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History of Cass County, Iowa
Continental Historical Company
Springfield, ILL; 1884

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                                CHAPTER XXVII
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                             BEAR GROVE TOWNSHIP
                               Early Settlement

          EZRA M. MARSH is a native of Grant county, Indiana, born January
       16, 1840.  He is a son of ENOCH and SIDNIE MARSH.  ENOCH MARSH with
       two of his daughters, MARGARET and MINERVA, came to Cass county in
       the fall of 1870, and bought a farm in section 22, Bear Grove town-
       ship.  The following spring he was joined by his wife, who was in
       feeble health having suffered from a paralytic stroke. She died in
       this township in 1876.  ENOCH MARSH has since his wife's death,
       lived a portion of the time, with his son EZRA, and the remainder of
       his time at Atlantic.  EZRA MARSH came to Cass county in the fall of
       1871. He was accompanied by his wife and two children. The first
       year they lived on the farm with his father, then settled on the
       farm they now occupy. It contains one hundred and sixty acres,
       located on sections 22 and 27. His residence is on 27.  He was
       married June 6, 1860, in Grant county, Indiana, to MARY LOUISA
       EVANS, daughter of WILLIAM M. EVANS.  She was born January 1, 1844.
       EZRA MARSH enlisted in September 1863, in Company K, Fortieth
       Indiana Volunteer Infantry, as a recruit and joined the regiment
       at Columbia, Tennessee. He was in the famous battle at Franklin,
       Tennessee, in December 1864, and later at Nashville, and with
       GENERAL THOMAS in pursuit of HOOD'S array as long as that army had
       an existence. They were in winter quarters at Huntsvilla, Alabama.
       He was honorably discharged June 16, 1865.  Mr. and Mrs. MARSH have
       five children — ALICE M., ROSA BELLE, JOSEPH R., MINNIE and GEORGE
       LEROY.

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