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John Marshall
Born December 13, 1851

JOHN MARSHALL, proprietor of saloon, Monticello; is a native of Germany, and was born Bavaria December 13, 1851; emigrated to America in 1863, and came to Iowa and located in Manchester, Delaware Co., and grew up to manhood there; he came to Monticello May 1, 1817, and since then has been engaged in business here. He married Miss Annie Rotes, from Prussia, April 26, 1872; they have one daughter—Lizzie, born June 13, 1879.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 674.

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T. R. Marshall
Born 1835

T. R. MARSHALL, agent of the Racine and Southwestern Division of the Milwaukee & St. Paul R.R., Wyoming; was born in 1835 in Rockingham Co., N.H.; in about 1850 he came to Massachusetts. and since this time has been engaged in the railroad business; in 1872, he came to Wyoming and to his present position. He enlisted in 1862, in Co. A, 121st Ohio V.I., as private; was promoted to First Lieutenant in June, 1863; was mustered out in February, 1864, on account of a wound received in the ankle-joint in September, 1863. Married Miss Hattie E. Woodward in 1866; she was born in New Hampshire; have one child—Edward Woodward.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 604.

Ancil E. Martin
Born July 16, 1847

ANCIL E. MARTIN, Warden of the State Penitentiary, Anamoea; is a native of Newport, Herkimer Co., N.Y., and was born July 27, 1832; he grew up to manhood there; he came to Chicaqo and engaged in contracting; he built the first stone piers, and abutments on the Chicago River; he remained there five years and came to Iowa, locating in Delaware Co., and engaged in contracting and building. He was elected Sheriff of Delaware Co., and held that office for six years; he held the office of Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue for ten years, and he has in his possession his commission, signed by President Lincoln. In April, 1876, he was appointed Warden of the State Penitentiary, at Anamosa. On the 12th of June, 1858, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna McKenzie, from Chicago; she is a native of Canada; they have four children—Marcella E., Ancil E., Jr., John B. and Reuben B.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 567.

A. H. Marvin
Born February 24, 1808

A. H. MARVIN, retired, Monticello; is a native of Columbia Co., N.Y., and was born February 24, 1808; he grew up to manhood in Ontario Co., and, in 1832, removed to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, and lived there until the spring of 1855, when he came to Iowa and located in Jones Co., about two and one-half miles west of Monticello, and engaged in farming; he continued farming and stock-raising for fifteen years, then moved in town, and since then he has resided here. He was a member of the last Constitutional Convention of Iowa, and was prominent in providing for our present educational system; he has been a member of the School Board ever since the organization of the High School in Monticello; has been Justice of the Peace, and held other town offices. In October, 1832, he was united in marriage to Miss Ann M. Rogers, a native of Ashtabula Co., Ohio; they have six children, five sons and one daughter—John A., Andrew J., Richard M., Fred L, and Charles E.; the daughter, Mary, lives at home; two of the sons live in Iowa, one in Nebraska, one in Wisconsin and one in Ohio. They have had three sons in the army; Andrew served in the Commissary Department; Richard and William enlisted and served in the 31st I.V.I., and William died during the siege of Vicksburg. They have lost two other sons—Lewis and Edgar. Mr. Marvin has been a man of influence wherever he has lived; he is not aggressive, but is reliable, and is esteemed by all classes as a safe counselor.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 674.

Charles E. Marvin
Born May 21, 1847

CHARLES E. MARVIN, proprietor of the Crescent Creameries, Monticello; is a native of the State of Oho, and was born in Ashtabula Co., May 21, 1847; his parents came to Iowa and located in Jones County when he was only 8 years of age; he grew up to manhood and received his education here; in February, 1879, Mr. Marvin established the "Crescent Creamery," and, during the season, he has manufactured, on an average, 500 pounds of butter daily; he has just completed an artesian well at his creamery; the creamery is entirely supplied from this well of soft water, thereby greatly improving the quality and flavor of the butter: it is said to be the only creamery in the State supplied with water from an artesian well; Mr. Marvin has enlarged his facilities for manufacturing butter, and, the coming season, will make 1,000 pounds daily; he ships his butter largely to Philadelphia, also to New York and Boston; the butter from the Crescent Creamery has already an established reputation. Mr. Marvin was united in marriage to Miss Cora S. Moody October 17, 1870; she is a daughter of John Moody, Esq., of Monticello; they have three children—Fred, Eva and Mabel.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 676.

