Volume 037-1 - January 1983 (8 pages)

would living in a hotel. John and Dan stayed with them whenever they were in town, a real challenge to a new housewife. However, her mother or sisters Maggie and Hittie, were often there to lend a helping hand. It was here their first child, Sherman Ward Marsh was born in 18652 He was appropriately named for General Sherman, who had completed his famous march from Atlanta to the sea just a few months before. M.L.’s mother in Antrim, Ohio, sent the following message. “‘Oh, I would like to see my little grandson. Do send a picture soon.” John Marsh, who had returned home to his wife Mary, the summer of 1865, and was teaching school in Burlington, Iowa, wrote on January 21, 1866, “We have just received your kind letter and hasten to answer as it contained the photograph of a rather good looking boy for you to be the papa of. I put him in the album beside his Uncle John..He looks like he is hunting mischief. He had changed considerable in his looks since I left.” The second child, Maria Jane, arrived in 1866, the third, Charles Teterick in 1868, and John Henzo Marsh in 1869.3 The 1860’s were profitable years for the firm of Perry and Marsh. On March 9, 1863, they purchased the Apperson Ranch containing 160 acres and a sawmill seven miles above Nevada City on the Old Washington Road through Willow Valley. An additional 567 acres of timber bounded by Rock Creek was bought the same day. A.B. Gregory, a local grocer, investing in lumber, depended on his partner, Sam Boring, to manage their enterprise. When Boring wanted out and sold his interest to Perry and Marsh in 1863, Gregory bought into the firm, and the company became known as Gregory, Perry and Marsh. The new annexation included the 1425 acre Gregory and Boring tract on the Red Dog Road, their Central Springs sawmill, landon Piety Hill where once stood Nevada City’s first sawmill, (corner of Zion and Sacramento Streets), and acreage on Hunt’s Hill with a two-story wooden building known as the Murphy and Erskine Saloon.s5 After the death of Sam Perry in 1866, Dan Marsh became a partner in the company. The new firm of Gregory, M.L. and D. Marsh purchased Perry’s share including a brick store (still standing at 303 Broad Street), a stable near the Pine Street bridge, a lot on Main near the corner of Church, and the Monondock Quartz Claim on Sacramento Street. In December, 1866, the Crystal Springs Ranch on the Red Dog Road was purchased from Earl Wanamake, and the following year the William’s Ranch, two and a half miles from Nevada City on Little Deer Creek was acquired. Public lands amounting to 320 acres in township 16, between the Red Dog Road and Banner Mountain, were obtained from the State of California in 1869. It can truly be said the 1860’s were years of expansion for the firm of Gregory, M.L. and D. Marsh. There was one piece of ground, however, that M.L. purchased in 1867 for his very own, the location of the present Marsh-Christie home on Boulder Street. M.L. MARSH AND CHILDREN (Left to right: Maria Jane, Sherman, Charles and John) The beginning of the 1870’s proved to be even brighter than those of the 1860's. M.L. became more and more involved in community enterprises. He served on the Board of Supervisors for one term, 1871-1874, and as one of the Trustees of the Episcopal Church, helped to purchase the red brick school house in 1871 on the corner of Nevada and High Streets as a place or worship. In 1872 he became a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Nevada County, and served on the Board of Equalization in 1873. In partnership with Dr. R. M. Hunt, a hall was built in 1872, and leased as a skating rinks Each partner received a monthly rent of $30.00 on this building. Roller skates were made from the wood of locust trees at that time. Earlier affiliations in which he remained active, were the Masonic Lodge, No. 13 F. and A.M., having joined in 1857, the Nevada Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in 1858, and Nevada Commandary, No. 6, Knight Templars, serving it as Captain General in 1865, and treasurer for the terms of 1872 and 1873. He became a volunteer fireman in 1861 when Nevada Hose Company #1 was organized, receiving his exempt certificate in 1870. It is said his wife felt his many activies left him little time for his family. In his diary of 1872 he noted with pride on February 12: “Sherman started to the public school today and appears well pleased with the change.7 Excerpts from his diary for the month of January, 1873, reflect his mental well being: January 1: Prospects are good for mining and farming. Our Lumber season has been good and I feel grateful. January 2: Went to Grass Valley collecting. Did not get any money, but good a, promises.

