{{short description|American cigar manufacturing company}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}} thumb|250px|M. Marsh & Son
'''Marsh Wheeling''' was founded by Mifflin M. Marsh in 1840. Located in Wheeling, West Virginia, it was the oldest cigar manufacturing company founded in the United States.
== History == The company originated in 1840 with Miflin Marsh producing cigars in his home.<ref name="smith 2002">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Vicki |title=Wheeling Cigar Factory Closes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-marsh-wheeling/174333495/ |work=The Baltimore Sun |agency=Associated Press |date=Jan 13, 2002}}</ref> He later developed the company and opened a factory first on Water Street and later on 12th Street between Water and Main. In 1908, the company opened the location at 905–915 Market Street.{{cn|date=June 2025}} Marsh Wheeling was purchased in 1988 by John Berger & Son Co. The plant in West Virginia was closed in the early 2000s and operations were transferred to National Cigar, shifting production to Frankfort, Indiana. A company lawyer attributed the closure of the factory to factors such as demographic trends reducing the demand for cigars and West Virginia tobacco liability law.<ref name="smith 2002" />
The company was known for the Marsh Wheeling brand of stogies which were sold at a low price point, and its products appeared in movies such as ''The Green Mile'' and ''How the West Was Won''.<ref name="smith 2002" /> The cigar's famous box became a known staple of the tobacco industry.{{cn|date=June 2025}} ==See also== *List of cigar brands *List of historic sites in Ohio County, West Virginia
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{{Wheeling, West Virginia}}
Category:Cigar brands Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1840 Category:Landmarks in West Virginia Category:Companies based in Wheeling, West Virginia Category:Defunct manufacturing companies based in West Virginia