My Genealogy Hound

John R. Marsh is a member of a distinguished family whose name and popularity extend from limit to limit of Nevada County, and one to whom universal admiration and esteem is accorded by their acquaintance, even throughout the expanse of the State in which they make their home. The parents of this illustrious family, William and Rebecca Marsh, were natives of North Carolina, married in that State, and emigrated from there to Arkansas in 1849, settling in Ouachita County. The subject of this sketch was only two years old at the time the family came to the State of Arkansas, and in this State his youth was passed and his education gained. With an excellent mind and careful instruction, Mr. Marsh rapidly acquired the splendid business education that has rendered him successful in all his undertakings and an ornament to the business circles of his neighborhood. On January 18, 1872, he married a most charming lady— Miss Hellen R. Gladden, daughter of James E. and Mary M. Gladden, and of this union have been born six children—three sons and three daughters— but death claimed two of them, Edna K, and Willie R., leaving only Ida R., Claud R., Lillie J. and John C. alive at the present writing. Mr. Marsh was among the brave men who served his country faithfully in the late war, enlisting in 1863 under Capt. W. J. Blake, and fighting until the close of the war, when he surrendered at Marshall, Tex., after which he returned home to devote time and attention to farming, and is today the owner of a valuable estate of 454 acres of land which are highly cultivated.