, New York, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Mar 2019
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Biography
Mary Gaines Peabody was a younger sister of George Peabody, a wealthy banker and philanthropist. She married Caleb Marsh. Mary (Peabody) Marsh died of cholera in 1834, when her son Othniel Marsh was 3 years old.
Sources
- White, Almira Larkin. Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts (Haverhill, Mass.: Chase Brothers, printers, 1909)
- Wikipedia: Othniel Charles Marsh
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