Marsh, John L.

Born: 1806-XX-XX New York

Flourished: Tazewell County, Illinois

In 1836, Marsh lived in New Jersey and purchased federal land in Tazewell County, Illinois. By 1840, he had moved his family to Tazewell County, where he was a farmer. In 1860, Marsh lived with his family in Washington, Illinois, where he was employed as a merchant and owned $20,000 worth of real estate and $10,000 worth of personal property.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Tazewell County, 69:100, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Sixth Census of the United States (1840), Tazewell County, IL, 8; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Washington, Tazewell County, IL, 4.