Marsh, Enoch O., Phelps, one of six children of Samuel and Milanthe (Hall) Marsh, was born in Phelps, March 3, 1846.
Samuel, the father, was also born in Phelps, where he died in 1877 at eighty years of age.
Hosea, the grandfather, was born in Guilford in 1776 and came to Phelps in 1804, where he built a log house. He spent the remainder of his life here, dying at the age of eighty-three years.
The great-grandfather, William Marsh, was born in Vermont, his ancestors coming from England and settling there at an early date.
Milanthe Hall, the mother, was a daughter of John Hall. Her grandfather was a soldier and was killed during the Revolutionary war.
Enoch O. married in December, 1867, Emma Loveredge of Phelps, daughter of William and Mary Burnett of Schoharie county. Mr. Marsh is a representative citizen and has served as justice of the peace for eight years. His farm of nearly 100 acres is used largely for grain.
