Marshall Ayres

Ayres & Lombard Bank & Store-Griggsville, IL 1847

Marshall Ayres (born 1807) was one of the founding pioneers of the Midwest, particularly around the Chicago region.

Early years

Marshall was born June 28, 1807 in Truro, Massachusetts (Cape Cod). He was the seventh child of nine born to father Dr. Jason Ayres and mother Betsey Holman who were married April 17, 1791. His father was the fifth generation of settlers to the New World, as a direct descendant of Captain John Ayres and Susanna Symonds of Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1648.^[1]

Marshall Ayres married Hannah (Lombard) Ayers, who were native to Truro Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Marshall, was one of the pioneer residents of Griggsville, IL moving there in 1821.

There son Marshall Ayres, Jr. and future oil industrialist, was born on February 20, 1839^[2]

The two families were successful business partners in Illinois with the Ayres & Lombard Bank & Store, and also a steamboat ferry called Prairie State.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://webspace.webring.com/people/if/fortaleza/ayres_captjohn_d1675_whitmore_1870.htm
2. ^ Report of the secretary By Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1863.
3. ^ http://genealogytrails.com/ill/pike/citygriggsville.html

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Name	Ayres, Marshall
Alternative names	Ayres, Marshall Sr.
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Date of birth	1807
Place of birth	Truro, Massachusetts
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