He was in the war(?) & was captured by the enemy out east of Tazewell. Caught one day, and was tied to a tree with a rope attached to the fence. While they slept, he worked himself loose and walked away on his hands and feet as he got among a herd of hogs which were passing thru the enemy camp.
Father: Samual Marrs (1788 - 1892)
Mother: Sarah Sally (Owen) Marrs (1796 - 1871)
Wife
Cynthia Patton (May) Marrs b. 1817
Married: 22 Nov 1833 in Pike County Kentucky
Children
Alexander Marrs b. 1834
Thomas L Marrs b. 1836
Sarah (Sally) Ann Marrs b. 1838
Samual R. Marrs b. 1840
Henry Marrs b. 1842
James Patton Marrs b. 1844
Cynthia Dorcas Marrs b. 1846
John W Marrs b. 1849
David Marrs b. 1851
Dorcas O Marrs b. 1854
Willie Edgar Marrs b. 1860