Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

H. N. MARSH, freight and ticket agent of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company; 
has been a resident of Joliet since 1835; he is a native of Franklin Co., Mass., and was born 
Nov. 15, 1812; about 1828, his parents emigrated to Western New York, where they resided until 
1835, when they came to Will Co., and settled in what is now Crete Twp., Mr. MARSH at the same 
time locating in Joliet; he followed his previous business of cabinet-making until the spring 
of 1847, when he purchased the True Democrat, which, on the organization of the Republican 
party, was changed to the Joliet Republican; previous to this, he had served two years as 
School Commissioner of the county; he continued to publish the True Democrat until July, 1852, 
and in October of the same year, on the completion of the C., B. I. & P. Railroad to this 
point, he took charge of the office in this city, and has remained in charge ever since, 
with the exception of an interval of three years, from 1864 to 1867, during which period he 
served as Postmaster of Joliet; in 1850, he was appointed Asst. U. S. Marshal, to take the 
census of Will Co.; he was elected a member of the City Council in 1876, and again in 1878.