Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Marshall, Hon Albert O 
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Author: Past & Present Will County, 1907

Hon. Albert O. Marshall, circuit judge, was born and bred upon a farm, his 
native town being New Lenox, Will county, Illinois. There he was born sixty-
six years ago, his parents being George and Margaret. A. (Paddock) Marshall, 
both of whom were natives of Onondaga county, New York. Judge Marshall is also 
a grandson of Chester and Pamelia Marshall, and great-grandson of Josiah and 
Iveziah Marshall, natives of Connecticut. His father went overland to 
California in 1849 and died on the way home in 1850. His mother is still 
living upon the old home farm in New Lenox, and enjoys good health for one of 
her age. The grandfather, Chester Marshall, was one of the pioneers of the 
township, to which district he removed with his family in 1833. For many years 
he figured as one of the most prominent and influential residents of that 
locality. When Judge Marshall arrived at school age, he trudged to the old log 
school house and sat upon one of the rough benches while acquiring a good 
common-school education. At the age of nineteen years he entered Lombard 
University, at Galesburg, Illinois, but soon after the Civil war was 
inaugurated and he gave up his studies in order to become a soldier. He was 
one of the first to enlist in defense of his country, joining Company A, 
Thirty-third Regiment, Illinois Volunteers— the regiment that was known as the 
famous Normal regiment. He carried a musket as a private soldier for more than 
three years, participating in several important battles and sharing in the 
many hardships and privations that fall to the lot of a private in the army. 
He received his discharge October 11, 1864. Soon afterward Judge Marshall 
became a student in the law department of the old Chicago University now the 
Law School of Northwestern University, from which he graduated in 1866. He has 
since been actively connected with the legal profession and for many years was 
regarded as one of the most able practitioners at the bar of Joliet, having a 
liberal patronage that connected him with the most important litigation tried 
in the courts of his district, senate for a term of four years, where he 
served with distinguished ability, doing much active work in the committee 
rooms, where, as is well known, the greater part of the legislative work is 
accomplished. In 1884 he published in book form a complete history of his life 
as a soldier, under the title of "Army Life," the book having a large 
circulation. It is one of the most truthful and interesting stories of a 
private soldier's army life ever written. In 1894 he was elected judge of the 
county court, serving with marked ability until 1902. In the meantime he had 
been a member of the city school board, acting as its secretary for one year 
and as president for eleven years. When the township high school board was 
organized he was elected president of that board and superintended the 
building of the magnificent structure which is acknowledged as unsurpassed by 
any high school building in the west. Four years ago a fine large school 
building was erected at Sunnyside, east of the city, and was appropriately 
named the A. O. Marshall School. In July, 1905, Judge Marshall was independent 
candidate for circuit judge to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge 
Garnsey, and, though the district was largely republican, he defeated the 
regular republican candidate by a majority of over two thousand votes. He is 
now serving with eminent ability and giving the best of satisfaction as a 
judge.

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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