Lanterna Rally

Author: Thaddeus Stephens Gilliland

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9781230077888

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... and other States. his parents came to Van Vert. He had attended school at Farmington and later returned there for added educational advantages, and prior to his 16th year secured collegiate training at Athens, Ohio. When the surveyors were at work on the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad, the youth secured a position with them as assistant and continued with them for several months, afterward, for a short time becoming a clerk in a mercantile establishment at Van Vert. He doubtless inherited an inclination toward machinery, and when he entered the railroad shops at Crestline showed remarkable aptitude in his work as clerk to the master mechanic. He continued with the company in the same capacity until the shops were removed to Fort Wayne, when he entered the establishment as a mechanic. Until 1871 Mr. Marsh was variously engaged--in a cotton warehouse in Louisiana, in a livery business at Van Vert, in farming and stock dealing, and as general manager of the Eagle Stave-Vorks at Van Wert. After holding this last named position for two years, he became proprietor, and not only enlarged the plant, but became interested in the stave works at Belmore, Latta and Geneva. Eventually he was the largest stave manufacturer in the United States, in addition tobeing connected with the great cooperage supply house at Scott. Ohio. For a number of years he has been active in banking circles, and at one time was financially concerned in 15 national banks in He has been president of the Lima Locomotive & Machine Company. the Lima Steel works, and the wholesale boot and shoe house of Ainsworth, Vickenheiser & Company, of Toledo; owns thousands of acres of land in various portions of the State; is one of the owners of the First National Bank of Van...