T.J. Marshall Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson 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: T. J. Marshall: mail carrier, was born near Fairview, Hancock County, West Virginia, April 5th, 1828. He remained with his father, assisting him on the farm and attending school, until he arrived at the age of twenty, then went into buying horses and taking them east for market, and following that business for five years. In 1852, he was married, and then went to farming for a short time, after which he took a contract for carrying the mail from Fairview to Wellsville, which he continued about eight years. In 1870, he took another contract for carrying the mail from Fairview to McCoy's Station. On this route he runs a hack in connection, carrying passengers to and from the railroad. Had a family of four children -- one of whom is dead.