Son of James G. Marshall and Lavina Miller; husband of 1st wife, Elizabeth Tarr (1857-1887), whom he married September 8, 1880; father of their children, John Marshall (1881-1966) and Olive Marshall (1885-1904); husband of 2nd wife, Nora Virginia Householder (1865-1952), whom he married January 6, 1892 in New Cumberland, Hancock, WV; father of their children, Edith (Marshall) Chambers (1892-1981), Edmund Aaron Marshall (1896-1958) and Virginia Marshall (1898-1997).
Oliver S. Marshall was a lawyer and practiced law in New Cumberland until his death in 1934. He was also state senator for several years representing the first senatorial district.
Oliver Sheridan Marshall
in the West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973
Name: Oliver Sheridan Marshall
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1850
Birth Place: West Virginia
Death Date: 19 May 1934
Death Place: New Cumberland, Hancock, West Virginia
Burial Date: 21 May 1934
Burial Place: New Cumberland
Death Age: 83 years 7 months 25 days
Occupation: Attorney
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Jas. G. Marshall
Father Birth Place: West Virginia
Mother Name: Levina Miller
Mother Birth Place: West Virginia
FHL Film Number: 858821
Oliver S Marshall
in the U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925
Name: Oliver S Marshall
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Fairview West Virginia
Residence Place: New Cumberland West Virginia
Child: John Marshall
Certificate Number: 69023
Oliver S. Marshall
in the Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Oliver S. Marshall
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hancock Co., W.VA.
Marriage Date: 08 Sep 1880
Marriage Place: Brooke Co.
Spouse: Lizzie Tarr
FHL Film Number: 0869830
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History of WV, Old and New (1923), Vol. 3, pp. 362 and 363:
[OLIVER S. MARSHALL. Descended from one of the oldest families in the Northern Panhandle, Oliver S. Marshall has always made his home in that section, and as a lawyer and legislator his reputation has become state wide; His home is at New Cumberland, and his law offices in the industrial town of Weirton.
He was born near Fairview, the old county seat of Hancock County, now called Pughtown, September 24, 1850. He is a great-grandson of the pioneer Aaron Marshall, who came from east of the mountains, from somewhere in Virginia, and is thought to have been a soldier of Braddock and Washington in the famous campaign of 1755. About 1760 he located on Chartiers Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and about 1780 came to what is now Hancock County, West Virginia. His land was part of the Johnson survey, granted in 1775, when Patrick Henry was governor of Virginia. The grant was for 7,000 acres, but when it was surveyed it measured 8,100 acres. Of this 205 acres was assigned to Aaron Marshall at ten shillings an acre, payable in whiskey at the rate of five shillings a gallon, flour and other forms of currency of that day. Aaron Marshall had the fourth house on that tract. Some of the land is still owned by Oliver S. Marshall, and the original record of the title is at Louisville, Kentucky. The town of Newell stands on part of the original grant. In his minutes George Washington mentions the falls where this tract borders the Ohio River, but the land of Aaron Marshall is some five miles from that stream.
Aaron Marshall continued to live here until his death in advanced years in 1826. He was a Baptist and frequently preached on Kings Creek, where he was buried.
His son, John Marshall, was born in 1782 and died in 1859, spending his entire life in Hancock County. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
James G. Marshall, father of Senator Marshall, was born at old Fairview, Hancock County, November 21, 1826, and died October 6, 1902. He left the farm, did considerable surveying, became an attorney and for twenty-four years was prosecuting attorney of Hancock County. He was buried in the old Presbyterian churchyard at Fairview. His wife was Lavina Miller, daughter of John Miller and granddaughter of David Miller. David Miller settled on Tomlinson's Run, where he owned 400 acres, secured from Dorsey Pentecost, one of the two last judges who held court at Pittsburgh under the authority of the British crown. David had the first house in Gas Valley, and died in 1835, in his ninety-ninth year. His son John spent his life as a farmer at the old place, and his daughter Lavina was born there. She died when about sixty years old, and her three children are: Oliver S.; E. D. Marshall, an attorney at Santa Clara, California; and Ila, of New Cumberland, widow of Dr. J. W. Walton.
Oliver S. Marshall graduated from the West Liberty Normal School in 1874 as valedictorian, and is the last survivor of that class. He continued his education in Bethany College, where he graduated in 1878, and in 1881 began a long term of service as one of the trustees of that famous institution. One of his classmates at Bethany was the late Judge Joseph R. Lamar of Georgia, for many years a justice of the United States Supreme Court. Judge Lamar married a Miss Pendleton, daughter of a former president of Bethany College. Mr. Marshall was for a time principal of the Now Cumberland schools, began the study of law while serving as county clerk, and was admitted to the bar and began his long and successful service as a lawyer in 1890.
