By: Scott Powell, Pub. 1925, reprinted 2025, 334 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-667-3. Marshall county was created in 1835 from Ohio County, WV. It sits in the extreme northern portion of the state just across the border from Greene County PA and Monroe and Belmont Counties, OH. It is a story of early settlement and development of the county with incidents of early life and roster of soldiers of several wars along with other matters of interest.