Wood County, West Virginia Biography of John MARSHALL ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Submitted by Patricia Sexton, ************************************************************************** The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II pg 100 John Marshall, a busy Parkersburg lawyer, represents the third successive generation of that family in the legal profession, and his ancestry altogether is one that has had a close relationship with the history of the Western Virginia country from earliest pioneer times. His great-great-grandfather, Aaron Marshall, was a soldier under General Washington during the French and Indian war, lived prior to the Revolution in Soutwestern Pennsylvania, and in 1780 moved to Hancock County, Virginia. His son John, who was born in 1782 and died in 1859, spent his entire life in Hancock County. James G. Marshall, grandfather of the Parkersburg lawyer, was born in Hancock county, November 21, 1826, and died October 6, 1902. He was an able attorney and served twenty-four years as prosecuting attorney of Hancock County. He was a republican, and his example in politics has been followed by subsequent generations. He married Lavina Miller, and her two sons, Erastus D. and Oliver S., both became lawyers. Oliver S. Marshall, whose home is at New Cumberland in Hancock County, was born September 24, 1850. He graduated from Bethany College in 1878, and has for many years served as a trustee of that institution. He was a member of the State Senate three times, being president of the Senate in 1899, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention of 1892. Oliver S. Marshall married, September 8, 1880, Elizabeth Tarr, who was born at Wellsburg, this state, daughter of Campbell and Nancy (Hammond) Tarr. Campbell Tarr was one of the historic figures in the formation of the State of West Virginia, and as a delegate from Brooke County withdrew from the secession convention at Richmond. He was a member of the conventions at Wheeling, served as treasurer of the Provisional Government, and was the first state treasurer. John Marshall, only son of Oliver S. and Elizabeth (Tarr) Marshall, was born July 28, 1881, at New Cumberland He finished his literary education at Bethany College, where he graduated A. B. and A. M. in 1902, received his A. B. degree from Yale College in 1903, and graduated in law from the University of West Virginia in 1904. The following year he began his practice at Parkersburg, and has gained prominence both as an able business lawyer and on the public side of his profession. From 1908 to 1912 he was assistant United States attorney of the Northern District of West Virginia. Mr. Marshall was a delegate from West Virginia to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1920. In 1921 he was appointed special assistant to the United States attorney general to try cases involving alien enemy property seized by the Government. Besides his work as a lawyer he has been a director of the Smoot Advertising Company, Ohio Valley Publishing Company, Parkersburg Publishing Company, Parkersburg Ohio Bridge Company, United States Roofing & Tile Company, and a director of the Chamber of Commerce. He has been for several years chairman of the Wood County Chapter of the American Red Cross. He was the organizer and first president of the Rotary Club at Parkersburg, is a member of the college fraternities Beta Theta Pi, Delti Chi, Theta Nu Epsilon, and is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Parkersburg Country Club, Blennerhassett Club, and is a member of the Christian Church. M. Marshall married, January 25, 1906, at Wheeling, Miss Rebecca Cooper Pauli, a native of Wheeling and daughter of Joseph F. and Emma (Senseney) Pauli. Her grandparents were Judge James and Jane Ann (Fry) Pauli. The former was a judge of the Supreme Court of West Virginia. Her grandmother was a daughter of Judge Joseph L. Fry, who was a descendant of Colonel Fry, at one time colonel of the Virginia regiment in which George Washington was lieutenant-colonel. Washington succeeded to the command of the regiment when Colonel Fry was killed in action. Mrs. Marshall's father was a prominent Wheeling manufacturer and financier. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall have two children: John, Jr., born February 22, 1908, and Joseph Pauli, born May 29, 1912.