Charity Golden Marshall Charity Golden Marshall Charity Golden was the tenth child of Captain William Golden and who came to the United States in the 18th Century. She married John who died in 1832 leaving her with nine children from 15 years to one unborn. In the spring of 1842 when her youngest was ten years of age, she emigrated with this large family to Cordova, Illinois. Here she purchased land for $1.25 an acre a large tracat of unbroken prairie from the "S" curve two miles east of Cordova to the Docia along the Erie blacktop road. Both sides of the road were occupied by all her sons and daughters except one who married Isaac Crosby and lived north of time. At the time of her death on October 7, 1878, Charity had nine children, fifty-nine grandchildren and thirty-one greatgrandchildren and thirty-one great grandchildren of whom two children, fourteen grandchildren and ten great grandchildren had died, leaving seventy three living descendants. Her children were: Mary (married to Andrew Ege), John (married to Mary Cool), William G. (married to Catharine Phillips & Elizabeth Humphrey), Henry (married to Charity Golden - daughter of Jared Golden), Elizabeth (married to Isaac Crosby), Sarah (married J. Evan Smith), Jacob Marshall (married to Sarah Cain), Theodore (married to Derinda Williamson) and Jared (married to Amanda Rockwell). Charity Golden Marshall was a great woman. Good judgement, industrious and God fearing, she was a woman with foresight and guided her family through many difficult times. A Mrs. C. V. Golden of Cordova was elected president of the Rock Island County Home Bureau on July 9, 1927. --from Today in History, Argus/Dispatch July 9, 2002. She was undoubtedly the wife of a descendent of this family Submitted by Cordova District Library Jo Cohrs ©2006, Genealogy Trails