B. L. Matson
Born January 13, 1834

B. L. MATSON, of the firm of' Matson & Shaw, dealers in groceries and provisions, Shaw's Block, Main street, Anamosa; is a native of Onondaga Co., N.Y., and was born January 13, 1834. When only 11 years of age, his parents started for the West; they came by wagon, and were six weeks on the way, and arrived in Jones Co. September 20, 1845, and located at Fairview; he grew up to manhood, and has lived here over thirty-four years; he was engaged in the milling and mercantile business at Fremont , in 1861, he came to Anamosa and engaged in the lumber business for some years; he afterward was engaged in mercantile business with J. W. Williams, the firm being Williams & Matson; he is now associated with Col. Wm. T. Shaw, in the grocery and provision business, and they are doing a large and leading trade. He has served as City Councilman and on the School Board. In 1860, he was united in marriage with Miss Abbic Williams, of Newark, N. J., she died August 17, 1878, leaving five children—Ellsworth, George, Mattie. Benjamin and Eunice.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 566.

Sylvester Matson
Born March 6, 1808

SYLVESTER A. MATSON, physician, Anamosa; was born March 6, 1808, at Middletown, Rutland Co., Vermont, and was one of a family of eleven children; his mother died February 1, 1825, after which his father was again married to a Miss Huntington, by whom he had two children, and died December 30,1827, and left no property. Young Sylvester early became attached to his books, and, not being able to attend school but little, would have his lessons copied and carry them with him to commit as he labored in the field; he thus fitted himself for teaching, by which he secured means to prosecute his professional studies. When in his 21st year, he read a short time with Dr. Eliakim Paul, of Middletown, and then went to the Medical College of the University of Vermont, at Burlington, where he found a valuable friend in Prof. Benjamin Lincoln, with whom he studied, assisting him in the Anatomical and Surgical Department until he graduated, in 1832. He then returned to Middletown, and in February, 1833, was married to Mary Ann Hotchkiss, daughter of Dr. Hotchkiss, of Wells; thence he moved to Van Buren, near Syracuse, Onondaga Co., N.Y., and practiced in company with Dr. A. White. He was frequently called upon to speak on public occasions, and his addresses were always received with favor, securing from the general public and the press the highest encomiums. Removing to Jones Co., Iowa Territory, he was a member of the Convention that framed the first State Constitution, and was also elected a member of the First and Second General Assemblies of the State, and came within one vote of being elected Speaker of the House; he took an active part in school matters, was Chairman of the Committee on Schools, and assisted in passing the bill that located the State University at Iowa City. His wife died in 1819; by her he had four children, two of whom are living. He married again, and had two children by his second wife, one of whom survives. His family is as follows : Benjamin Lincoln, a merchant in Anamosa, Iowa, and a soldier in the Union army during the rebellion; Sarah Leffingwell, who married Rev. S. N. Bellows, A.M., D.D., now at the head of the Normal Department in the State University, at Iowa City; Catharine L. is a graduate of Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, Class of 1875; she married Prof. Goodyear, of the Danville Hygisnic Institution, at Danville, Livingston Co., N.Y.; she was invited to deliver the Master's oration at the Commencement exercises at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, and acquitted herself with rare ability. During the rebellion, Dr. Matson was active, and aided with his money and voice in raising troops. The Doctor has been in the active practice of medicine, surgery and dentistry for about forty-three years; is temperate in all his habits, using neither tea, coffee, tobacco nor intoxicating drinks, and, although now being over 71 years of age, is almost as spry and active as when in his prime. For a few years past, he has been engaged in opening a stone quarry, which he selected about thirty years since, on the Wapsipinicon, near Anamosa; the stone has been tested for more than twenty-five years, and grows harder by exposure; specimens have been worked which so nearly resemble the finest marble that the best judges cannot tell the difference; one of the finest water-powers on the river he is utilizing for preparing stone and for milling purposes.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 566.