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JOHN MARSHALL, farmer, P.O. Ash Ridge. Benjamin Marshall, one of Brown County’s pioneers and father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, where he was reared to manhood on a farm. He married Betsy Ashunhust, by whom he had nine children, three of whom were born in Pennsylvania; four of those children are still living. In 1817, he emigrated to Ohio, and settled in what is now known as Byrd Township, Brown County. Having arrived at his destination, he built for his family a log cabin, into which they could retire when the toils of the day were o’er. After becoming somewhat comfortably situated in his log-cabin home, he prepared himself for the more arduous duties of clearing off his timbered land. The hardships and self-denials which this, as well as other pioneers had to undergo, are too well understood by the intelligent reader, making it unnecessary to enter into the minute particulars of the same. After devoting a life of usefulness to his fellow-men and country, this old pioneer passed away about the year 1840. His widow survived him perhaps thirty years. John Marshall, our subject, was born December 15, 1802, in Pennsylvania, and, when about fifteen years old, his parents emigrated to Ohio. Like his father, he was reared on a farm, and received but a rudimentary education. He married Mary Campbell, daughter of Matthew Campbell, by whom he had thirteen children, four of whom are still living — Benjamin, Nathaniel, Wilson and Hannah. About two years after his marriage, he moved to a farm in the southeastern portion of this township, where he still resides. He is a pleasant, agreeable old gentleman, a liberal contributor to all enterprises having for their effect the rise and progress of the county or the elevation of humanity. Is the owner of 200 acres of land.