He is a member of the Christian Church and an active republican, having been a delegate to the national convention of that party in 1892. He was first chosen to represent the First District in the West Virginia Senate in 1896, served in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Legislatures of 1897-99, and was elected president of the Senate in 1899. Ho was again elected and was a member of the Senate in the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Legislatures, 1905-07-08, and rounded out twelve years in that body by representing the same district in 1913-15.
On September 8, 1880, Senator Marshall married Miss Elizabeth Tarr, a native of Wellsburg and daughter of Campbell and Nancy (Hammond) Tarr. Her father withdrew from the Richmond convention when Virginia passed the ordinance of secession, and subsequently became a leader in the movement for the creation of West Virginia, and became treasurer of the provisional government and the first treasurer of the new state. Senator Marshall had two children, John and Olive, the latter deceased. John graduated at Yale and West Virginia University, and has earned distinction in the law, business and public affairs at Parkersburg.]
Men of West Virginia (1903), Vol. 2, pp. 639-641:
[HON. OLIVER S. MARSHALL, an attorney of New Cumberland, Hancock County, of recognized ability and prominence, has been a conspicuous figure in the affairs of the State of West Virginia. He was born September 24, 1850, in Hancock County, Virginia, now West Virginia, and is a son of James G. Marshall, grandson of John Marshall and great-grandson of Aaron Marshall.
Aaron Marshall, who was a native of Eastern Virginia, was a member of the well known Marshall family, many members of which figured conspicuously in the early history of the nation. Upon leaving Eastern Virginia. he first settled at Chartiers, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He removed to Hancock County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in 1780, and died in 1827, advanced in years. He was a pioneer farmer of the Northern Panhandle. His wife was a Miss Snowden who came from the same district as he, in the Old Dominion.
John Marshall, the son of Aaron Marshall and grandfather of our subject, served in the War of 181 2 under Capt. John Edie, of Hancock County, in the vicinity of Fort Meigs. Ohio. He married Elizabeth Hays and they were engaged in farming throughout their lives in Hancock County. John Marshall died in 1859, at the age of 77.
James G. Marshall, the father of our subject, was a lawyer of Hancock County, of more than usual ability, was prosecuting attorney of the county for a number of years and died suddenly of heart failure, while in conversation with his son, Oliver S., in October, 1902, at the age of 76 years. He had retired from the practice of his profession a few years before, although to all appearances he was a well preserved man. He was an important factor in the political affairs of his section and served in the Civil War as a lieutenant in the Union Army. He took an important part in the discussions relating to the separation of West Virginia from the Old Dominion. He married Levina Miller, who was born in Hancock County and died in 1891, aged 63 years. She was a daughter of John Miller, a native of Hancock County and a soldier of the War of 1812, who died on the farm where he was born and where he lived, in 1877, aged 89 years. John Miller's father was David Miller, who moved to Hancock County at a very early date, and died in his 99th year. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. James G. Marshall, as follows: Oliver S., Erastus D., a lawyer residing in Chester, West Virginia, and practicing in East Liverpool, Ohio; John, who died at the age of five years ; and Ila.
Mr. Marshall received his early education in the common schools of his native county, acquitting himself with distinction and at the age of 18 began teaching. In 1873-74 he was a student at the West Liberty Normal School and was the valedictorian of his class of 11 members. Later he attended Bethany College from which he graduated in 1878 with the degree of B. S. and four years after was elected one of its trustees to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of President James A. Garfield. From 1880 to 1885 he was principal of the New Cumberland graded school.
Mr. Marshall is a tried and true Republican. In 1884 he was elected clerk of the County Court of Hancock County and by successive elections continued as such until 1896. at which he was elected to the State Senate from the First Senatorial District. In the same year he was admitted to the bar of Hancock County. He was president of the State Senate in the session of 1899. In 1892 he was a delegate to Minneapolis from the First Congressional District of West Virginia and cast his vote for Harrison.
Mr. Marshall was first married to Lizzie Tarr, who was a daughter of Campbell Tarr, of Brooke County. The two children of this marriage were: John, a student at Yale ; and Olive, a graduate of the New Cumberland High School. The second marriage of Mr. Marshall was to Nora Householder, the second daughter of Capt. William Householder, of Hancock County, and the children of this union are: Edith, Aaron and Virginia. Mr. Marshall is a member of the New Cumberland Lodge, No. 43, A. F. & A. M., and Wheeling Commandery. No. 1, K. T., the oldest commandery west of the Alleghany Mountains. He is also a member of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. For many years he has been an elder in the Christian Church.]
