"I was born 15 April 1830. My place of birth was in the State of New York, Cattaraugus County, the town of Randolph. My father, Josiah Marsh, belonged to the Bible Christian religion. He was married to my mother, Sally Powell, in 1826. Their first child was a girl, the only child they had except myself. My mother believed and worshiped with the Methodist persuasion. Differing in their religious views did not affect their happiness. They believed that if they were good, moral people, they would be saved as well in one church as another. My father, about the time of my birth, met with an accident which caused his death. In cutting the lock of a hoop with a very sharp pointed knife, he let it slip into his leg just above the knee. He was laid up with it for some time; but being a man of great ambitions, he went to work before it was sound, which proved fatal to him and ended in his death. He died in 1831 (29 March) leaving my mother with my sister, Jane, and myself." George Josiah also told of his mother's later marriage to Samuel Ferrin, the loss of the family farm, and of their history as early pioneers to Utah.

A history written by Jane Marsh Parker of Joseph Marsh, Josiah's brother, showed that Joseph and Josiah went to Ashtabula County, Ohio, probably with their brother, Walter, and they lived together in a small cabin there. They sold out, and Joseph and maybe Josiah went to Erie County, Pennsylvania, where they purchased fifty acres of good land, but a bad title caused them to lose all. This was after Lemuel told them it was time to move on, and before 1823, when Joseph went to live with his brother, James, in Rochester, New York. Josiah evidently moved to Cattaraugus County where he married, and where he was later found in the 1830 census of Conewango, New York, living next to his father, Lemuel. Josiah's burial place was confirmed in a letter written from Hollis Marsh Jr. (see Hollis Marsh on this site) to Jane Marsh Parker. Hollis said that the three Marsh brothers who died in Randolph were buried side by side in the cemetery lot which he then owned. Since there is a stone for Hollis Sr. in the Randolph Rural Cemetery, Josiah and the other Marsh brother (probably Orrin) were buried there also.

Sally Powell Marsh Ferrin's headstone in the Ogden, Utah cemetery. Photos special courtesy of Dee Ann Haroldsen.

For anyone related to Sally Clotilda Powell, there is more information about the Powell line on this same website. There is also more information here about Sally's mother's line, the Salisburys. Pictures of Sally's parents and siblings can also been seen from there. Scroll down on this page for more information.

-George Josiah Marsh	-Jane Rosetta Andrews Marsh	-Jane Clotilda Marsh Pettingill	-Elihu Pettingill
		Photo courtesy of Julie Cardwell	Photo courtesy of Dee Ann Haroldson

1. Jane Clotilda Marsh born 7 January 1827 in ,Cattaraugus, New York. She married Elihu Pettingill 26 October 1849 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She died 6 June 1904 in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, and she and Elihu were buried in the Willard Cemetery.

   Thanks to Julie Cardwell for the birth information on the children, and thanks to Dee Ann Haroldsen for the marriage information:

