MARSHALL-O.H. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

O. H. MARSHALL, farmer, Covington, is the son of James and Nancy (Stone) Marshall, who were among the early settlers of Fountain county. His father, who died June 15, 1860, at the age of thirty-nine years, had been a member of both the Masonic and Odd-Fellows Orders. He was a farmer, and left at his death a farm of 178 acres, on which he had improved 40. The farm has since fallen into the hands of his son, O. H., who is now (1880) thirty-two years of age, and is one of the honorable, respected and well-to-do farmers of Troy township. A greenbacker politically; friendly to all local enterprises of merit, and a believer in honesty being the best policy. Mr. Marshall married Miss Sarah E. Briney, daughter of William S. and Ellen Briney. Her brother was an early settler of Fountain county, and one who has since become identified with many of the improvements that have been made in the northern part, and who is now one of the leading and extensive farmers of the county. The issue of this marriage is five children: Alma E., William J., Alice E. (deceased), Fannie L., and Nora E.