Maricopa County AZ Archives Biographies.....Marshall, John A. July 12, 1850 - living in 1896 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/az/azfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 1, 2005, 11:57 pm Author: McFarland & Poole p. 467-468 HON. JOHN A. MARSHALL. It is the men of broad and comprehensive views who give life to communities and build cities; men who have foresight and energy, pluck and push to forward their enterprises, and still retain an untarnished reputation through it all. Such a man is John A. Marshall, one of the best known men in this part of the Territory. Mr. Marshall was born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, July 12, 1850, and received his education in the public schools and in college. At the age of seventeen he entered the shops of the Arcadia Iron Foundry, located in New Glasgow, N. S., there learning the trade of machine forging. At the age of twenty-four he severed his connection with that company, and bid farewell to his native land. He landed in Virginia City, Nev., August 1, 1874, and immediately took up the trade of his choice. On June 6, 1878, he was married to Jennie S. Fraser, also a native of New Glasgow, N. S. To them have been born four children—Harry F., Ralph K., Ivey and Hazel. Harry died at Silver King, A. T., July 10, 1882; the remaining three—two boys and one girl—are still living. In May, 1882, Mr. Marshall, with his family, moved from Nevada to Arizona, where he has since resided. He is located in Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, where he has a handsome home. With his brawny arm he still wields the hammer, carrying on the largest blacksmith business in Phoenix. In 1892 he was elected to the House of Assembly, he being the only Republican elected to a legislative office in Maricopa County. Two years later he was again elected to the Assembly by a handsome majority. Mr. Marshall also filled appointments under Governor Irwin and Governor Hughes. Mr. Marshall, as may be inferred from the above, is a man of character and push. As a business man he has been unusually successful, though his native modesty never allows him to make a show of the fact. As a legislator he proved to be a capable, conservative and intelligent lawmaker, always in earnest, for law to him means something, and always on the progressive and right side of any question. His record as a legislator is clean and honorable, more than can be said of many a legislator. Mr. Marshall is not a particularly aggressive man, but he is eminently-conservative and always certain of his footing on every question. His constituency were not mistaken in sending him to the Legislature. He is a strong temperance man, has never taken a drink of liquor in his life, and is one of the for.emost anti-liquor men in Arizona. At present he is filling the chair of Past Grand Chief Templar of Arizona. Mr. Marshall visited his parents, Andrew and Jessie (Kerr) Marshall, in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, December 1, 1895, it being the anniversary of their golden wedding. Both parents were 75 years old. The "New Glasgow Enterprise" says: "One of the grandest social events that ever occurred on Frasier Mountain took place at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Marshall on December 2, 1895, the occasion being the celebration of their golden wedding. Gathered around their happy home were to be seen their children and grandchildren, relatives and friends. More than ninety persons sat down to the tables," etc. The parents are both native Nova Scotians, and the former of Scotch origin, his parents coming from Dumfreeshire, Scotland. Additional Comments: From: A Historical and Biographical Record of the Territory of Arizona Published by McFarland & Poole, Chicago, 1896 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/az/maricopa/bios/gbs28marshall.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/azfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb