History of the Michigan agricultural college and biographical sketches of trustees and professors . d New York to purchasegood stock for some of his neighbors; 1844 he became associate editor of theCultivator with Luther Tuckerman; January 1852, he moved to Boston, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF TRUSTEES AND FACULTY. 379 Mass., to take charge of the agricultural department of the Boston Culti-vator; in 1857 visited Great Britain, Ireland and France to purchase stockfor a society; he imported more stock later; in February 1864 he was electedsecretary of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture and in
History of the Michigan agricultural college and biographical sketches of trustees and professors . d New York to purchasegood stock for some of his neighbors; 1844 he became associate editor of theCultivator with Luther Tuckerman; January 1852, he moved to Boston, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF TRUSTEES AND FACULTY. 379 Mass., to take charge of the agricultural department of the Boston Culti-vator; in 1857 visited Great Britain, Ireland and France to purchase stockfor a society; he imported more stock later; in February 1864 he was electedsecretary of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture and in May moved toLansing and began his work. He never resided at the College, but remainedin Lansing, till his death March 9, 1871. Children: Louisa Matilda, Henry Roland, Caroline Augusta, SophiaAmelia, (Mrs. T. D. Knight), Hannah Fillebrown (Mrs. Neil Matheson),Fanny Harriet (Mrs. Henry B. Baker). His wife, Mrs. Sanford Howard, survived him to the age of 94. She was avery able woman, the leading organizer of the Lansing Womans Club. Richard Haigh, Jr., pro tempore, March 1871 to November 11, SANFORD HOWARD. *WiLLiAM Henry Pickering Marston was the son of Enoch Marston wholived near Boston, Massachusetts and Eleanor E. (Pickering) M., born inEngland. He was born at Barnstable, Mass., May 28, 1842, from whichplace he and others of the family moved to New York City. In 1870, he (1) married Sarah Ann Sherriff of South Bend, Indiana; (2)Harriet L. Babcock, November 9. 1884. Mr. Marston was a Republicanand something of a politician. He moved to Detroit where he becamesecretary to Governor Bagley, enrolhng as engrossing clerk of the statelegislature; November 1873 to August 1875 he was secretary to StateBoard of Agriculture; register of deeds in Berrien county; editor and pub-lisher of the Benton Harbor Palladieum; dealer in oil; manager of a refrigeratorcompany; moved to Fitzgerald, Georgia, in 1895 where he became presidentand secretary of the Board of Education. He was a promin
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