Marston, Captain Joseph H.

1829 - 1920  (91 years)    Has 6 ancestors and 22 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Marston, Joseph H.
  Prefix	Captain
  Born	1 Jun 1829	Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Between 9 Oct 1861 and 19 Mar 1864
  Civil War - Co E 6th Wisconsin Infantry
  Name:Joseph H Marston Residence:Appleton, Wisconsin Enlistment Date:5 Oct 1861 Rank at enlistment:2nd Lieut State Served:Wisconsin Was Wounded?:Yes Survived the War?:Yes Service Record:Promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant on 18 Sep 1861. Commissioned an officer in Company E, Wisconsin 6th Infantry Regiment on 10 May 1861. Promoted to Full Captain on 18 Sep 1862. Mustered out on 19 Mar 1864. Sources:Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion Photo courtesy of Wayne Jorgenson Joseph H. Marston received his education in the public schools of Kenosha county, came to Appleton in 1852 and enlisted in May,1861, in Company E, Sixth Wisconsin Infantry, "The Iron Brigade," he being commissioned second lieutenant, being later made first lieutenant, and, September 17, 1862, after the battle of Antietam, captain, with which rank he was mustered out of service, March 19, 1864, on account of disability. Among the many bloody battles in which he participated may be mentioned Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was wounded by a gunshot in his head at South Mountain and was reported among the killed, notice being sent to Appleton to that effect; at Gettysburg a shell exploded at Captain Marston's feet, but the only injury he sustained was a sprained ankle, although he was thrown into the air; and at Antietam he was wounded in the leg. In addition, his experiences included being captured at Gettysburg and escaped with others after the three days' battle. The following is an extract from a letter received from Col. R. R. Dawes, commanding the Sixth Wisconsin Regiment at the battle of Gettysburg: "My Dear Captain Marston: I notice that you are appointed with others to go to Gettysburg to locate the monument for the 6th Wis. Reg't. I can at this time see your tall form and firm step as you pressed Co. E forward on a charge through that fearful storm of death. How they failed to kill you has always been a mystery to me. I expect to meet you at Gettysburg." The color guards formed a part of Captain Marston's Company in this battle, in which he lost more than half of his men in killed and wounded. It was in this charge that the 2d Mississippi Regiment was captured by the 6th Wisconsin. After completing his service, he returned to Appleton, where he engaged in the manufacture of wagon stock in company with R. Z. Mason, former president of Lawrence University; an enterprise in which he is still engaged.
  	Marston, Captain Joseph H. Military Civil War
  Biography	1888
  Page 0170
  Mentioned in the Biography of Michael Mangan Page 170.
  Biography	1888
  Page 0247
  1890 Census	1890	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  	1890 Census Veterans Schedule Appleton page 10 Veterans Schedule
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0591
  CAPTAIN JOSEPH H. MARSTON, one of the old and honest citizens of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, who for many years has been closely identified with the business and public interests of the city of Appleton, has a distinguished record for service during the great Civil war. Captain Marston was born June 1, 1829, in Deerfield, New Hampshire, and is a son of George H. and Lucretia D. (Hilton) Marston, natives of New Hampshire of English descent. The family came to Wisconsin in 1843, by the Erie Canal and Great Lakes, and George H. Marston pre-empted one-quarter of a section of land near Kenosha, at a time when the Indians in this region were more plentiful than white men. In April, 1850, Mr. Marston, Sr., came to Appleton, where he engaged in painting, and for many years up to the time of his death served as justice of the peace. He died in the faith of the Baptist Church, when seventy-eight years old. In politics he was a Democrat. Nine children were born to George H. and Lucretia Marston, namely: Dr. S. L., a graduate of Rush Medical College and for many years a medical practitioner. Dr. S. L. Marston was surgeon of the Twelfth Wisconsin, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. Residence, Hartford, Wisconsin; now deceased. Captain Joseph H., Appleton; Eliza and John, residing in Omaha, Nebraska; Adelaide, residing in Denver, Colorado; Susan, residing near Seattle, Washington; Robey D., who died at Roanoke Island while in the marine service during the Civil war; Josephine, who is deceased, and Martha, who is residing at Butte, Montana. Joseph H. Marston received his education in the public schools of Kenosha county, came to Appleton in 1852 