NORTHERN NEW YORK
Genealogical and family history of northern New York: a record of the achievements of her people
in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation.
New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co. 1910.
MARSDEN
Transcribed by Coralynn Brown
The progenitor of the Marsden family of Lyons Falls, N.Y., was John Marsden, of Overdarwin, England, who married at that town, Mary Briggs.
(II) John (2), son of John and Mary (Briggs) Marsden, was born at Overdarwin, England, Oct. 14, 1816. He was engaged in the culture of flowers, a business in which he was rated among the best, his knowledge of plant life and the care of flowers having been obtained through a wide and varied experience. He came to the United States and settled at Clark's Mills, Oneida county, N.Y.
He married, Sept. 4, 1844, Ann Finley, born at Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 6, 1826.
Children:
James F., born May 9, 1846.
Mary Ann, Nov. 6, 1848.
Thomas William, Feb. 2, 1851.
Frances Jane, Jan. 9, 1854.
Phoebe Elizabeth, April 30, 1857.
Charles Herbert, Aug. 5, 1859.
John A., see forward.
Grant Graham, March 23, 1864.
(III) John A., seventh child of John (2) and Ann (Finley) Marsden, was born at Clark's Mills, N.Y. Oct. 4, 1862. He was educated in the public schools of Oneida county. Early in life he went west, where he was engaged in railroad construction through Montana and British Columbia, working on the Northern & Canadian Pacific railroad construction. He was at Hinkley, N.Y. for about five years, first engaged in the erection of the sulphite mill, and later in the manufacutre of salt-petre. For one year he was at Perceville, N.Y., in the employ of the International Paper Company, later going to Lyons Falls, where he was with the Gould Paper Company, becoming a superintendent. He later engaged in his present business, cement block manufacture. His operations cover all forms of plain and ornamental cement work, a form of building construction rapidly growing in public favor.
He is independent in politics, now serving as trustee of the village, elected in 1907. He is a past noble grand of Port Leyden Lodge, No. 849, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and member of the Forest Presbyterian church at Lyons Falls.
He married, in Utica, N.Y., Oct. 14, 1896, Elizabeth Schaffer, born at Hawkensville, May 3, 1872, daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Wagoner) Schaffer.
Children:
Lena Elizabeth, Oct. 12, 1900.
Florence Katherine, June 25, 1905.
Harry Arthur, Aug. 17, 1907.
Robert Thomas, Sept. 14, 1908.
[Transcriber's note: there may have been other children; this material was published in 1910].
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