Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Milford, Marshall M. 1816 - 1874
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Marshall M. Milford, one of the earliest, and for many years one of the most
conspicuous, citizens of Fountain county, was born in South Carolina, August 14,
1816, and came to Indiana with his father, Judge Robert Milford, in 1827. His
boyhood days were spent on his father's farm, where he improved such little
opportunity as he there had by reading law. He afterward took a course of
instruction in civil engineering at Wabash College, and was subsequently
appointed deputy clerk under Bloomer White, the first clerk of Fountain county
after its organization. Mr. White dying soon after his acceptance of the
clerkship, Mr. Milford served as clerk for the unexpired term, in the meanwhile
pursuing his law studies. In 1841 he was admitted to the bar. In the following
year he married Miss Maria J. Bartlett, of Warren county (a native of Virginia),
by whom he had seven children, four of whom, with the widow, survive him. He
continued in the profession of law to the time of his death, amassing a handsome
competence, and acquiring a high reputation throughout the Wabash valley region
for his probity, sound judgment and safe counsel. His popularity, wide
acquaintance and unblemished character often caused him to be sought for some
public position, but he uniformly declined all marks of political favor. In 1870
he was so prominently indicated for a congressional nomination that his
selection promised to be practically unanimous, and his election a certainty,
but he earnestly solicited his friends to withdraw his name. His success in
life, his great influence and popularity, depended entirely on his merits as a
private citizen. In personal appearance Mr. Milford was a remarkable man, over
six feet in height, and weighing two hundred and twenty-five pounds. His
imposing appearance and genial manner made him a conspicuous figure at the bar
and in public assemblies. During a trial in the Warren circuit court at
Williamsport, December 2, 1874, he was instantly stricken dead by apoplexy,
while apparently in the most robust health, and without a premonitory symptom.

Additional Comments:
Logan Township

Extracted from:

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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