Wife
Nancy (Preston) Marrs b. 1823
Married: 1842
Children
Augustus Preston Marrs b. 1842
David Marrs b. 1844
Amanda Marrs b. 1846
Benji Preston Marrs b. 1850
Wesley Preston Marrs b. 1852
Edward Fermandes Marrs b. 1855
Louisa Marrs b. 1857
It appears that this family may have owned slaves in Kentucky and freed them at the time of the Civil War.
Augustus joined the Union Army and fought with Kentucky's 10th Cavalry Regiment and 54th Infantry Regiment.
Elijah Preston Marrs was a former Kentucky slave and became a 3rd Sgt in the Union Army's 12th United States Colored Heavy Artillery