Oliver S. Marshall was a lawyer and practiced law in New Cumberland until his death in 1934. He was also state senator for several years representing the first senatorial district.
Oliver Sheridan Marshall
in the West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973
Name: Oliver Sheridan Marshall
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1850
Birth Place: West Virginia
Death Date: 19 May 1934
Death Place: New Cumberland, Hancock, West Virginia
Burial Date: 21 May 1934
Burial Place: New Cumberland
Death Age: 83 years 7 months 25 days
Occupation: Attorney
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Jas. G. Marshall
Father Birth Place: West Virginia
Mother Name: Levina Miller
Mother Birth Place: West Virginia
FHL Film Number: 858821
Oliver S Marshall
in the U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925
Name: Oliver S Marshall
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Fairview West Virginia
Residence Place: New Cumberland West Virginia
Child: John Marshall
Certificate Number: 69023
Oliver S. Marshall
in the Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Oliver S. Marshall
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hancock Co., W.VA.
Marriage Date: 08 Sep 1880
Marriage Place: Brooke Co.
Spouse: Lizzie Tarr
FHL Film Number: 0869830
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History of WV, Old and New (1923), Vol. 3, pp. 362 and 363:
[OLIVER S. MARSHALL. Descended from one of the oldest families in the Northern Panhandle, Oliver S. Marshall has always made his home in that section, and as a lawyer and legislator his reputation has become state wide; His home is at New Cumberland, and his law offices in the industrial town of Weirton.
He was born near Fairview, the old county seat of Hancock County, now called Pughtown, September 24, 1850. He is a great-grandson of the pioneer Aaron Marshall, who came from east of the mountains, from somewhere in Virginia, and is thought to have been a soldier of Braddock and Washington in the famous campaign of 1755. About 1760 he located on Chartiers Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and about 1780 came to what is now Hancock County, West Virginia. His land was part of the Johnson survey, granted in 1775, when Patrick Henry was governor of Virginia. The grant was for 7,000 acres, but when it was surveyed it measured 8,100 acres. Of this 205 acres was assigned to Aaron Marshall at ten shillings an acre, payable in whiskey at the rate of five shillings a gallon, flour and other forms of currency of that day. Aaron Marshall had the fourth house on that tract. Some of the land is still owned by Oliver S. Marshall, and the original record of the title is at Louisville, Kentucky. The town of Newell stands on part of the original grant. In his minutes George Washington mentions the falls where this tract borders the Ohio River, but the land of Aaron Marshall is some five miles from that stream.
Aaron Marshall continued to live here until his death in advanced years in 1826. He was a Baptist and frequently preached on Kings Creek, where he was buried.
His son, John Marshall, was born in 1782 and died in 1859, spending his entire life in Hancock County. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
James G. Marshall, father of Senator Marshall, was born at old Fairview, Hancock County, November 21, 1826, and died October 6, 1902. He left the farm, did considerable surveying, became an attorney and for twenty-four years was prosecuting attorney of Hancock County. He was buried in the old Presbyterian churchyard at Fairview. His wife was Lavina Miller, daughter of John Miller and granddaughter of David Miller. David Miller settled on Tomlinson's Run, where he owned 400 acres, secured from Dorsey Pentecost, one of the two last judges who held court at Pittsburgh under the authority of the British crown. David had the first house in Gas Valley, and died in 1835, in his ninety-ninth year. His son John spent his life as a farmer at the old place, and his daughter Lavina was born there. She died when about sixty years old, and her three children are: Oliver S.; E. D. Marshall, an attorney at Santa Clara, California; and Ila, of New Cumberland, widow of Dr. J. W. Walton.
Oliver S. Marshall graduated from the West Liberty Normal School in 1874 as valedictorian, and is the last survivor of that class. He continued his education in Bethany College, where he graduated in 1878, and in 1881 began a long term of service as one of the trustees of that famous institution. One of his classmates at Bethany was the late Judge Joseph R. Lamar of Georgia, for many years a justice of the United States Supreme Court. Judge Lamar married a Miss Pendleton, daughter of a former president of Bethany College. Mr. Marshall was for a time principal of the Now Cumberland schools, began the study of law while serving as county clerk, and was admitted to the bar and began his long and successful service as a lawyer in 1890.
