J. G. Marshall Biography  Hancock County, WV
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Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the 
Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia".  
Compiled and Written by:
J.H. Newton,  G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle
Published by:
J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA.

                Biographical Sketches of Hancock County:

J.G. Marshall:

prosecuting attorney, was born near Fairview in 1827.  Was the son of 
John Marshall.  Went to high school in that place, under the tutorship of 
Profs. Silverthorn and Moore.  Taught school from the year 1847 to 1849.  
Married Miss L. Miller in 1849.  Elected to the office of commissioner of
the revenue in the same year, serving in that capacity eight years, during 
which time he began reading law under O. W. Langfitt, Esq., of Wellsburg. 
Was admitted to practice December 1859.  Went into partnership with his 
preceptor that year, continuing thus until 1865.  Been elected to the office of prosecuting attorney of Hancock County four times, and is now filling 
that office, which term expires in 1860.  Has been engaged in his legal 
profession for eighteen years.