Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Marshall, Chester H 1835 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

CHESTER H. MARSHALL. Among the leading families of New Lenox Township may be 
properly mentioned Mr. Marshall and his amiable and accomplished wife, both of 
whom take an active interest in all of the progressive movements of the day. 
They are readers and thinkers, more than ordinarily intelligent and well 
informed, and have one of the pleasantest homes in the township where often 
gather for social intercourse the friends whom they have drawn around them by 
their genial natures and kindly hospitality. They stand high in social circles 
and are active in church work. They are numbered among the chief pillars of 
the Baptist Church at Hartley, of which Mrs. Marshall, who is possessed of 
rare musical talents, has been organist for twenty-five years. The immediate 
progenitor of our subject is the well-known Deacon Rollin Marshall, who was 
born in Camillus, Onondaga County, N. Y. The mother bore the maiden name of 
Ann Burrill, and she was a native of the same county as her husband where they 
were married. Thence they came to this county in 1834, and settled in New 
Lenox Township, where the father built up a good homestead, and where the 
mother died about 1842. Deacon Rollin Marshall, after the death of his wife 
continued to live for a time in New Lenox Township and then removed to Mokena, 
which is still his home. He was married a second time to Mrs. Belinda 
(Ingersoll) Parker, widow of Silas Parker, who died in Plainfield, this 
county, many years ago. Of the first marriage of Deacon Marshall there were 
born three sons, the eldest of whom, George N., entered the Union Army during 
the late war as a member of Company M, Fourth Michigan Cavalry. He went to the 
front with his regiment, was captured by the enemy, and suffered the horrors 
of Andersonville prison, within which he died about 1864. Chester H., our 
subject, was the second born. Jacob B. went to California after reaching 
manhood and was killed by a snow-slide in the mountains. Deacon Marshall was a 
man ambitious and energetic during his younger years and prominent in the 
affairs of his community. He contributed his full quota to the growth and 
development of his adopted township, was strictly honest in his transactions 
with his fellow-men, a kind man in his family and much respected by his 
neighbors. His name will be held in high remembrance long after he has been 
gathered to his fathers. He is now eighty-four years old. By his second 
marriage there was one child, Adaline, who is single and at home. The subject 
of this sketch is the only surviving child of his father's family by his first 
marriage. He was born in New Lenox Township, October 18, 1835, and has spent 
the greater part of his time within its limits. He acquired a practical 
education in the common school, together with those habits of industry and 
frugality which have contributed to his success in life. He was married at the 
residence of John M. Reynolds in New Lenox Township, November 10, 1859, to 
Miss Clara M., daughter of Mr. Reynolds, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in 
this volume. Mrs. Marshall was born at the farm where she now resides, October 
29, 1840. In connection with her studies, which she prosecuted in the common 
schools, she began receiving musical instruction at an early age and evinced 
more than ordinary talent as a singer and performer. She has proved in all 
respects the suitable companion and helpmate of her husband and with him 
enjoys the friendship of a large circle of acquaintances. Mr. Marshall votes 
the Republican ticket and always keeps himself posted upon the march of public 
events. He has officiated as Road Commissioner and School Trustee, also as a 
Clerk in the Hadley Baptist Church. In 1884, he was elected a Justice of the 
Peace, which office he has held to the present time. For a period of sixteen 
years he was Secretary of the New Lenox Fire Insurance Company, and managed 
the affairs of the company in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory 
to all concerned.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 

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