David F. Marsh, farmer, P. O. Sterling Run, was born in Wayne county, Penn., May 13, 1828, and is a son of Ambrose and Susan (Cox) Marsh. He was reared in Pike county, Penn., and came to what is now Grove township, Cameron county, in 1852. In 1869 he settled on the farm he now occupies, most of which he cleared and improved, and where he has since resided. In December, 1855, he married Selena, daughter of William and Sally (Miller) Barr, of Gibson township, by whom he has five children: Ambrose, Thomas S., Delbert, Wesley and Nellie. Mr. Marsh enlisted in the Civil was September 5, 1864, in the United States navy, and was honorably discharged August 17, 1865. He has served Gibson township as school director, and in other minor offices. He is a member of the G. A. R.; in politics he is a Republican.

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