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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Dr. George O. Marsh, practicing physician of Jackson Township, was born in Ouachita County, Ark., October 21, 1857, and is the son of William and Rebecca Marsh, the former of whom was a farmer and merchant of some considerable note in North Carolina, where he was born April 26, 1819, the latter also a native of North Carolina, and a daughter of John Young. They were married in Fayetteville, N. C, on January 30, 1845, and were the parents of seven children— four sons and three daughters—four of whom are now living, viz.: John R., Mary E. (the wife of W. W. Hales, a farmer of Columbia County, Ark.), William E., and the subject of this sketch. The family emigrated from their native State to Arkansas in January, 1849, settling in Ouachita County. The mother died in 1862, and in 1867 the father was married again and this time to Miss Amanda Butler, of Fayetteville, N. C, and had one child, Charles C. The father died July 21, 1885, the mother still living in Ouachita. December 3, 1879, Dr. Marsh was married to Miss Fannie V. Shell, who was born in Nevada County, Ark., October 16, 1861, and is a daughter of John and Nancy Shell, who were the parents of ten children-six sons and four daughters—viz.: Sarah J. (wife of Elmore May), Ona (now Mrs. W. S. Gladden), John E., Thomas J., Mary S., Everett E., who are living at the present time, and James O., Edward E. and Lucien W., who died many years ago. To Dr. George O. Marsh, he whose name heads the sketch, have been born four children, three of whom are now living: Lydia, Carrol C. and Leola. His medical education was attained in New Orleans in 1887 and 1888, and he first commenced to practice his profession in Nevada County, where his success has been very great. Both as a physician and a man, he stands high in the community. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Doctor is a stanch Democrat. Besides medicine, farming also occupies a great deal of his attention, and his farm of 300 acres is excellently cultivated after the most approved methods and designs.

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This family biography is one of 96 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Nevada County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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