Carmi L. Marsh

MARSH, Carmi L., late of Enosburg Falls. Manufacturer. Born Franklin, August 4, 1842; died December 29, 1910; son of Lathrop and Lucy (Chadwick) Marsh. Educated at public schools. In 1865 married Delia E. Pelton, daughter of Lyman E. Pelton of Highgate; they had two children, Lathrop Lyman and Lucy M. (Mrs. F. W. Draper). In 1879 he purchased of Dr. B. J. Kendall a half interest in the Kendall Spavin Cure business, and soon after Ollin Merrill and M. P. Perley became partners in the concern, the late Dr. B. J. Kendall Col., Mr. Marsh later becoming its president, a position which he held until his death; he also conducted a large feed and mill business. Enlisted in Co. K, 13th Vermont Volunteers, at Highgate, Sept. 11, 1862, and was unanimously elected second lieutenant of he company; Dec. 31, 1862, after two weeks' illness from typhoid fever, was removed to hospital at Fairfax Court House, Va., remaining until Jan. 20, 1863; following a long march to camp, Lieutenant Marsh suffered a relapse, and an attack of cerebro-spinal meningitis carried him near to death; Feb. 5th he was removed to the home of Mrs. Wilcoxon, where he recovered sufficiently to be removed to his home, resigning Feb. 17, 1863. Thirty years later he had succeeded in finding his old nurse, who had again married and moved to another state, and was then in destitute circumstances; annually until her death, General Marsh paid a visit to his benefactress, paying all her bills and making her last days comfortable, and at her death, July 29, 1902, he defrayed the expense of her illness and funeral charges. At the 22nd annual reunion of the 13th Regiment, held at Franklin, Sept. 8, 1910, was dedicated a beautiful soldiers' monument, the gift to his native town of General Marsh. In 1910 the Vermont Legislature changed the name of Franklin Pond to Lake Carmi, in appreciation of his valued services as a citizen. Was a Republican; represented Franklin in Legislature 1878-9; senator4 from Franklin County 1886; judge advocate general on the staff of Governor Barstow; president 13th Vermont Regiment Association, later becoming one of the "self-appointed committee of three" of the regiment, so called because they assumed the initiative in furthering the interest of the association. In religious belief an Episcopalian, and senior warden of the church; member Lincoln Lodge No. 78, F. & A. M., and Vermont Commandery of the Loyal Legion.

Source: Prentiss C. Dodge, compiler. Encyclopedia Vermont Biography, Ullery Publishing Company, Burlington, Vermont, 1912, p. 258.