His uncle Lorenzo D. Marsh
After it was discovered that two of Lemuel's daughters, Amanda Jane and Rosanna, named sons Lorenzo D., a search was made of the census records, assuming that their "Lorenzo D.'s" were named for a brother. A Lorenzo D. Marsh, born about 1820, in New York, was found in the 1850 census for Jo Daviess County, Illinois.[i] A search was made of the deed records, and there were five deeds that gave enough information to assume that Lorenzo must have been Lemuel and Rosanna's son.
Lorenzo married Maria Kellogg, 27 February 1843, in Cattaraugus County.[v] One family source says she was the daughter of Amos and Laurana M. McIntire Kellogg. The book The Kellogs in the Old World and the New list Maria as the daughter of Erastus Kellogg. The marriage of Lorenzo and Maria was listed in that book, as well as Lorenzo's name being, Lorenzo Dewitt Marsh.[vi]
Lorenzo took two land patents on 1st July 1848. [vii]
Lorenzo and Maria had two sons, Joseph c. 1848, and Lorenzo Jr., August 1850.[viii]
On the 1850 “Harbinger” subscription list belonging to Joseph Marsh, Lorenzo was listed as a publishing agent.[ix]
It was later found that Joseph wrote about visiting his brother, Lorenzo, in Elizabeth, Jo Daviess, Illinois, in 1851, and baptizing him there. Joseph also wrote that at that time, he had not seen his brother, Lorenzo, in fourteen years. [x]
Another brother, Julius W. Marsh, wrote to Joseph to tell him of Lorenzo’s death.
"Bro. J.W. Marsh, Belvidere, Ill., Sept. 5, 1852, writes: Dear Brother: The knell of time has again sounded, and another member of our family has departed. But ere long the last trump shall sound, and the mortal bodies of those who have been sleeping for ages shall be called forth from their dusty beds, to be clothed with immortality and unfading youth and beauty at the first resurrection!
“I very much deplore the loss of my dear brother Lorenzo, and pity his little family. I trust they will be provided for. He rests in peace. Farewell, dear brother." [xi]
Maria died in 1852 at Fort Laramie.[xii] John Cason wrote that diaries of persons on wagon trains in 1852 showed that the travelers were plagued with a cholera epidemic along the Platt River approaching Fort Laramie. Lorenzo D., Maria, and Lorenzo Jr. likely died of cholera. It appeared the Marsh family was traveling with some of the Kelloggs as Maria's mother and two sisters were in California for the 1860 census.[xiii] The book, The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, also says that Lorenzo and Maria “died on the plains near Fort Laramie, Wyoming, 1852".
Thanks to Martin Peters for the info that Lorenzo's boy, Joseph, was likely the Joseph Marsh living in the 1870 census of Petaluma, Sonoma, California; in 1880, he was living in Vallejo, Solano, California, and in 1900, he was living in Calistoga, Napa, California. In the 1880 census, he had a wife named Mary E., age 26, born in Iowa. Joseph Marsh married Mary Evaline Miller 11 May 1873 in Sonoma, California.[xiv] The 1900 census shows Mary had passed away.
Thanks to John Cason for the info that Joseph appeared in the voter registration records in Sonoma County for the years 1867 and 1869, and in Napa county for 1888, 1892, and 1896.
- Lorenzo took out a mortgage with Joseph Marsh of Rochester, (named as gentleman) 10 May 1847.
- Lorenzo and Maria J. Marsh of Jo Daviess sold to Henry Rice (?) 5 October 1847.
- The mortgage between Joseph and Lorenzo was taken care of the 6th of April 1849.
- Joseph Marsh and Sarah Maria, his wife, of Rochester, Monroe County, New York sold to Lorenzo D. Marsh 6 April 1849.
- Lorenzo and Maria sold to Joseph Backus 8 May 1849.[ii]
Lorenzo married Maria Kellogg, 27 February 1843, in Cattaraugus County.[v] One family source says she was the daughter of Amos and Laurana M. McIntire Kellogg. The book The Kellogs in the Old World and the New list Maria as the daughter of Erastus Kellogg. The marriage of Lorenzo and Maria was listed in that book, as well as Lorenzo's name being, Lorenzo Dewitt Marsh.[vi]
Lorenzo took two land patents on 1st July 1848. [vii]
Lorenzo and Maria had two sons, Joseph c. 1848, and Lorenzo Jr., August 1850.[viii]
On the 1850 “Harbinger” subscription list belonging to Joseph Marsh, Lorenzo was listed as a publishing agent.[ix]
It was later found that Joseph wrote about visiting his brother, Lorenzo, in Elizabeth, Jo Daviess, Illinois, in 1851, and baptizing him there. Joseph also wrote that at that time, he had not seen his brother, Lorenzo, in fourteen years. [x]
Another brother, Julius W. Marsh, wrote to Joseph to tell him of Lorenzo’s death.
