Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Marshall, William 
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Author: Bio/Gen Record LaSalle/Grundy 1900

WILLIAM MARSHALL.

All honor that belongs to the pioneer belongs to the man whose name is above, 
and to his father, a man of enterprise who, in a certain field, set the wheels 
of business going at one of Grundy county's centers of enterprise. Prominent 
among the living, well known pioneers of Grundy county, Illinois, is William 
Marshall, of Braceville, who dates his coming to the county back to July, 
1855; and few now living in the county have been here so long as he. Mr. 
Marshall was born in Canada, December 25, 1839. His parents were Dr. John and 
Mary (Dunlap) Marshall. The former was born in England and the latter in the 
north of Ireland, but both came to Canada in early life. The parents of Dr. 
Marshall died in England. The parents of Mary (Dunlap) Marshall died in Canada.

When the subject of this notice was a boy, the family removed from Canada to 
the state of New York, and lived for some time at Hornellsville, Steuben 
county. The family came to Grundy county in 1854 and Dr. Marshall erected the 
first store building in the village of Gardner. Dr. Marshall was the first 
physician who located at that village. He was a believer in the Hydropathic 
system of treating diseases and while residing in Hornellsville, New York, 
previous to coming to Illinois, he erected and operated a water-cure 
establishment. He made a trip to England, before coming west, to visit the 
scene of his birth.

As the pioneer merchant at Gardner, Dr. Marshall met with success and he 
continued in business there until about 1860, when with his family he removed 
to Missouri, where he died in the autumn of the same year. The death of the 
husband and father resulted in the return of the family to Grundy county in 
the spring of 1861. The mother died a few years later. Their children are: 
William; Margaret, widow of Dr. Anthony de Normandie, who was in the Union 
service in the war of the rebellion and later practiced his profession in 
Braceville for many years, until his death in 1895; Mary, who died three years 
ago, unmarried; and Caroline Eggleston, of Hartford, Connecticut.

William Marshall, except for a brief interval, has resided in Grundy county 
since he was fifteen years old. In early life he followed agricultural 
pursuits and for twenty-two years was employed as a mercantile clerk. For 
several years past he has been engaged successfully in the coal trade at 
Braceville. Mrs. Marshall was formerly Miss Marion Cumming. Mr. and Mrs. 
Marshall had two children: Mamie, who died, aged two years; and Edward 
Marshall; and three grandchildren—Leonard, Hobart and Lillian.

Mr. Marshall is one of the few citizens now living in Grundy county who came 
here forty-five years ago. He remembers when everything was primitive and 
crude and has seen the country develop from a state of nature to its present 
condition of advanced prosperity. During all his residence in the county he 
has enjoyed the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens. In his political 
affiliations he is a Republican. All his ideas as to public questions inclined 
him in his early manhood to ally himself with that party and, as he has 
estimated and understood its work in all the years of its history, he has 
never seen any reason to renounce his allegiance to it. Since he began to have 
a part and an interest in the development of Braceville he has given his 
hearty and liberal support to every movement, religious, political or 
industrial, tending to the enhancement of the welfare of the people of the 
town.

Additional Comments:
Source:  Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy County, 
Illinois, Volume 11, Chicago, 1900, p669-671

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