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The material below was inserted into the article, presenting a second view. Moved here for discussion and sourcing. Just me! ( talk) 02:46, 26 February 2008 (UTC) reply

NOTE: Per William Mero of the John Marsh Historic Trust: "Contrary to the information Wikipedia presents of Marsh going to San Francisco for a political meeting is not why he was going to San Francisco. Marsh was going into San Francisco for two main reasons and nothing political! The first was to pay the building contractor for finishing his stone mansion near Brentwood (probably carrying somewhere between $5,000-10,000 to pay off his debts. The second reason was to meet the San Francisco Police and his his hired range detective, Fugate, to have them personally arrest some cattle thieves who were expected to arrive later at the San Francisco docks with a ship load of Marsh's slaughtered cattle. Of course this didn't happen."

The material below was inserted into the article. Moved here for discussion and sourcing.-00:21, 24 July 2009 (UTC) User:Emargie

The best source for the history of John Marsh is a book by George D. Lyman, John Marsh, Pioneer (New York: Scribner's & Sons, 1930).

There are several errors in the Lyman Biography. However it is the only existing biography available at this time. A new biography is currently being researched and written. For updates and current corrections to the Lyman biography visit the John Marsh Historic Trust website at www.johnmarshhouse.com

To communicate with the authors send e-mail to kmero@astound.net

This article meets the requirements for C class. I have made this change for the California project. Bruin2 ( talk) 06:43, 23 February 2013 (UTC) reply

Marsh was a rather important figure in California history before the Gold Rush. I think the importance of this article should be raised to at least MID. Bruin2 ( talk) 00:57, 7 February 2015 (UTC) reply

Under the section titled Life in California it is claimed Marsh is credited with being the first person to practice medicine in California. Are we to believe the Native Americans that had lived in the area for thousands of years practiced no form of medicine? 47.156.135.194 ( talk) 20:57, 10 November 2022 (UTC) reply