A. H. Marston

    A. H. Marston, treasurer and manager, of the Chattanooga Chair Company, is a native of the State of New York, and is a son and the only surviving child of Samuel F. and Carrie May (Blakely) Marston, who were natives of London, England. Realizing that America possessed far greater advantages over England for laboring people, and being only in moderate circumstances, the parents immigrated to this country and were married in New York State. Later they moved to Minnesota, the father now being a resident of St. Paul, where he is engaged in the manufacture of wagons, carriages, etc. A. H. Marston was reared and educated in the State of Minnesota, and was there engaged in saw. mill­ing until 1876, when he came to Chattanooga. From 1878 to 1885 he was an active member of the firm of Loomis, Hart & Co., but in December of the latter year, purchased an interest and assumed control of the Chattanooga Chair Company, continuing in that manner until the present time. Under Mr. Marston's management the company he represents has greatly improved in every way, and it is recognized as one of the leading manufacturing institutions of the city. April 30, 1876, Mr. Marston was united in marriage with Miss Carrie M. Everett, and to their union two children have been born-one now living.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887
1880 Hamilton Co., TN Census, 2nd Ward, Chattanooga; Page 153: Fred H. Marsden, 55, Born NY.