Background
Marsh, Charles was born on July 10, 1765 in Lebanon, Connecticut, United States.
United States representative politician
Marsh, Charles was born on July 10, 1765 in Lebanon, Connecticut, United States.
After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1786, he studied law and was admitted to the Barometer
He began the practice of law in Woodstock, Vermont, where he continued to practice law for about fifty years. He was appointed by George Washington to be the United States. Attorney for the District of Vermont, and served from 1797 until 1801. Marsh was elected as a Federalist candidate to the Fourteenth United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1815 until March 3, 1817.
He founded the American Colonization Society while in Washington.
He was prominent in the Dartmouth College controversy, and was a trustee of Dartmouth College from 1809 until 1849. Marsh received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Dartmouth College in 1828.
He was a liberal benefactor of various missionary and Bible societies, president of the Vermont Bible Society, vice president of the American Bible Society, and vice president of the American Education Society. Marsh died on January 11, 1849 in Woodstock, Vermont.
He is interred in River Street Cemetery in Woodstock.
He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He became the senior member of the profession in Vermont. Marsh became a member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in 1809.
Marsh"s father, Joseph Marsh, was a Vermont officer in the American Revolution, a member of the Vermont House of Representatives and the first Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.
Children include George Perkins.