Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2026 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== USGenNet Data Repository Notice: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ============================================================================= Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ============================================================================= History of Bay County Michigan pub. H. R. Page & Co., Chicago - 1883 [p. 62-63] ISAAC MARSTON, late associate of the Supreme Court, has recently engaged in the practice of law at Detroit, but it is impossible to separate liis name from the history of pro- gress in Bay City and County during the past twenty years. He was born in Ireland, January 2, 1839, his father being a small landed proprietor of English descent. His mother maintained and educated the children after their father's death. He determined to take his chances in the busy world on this side of the water, and in 1856 came to America, where he began his career by working upon a farm in Oakland County, where he attended school for two months. He was here with no advantages save his indomitable will and fixed deter- mination to make the best use of the talents given him, yet he has far outstripped the thousands whose surroundings made easy the way to success. In 1859 he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, and graduated in 1861. During a portion of the time he was in the employ of JUDGE COOLEY, with whom he afterwards sat upon the Supreme Bench. After graduating he practiced law for six months at Alma, Gratiot County, where he lost his library by fire. He then practiced for a short time at Ithaca, after which he came to Bay City. His career since coming here twenty-one years ago, has been one of continued improvement, not only in the extent and value of his professional work, but in the positions of public trust which he has been called upon to fill. March 18, 1863, he formed a partnership with HON. H. H. HATCH, which continued, substantially, up to 1874, when JUDGE MARSTON was appointed attorney-general by GOV. BAGLEY. This formed the strongest legal firm in Northern Michigan, and both of its well known members have acquired an enviable reputation as well as the more substantial evidences of the esteem in which they are held by the public. Before receiving the appointment above referred to, JUDGE MARSTON had acted in the capacity of justice of the peace, prosecuting attorney and city attorney, and was chosen State Representative, in all of them showing the same conscientious regard to the duties and responsibili- ties of his position as has characterized him in the higher honors to which he has since been called. In April, 1875, he was elected justice of the Supreme Court, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of JUDGE CHRISTIANCY to the United States Senate, and remained upon the bench until his resig- nation in February last. He has been a power in promoting the growth and development of the county, and his services are appreciated by its citizens. ===============================================================================