1. John Christopher Pettingill born 30 August 1850 in Iowa, died 12 December 1921 in Willard, Box Elder, Utah. He married Eveline Taylor 8 January 1872 in Salt Lake City.
2. Clarissa Paulina Pettingill born 26 September 1851 in Kanesville, Iowa, died 10 November 1909 in Elba, Idaho. She married Asa Moroni Beecher 6 November 1871 in Salt Lake.
3. Elihu Ulysses Pettingill born 6 March 1853 in Salt Lake, died 16 January 1919 in Jerome,Idaho. He married Mary Adaline Graham 1876 in Willard.
4. Eliza Jane Pettingill born 13 September 1854 in ,Davis, Utah, died 18 November 1931 in Salt Lake. She married William Parsons 11 December 1871 also in Salt Lake.
5. George Josiah Pettingill born 24 January 1856 in Ogden, Utah. Died 12 July 1903 in Willard, Utah. He married Ann Maria Wood 29 November 1878 in Salt Lake.
6. Clarinda Sarah or Sarah Clarinda Pettingill born 14 June 1857 in Willard, Utah, died 30 July 1945 in Brigham City. She married Reuben James Beecher 25 November 1875.
7. Clotilda Sally or Sally Clotilda Pettingill born 15 May 1859 in Willard, died 30 November 1911. She married Appollos Taylor 6 February 1879 in Salt Lake.
8. Orinda Hannah Pettingill born 20 January 1861 in Willard, died 8 October 1891, buried in Willard Cemetery. She married William Button Bronson 17 November 1881 in Salt Lake.
9. Emma Maria Pettingill born 20 April 1862 in Willard, died 14 April 1948 in Logan, Utah. She married James Willard Hubbard 8 January 1880 in Salt Lake.
10. Susan Elvira Pettingill born 10 February 1865 in Willard, died 3 November 1887 in Willard. She married George Amos Cole 7 April 1881 in Salt Lake.
11. Mary Amelia Pettingill born 16 June 1866 in Willard, died 5 August 1906 in Brigham City, Utah. She married Brigham Hankinson Wood 19 January 1882 in Salt Lake.
12. Ida Melissa Pettingill born 28 October 1867 in Willard, died 8 July 1949 in Willard. She married Harvey Woodyatt 21 January 1885 in Logan, Utah.
13. Ada Pettingill born 28 October 1867 in Willard, died 20 January 1868 in Willard
14. Almeda Pettingill born 28 September 1869 in Willard, died 28 October 1869 in Willard
15. Harriet Rosetta Pettingill born 6 October 1871 in Willard, died 17 November 1952 in Willard. After her sister's death, she married her brother-in-law, George Amos Cole, 24 October 1889 in Willard.


"Photographs of Elihu Pettingill and family taken at his residence Willard City, Box Elder Co.., Utah, Nov. 16, 1877. Photo courtesy of Stephen Kelsey.



The Pettingill family about 1900. Photo courtesy of Stephen Kelsey.

2. George Josiah Marsh born 15 April 1830 in Randolph, Cattaraugus, New York. He married Jane Rosetta Andrews 19 February 1854 in Salt Lake. He died 23 October 1916 in Ogden, Weber, Utah. He and Jane are buried in the Ogden Cemetery.

   The documented information for his children is:

1. George Amos Marsh born 7 January 1855 Willard, died 25 July 1856 Willard.
2. Jane Keturah Marsh born 16 April 1857 Willard. She married Heber Wright 12 October 1878. She died 13 January 1931.
3. Josiah Marsh born 31 August 1859 Willard. He married Sarah Elizabeth Woodland 8 March 1879 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died 13 October 1930 Willard, buried in the Willard Cemetery.
4. Sally Ann Marsh was born 11 November 1861 Willard. She married 4 May 1889 Joseph Hubbard. She died 12 December 1948.
5. Louise Roseable Marsh born 16 October 1863 Willard. She died August 1864 in Willard.
6. Clinton Marsh born 25 February 1867 Willard. Died the same day.
7. David Richard Marsh born 25 February 1867 Willard. He married Eliza P. Moore 2 April 1919. He died 16 January 1924.
8. Geneva Alvilda Marsh born 30 August 1869 Willard. She married Francis David Higginbotham 8 May 1889 in Logan, Utah. She died 22 March 1945.
9. Effie Nancy Marsh born 18 November 1871 Willard. She died in 1873.
10. Lottie Clotilda Marsh born 11 December 1873 in Willard. She married William Francis Nelson 16 December 1896. She died 6 November 1954.

-Heber and Jane Marsh Wright	-Josiah and Sarah Marsh	-William and Lottie Marsh Nelson

George Josiah md. (2) Clarissa Reed White. Their children were:

1. George Josiah Marsh born 21 October 1888 died 17 October 1969.
2. Thomas Ira Marsh born 16 October 1893 died 22 December 1938.
3. Benjamin White Marsh born 17 January 1898 died 27 April 1912.
4. Clara Katherine Marsh born 10 November 1904 died 24 March 1981.

Sally Clotilda Powell's children with Samuel Ferrin were Brigham Young Ferrin, Josiah Marsh Ferrin, Heber Chase Kimball Ferrin, Lydia Ferrin, James Madison Ferrin, Moroni Ferrin, Ebenezer Ferrin, and Sarah Maria Ferrin.
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