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Charles E. Marsh
Dies At Home
Charles E. Marsh, 77, died Wednesday, December 30, 1964 at his home in Washington, D. C. Mr. Marsh was a former resident of Rappahannock, living at Jessamine Hill Farm, Washington, Va. until 1962, at which time he sold the large estate. He was born in Cincinnati. Ohio. Mr. Marsh, a newspaper publisher in Austin, Texas in 193^ and a close friend of President Lyndon B. Johnson, was influential in his early political carder. He urged Mr. Johnson to campaign on a strong iRoosevelt platform inhisjirst race for Congress at" this time, and he won this congressional election against a field of nine other candidates. He continued to advise and support Mr. Johnson in his successful bids for the Senate. Four years after graduating from the University of Okla,homa in 1908, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Mr. Marsh became editor of the Akron Press. From there he moved to the Cincinnati Post as managing editor. In 1916, he teamed up with E.S. Fentress and they bought the Fargo, N.D. Forum and Morning News in Waco, Texas, At one time they owned 12 newspapers in the Lone Star [State. He sold his newspaper interests in the late 1930s and came to Washington, D.C. In 1947 he formed the Public Welfare Foundation which ha6 distributed about $4 million itO" schools, clinics, camps,
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