Archelaus D. Marsh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Archelaus D. Marsh

politician from Celina, Ohio, United States

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1844

Place of Birth: Buford, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 26-May-1904

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Archelaus D. Marsh

  • Archelaus D.
  • Marsh was a politician from Celina, Ohio, United States.
  • He was Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives during 1884 and 1885. Archelaus D.
  • Marsh was born April 19, 1844 on a farm near Buford, Highland County, Ohio.
  • His parents were James P.
  • and Ellen J.
  • (Bachman) Marsh.
  • His father was a native of Virginia and his mother of Pennsylvania, both born in 1812.
  • His parents were married in 1842 in Hamilton, Ohio, and Archelaus D.
  • was their only child.Marsh lived on his parent's Highland County farm until 1868, when he moved to Sardinia, Brown County, Ohio, where he read law under the direction of W.
  • W.
  • McKnight and Chilton A.
  • White.
  • In 1872 Marsh was admitted to the bar in Georgetown, Ohio, and began the practice of law at Sardinia.
  • He moved to Celina, Mercer County, Ohio in October, 1874, and began a law practice there.Marsh was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1877, and was re-elected in 1879.
  • He was elected again in 1883, and with the Democrats in the majority, he was selected as Speaker of the House for the sessions in 1884 and 1885.In 1891, Marsh was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Ohio's fourth congressional district.
  • A long and bitter convention met at Greeneville for three days, adjourned for three weeks and met at Piqua for three days.
  • With no result, new delegates were elected, and a convention met at Eaton for three more days, when Mr.
  • Marsh withdrew, and Martin K.
  • Gantz was finally nominated after about three thousand ballots.Marsh was a delegate to the 1888 Democratic National Convention.
  • He continued as a criminal defense lawyer, before turning his energies toward representing railroad companies.Archelaus D.
  • Marsh was married to Mary Jane Thompson of Highland County in 1865.
  • They had children named Clayton, Clara, Nora, Vernie, Clarence, Arvesta, and Loree, and two who died in infancy.
  • Marsh was a Freemason.Marsh suddenly died of an "attack of heart trouble" in 1904.

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