History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 692.
[Harrison County]   [Sylvan Dell Precinct]

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; afterward 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 29, 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.

Marsh Browning Holton Whittaker
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Bourbon-KY Bracken-KY Nicholas-KY MD

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