William and Lucy J. (Hallett) Marsh, both natives of Washington county, Ohio. William was the son of James B. and Sarah (Matthews) Marsh, and his wife's father was Zenas Hallett. William Marsh, during the civil war, became a federal soldier. He enlisted at Camp Chase in Colonel Garfield's company of the Forty-second Ohio regiment, with which he served for three years. Shortly after the ending of the war, he came to Ross county but soon went back to Washington county where he married, and Then resided in Harrison township, Ross county. He was always a farmer and owned 350 acres of land. He was a trustee of his township and member of the board of education. His wife died December 13, 1895, leaving four children. William Marsh's only brother served in the Twenty-second Ohio volunteers and died soon after the war. William and Lucy’s son Dr. Herbert H. Marsh MD, was born September 10, 1870. He grew up on his father's farm and was educated in the common schools of Ross county. He studied medicine with Dr. J. T. Wills, of Mooresville, and was graduated from the Ohio Medical university on March 17, 1896. He entered upon the practice of his profession at home and built up a good patronage. Dr. Marsh was a member of the Ross County Medical association and of the alumni association of his college, and the order of Red Men, of Chillicothe.