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Marsh, Samuel – Marshall, Humphrey

Marsh, Samuel

clergyman, was born July 3, 1796, in Danville, Vt. He originated in 1827 the system of colportage that has since been employed with excellent results by the American Tract society, the American Sunday School union, and other religious societies. He died April 1, 1874, in Underhill, Vt.

Marsh, Sylvester

engineer, inventor, was born Sept. 30, 1803, in Campton, N. H. He originated the meat packing industry; invented various appliances; originated and built Mt. Washington railway; and invented the locomotive, cograil, and brakes used thereon. He died Dec. 30, 1884, in Concord, N. H.

Marsh, Tamerlane Pliny

clergyman, college president, was born July 30, 1845, in Orland, Ind. For twenty years he filled pastorates in the Rock River conference of the methodist episcopal church; and was stationed at Oak Park, Chicago, Rockford, and Evanston. He is now president of the Mount Union college of Alliance, Ohio.

Marshall, Alexander K

congressman, was born in Kentucky. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1855 to 1857.

MARSHALL, ALEXANDER KEITH, lawyer, author, was born in 1770, in Fauquier county, Va. During 1817-21 he published the Reports of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky, in three volumes. He died in 1825, in Mason county, Ky.

Marshall, Alfred

congressman.

He served four years in the Maine legislature in 1827, 1828, 1834, and 1835; and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1841 to 1843. From 1846 to 1849 he was collector at Belfast, Maine; and was also, for some years, a general of the state militia.

Marshall, Chester C

agriculturist, state legislator, was born Sept. 23, 1862, in Hancock county, Ohio. In 1881 he moved to Nebraska, where he established with his brother, the Arlington Nursery and Fruit farm. In 1896 he was elected to the Nebraska state legislature; and took an active part on various committees.

Marshall, Edward Colston

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1820 in Woodford, Ky. In 1849 he went to California, where he sat in the legislature, and was elected to congress as a democrat, serving from 1851 till 1853. In 1878 he was elected attorneygeneral of that state.

Marshall, George A

lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 14, 1851, in Shelby county, Ohio. He served eight years as prosecuting attorney of Shelby county, Ohio, being elected in 1878, 1880, and again in 1883. He was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a democrat. a

Marshall, Humphrey

botanist, author, was born Oct. 10, 1722, in Marshallton. He was a famous botanist of Marshallton, Pa. Arboretum Americanum, a very valuable work of his, was translated into a number of foreign languages. He died Nov. 5, 1801, in Marshallton, Pa.

Marshall, Humphrey

state legislator, United States senator, author, was born in 1756 in Westmoreland county, Va.

He was among the earliest pioneers to Kentucky, having gone there in 1780. He served for many years in the state legislature; and was a senator in congress from 1795 to 1801. He was the author of the first published History of Kentucky.

He died July 1, 1841, near Frankfort, Ky.

Marshall, Humphrey

soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 12, 1812, in Frankfort, Ky. He was elected to congress from Kentucky in 1849 as a representative, and re-elected in 1851.

He was appointed by President Fillmore commissioner to China, which was immediately raised to a first-class mission; and on his return was elected a representative to the thirty-fourth congress; and in 1857 re-elected to congress. He died March 28, 1872, in Louisville, Ky. was