Judge E P Marshall

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  • From: Neill Marshall <vrnews@dallas.net>
    Subject: E. P. Marshall, Upshur County Texas
    Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 21:13:29 -0500
    
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    Judge E. P. Marshall
    
    Among the worthy, able and honorable attorneys in which the city of Dallas
    abounds, is to be numbered the subject of this sketch.
    He was born in Alabama, August 19, 1842. His parents were Jesse S. and
    Catherine (Shaw) Marshall. The father a native of Georgia, and the mother
    of North Carolina. Jesse S. Marshall by occupation was a farmer, well
    versed in his calling; was well-to-do and in every way a model, honest and
    upright man, conscientious and fair in all his dealings, his word ever
    being regarded as good as his bond. Both he and his wife were life-long
    members of the Baptist Church. They were humble, unpretentious, good
    people, well respected and noted for zeal and earnestness in their high
    callings. Glorious hope! Their work done, and well done, they went from the
    labors of the church militant to the church triumphant, ---the father in
    1873, at he age of seventy-one years, and the mother in 1871, at the age of
    sixty-seven. They left a good name---an endearing heritage to their
    children, their acquaintances, and the church of their choice. Of their
    twelve children, eleven reached maturity and five are still living.
    Judge Marshall was educated at Gilmer, in eastern Texas, the only school of
    that character that was carried on successfully during the late war. The
    instructor, Prof. Morgan H. Looney, is now a resident of Hunter county,
    Texas. In the spring of 1862 our young friend Marshall enlisted in Company
    B, Seventh Regiment, Texas Infantry, and was in many of the leading battles
    of the war. At Fort Donelson he was captured and was taken to Fort Douglas,
    where he was held a prisoner five months, receiving kind treatment and
    plenty of food. He was then paroled and landed at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
    Subsequently, at the battle of Franklin, he was captured, and until the war
    closed was held a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio, also meeting with kind
    treatment there. He was then sent to Shreveport, Louisiana. He stood the
    service well; was wounded slightly at New Hope, but was only disabled for a
    few days. His rank was that of Second Sergeant.
    After the war closed he farmed until 1868. Then he took a course of law
    study under Chief Justice Roberts at Gilmer, Texas, the same school he had
    attended previous to the war. He was admitted to the bar in 1868, since
    which time he has practiced before all the courts of the State and the
    Supreme Court. He was elected District Attorney for the nineteenth
    district, comprising the counties of Smith, Upshur, Gregg, Camp, Wood and
    Raines, being elected over his Republican competitor by 1,100 votes, and
    served four years. At the expiration of that time he was elected to the
    Fifteenth Legislature, in which honorable body he rendered efficient
    service. He moved to Dallas in 1877, since which time he has resided in
    this city, successfully conducting a law practice. In 1890 he undertook the
    race for County Judge, but was defeated by a small number of votes. He is
    making the race for the same position in 1892, both he and his many friends
    being sanguine of his success.
    For some years the judge has been identified with educational matters. He
    has served on the School Board, and to his earnest efforts is largely due
    the fine system of schools with which Dallas is highly favored.
    Judge Marshall was married to Miss Jennie Rogers, the accomplished daughter
    of A. T. Rogers, of Upshur county, Texas. They are the parents of four
    children, of whom they are justly proud, viz.: Benjamin C., a traveling
    salesman; Sidney J. who has been superintendent of the carriers of the
    postoffice for the past six years; and Ida and Ada. The judge and his wife
    and their daughters are members of the Baptist Church, he being a Deacon in
    the same. He is also a member of the blue lodge and of the Royal Arch
    Masons. His views, politically, are in harmony with Democratic principles,
    and with that party he has ever affiliated.
    
    Memorial & Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas, The Lewis
    Publishing Co., 1892, p. 889
    
    Neill Marshall
    
    The Marshall's of East Texas
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