Jessamine-Woodford-Fayette County KyArchives Biographies.....Marshall, Alexander K. 1808 - 1886
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Author: Bennett H. Young

Dr. Alexander K. Marshall.

   Dr. Alexander K. Marshall was a member of Congress from the Ashland District
in 1855. He was the third son of Dr. Louis Marshall, who was the youngest
brother of Chief-Justice John Marshall. Louis Marshall lived in Woodford county,
at a place called Buck Pond. There Alexander K. Marshall was born the 11th of
February, 1808. He studied medicine and at the age of 25 came to Nicholasville
and practiced his profession, which he did with marked success. He united with
John G. Chiles in 1842, in operating a stage and mail line through the Kentucky
mountains to Bean Station, Tenn., and continued in this business for more than
20 years. This, however, did not prevent him from practicing his profession.

   He was a man of fine presence and of courage in the statement of his
convictions. He represented Jessamine county in the Constitutional Convention of
1849, defeating George I. Brown by 80 majority. He was elected to Congress on
the Know Nothing ticket, defeating James O. Harrison, a distinguished Lexington
lawyer, by over 1,500 majority. He died in Fayette county in 1886.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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