would living in a hotel. John and Dan stayed with them whenever they were in town, a real challenge to a new housewife. However, her mother or sisters Maggie and Hittie, were often there to lend a helping hand. It was here their first child, Sherman Ward Marsh was born in 18652 He was appropriately named for General Sherman, who had completed his famous march from Atlanta to the sea just a few months before. M.L.’s mother in Antrim, Ohio, sent the following message. “‘Oh, I would like to see my little grandson. Do send a picture soon.” John Marsh, who had returned home to his wife Mary, the summer of 1865, and was teaching school in Burlington, Iowa, wrote on January 21, 1866, “We have just received your kind letter and hasten to answer as it contained the photograph of a rather good looking boy for you to be the papa of. I put him in the album beside his Uncle John...He looks like he is hunting mischief. He had changed considerable in his looks since I left.” The second child, Maria Jane, arrived in 1866, the third, Charles Teterick in 1868, and John Henzo Marsh in 1869.3 The 1860’s were profitable years for the firm of Perry and Marsh. On March 9, 1863, they purchased the Apperson Ranch containing 160 acres and a sawmill seven miles above Nevada City on the Old Washington Road through Willow Valley. An additional 567 acres of timber bounded by Rock Creek was bought the same day. A.B. Gregory, a local grocer, investing in lumber, depended on his partner, Sam Boring, to manage their enterprise. When Boring wanted out and sold his interest to Perry and Marsh in 1863, Gregory bought into the firm, and the company became known as Gregory, Perry and Marsh. The new annexation included the 1425 acre Gregory and Boring tract on the Red Dog Road, their Central Springs sawmill, landon Piety Hill where once stood Nevada City’s first sawmill, (corner of Zion and Sacramento Streets), and acreage on Hunt’s Hill with a two-story wooden building known as the Murphy and Erskine Saloon.s5 After the death of Sam Perry in 1866, Dan Marsh became a partner in the company. The new firm of Gregory, M.L. and D. Marsh purchased Perry’s share including a brick store (still standing at 303 Broad Street), a stable near the Pine Street bridge, a lot on Main near the corner of Church, and the Monondock Quartz Claim on Sacramento Street. In December, 1866, the Crystal Springs Ranch on the Red Dog Road was purchased

from Earl Wanamake, and the following year the William’s Ranch, two and a half miles from Nevada City on Little Deer Creek was acquired. Public lands amounting to 320 acres in township 16, between the Red Dog Road and Banner Mountain, were obtained from the State of California in 1869. It can truly be said the 1860’s were years of expansion for the firm of Gregory, M.L. and D. Marsh. There was one piece of ground, however, that M.L. purchased in 1867 for his very own, the location of the present Marsh-Christie home on Boulder Street. M.L. MARSH AND CHILDREN (Left to right: Maria Jane, Sherman, Charles and John) The beginning of the 1870’s proved to be even brighter than those of the 1860's. M.L. became more and more involved in community enterprises. He served on the Board of Supervisors for one term, 1871-1874, and as one of the Trustees of the Episcopal Church, helped to purchase the red brick school house in 1871 on the corner of Nevada and High Streets as a place or worship. In 1872 he became a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Nevada County, and served on the Board of Equalization in 1873. In partnership with Dr. R. M. Hunt, a hall was built in 1872, and leased as a skating rinks Each partner received a monthly rent of $30.00 on this building. Roller skates were made from the wood of locust trees at that time. Earlier affiliations in which he remained active, were the Masonic Lodge, No. 13 F. and A.M., having joined in 1857, the Nevada Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in 1858, and Nevada Commandary, No. 6, Knight Templars, serving it as Captain General in 1865, and treasurer for the terms of 1872 and 1873. He became a volunteer fireman in 1861 when Nevada Hose Company #1 was organized, receiving his exempt certificate in 1870. It is said his wife felt his many activies left him little time for his family. In his diary of 1872 he noted with pride on February 12: “Sherman started to the public school today and appears well pleased with the change.7 Excerpts from his diary for the month of January, 1873, reflect his mental well being: January 1: Prospects are good for mining and farming. Our Lumber season has been good and I feel grateful. January 2: Went to Grass Valley collecting. Did not get any money, but good a, promises.