DeSoto Parish, Louisiana; Biography: Oliver H. Marshall & James G. Marshall - m624

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           Oliver Hawes Marshall and James G. Marshall
         were born in Darlington and Chesterfield Districts,
         S. C., in 1829 and 1840, respectively, and were the
         sons of Col. John J. and Maria (Hawes) Marshall.
         The parents were born in Darlington District, S.
         C., in 1807 and 1812, respectively, and there they
         resided until 1843, when they removed-to Mont-
         gomery County, Ala  From there they moved to
         Florida, where the mother died in 1852, and two
         years later Mr. Marshall and family came to De
         Soto Parish, La., settling near Stonewall, where the
         father's death occurred in 1877. He was a success-
         ful planter and a prominent and wealthy citizen.
         He and wife were worthy members of the Episco-
         pal Church. His father, Adam Marshall, the grand-
         father of Oliver H. and James G., was born in Ire-
         land, but when a young man, came, with an elder
         brother, who was a Presbyterian minister, to the
         United States, just after the Revolutionary War.
         He married and settled in Darlington District,
         S. C., where he spent the balance of his life as a
         wealthy merchant and planter.  Our subject's ma-
         ternal grandfather, Dr. Oliver Hawes, was born in
         Wrentham, Mass., where be studied and later
         graduated in medicine.  He was a drummer boy
         in the Revolution. He went to Darlington District,
         married a Miss Mary Leigh, and spent the remain-
         der of his life there as a successful physician and
         surgeon. Oliver Hawes Marshall, the eldest of nine
         children, eight now living, was reared to manhood
         on the plantation, received the principal part of his
         education in South Carolina College, at Columbia,
         where his class graduated in 1852, and after this
         he was engaged as a tutor in his father's family for
         some time.  In 1861 he joined Company K, Sec-
         ond Louisiana Infantry, and was with Gen. Lee's
         army in Virginia.  Like many a soldier in the Con-
         federate Army he saw some hardships, but bravely
         pushed through them in supporting the cause he
         had espoused.  He participated in many skir-
         mishes, and at Malvern Hill lost an arm, after
         which he came home.  Since then he has been re-
         tired, except that he taught for some time in the
         public schools.  He is a nephew of Hon. Henry
         Marshall, who represented this district in the Con-
         federate Congress at Montgomery, and who after-
         ward served one term in the Congress at Richmond.
         Prior to the war the latter also was a member of
         the Louisiana Senate, and was a wealthy planter.
         He was born in Darlington District, S. C., in 1805,
         and died at his residence in De Soto, in 1864.
         James Marshall, a brother of Oliver H. Marshall,
         was educated in South Carolina College, but his
         education was cut short by the breaking out of
         the war.  He then joined the College Cadets, and
         served a short time on Sullivan's Island, after
         which he returned home.  In 1862 he joined the
         Second Louisiana Cavalry, operated in Louisiana
         until the close of hostilities and served some of the
         time as adjutant. He was married in 1872, to Miss
         Mary Means, a native of Fairfield District, S. C.,
         and the daughter of William B. Means. Four chil-
         dren are the fruits of this union.  Ever since his
         marriage Mr. Marshall has lived on his present
         farm, consisting of over 1,600 acres.  He is a
         member of the A. F. & A. M., the K. of H., and
         his wife is a member of the Episcopal Church.