He is a member of the Christian Church and an active republican, having been a delegate to the national convention of that party in 1892. He was first chosen to represent the First District in the West Virginia Senate in 1896, served in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Legislatures of 1897-99, and was elected president of the Senate in 1899. Ho was again elected and was a member of the Senate in the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Legislatures, 1905-07-08, and rounded out twelve years in that body by representing the same district in 1913-15.
On September 8, 1880, Senator Marshall married Miss Elizabeth Tarr, a native of Wellsburg and daughter of Campbell and Nancy (Hammond) Tarr. Her father withdrew from the Richmond convention when Virginia passed the ordinance of secession, and subsequently became a leader in the movement for the creation of West Virginia, and became treasurer of the provisional government and the first treasurer of the new state. Senator Marshall had two children, John and Olive, the latter deceased. John graduated at Yale and West Virginia University, and has earned distinction in the law, business and public affairs at Parkersburg.]
Men of West Virginia (1903), Vol. 2, pp. 639-641:
[HON. OLIVER S. MARSHALL, an attorney of New Cumberland, Hancock County, of recognized ability and prominence, has been a conspicuous figure in the affairs of the State of West Virginia. He was born September 24, 1850, in Hancock County, Virginia, now West Virginia, and is a son of James G. Marshall, grandson of John Marshall and great-grandson of Aaron Marshall.
Aaron Marshall, who was a native of Eastern Virginia, was a member of the well known Marshall family, many members of which figured conspicuously in the early history of the nation. Upon leaving Eastern Virginia. he first settled at Chartiers, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He removed to Hancock County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in 1780, and died in 1827, advanced in years. He was a pioneer farmer of the Northern Panhandle. His wife was a Miss Snowden who came from the same district as he, in the Old Dominion.
John Marshall, the son of Aaron Marshall and grandfather of our subject, served in the War of 181 2 under Capt. John Edie, of Hancock County, in the vicinity of Fort Meigs. Ohio. He married Elizabeth Hays and they were engaged in farming throughout their lives in Hancock County. John Marshall died in 1859, at the age of 77.
James G. Marshall, the father of our subject, was a lawyer of Hancock County, of more than usual ability, was prosecuting attorney of the county for a number of years and died suddenly of heart failure, while in conversation with his son, Oliver S., in October, 1902, at the age of 76 years. He had retired from the practice of his profession a few years before, although to all appearances he was a well preserved man. He was an important factor in the political affairs of his section and served in the Civil War as a lieutenant in the Union Army. He took an important part in the discussions relating to the separation of West Virginia from the Old Dominion. He married Levina Miller, who was born in Hancock County and died in 1891, aged 63 years. She was a daughter of John Miller, a native of Hancock County and a soldier of the War of 1812, who died on the farm where he was born and where he lived, in 1877, aged 89 years. John Miller's father was David Miller, who moved to Hancock County at a very early date, and died in his 99th year. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. James G. Marshall, as follows: Oliver S., Erastus D., a lawyer residing in Chester, West Virginia, and practicing in East Liverpool, Ohio; John, who died at the age of five years ; and Ila.
Mr. Marshall received his early education in the common schools of his native county, acquitting himself with distinction and at the age of 18 began teaching. In 1873-74 he was a student at the West Liberty Normal School and was the valedictorian of his class of 11 members. Later he attended Bethany College from which he graduated in 1878 with the degree of B. S. and four years after was elected one of its trustees to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of President James A. Garfield. From 1880 to 1885 he was principal of the New Cumberland graded school.
Mr. Marshall is a tried and true Republican. In 1884 he was elected clerk of the County Court of Hancock County and by successive elections continued as such until 1896. at which he was elected to the State Senate from the First Senatorial District. In the same year he was admitted to the bar of Hancock County. He was president of the State Senate in the session of 1899. In 1892 he was a delegate to Minneapolis from the First Congressional District of West Virginia and cast his vote for Harrison.
Mr. Marshall was first married to Lizzie Tarr, who was a daughter of Campbell Tarr, of Brooke County. The two children of this marriage were: John, a student at Yale ; and Olive, a graduate of the New Cumberland High School. The second marriage of Mr. Marshall was to Nora Householder, the second daughter of Capt. William Householder, of Hancock County, and the children of this union are: Edith, Aaron and Virginia. Mr. Marshall is a member of the New Cumberland Lodge, No. 43, A. F. & A. M., and Wheeling Commandery. No. 1, K. T., the oldest commandery west of the Alleghany Mountains. He is also a member of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. For many years he has been an elder in the Christian Church.]
Son of James G. Marshall and Lavina Miller; husband of 1st wife, Elizabeth Tarr (1857-1887), whom he married September 8, 1880; father of their children, John Marshall (1881-1966) and Olive Marshall (1885-1904); husband of 2nd wife, Nora Virginia Householder (1865-1952), whom he married January 6, 1892 in New Cumberland, Hancock, WV; father of their children, Edith (Marshall) Chambers (1892-1981), Edmund Aaron Marshall (1896-1958) and Virginia Marshall (1898-1997).
Oliver S. Marshall was a lawyer and practiced law in New Cumberland until his death in 1934. He was also state senator for several years representing the first senatorial district.
Oliver Sheridan Marshall
in the West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973
Name: Oliver Sheridan Marshall
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1850
Birth Place: West Virginia
Death Date: 19 May 1934
Death Place: New Cumberland, Hancock, West Virginia
Burial Date: 21 May 1934
Burial Place: New Cumberland
Death Age: 83 years 7 months 25 days
Occupation: Attorney
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Jas. G. Marshall
Father Birth Place: West Virginia
Mother Name: Levina Miller
Mother Birth Place: West Virginia
FHL Film Number: 858821
Oliver S Marshall
in the U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925
Name: Oliver S Marshall
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Fairview West Virginia
Residence Place: New Cumberland West Virginia
Child: John Marshall
Certificate Number: 69023
Oliver S. Marshall
in the Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Oliver S. Marshall
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hancock Co., W.VA.
Marriage Date: 08 Sep 1880
Marriage Place: Brooke Co.
Spouse: Lizzie Tarr
FHL Film Number: 0869830
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History of WV, Old and New (1923), Vol. 3, pp. 362 and 363:
[OLIVER S. MARSHALL. Descended from one of the oldest families in the Northern Panhandle, Oliver S. Marshall has always made his home in that section, and as a lawyer and legislator his reputation has become state wide; His home is at New Cumberland, and his law offices in the industrial town of Weirton.
He was born near Fairview, the old county seat of Hancock County, now called Pughtown, September 24, 1850. He is a great-grandson of the pioneer Aaron Marshall, who came from east of the mountains, from somewhere in Virginia, and is thought to have been a soldier of Braddock and Washington in the famous campaign of 1755. About 1760 he located on Chartiers Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and about 1780 came to what is now Hancock County, West Virginia. His land was part of the Johnson survey, granted in 1775, when Patrick Henry was governor of Virginia. The grant was for 7,000 acres, but when it was surveyed it measured 8,100 acres. Of this 205 acres was assigned to Aaron Marshall at ten shillings an acre, payable in whiskey at the rate of five shillings a gallon, flour and other forms of currency of that day. Aaron Marshall had the fourth house on that tract. Some of the land is still owned by Oliver S. Marshall, and the original record of the title is at Louisville, Kentucky. The town of Newell stands on part of the original grant. In his minutes George Washington mentions the falls where this tract borders the Ohio River, but the land of Aaron Marshall is some five miles from that stream.
Aaron Marshall continued to live here until his death in advanced years in 1826. He was a Baptist and frequently preached on Kings Creek, where he was buried.
His son, John Marshall, was born in 1782 and died in 1859, spending his entire life in Hancock County. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
James G. Marshall, father of Senator Marshall, was born at old Fairview, Hancock County, November 21, 1826, and died October 6, 1902. He left the farm, did considerable surveying, became an attorney and for twenty-four years was prosecuting attorney of Hancock County. He was buried in the old Presbyterian churchyard at Fairview. His wife was Lavina Miller, daughter of John Miller and granddaughter of David Miller. David Miller settled on Tomlinson's Run, where he owned 400 acres, secured from Dorsey Pentecost, one of the two last judges who held court at Pittsburgh under the authority of the British crown. David had the first house in Gas Valley, and died in 1835, in his ninety-ninth year. His son John spent his life as a farmer at the old place, and his daughter Lavina was born there. She died when about sixty years old, and her three children are: Oliver S.; E. D. Marshall, an attorney at Santa Clara, California; and Ila, of New Cumberland, widow of Dr. J. W. Walton.
Oliver S. Marshall graduated from the West Liberty Normal School in 1874 as valedictorian, and is the last survivor of that class. He continued his education in Bethany College, where he graduated in 1878, and in 1881 began a long term of service as one of the trustees of that famous institution. One of his classmates at Bethany was the late Judge Joseph R. Lamar of Georgia, for many years a justice of the United States Supreme Court. Judge Lamar married a Miss Pendleton, daughter of a former president of Bethany College. Mr. Marshall was for a time principal of the Now Cumberland schools, began the study of law while serving as county clerk, and was admitted to the bar and began his long and successful service as a lawyer in 1890.
