Daniel Webster Marsh (15 August 1838 – June 27, 1916) was a businessman and mayor of Calgary, Alberta. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 He was born in Hudson, New Hampshire to parents Enoch Sawyer March and Margaret Whittier. Hudson is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America.
Marsh was educated in Nashua, New Hampshire, which was where he started his working life. Nashua is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA. As of the 2000 census Nashua had a total population of 86605 making it the second largest As a young man, he served with the 30th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment and was a part of the Dakota Territory Indian campaigns. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South Dakota Territory was the name of an organized territory of the United States that existed from 1861 to 1889
By 1876, Marsh was managing a small general store in Fort Benton, Montana. Fort Benton is a city in and the County seat of Chouteau County, Montana, United States. At this time Marsh joined the Fort Benton firm T. C. Power and Bro and moved to Fort Walsh (in Saskatchewan) to manage their store from 1876 to 1883. T C Power and Bro was a prominent mercantile business started by Thomas Charles Power in Fort Benton Montana. Fort Walsh National Historic Site of Canada is a part of the Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 As the Canadian Pacific Railway moved west, Marsh saw the opportunity to open up new stores for T. The Canadian Pacific Railway ( C. Power and Bro. He opened up their stores in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan in 1883 and Calgary in 1884. Maple Creek is located 52 miles southeast of Medicine Hat Alberta, Canada, and 20 miles north of the Cypress From 1884 to 1893 he managed the store in Calgary, while is nephew, Horace A. Greeley managed the store in Maple Creek.
In Calgary, Marsh became an important moneylender soon after his arrival in Calgary. In 1887, he married Julia Shurtliff (nee Wood), the widow of former North West Mounted Police superintendent Albert Shurtliff. They had one daughter. Power and Brother sold Marsh the Calgary store in 1893, which he operated until 1901.
Marsh served one term as mayor of the town of Calgary, from January 21, 1889 to January 20, 1890. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Upon his death in Calgary, his estate was appraised at $351,000. The majority of his estate was left to his widow Julia who died two years later.
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| Preceded by Arthur Edwin Shelton |
Mayor of Calgary 1889-1890 |
Succeeded by James Delamere Lafferty |
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