Dau.of Dr.Elisha & Sarah(Douglas)Perkins
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume VII
MARSH, Charles, representative, was born in Lebanon, Conn., July 10, 1765; son of Lieut. Gov. Joseph and Dorothy (Mason) Marsh. He removed to Vermont, then known as the New Hampshire Grants, with his parents in 1774, and was graduated from Dartmouth college in 1786. He studied law in Litchfield, Conn., under Tapping Reeve, and was admitted to the bar in 1788. He practised successfully in Woodstock, Vt.; was U.S. district-attorney for Vermont, 1797-1801; a Federalist representative in the 14th congress, 1815-17, and while in Washington was one of the founders of the American Colonization society. He was one of the founders and for many years president of the Vermont Bible society and vice-president of the American Bible society and of the American Educational society. He was a trustee of Dartmouth college, 1809-49, and received the degree LL.D. from there in 1828. He was also president of the trustees of Kimball Union academy. He was married in 1789 to[p.259] Nancy, daughter of John and Lydia (Buell) Collins. She died June 13, 1793, and he was married secondly, June 3, 1793, to Susan (Perkins) Arnold, daughter of Dr. Elisha and Sarah (Douglas) Perkins of Plainfield, Conn., and the widow of Josias Lyndon Arnold of Vermont. He died at Woodstock, Vt., Jan. 11, 1849.