He is a member of the Christian Church and an active republican, having been a delegate to the national convention of that party in 1892. He was first chosen to represent the First District in the West Virginia Senate in 1896, served in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Legislatures of 1897-99, and was elected president of the Senate in 1899. Ho was again elected and was a member of the Senate in the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Legislatures, 1905-07-08, and rounded out twelve years in that body by representing the same district in 1913-15.
On September 8, 1880, Senator Marshall married Miss Elizabeth Tarr, a native of Wellsburg and daughter of Campbell and Nancy (Hammond) Tarr. Her father withdrew from the Richmond convention when Virginia passed the ordinance of secession, and subsequently became a leader in the movement for the creation of West Virginia, and became treasurer of the provisional government and the first treasurer of the new state. Senator Marshall had two children, John and Olive, the latter deceased. John graduated at Yale and West Virginia University, and has earned distinction in the law, business and public affairs at Parkersburg.]
Men of West Virginia (1903), Vol. 2, pp. 639-641:
[HON. OLIVER S. MARSHALL, an attorney of New Cumberland, Hancock County, of recognized ability and prominence, has been a conspicuous figure in the affairs of the State of West Virginia. He was born September 24, 1850, in Hancock County, Virginia, now West Virginia, and is a son of James G. Marshall, grandson of John Marshall and great-grandson of Aaron Marshall.
Aaron Marshall, who was a native of Eastern Virginia, was a member of the well known Marshall family, many members of which figured conspicuously in the early history of the nation. Upon leaving Eastern Virginia. he first settled at Chartiers, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He removed to Hancock County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in 1780, and died in 1827, advanced in years. He was a pioneer farmer of the Northern Panhandle. His wife was a Miss Snowden who came from the same district as he, in the Old Dominion.
John Marshall, the son of Aaron Marshall and grandfather of our subject, served in the War of 181 2 under Capt. John Edie, of Hancock County, in the vicinity of Fort Meigs. Ohio. He married Elizabeth Hays and they were engaged in farming throughout their lives in Hancock County. John Marshall died in 1859, at the age of 77.
James G. Marshall, the father of our subject, was a lawyer of Hancock County, of more than usual ability, was prosecuting attorney of the county for a number of years and died suddenly of heart failure, while in conversation with his son, Oliver S., in October, 1902, at the age of 76 years. He had retired from the practice of his profession a few years before, although to all appearances he was a well preserved man. He was an important factor in the political affairs of his section and served in the Civil War as a lieutenant in the Union Army. He took an important part in the discussions relating to the separation of West Virginia from the Old Dominion. He married Levina Miller, who was born in Hancock County and died in 1891, aged 63 years. She was a daughter of John Miller, a native of Hancock County and a soldier of the War of 1812, who died on the farm where he was born and where he lived, in 1877, aged 89 years. John Miller's father was David Miller, who moved to Hancock County at a very early date, and died in his 99th year. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. James G. Marshall, as follows: Oliver S., Erastus D., a lawyer residing in Chester, West Virginia, and practicing in East Liverpool, Ohio; John, who died at the age of five years ; and Ila.
Mr. Marshall received his early education in the common schools of his native county, acquitting himself with distinction and at the age of 18 began teaching. In 1873-74 he was a student at the West Liberty Normal School and was the valedictorian of his class of 11 members. Later he attended Bethany College from which he graduated in 1878 with the degree of B. S. and four years after was elected one of its trustees to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of President James A. Garfield. From 1880 to 1885 he was principal of the New Cumberland graded school.
Mr. Marshall is a tried and true Republican. In 1884 he was elected clerk of the County Court of Hancock County and by successive elections continued as such until 1896. at which he was elected to the State Senate from the First Senatorial District. In the same year he was admitted to the bar of Hancock County. He was president of the State Senate in the session of 1899. In 1892 he was a delegate to Minneapolis from the First Congressional District of West Virginia and cast his vote for Harrison.
Mr. Marshall was first married to Lizzie Tarr, who was a daughter of Campbell Tarr, of Brooke County. The two children of this marriage were: John, a student at Yale ; and Olive, a graduate of the New Cumberland High School. The second marriage of Mr. Marshall was to Nora Householder, the second daughter of Capt. William Householder, of Hancock County, and the children of this union are: Edith, Aaron and Virginia. Mr. Marshall is a member of the New Cumberland Lodge, No. 43, A. F. & A. M., and Wheeling Commandery. No. 1, K. T., the oldest commandery west of the Alleghany Mountains. He is also a member of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. For many years he has been an elder in the Christian Church.]
