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Marsh Wheeling was founded by Mifflin M. Marsh in 1840. Located in Wheeling,
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, it was the oldest cigar manufacturing company founded in the United States.


History

After beginning production and sale from his home, Mr. Marsh 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 historic location at 905–915 Market Street. In 2001, the Wheeling plant was closed and the company was bought by National Cigar, which moved production to
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. M. Marsh & Son is most notably remembered for the Marsh Wheeling brand of stogies. The cigar's famous box became a known staple of the tobacco industry. A box also appeared in the movie '' The Green Mile'' as the home of Mr. Jingles, a mouse kept by one of the prisoners. A Marsh Wheeling cigar box was also carried by a fisherman on the wharf in the movie ''
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''. In the fourth season of
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, a box of Marsh Wheeling cigars can be seen on Peggy's desk the night she stays at work with Don to generate ideas for a Samsonite advertisement.


See also

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List of cigar brands This is an alphabetical list of cigar brands. Included is information about the company owning the brand name as well as a column allowing easy viewing of the source of that information. If a brand name begins with the English word "The" or its S ...
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List of historic sites in Ohio County, West Virginia This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ohio County, West Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio County, West Virginia. ...


References

{{Wheeling, West Virginia Cigar brands Manufacturing companies established in 1840 Landmarks in West Virginia Companies based in Wheeling, West Virginia Defunct manufacturing companies based in West Virginia