and enlisted in May,1861, in Company E, Sixth Wisconsin Infantry, "The Iron Brigade," he being commissioned second lieutenant, being later made first lieutenant, and, September 17, 1862, after the battle of Antietam, captain, with which rank he was mustered out of service, March 19, 1864, on account of disability. Among the many bloody battles in which he participated may be mentioned Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. He was wounded by a gunshot in his head at South Mountain and was reported among the killed, notice being sent to Appleton to that effect; at Gettysburg a shell exploded at Captain Marston's feet, but the only injury he sustained was a sprained ankle, although he was thrown into the air; and at Antietam he was wounded in the leg. In addition, his experiences included being captured at Gettysburg and escaped with others after the three days' battle. The following is an extract from a letter received from Col. R. R. Dawes, commanding the Sixth Wisconsin Regiment at the battle of Gettysburg: "My Dear Captain Marston: I notice that you are appointed with others to go to Gettysburg to locate the monument for the 6th Wis. Reg't. I can at this time see your tall form and firm step as you pressed Co. E forward on a charge through that fearful storm of death. How they failed to kill you has always been a mystery to me. I expect to meet you at Gettysburg." The color guards formed a part of Captain Marston's Company in this battle, in which he lost more than half of his men in killed and wounded. It was in this charge that the 2d Mississippi Regiment was captured by the 6th Wisconsin. After completing his service, he returned to Appleton, where he engaged in the manufacture of wagon stock in company with R. Z. Mason, former president of Lawrence University; an enterprise in which he is still engaged. In 1854 Captain Marston was united in marriage with Miss Louise B. Belding, who came to Appleton from Hardwick, Vermont, with her brother, and she died in 1892, having been the mother of five children: Quincy, who is in the coal business in Appleton with his brother Charles, Cora, Russell and Myrtie, deceased. Captain Marston is a member of Waverly Lodge No. 51, and Appleton Chapter No. 47 of the Masonic fraternity, and is an honored comrade of George D. Eggleston Post No. 33, Grand Army of the Republic, having been one of the incorporators of the Wisconsin Soldiers' Home, and for ten years a trustee thereof. He has held numerous public offices and for two terms served as mayor of Appleton.
  	Marston, Joseph H. Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  1920 Census	1920	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Joseph H Marston 90 Hattie Bucholz 52
  Political Office	Bef 6 Oct 1920
  Mayor of Appleton
  Died	6 Oct 1920	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Buried	Aft 6 Oct 1920	Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  	Marston, Joseph H. Outagamie County Veterans' Grave Registration List
  News Mention	8 Dec 1920
  Appleton Post Crescent
  Appleton Post Crescent, mentions his entire estate about 68,000 left to his 4 grandsons, Guy B. Martston, Roy H. Marston, Charles Leland Marston and Joseph H Marston. Also left 1,000$ to faithful housekeeper Mrs. H. W. Bucholtz
  News Mention	28 May 2012
  Appleton Post Crescent
  Civil War soldier's memory not forgotten APPLETON - Pieces of the past are all that remain. Newspaper clippings. History books. An old gravesite. Joe Gaerthofner, a self-professed historian, walked through Riverside Cemetery on Thursday holding manila folders filled with gray photographs, copied news articles and other papers that are part of his personal research. Wind whipped the tree tops overhead. "We know in the cemetery ... they have almost 300 people buried here who participated in the Civil War," Gaerthofner said. The sales consultant from Nordon Business Environments in Appleton began his research on the city's connection with the Civil War about five years ago - a deep curiosity that sprang from walks in the graveyard with his wife and small son. This June will be his third year hosting the cemetery's Civil War tour - an event of his creation sponsored by a local history museum. During the walk, he tells stories of those who fought in the War Between the States - tales of Appleton men and others who now rest forever in the Riverside ground. On Thursday, Gaerthofner stood in the cemetery's Block E, a curved plot on the southwest side where a gray stone monument rises over green grass and proclaims a family name: MARSTON. Three sides of the monument list names and dates. Among them: "J.H. Marston 1829 - 1920." This is one man - one story - Gaerthofner knows and focuses on in his tour. The historian can rattle off the facts and share the tales - the small details he calls the "puzzle" pieces that, with enough research, can paint a small picture of the past. This Memorial Day, Americans will take part in remembering that past while honoring soldiers who lost their lives in service to the nation. During tomorrow's national day of remembrance, flags will be flown and stories will be shared - ways to ensure the sacrifices are not forgotten. "We can all learn from other people's stories," said Matt Carpenter, deputy director of the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton. Carpenter said people can connect both "intellectually and emotionally" to the lives of those who came before us. "When we connect to those lives, we enrich our own lives," he said. Barbara Cross of Redondo Beach, Calif., says it's interesting to learn about one's own connection to history - that is, examining the family line. The 53-year- old, who majored in history and political science at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, says she's dabbled in genealogical research. "I think it's a curiosity about our roots and where we come from," Cross said. "What makes us what we are." Cross lived in Wisconsin before moving to California about three decades ago. She is the great-great-granddaughter of Joseph Hilton Marston - the man whose story Gaerthofner has come to know. A soldier from Appleton Appleton Public Library. Floor two. Wisconsin Collections. Back wall. Second shelf from the bottom. Another piece of the puzzle. An old, tattered book with an original copyright of 1888 sits among other literature taking readers back to the 1860s, when American brothers faced each other on the battle lines. The title: "Soldiers' and Citizens' Album of Biographical Record." It is here one finds a simplified version of Marston's war tale - just a small piece of an adventurous life that stretched 91 years, 3 months and 21 days. At the end of the two-page biography is a note attributed to Marston himself: "The foregoing statements I have carefully examined and so far as they relate to my record they are correct. (Signed) J. H. Marston." The details outlined in the book, while few, are engrossing. It says Marston was a captain in Company E, 6th Wisconsin infantry. He partook in several well-known conflicts, including battles at South Mountain and Antietam in Maryland in 1862, and at Gettysburg in Pennsylvania in 1863. "He was wounded three times throughout the course of the war," Gaerthofner said. The "Biographical Record" tells of a sprained ankle at Gettysburg, a gunshot wound to his left leg at Antietam and a shot to the head at South Mountain - at least one incident that led to the false publication of Marston's death. "I know he was in a lot of different battles and was reported killed twice," said Joseph H. Marston III, the 89-year-old great- grandson of the captain who now lives in San Marcos, Calif. False reports of death seem to run in the family. According to burial records at Riverview Cemetery, Marston III died in the early '90s. The 89-year-old California man clarified it was his son, Marston IV, who died of "acute leukemia" in 1991. The Post-Crescent informed the cemetery of the mistake. Only the burial record is incorrect; the grave marker at the Marston family plot has Marston IV. War days Capt. Joseph H. Marston was born in New Hampshire on June 1, 1829, and as a teenager, moved to Wisconsin with his parents, George Marston and Lucretia Hilton - both of whom are also buried at Riverside. (Joseph Marston's burial record lists his mother's name as "Lucrepia" Hilton.) Soon after war broke out in April 1861, Wisconsin Gov. Alexander Randall made a rally call for volunteers. In the April 27 edition of Harper's Weekly, Randall's telegraph response to the U.S. Secretary of War's request for men is published: "The call for one regiment will be promptly responded to, and further calls when made." A Civil War regiment was made up of about 1,000 men. "Marston was one of these guys who originally volunteered," Gaerthofner said. Not only that, Marston played a key part in organizing the men of Appleton into a company - a group of 100. Gaerthofner said they came up short with only about half that number. According to the 1990 book "In the Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg," Marston, a tall gentleman of over 6 feet (who eventually earned the nickname "Tall Sycamore") gathered the volunteers in spring 1861 and headed off to a train depot. The book publishes an account from one recruit who wrote that "pretty nearly the whole of Appleton followed the band to the station, where the final goodbyes were said, and when the train started, cheered, waved handkerchiefs, and either smiled through tears or felt like doing so." Perhaps one of the most interesting stories related to Marston's war service comes from an article published in the Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph on April 24, 1881 - two decades following the first gunfire at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Marston describes how the 6th Wisconsin regiment - a group that was part of the state's famous "Iron Brigade" unit - was swept into a bloody battle at a railroad cut during the first day at Gettysburg. Marston' s group attacked a Confederate regiment from Mississippi. "In this charge, I ordered a (Mississippi) captain to give me his sword, or hand it to Lyman White, of my company," Marston wrote. When Marston heard orders of a Confederate surrender, he quickly stopped one of his men from stabbing the Mississippi captain with a bayonet. In the Telegraph article, Marston said he wished to find the captain and give back the sword. "If this communication should reach this officer ... I will return him this sword," he wrote. No record exists of whether the weapon was returned. There also is a story of how Marston was taken prisoner for a brief time at Gettysburg while seeking treatment at a makeshift hospital, Gaerthofner said, but there's "nothing substantial" to support that tale. According to the "Biographical Record," the captain was held prisoner from the evening of July 1, the first day of battle, until July 4, when he escaped and returned to Union lines. The account does not provide any other details. Gaerthofner said Marston would come back to Appleton during the course of the war to hold fundraisers and recruit men. He was e ventually discharged from service in March 1864 for disability. When news of Lincoln's assassination reached Wisconsin in April 1865, Gaerthofner said ceremonies were held, and Marston was one of the men leading the procession up and down the main avenue. "The experience of Appleton (in the Civil War) kind of began and ended with Joseph Marston," he said. A full life lived. The captain went on to run a wagon stock company, and served as Appleton's mayor for two terms. An obituary copied from The Appleton Post-Crescent is attached to Marston's burial records. According to the Sept. 23, 1920, obituary, Marston died at his home, 769 Kimball St. The address no longer exists. On Thursday, Gaerthofner stood near the Marston grave plot where more than 15 family members are buried. The historian mentioned how the captain did not have a Civil War marker like other soldiers. "I think it shows a lot about Marston himself being a humble guy," he said. Perhaps Marston's life wasn't defined by the three years he spent as a volunteer soldier. Perhaps his true accomplishment was the legacy he passed on - the Marstons that rest beside him at Riverside Cemetery and the present generation that keeps his memory alive. - Kyle Daly: 920-993-1000, ext. 430, or kdaly@postcrescent.com; On Twitter @kyledaly2
  Person ID	I130572	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Marston, George H.,   b. 14 Nov 1804, Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 17 Mar 1882, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Hilton, Lucretia,   b. 15 Jul 1809, Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. Abt May 1890  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F49452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Belding, Louise B.,   b. 4 Jun 1829, Hardwick, Caledonia, Vermont, USA ,   d. 29 Mar 1892, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	25 Sep 1854	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	1. Marston, Cora,   b. 21 Aug 1855, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 13 Feb 1858, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 2 years) + 2. Marston, Quincy Dow,   b. 29 Jul 1857, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 8 Sep 1916  (Age 59 years) + 3. Marston, Charles Leland,   b. 25 Apr 1860, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 14 Nov 1941, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 81 years)   4. Marston, Myrtle Louise,   b. 19 Dec 1861, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 31 Mar 1863, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 1 years)   5. Marston, Russell,   b. 24 Jan 1873, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 27 Sep 1876, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 3 years)
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F49454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 1 Jun 1829 - Deerfield, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA Married - 25 Sep 1854 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1890 Census - 1890 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1920 Census - 1920 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 6 Oct 1920 - Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - Aft 6 Oct 1920 - Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Marston, Joseph H. Jun 1, 1829 - Oct 6, 1920