Eunice Murry (Stoddard) Marsh
Biography
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Name at Birth Eunice Murry Stoddard
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Date of Birth March 5, 1809
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Place of Birth Mayfield, Montgomery Co., New York
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Date of Death August 10, 1902
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Place of Death Eunice died at the home of her daughter Sophia (Marsh) Babbitt and husband James Babbitt,
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North Platte, Nebraska
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Place of Burial North Platte Cemetery, North Platte, NE
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Burial Notice Eunice (Stoddard) Marsh, 1809-1902
Parents
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Father’s Burial Notice Benjamin Stoddard, 1783-1856
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Mother’s Burial Notice Anna Center Stoddard, 1785-1862
Spouse
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Husband’s Name Albert ‘Abel’ Marsh
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Married Family Name Albert and Eunice (Stoddard) Marsh Family
Children
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Son’s Name John Albert Marsh
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Son’s Family Name John and Honorah (Lordan) Marsh Family
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Son’s Name Halstead Marsh
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Daughter’s Name Sophie M. (Marsh) Babbitt
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Daughter’s Name Anna Eliza (Marsh) Babbitt
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Personal History
After Albert’s death, Eunice Marsh was left sick and penniless.
Ultimately, as a widow of a union solder, she received back pay of $900 and a small pension of $8 /month.
Her name at her cemetery is recorded as “Eunise” instead of “Eunice” as is noted in her obituary. Correct spelling is unknown.
Eunice ran a boarding house for railroad workers
News on Eunice’s Father, Benjamin Stoddard
Notice From the Auburn Daily American April 11, 1856:BENJAMIN STODDARDFound Dead- We learn from the Utica Herald that Mr. Benjamin Stoddard of Syracuse, aged 73 years, was found dead in the road about half a mile from Vernon Depot, on Monday evening. He had been on a visit to his son, about two miles and a half from the Depot, and had left Utica about 7 o'clock- in an hour afterwards he was found dead. The verdict of the jury summoned by Coroner VanVleck was that the cause of his death was apoplexy, brought on by over exertion.
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