MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - William T. Marsh
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WILLIAM T. MARSH is a son of Shelby and Elizabeth J. (Jones) Marsh, and was
born June 24, 1843, in Giles County, Tenn., and was reared by a father who,
though very wealthy, was a believer in honest toil, and taught his sons to
work. He acquired a good rudimentary education, and
later attended Cumberland University. He then returned home, and has
followed the free and independent life of a farmer up to the present time.
He owns 930 acres of very fertile land, and is extensively engaged in stock
raising. In 1871 Amelia Jackson became his wife. She is a daughter of
Thomas R. and Elizabeth S. (Madry) Jackson, who were born in North Carolina
and Missouri, respectively. They both came to Tennessee when young, and
became the parents of ten children. The latter was a Democrat, and died in
1883. His widow still lives, and has attained the age of seventy-two years.
To Mr. and Mrs. Marsh were born three children-two sons and one daughter.
Our subject and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, and he is a stanch Democrat.

Surnames: Jackson, Jones, Madry, Marsh
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."