J. P. Marriott, a farmer and stockman, was born in Licking County, Ohio, August 16, 1832 ; he is the son of Henry T. and Rebecca (Penn) Marriott, natives of Maryland, of English descent. His father was born May 9, 1807, and was a son of William and Edith (Waters) Marriott, natives of Maryland, who came to Ohio in 1825, and settled in Licking County, where they remained a short time, and then moved to Knox County, where both died. Henry T. married Rebecca Penn, who was born September 29, 1807, and with her moved to Claibourne Township, in 1845, buying land near Richwood, about thirty acres of which has since been sold off in town lots. He died in 1875. He raised a family of ten children, eight boys and two girls; seven of the children now living, six boys and one girl. They are all shrewd business men , but they have been only moderately successful. They are all residents of Claibourne Township and all the male members of the family are rather small in stature, except our subject, who is above the average height. He was reared on the farm, and has made farming his life occupation, now owning a well-improved farm near Richwood, on which he resides. In 1855, he married Theoba Farrier, by whom he had one child-Eliza, now the wife of William Peet, of Delaware County. Mrs. Marriott died in 1863, and, in 1865, Mr. Marriott married Sisson Fisher; she is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Richwood. Mr. Marriott is a Republican in politics.