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Obituary for Capt. Charles P. Marsden
Capt. Charles P. Marsden, a former well-known navigator in the Cuban and South American trade, died at Yonkers Sunday morning. He was born in New York City Feb. 25, 1928, and was the youngest son of Capt. George Marsden of the Rio Packet Line, who was lost at sea in March, 1840. Capt. Charles Marsden, as first mate, had charge of the ship which carried bread and flour to Londonderry at the time of the Irish famine in 1848, and assisted in the distribution of the provisions. In 1849 and 1850 he went to California, staked a claim, and after a few years started for home with the proceeds, but the ship on which he sailed was wrecked and all his possessions were lost except one small nugget of gold, out of which he had a wedding ring made when he was married, in 1853, to Mary A. Devoe of New York City. In 1890 he had a stroke of paralysis since which time he has made but three cruises to South America and Mexico. He retained his faculties until the day of his death. He had been confined to his bed but three or four days. He leaves a wife and four sons.
-- New York Times Tuesday, June 19, 1900, p.7
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