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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

          LORENZO DOW MARSH, one of Cass county's pioneers, was born
       January 1, 1818, in Gurnsey county, Ohio, where he lived until he
       reached manhood.  He removed with his parents, JESSE and RACHEL
       MARSH, to Indiana, where they (the parents) died, near Marion, Grant
       county. There the subject of this sketch and HANNAH MOORE, were
       married, October 28, 1841.  She was born January 4, 1823, near
       Dayton, Ohio.  Her parents, ISAAC and RACHEL MOORE, moved to Wayne
       county, Ohio, and later, to Indiana.  They both died in Bear Grove,
       their last years being spent with Mr. and Mrs. MARSH, who removed
       hither in 1860, thus becoming pioneers of what is now Cass county.
       Mr. MARSH says, "then we had no near neighbors except wolves." The
       first year he rented land and built a house and broke a little
       ground upon his present farm. His purchase was three hundred and
       sixty acres of land, to which they removed during the first winter.
       Mr. MARSH died on the anniversary of his birth, at his home here,
       aged fifty-five.  His widow retains the homestead, and one hundred
       and twenty acres, the balance of the land was divided among their
       children, of whom there were ten, eight are now living — ISAAC, of
       Villisca, Iowa; ENOCH W., of this township; EVELINE, wife of EPHRAIM
       MARTIN, of Lewis; JAMES, of Davis county, Iowa; WILLIAM, living in
       Holt county, Nebraska; RACHEL, wife of J. McFADDEN; RAY, of this
       county; LORENZO DOW and ALMEDA, at home.  Mr. MARSH was a member of
       the Second Iowa Cavalry, company D. He was discharged in consequence
       of injuries received by being thrown from his horse He remained in
       the hospital six months previous to his discharge.

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