# Marsh Wheeling

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{{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](/source/Wheeling%2C_West_Virginia), [West Virginia](/source/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](/source/Frankfort%2C_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](/source/stogies) which were sold at a low price point, and its products appeared in movies such as ''[The Green Mile](/source/The_Green_Mile_(film))'' and ''[How the West Was Won](/source/How_the_West_Was_Won_(film))''.<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](/source/List_of_cigar_brands)
*[List of historic sites in Ohio County, West Virginia](/source/List_of_historic_sites_in_Ohio_County%2C_West_Virginia)

==References==
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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

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