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Jeremiah Marston

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Jeremiah Marston

Birth
Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine, USA
Death
11 Nov 1857 (aged 59)
Miltonville, Butler County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Miltonville, Butler County, Ohio, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.5004307, Longitude: -84.4650826
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Jeremiah Marston was born in Kennebec County ,Maine, March 19, 1798. His father was a Methodist minister, and is generally the case with the clerical profession, had but little of this world's goods to bestow upon his children. Jeremiah left his native state in the year 1819, and came to Butler County, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his days He made the journey. principally oh horseback, teaching school in the winters of 1819 and 1820 in Monroe. The latter year he went to Middletown, acting as school-master, and there are old men now in that vicinity who recollect being his pupils. He married Mary Ann Vail in 1821, and they lived either in Middletown or close by till March 1826, when they purchased and moved on what became their future home for life, the farm known as the Marston Homestead, situated half a mile west of Miltonville, Madison Twp. He was a leading man in the community in which he lived, having received a good education in his youth, and taught school six years. He was always a strong Whig in politics, serving one term as associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of this county. He died in Nov. 17, 1857 and the mother died Nov 14, 1855

From- A History and Biographical Cyclopeadia of Butler County Ohio, Published 1882.

Info provided by Vivian FAG #47765567

Jeremiah married 2nd Jane Vail, d/o Randal & Mary VanSickle, the younger cousin of Mary Ann Vail. Jane Vail Marston's will and probate records in Butler County, Ohio provided proof of their marriage, but no marriage record has been found. Jeremiah died without a will.

Jeremiah Marston was born in Kennebec County ,Maine, March 19, 1798. His father was a Methodist minister, and is generally the case with the clerical profession, had but little of this world's goods to bestow upon his children. Jeremiah left his native state in the year 1819, and came to Butler County, Ohio, where he passed the remainder of his days He made the journey. principally oh horseback, teaching school in the winters of 1819 and 1820 in Monroe. The latter year he went to Middletown, acting as school-master, and there are old men now in that vicinity who recollect being his pupils. He married Mary Ann Vail in 1821, and they lived either in Middletown or close by till March 1826, when they purchased and moved on what became their future home for life, the farm known as the Marston Homestead, situated half a mile west of Miltonville, Madison Twp. He was a leading man in the community in which he lived, having received a good education in his youth, and taught school six years. He was always a strong Whig in politics, serving one term as associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of this county. He died in Nov. 17, 1857 and the mother died Nov 14, 1855

From- A History and Biographical Cyclopeadia of Butler County Ohio, Published 1882.

Info provided by Vivian FAG #47765567

Jeremiah married 2nd Jane Vail, d/o Randal & Mary VanSickle, the younger cousin of Mary Ann Vail. Jane Vail Marston's will and probate records in Butler County, Ohio provided proof of their marriage, but no marriage record has been found. Jeremiah died without a will.


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