"Bro. J.W. Marsh, Belvidere, Ill., Sept. 5, 1852, writes: Dear Brother: The knell of time has again sounded, and another member of our family has departed. But ere long the last trump shall sound, and the mortal bodies of those who have been sleeping for ages shall be called forth from their dusty beds, to be clothed with immortality and unfading youth and beauty at the first resurrection!
“I very much deplore the loss of my dear brother Lorenzo, and pity his little family. I trust they will be provided for. He rests in peace. Farewell, dear brother." [xi]
Maria died in 1852 at Fort Laramie.[xii] John Cason wrote that diaries of persons on wagon trains in 1852 showed that the travelers were plagued with a cholera epidemic along the Platt River approaching Fort Laramie. Lorenzo D., Maria, and Lorenzo Jr. likely died of cholera. It appeared the Marsh family was traveling with some of the Kelloggs as Maria's mother and two sisters were in California for the 1860 census.[xiii] The book, The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, also says that Lorenzo and Maria “died on the plains near Fort Laramie, Wyoming, 1852".
Thanks to Martin Peters for the info that Lorenzo's boy, Joseph, was likely the Joseph Marsh living in the 1870 census of Petaluma, Sonoma, California; in 1880, he was living in Vallejo, Solano, California, and in 1900, he was living in Calistoga, Napa, California. In the 1880 census, he had a wife named Mary E., age 26, born in Iowa. Joseph Marsh married Mary Evaline Miller 11 May 1873 in Sonoma, California.[xiv] The 1900 census shows Mary had passed away.
Thanks to John Cason for the info that Joseph appeared in the voter registration records in Sonoma County for the years 1867 and 1869, and in Napa county for 1888, 1892, and 1896.
[i] 1850 U.S. census, Jo Davies, Illinois, Lorenzo D. Marsh.
[ii] Deeds of Jo Davies County, Illinois acquired by correspondence with the record office. The microfilming done on
them with the Family History Library was oversized, and page numbers were not available.
[iii] Place, Frank, Gazeteer of the State of New York, (1861, R.P. Smith)
[iv] Wikipedia for James Jesse Strang.
[v] http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/ny-marriage-cattaraugus-early.htm.
[vi] Hopkins, Timothy, The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, (Sunset Press and photo engraving Company,
1903).
[vii] U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management website, Illinois for Lorenzo D Marsh.
[viii] 1850 U.S. census, Jo Davies, Illinois, Lorenzo Marsh.
[ix] Information on file with the author, courtesy of David R. Graham.
[x] Information courtesy of Janet Stilson, Church of God Historian.
[xi] Marsh, Julius W., correspondence to his brother Joseph, courtesy of David R. Graham.
[xii] Hopkins, Timothy, The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, (Sunset Press and photo engraving Company,
1903).
[xiii] 1860 U.S. census California for Laurana Kellogg (1798), Marietta Witherill (1818 New York) and Cordelia Smith
(1838 New York).
[xiv] California transcribed marriages, FamilySearch.org.
[ii] Deeds of Jo Davies County, Illinois acquired by correspondence with the record office. The microfilming done on
them with the Family History Library was oversized, and page numbers were not available.
[iii] Place, Frank, Gazeteer of the State of New York, (1861, R.P. Smith)
[iv] Wikipedia for James Jesse Strang.
[v] http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/ny-marriage-cattaraugus-early.htm.
[vi] Hopkins, Timothy, The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, (Sunset Press and photo engraving Company,
1903).
[vii] U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management website, Illinois for Lorenzo D Marsh.
[viii] 1850 U.S. census, Jo Davies, Illinois, Lorenzo Marsh.
[ix] Information on file with the author, courtesy of David R. Graham.
[x] Information courtesy of Janet Stilson, Church of God Historian.
[xi] Marsh, Julius W., correspondence to his brother Joseph, courtesy of David R. Graham.
[xii] Hopkins, Timothy, The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, (Sunset Press and photo engraving Company,
1903).
[xiii] 1860 U.S. census California for Laurana Kellogg (1798), Marietta Witherill (1818 New York) and Cordelia Smith
(1838 New York).
[xiv] California transcribed marriages, FamilySearch.org.