Ascension County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Marston, Sr., Capt. Bulow Ward - June 13, 1917
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source: The Donaldsonville Chief. (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871 - current,
July 21, 1917, Image 1

Death of Capt. B. W. Marston. - Capt. B. W. Marston, Sr., one of the best 
known among the older citizens of north Louisiana, died June 13 at the 
residence of his son, B. W. Marston, Jr., in Shreveport. Capt. Marston was 
born at Clinton, La., Nov. 10, 1841, and was at school in Kentucky when the 
civil war began. He organized a company at Memphis and was elected captain 
when only 19 years old; was wounded at the battle of Shiloh, and after 
recovering served on the staff of Gen. Kirby Smith in the trans-Mississippi 
department until the war closed. He became a successful planter and 
steamboatman, was active and prominent in politics and public affairs, and 
spent his time and money lavishly in helping to fight the boll weevil when 
that pest was ravaging the cotton fields of Louisiana. He served four years 
in the state senate from the Red River district, and was a prominent figure 
in the Democratic national convention that nominated Wm. J. Bryan for 
president the first time.


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