Sylvester Marsh [SEP] date of birth
Sylvester Marsh
Sylvester Marsh (September 30, 1803, Campton, New Hampshire – December 30, 1884, Concord, New Hampshire) was the United States engineer who designed and built the Mount Washington Cog Railway.
Biography.
He grew up on a farm, which he worked on, and he attended the common school in the winter. At 19, he left for Boston, where he worked as a farm hand, and in 1826 he established himself there as a provision dealer. In 1828, he was
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Family.
Captain Sylvester John Browne (years of birth and death not known) was married to Eliza Angell Browne , née Alexander (c. 1813 – 8 November 1899);
- Thomas Alexander Browne (1826–1915) married Margaret Maria Riley (died 8 September 1917) in 1860.
- Emma Browne (c. 1828 – c. 5 March 1905) married Molesworth Greene of "Greystones", Bacchus Marsh. He was chairman of directors, South Broken Hill.
- (Elizabeth) Corientia Browne (c.