Oliver S. Marshall was a lawyer and practiced law in New Cumberland until his death in 1934. He was also state senator for several years representing the first senatorial district.
Oliver Sheridan Marshall
in the West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973
Name: Oliver Sheridan Marshall
Birth Date: 24 Sep 1850
Birth Place: West Virginia
Death Date: 19 May 1934
Death Place: New Cumberland, Hancock, West Virginia
Burial Date: 21 May 1934
Burial Place: New Cumberland
Death Age: 83 years 7 months 25 days
Occupation: Attorney
Race: White
Marital status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Name: Jas. G. Marshall
Father Birth Place: West Virginia
Mother Name: Levina Miller
Mother Birth Place: West Virginia
FHL Film Number: 858821
Oliver S Marshall
in the U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925
Name: Oliver S Marshall
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Fairview West Virginia
Residence Place: New Cumberland West Virginia
Child: John Marshall
Certificate Number: 69023
Oliver S. Marshall
in the Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940
Name: Oliver S. Marshall
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hancock Co., W.VA.
Marriage Date: 08 Sep 1880
Marriage Place: Brooke Co.
Spouse: Lizzie Tarr
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History of WV, Old and New (1923), Vol. 3, pp. 362 and 363:
[OLIVER S. MARSHALL. Descended from one of the oldest families in the Northern Panhandle, Oliver S. Marshall has always made his home in that section, and as a lawyer and legislator his reputation has become state wide; His home is at New Cumberland, and his law offices in the industrial town of Weirton.
He was born near Fairview, the old county seat of Hancock County, now called Pughtown, September 24, 1850. He is a great-grandson of the pioneer Aaron Marshall, who came from east of the mountains, from somewhere in Virginia, and is thought to have been a soldier of Braddock and Washington in the famous campaign of 1755. About 1760 he located on Chartiers Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and about 1780 came to what is now Hancock County, West Virginia. His land was part of the Johnson survey, granted in 1775, when Patrick Henry was governor of Virginia. The grant was for 7,000 acres, but when it was surveyed it measured 8,100 acres. Of this 205 acres was assigned to Aaron Marshall at ten shillings an acre, payable in whiskey at the rate of five shillings a gallon, flour and other forms of currency of that day. Aaron Marshall had the fourth house on that tract. Some of the land is still owned by Oliver S. Marshall, and the original record of the title is at Louisville, Kentucky. The town of Newell stands on part of the original grant. In his minutes George Washington mentions the falls where this tract borders the Ohio River, but the land of Aaron Marshall is some five miles from that stream.
Aaron Marshall continued to live here until his death in advanced years in 1826. He was a Baptist and frequently preached on Kings Creek, where he was buried.
His son, John Marshall, was born in 1782 and died in 1859, spending his entire life in Hancock County. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
James G. Marshall, father of Senator Marshall, was born at old Fairview, Hancock County, November 21, 1826, and died October 6, 1902. He left the farm, did considerable surveying, became an attorney and for twenty-four years was prosecuting attorney of Hancock County. He was buried in the old Presbyterian churchyard at Fairview. His wife was Lavina Miller, daughter of John Miller and granddaughter of David Miller. David Miller settled on Tomlinson's Run, where he owned 400 acres, secured from Dorsey Pentecost, one of the two last judges who held court at Pittsburgh under the authority of the British crown. David had the first house in Gas Valley, and died in 1835, in his ninety-ninth year. His son John spent his life as a farmer at the old place, and his daughter Lavina was born there. She died when about sixty years old, and her three children are: Oliver S.; E. D. Marshall, an attorney at Santa Clara, California; and Ila, of New Cumberland, widow of Dr. J. W. Walton.
Oliver S. Marshall graduated from the West Liberty Normal School in 1874 as valedictorian, and is the last survivor of that class. He continued his education in Bethany College, where he graduated in 1878, and in 1881 began a long term of service as one of the trustees of that famous institution. One of his classmates at Bethany was the late Judge Joseph R. Lamar of Georgia, for many years a justice of the United States Supreme Court. Judge Lamar married a Miss Pendleton, daughter of a former president of Bethany College. Mr. Marshall was for a time principal of the Now Cumberland schools, began the study of law while serving as county clerk, and was admitted to the bar and began his long and successful service as a lawyer in 1890.
