Daniel Webster Marsh
Daniel Webster Marsh | |
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Mayor of Calgary | |
In office January 21, 1889 – January 20, 1890 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Edwin Shelton |
Succeeded by | James Delamere Lafferty |
Personal details | |
Born | August 15, 1838 Hudson, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Died | June 27, 1916 Calgary, Alberta, Canada | (aged 77)
Daniel Webster Marsh (August 15, 1838 – June 27, 1916) was a businessman and 4th mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was born in the United States, at Hudson, New Hampshire to Enoch Sawyer March and Margaret Whittier.
Marsh spent his youth in Nashua, New Hampshire, attending the public schools, and starting his working career there. As a young man, he served with the 30th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and was a part of the Dakota Territory Indian campaigns.
By 1876 Marsh was managing a small general store in
Marsh became a prominent moneylender soon after his arrival in Calgary. In 1887 he married Julia Wood Shurtliff, the widow of North-West Mounted Police superintendent Albert Shurtliff. They had one daughter. T. C. Power and Bro. sold the Calgary store to Marsh in 1893, and he continued operating it until 1901.
Marsh served one term as mayor of the town of Calgary, winning by acclamation in the 1889 election and serving from January 21, 1889, to January 20, 1890.[2]
Upon his death in Calgary, his estate was appraised at $351,000. The majority of his estate was left to Julia, who died two years later.
References
- ^ Klassen, Henry C. (1998). "Marsh, Daniel Webster". University of Toronto/Université Laval. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ Soby, Trudy (1975). Be it ever so humble. Calgary: Century Calgary Publications. p. Photo 27.