Marsh, 'Williani (1),D.D., an English divine, was incumbent of St. Mary's, Leamington : later rector of Bedduigton, and died in 1866. He published Catechism on the Collects (3d ed. 1824, 2\mo):— Plain Thoughts on P?-opkecy (3d ed. 1843, 8vo) : — Occasional Sermons, etc. (1821, etc.). See Memoirs of the late Rev. Wm. Marsh, D.D., by his daughter (post 8vo).
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Marsh, "William (2), a minister of the Jlethodist Episcopal Church, was born in Orono, Me., May 4, 1789 ; was converted when about tit'teen years old ; began preaching before he was twenty-one years of age, at one time assisting the preacher in charge of a circuit which included the present Dresden charge. In 1811 INIarsh joined the New England Conference ; was ordained deacon in 1813, and elder in 1815. His appointments were as follows : 1811, Durham, iMe.; 1812, East Green- wich, K. I. ; 1813, Now London ; 1814, Bristol; 1815, Tol- land, Conn.; 1810, Nantucket, Mass.; 1817, Lynn; in 1818 he appears to have been sent to Bath, but for some rea- son now unknown he spent most of that year in Orring- ton. In 1820 he was superannuated, and from 1821 to 1828 he was located and resided in Orrington, where he labored as he was able. In 1829, at the earnest request of the Church at Hampden, he again entered the itin- erancy, and was stationed with them. A powerful re- vival was the result, the people coming miles to the meeting, and, being converted, returning to their homes to scatter the hallowed influence in regions beyond. In 1830-31 he presided on Penobscot District; in 1832 was stationed at Houlton. From 4833-37 he was forced by continued ill health to take a superannuated relation, and retire from active duty. In 1838 he was made ef- fective, and stationed at Lincoln ; 1839, at Monroe ; 1840, at Frankfort; 1841, superannuated; 1842, was ef- fective, and stationed at Cherryfield; 1843, at Edding- Ivin ; 1844, again superannuated. In 1845 we find him again effective, and presiding elder of Bangor District; 184G-47, on Portland District; 1848, Bangor District; 1849, superannuated; 1850, effective, and stationed at Oldtown; 1851-53, superannuated; 1854-55, effective, and stationed at Orrington Centre ; 185G-57, at South Orrington, after which he never sustained an effective relation. He died Aug. 2f), 1865. " Father Marsh pos- sessed great natural abilities. As he had clear percep- tion, good judgment, was apt in illustration, graphic in description, and ready with appropriate language, he could not fail to be an able and effective speaker. It is true that his early educational advantages were not great, nor could we speak of him as a critical scholar; yet, in the best sense of the term, he was learned. . . . He has been justly styled a model in the social relations. His religious experience was deep, his affections centred on God. As a preacher, in his ]irime, he had few equals. He seemed at times to entirely command the thought and feelings of his hearers, yet was this almost unbounded influence entirely consecrated to Christ, and used to pro- mote his glory and the salvation of men. It is needless to add that imder such a ministrA' many were converted." See Conference Minutes, 18Gt), p. 110.
Marshall, AiidreTW, a colored Baptist minister, was, according to his own account, l)orn a slave in 175.5, but b}^ his diligence and economy succeeded in purchas- ing his own freedom and that of his whole family. He joined the Baptist Church when nearly fifty j'cars old ; was in 1806 ordained pastor of the Second (colored) Baptist Church in Savannah; and after this had, under his ministrations, become large enough to be divided, he became pastor of the part which took the name of " First African Baptist Church." This position he filled until his death, Dec. 8, 1856, occasionally preaching also in Augusta, Macon, Milledgeville, Charleston, and New Orleans. He was also in business on a large scale. He possessed elements in his nature which would have made him a leading character anywhere. The high mental efforts which he at times displayed proved him to be equal to any subject which he wf)uld find occasion to meet, if allowed opportunitj' for jjreparation. His sight and hearing remained to the last as good as in middle life, and his lower limbs only began seriously to fail him in his one hundredth j'ear. During the long pe- riod of his ministry he baptized about thirty-eight hun- dred persons, and he supposed that about four thousand had professed conversion under his preaching.— Sprague, Annals, y\, 251.
Marshall, George, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Beltegh Parish, Derry County, Ireland, in 1830. He attended the schools of his native land, and, after his arrival in America, continued his studies, and grad- uated at LTnion College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1852, and at the theological seminary at Princeton, N. J., in 1855. He was immediately licensed, and in 1856 ordained and installed pastor of Rock Church, Cecil Co., Md., where he continued to labor until his death, Feb. 27, 1861. Mr. Marshall was a man of devoted piety, excellent natural talents, and solid attainments ; his sermons were sound and instructive, his delivery earnest and impressive. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. A Imanac, 1862, p. 101. (.J. L. S.)
Marshall, John, a Presbyterian minister, was bom in Washington Co., Pa., Jan. 13, 1813. He received his early education in St. Clairsville, Ohio; graduated at Franklin College, Ohio, in 1839; studied theology in the seminary of the Associate Presbyterian Church in Ca- nonsburg. Pa. ; was licensed in 1843, and installed pas- tor of the Associate Presbyterian churches of London- derry and West Chester, Ohio. Owing to the discussion going on in anticipation of the union bet^vecn the Asso- ciate and Associate Eeformed Presbyterian churches, his mind was directed to the investigation of their views concerning psalmody and intercommunion, and this led, in 1854, to his joining the presbytery of St. Clairsville. In 1855 he became the stated supply for Woodsfield Church, Ohio, and in 1857 he accepted a call to the churches of Doddsville and Huntsville, 111. He died Aug. 24, 1858. ]Mr. IMarshall was practical and zealous as a preacher, social and affable as a Christian gentleman. See Wil- son, Presb. IHst. A Imanac, 1860, p. 75. (J. L. S.)