Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Marquess, James 1805 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   James Marquess, farmer, Fountain (Portland), second son and fourth child of
Kidd and Jane (Trussel) Marquess, was born in Louden county, Virginia, May 8,
1805. His birthplace was on the summit of the Blue Ridge, where he passed the
first sixteen years of his life. At eighteen he crossed to the east side of the
mountains to a little town called Union, where he learned the shoemaker's trade
with Thomas Jones, in whose shop he worked three years. In May, 1827, he went to
Leesburg, the county town, and engaged in making boots and shoes for the paupers
of Louden county. At Christmas, 1828, he went up on the Blue Ridge and embarked
in the coopering business with his brother till September 1831, when he came to
Dayton, Ohio, where be made this his principal employment during his residence
in the place. November 21, 1833, he was married to Miss Margaret Ann Berry, who
was born in Maryland, August 18, 1815. In 1835 he purchased sixty acres on Mad
river, in Clark county, Ohio, for $900, and they lived on this until the spring
of 1838, when they returned to Dayton. June 1, 1841, they departed from that
place for the west, And arrived in Rob Roy on the 9th. In the following autumn
he bought from Thomas Bodley the farm which John Stucker, son-in-law of Mr.
Marquess, now owns and occupies. This was entered in 1822 by George Johnson who
sold it to Bodley. Here Mr. Marquess and his family resided until March 1846,
when they moved to his present homestead. He has 190 acres in a body, about 130
acres being under the plow and in pasture. This is worth $9,500. Mr. and Mrs.
Marquess have reared nine children of their own and three belonging to other
parents. Following are the former: Serena Ann, wife of Samuel Smith, of Niles,
Michigan; Delilah Jane, deceased wife of David L. LaBaw; Mary Catherine, wife of
Dayton E. Coning; Nancy Ellen, wife of Jonathan D. Crane; William H., who
married Mary, daughter of the Rev. Simon Brown; Margaret E., wife of John
Crawford; Sarah A., wife of Simon Houts; Elda, wife of John Stucker; and George,
married to Eliza Ferguson. They brought up William Jemison, who was a soldier in
the late war, and afterward died; and Samuel F. and George M. La Baw, grandsons.
The father of these grandchildren, David L. LaBaw, was a member of the 86th Ind.
Vols., and was slightly wounded at the battle of Stone River. He was attacked
not long after with typhoid fever, and died in hospital at Murfreesboro,
Tennessee, April 4, 1863. William Marquess belonged to the same regiment and
served about six months, when he was discharged at Bowling Green, Kentucky, on
account of disability. Mrs. Marquess is a member of the United Brethren church.
Mr. Marquess cast his first vote for president for Gen. Jackson, in 1832. He
voted the democratic ticket till 1852, when he cast the only ballot for John P.
Hale that was deposited at the polls at Portland. He has been a republican since
that party came into existence.

Additional Comments:

Shawnee Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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