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Josiah Marsh

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Josiah Marsh

Birth
Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Death
unknown
Burial
Cremated. Specifically: Body lost or destroyed. Add to Map
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Josiah Marsh
*Josiah Marsh and his Wife Leannah Jane Bell Marsh came by ox team to The Dalles in 1854, filing on their Donation Land Claim on what is now called the Marsh Gravel Pit Ranch in 1854. The Marsh family had much trouble with the Indians and sought shelter in the safety of the woods on many nights. Their Son Abel Yeoma Marsh, who was born in Iowa in 1847, came west with his parents to Marsh flat in 1854.

*Josiah married Leannah Jane Bell on January 6 1848 in Wapello County, Iowa.

*Records show that Josiah and Leannah were divorced in 1869.

They had eight Children:

Abel Yeoma Marsh
1849–1911
Sarah Joanne Marsh Van Bebber Gibons Wylie
1850–1915
Mary Jane Marsh Lamb Willis
1854–1936
Emily Marsh
1857–1857
Andrew Jackson Marsh
1858–1885
Josiah M. Marsh
1860–1923
Josephine Jane Marsh McClure
1862–1880
Franklin V. Marsh
1864–1934
Josiah Marsh
*Josiah Marsh and his Wife Leannah Jane Bell Marsh came by ox team to The Dalles in 1854, filing on their Donation Land Claim on what is now called the Marsh Gravel Pit Ranch in 1854. The Marsh family had much trouble with the Indians and sought shelter in the safety of the woods on many nights. Their Son Abel Yeoma Marsh, who was born in Iowa in 1847, came west with his parents to Marsh flat in 1854.

*Josiah married Leannah Jane Bell on January 6 1848 in Wapello County, Iowa.

*Records show that Josiah and Leannah were divorced in 1869.

They had eight Children:

Abel Yeoma Marsh
1849–1911
Sarah Joanne Marsh Van Bebber Gibons Wylie
1850–1915
Mary Jane Marsh Lamb Willis
1854–1936
Emily Marsh
1857–1857
Andrew Jackson Marsh
1858–1885
Josiah M. Marsh
1860–1923
Josephine Jane Marsh McClure
1862–1880
Franklin V. Marsh
1864–1934


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