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Charity Golden Marshall
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Charity Golden Marshall
Charity Golden was the tenth child of Captain William Golden and who
came to the United States in the 18th Century. She married John who
died in 1832 leaving her with nine children from 15 years to one
unborn. In the spring of 1842 when her youngest was ten years of age,
she emigrated with this large family to Cordova, Illinois. Here she
purchased land for $1.25 an acre a large tracat of unbroken prairie from
the "S" curve two miles east of Cordova to the Docia along the Erie
blacktop road. Both sides of the road were occupied by all her sons and
daughters except one who married Isaac Crosby and lived north of time.
At the time of her death on October 7, 1878, Charity had nine
children, fifty-nine grandchildren and thirty-one greatgrandchildren and
thirty-one great grandchildren of whom two children, fourteen
grandchildren and ten great grandchildren had died, leaving seventy
three living descendants. Her children were: Mary (married to Andrew
Ege), John (married to Mary Cool), William G. (married to Catharine
Phillips & Elizabeth Humphrey), Henry (married to Charity Golden -
daughter of Jared Golden), Elizabeth (married to Isaac Crosby), Sarah
(married J. Evan Smith), Jacob Marshall (married to Sarah Cain),
Theodore (married to Derinda Williamson) and Jared (married to Amanda
Rockwell).
Charity Golden Marshall was a great woman. Good judgement,
industrious and God fearing, she was a woman with foresight and guided
her family through many difficult times.
A Mrs. C. V. Golden of Cordova was elected president of the Rock Island County Home Bureau on July 9, 1927. --from Today in History, Argus/Dispatch July 9, 2002. She was undoubtedly the wife of a descendent of this family
Submitted by Cordova District Library
Jo Cohrs
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