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Notes for John Craig MARSH

See...St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, Heirship Series: Vol ..., Book 1; Books 1811-1829
By Mary E Sanders
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STEWART CRAIG MARSH.
The grandfather of the subject of this biographical
sketch was Moses Marsh, who early settled in what is
now known as Linden township of Union County,
N. J., having been one of three branches of the
family who chose this location as a future home.
He was married to Miss Eunice Alston, and had four
children, among whom were Jonathan Alston Marsh
and Ann, who became Mrs. Craig. The former mar-
ried Miss Sarah Craig, to whom were born four chil-
dren, — Mary, who married William Stone; John
Craig Marsh ; Jonas Marsh, who married the daughter
of Dr. Morse, of Elizabeth, N. J. ; and Stewart Craig
Marsh. Jonathan Alston Marsh resided on the land
which had been the home of his father. This remains
sacred as a family inheritance, and the homestead,
with its hallowed associations, wherein successive gen-
erations have lived, is still in possession of one of the
members of the family. Here Stewart Craig Marsh
was born July 24, 1792, and in and about the "old
home" the early years of his life were spent. He
attended school at Morristown, and later entered the
office of Dr. Stewart Craig, of Rahway, as a medical
student, after which he continued his studies with
Dr. Morse, of Elizabeth, N. J. After his graduation
he removed to " the Attakapas," in the State of
Louisiana, at which place both his brothers, John and
Jonas, lived and died at an advanced age.
Stewart Craig Marsh married Miss Mary Baldwin
daughter of Mr. Samuel Baldwin, in 1821, his brothei
John having married a sister. After a period of two
years spent in the practice of his profession at the
South he returned to the North and embarked in
mercantile pursuits with John Compton. This busi-
ness was continued for thirty years in Pearl Street,
New York City.
His daughter, Sarah Craig Marsh, who married
Mr. Hugh Auchincloss, is the present occupant of the
old homestead. The Auchincloss family are of Scotch
descent, and were first represented in New York by
Hugh Auchincloss, who came to America in 1803
and died in 1855. Mr. Hugh Auchincloss is his only
surviving son. Mrs. Marsh having died in 1828, Mr.
Marsh married for his second wife Miss Amelia Martha
Bulkley, daughter of John Bulkley, of Connecticut,
to whom were born two sons, — John Alston Marsh
and Stewart Craig Marsh, who grew to manhood.
Mr. Stewart Craig Marsh was in his political predi-
lections a Henry Clay Whig, and while interested in
the furtherance of the principles espoused by his party,
rarely participated in the annual contests or shared
in the official rewards which follow party service.
He was essentially the perfect type of the old-
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HISTORY OF UNION AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES, NEW JERSEY.
school gentleman, of commanding presence, with
courtesy of manner and a dignified reserve, which
while it repelled intrusion was altogether free from
arrogance. He was a man of irreproachable char-
acter and of fine moral instincts. Mr. Marsh was a
supporter of the service of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, which he preferred.
His death occurred Nov. 30, 1877, in his eighty-
third year, at the homestead, and in the same apart-
ment which was the scene of his birth so many years
before.
[Ed. W. Woodford Clayton.
History of Union and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey with Biographical Sketches of many of their Prominent Men...]

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