He is a member of the Christian Church and an active republican, having been a delegate to the national convention of that party in 1892. He was first chosen to represent the First District in the West Virginia Senate in 1896, served in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Legislatures of 1897-99, and was elected president of the Senate in 1899. Ho was again elected and was a member of the Senate in the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Legislatures, 1905-07-08, and rounded out twelve years in that body by representing the same district in 1913-15.
On September 8, 1880, Senator Marshall married Miss Elizabeth Tarr, a native of Wellsburg and daughter of Campbell and Nancy (Hammond) Tarr. Her father withdrew from the Richmond convention when Virginia passed the ordinance of secession, and subsequently became a leader in the movement for the creation of West Virginia, and became treasurer of the provisional government and the first treasurer of the new state. Senator Marshall had two children, John and Olive, the latter deceased. John graduated at Yale and West Virginia University, and has earned distinction in the law, business and public affairs at Parkersburg.]
Men of West Virginia (1903), Vol. 2, pp. 639-641:
[HON. OLIVER S. MARSHALL, an attorney of New Cumberland, Hancock County, of recognized ability and prominence, has been a conspicuous figure in the affairs of the State of West Virginia. He was born September 24, 1850, in Hancock County, Virginia, now West Virginia, and is a son of James G. Marshall, grandson of John Marshall and great-grandson of Aaron Marshall.
Aaron Marshall, who was a native of Eastern Virginia, was a member of the well known Marshall family, many members of which figured conspicuously in the early history of the nation. Upon leaving Eastern Virginia. he first settled at Chartiers, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He removed to Hancock County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in 1780, and died in 1827, advanced in years. He was a pioneer farmer of the Northern Panhandle. His wife was a Miss Snowden who came from the same district as he, in the Old Dominion.
John Marshall, the son of Aaron Marshall and grandfather of our subject, served in the War of 181 2 under Capt. John Edie, of Hancock County, in the vicinity of Fort Meigs. Ohio. He married Elizabeth Hays and they were engaged in farming throughout their lives in Hancock County. John Marshall died in 1859, at the age of 77.
James G. Marshall, the father of our subject, was a lawyer of Hancock County, of more than usual ability, was prosecuting attorney of the county for a number of years and died suddenly of heart failure, while in conversation with his son, Oliver S., in October, 1902, at the age of 76 years. He had retired from the practice of his profession a few years before, although to all appearances he was a well preserved man. He was an important factor in the political affairs of his section and served in the Civil War as a lieutenant in the Union Army. He took an important part in the discussions relating to the separation of West Virginia from the Old Dominion. He married Levina Miller, who was born in Hancock County and died in 1891, aged 63 years. She was a daughter of John Miller, a native of Hancock County and a soldier of the War of 1812, who died on the farm where he was born and where he lived, in 1877, aged 89 years. John Miller's father was David Miller, who moved to Hancock County at a very early date, and died in his 99th year. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. James G. Marshall, as follows: Oliver S., Erastus D., a lawyer residing in Chester, West Virginia, and practicing in East Liverpool, Ohio; John, who died at the age of five years ; and Ila.
Mr. Marshall received his early education in the common schools of his native county, acquitting himself with distinction and at the age of 18 began teaching. In 1873-74 he was a student at the West Liberty Normal School and was the valedictorian of his class of 11 members. Later he attended Bethany College from which he graduated in 1878 with the degree of B. S. and four years after was elected one of its trustees to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of President James A. Garfield. From 1880 to 1885 he was principal of the New Cumberland graded school.
Mr. Marshall is a tried and true Republican. In 1884 he was elected clerk of the County Court of Hancock County and by successive elections continued as such until 1896. at which he was elected to the State Senate from the First Senatorial District. In the same year he was admitted to the bar of Hancock County. He was president of the State Senate in the session of 1899. In 1892 he was a delegate to Minneapolis from the First Congressional District of West Virginia and cast his vote for Harrison.
Mr. Marshall was first married to Lizzie Tarr, who was a daughter of Campbell Tarr, of Brooke County. The two children of this marriage were: John, a student at Yale ; and Olive, a graduate of the New Cumberland High School. The second marriage of Mr. Marshall was to Nora Householder, the second daughter of Capt. William Householder, of Hancock County, and the children of this union are: Edith, Aaron and Virginia. Mr. Marshall is a member of the New Cumberland Lodge, No. 43, A. F. & A. M., and Wheeling Commandery. No. 1, K. T., the oldest commandery west of the Alleghany Mountains. He is also a member of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias. For many years he has been an elder in the Christian Church.]
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