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Benjamin served in the artillery, Poagues Battalion, Albemarle Artillery during the Civil War according to the Civil War pension application filed in Albemarle County, Virginia June 16, 1924 for his brother Robert James Marshall. Benjamin witnessed the pension application and listed his residence as Eastham, Virginia. When Benjamin J. Marshall died he was one of a few surviving Civil War veterans in Albemarle County, Virginia.
From Sherwood and Nicholas' book about the Albemarle Artillery: Benjamin T. (should be J.) Marshall is on a list of members of the Albemarle Artillery who were present and paroled at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865. The entry for Benjamin under the Albemarle Artillery reads "Marshall, Benjamin T. Pvt. Born 1/14/47. Enlisted 2/24/64 Lindsay's Station. Furloughed 12/29/64 7 days to
Albemarle County, Virginia. Admitted Charlottesville General Hospital. 1/12/65, intermit. fever. Returned to duty 2/17/65. Paroled 4/9/65 Appomattox Court house. Postwar residence Eastham, mail carrier and farmer, on Albemarle pension list. Died 1938, buried Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Albemarle County."
During the 1870 Federal census Benjamin along with his wife and two daughters are living with his parents. (Source: Series: M593 Roll: 1631 Page: 386)
Benjamin was living with his daughter Ada and her husband Parris Emmett McCauley in Charlottesville, Virginia during the 1930 Federal census. (Source: Series: T626 Roll: 2466 Page: 161)
research by Ron Stewart
photo by Stephen Shaw
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Benjamin served in the artillery, Poagues Battalion, Albemarle Artillery during the Civil War according to the Civil War pension application filed in Albemarle County, Virginia June 16, 1924 for his brother Robert James Marshall. Benjamin witnessed the pension application and listed his residence as Eastham, Virginia. When Benjamin J. Marshall died he was one of a few surviving Civil War veterans in Albemarle County, Virginia.
From Sherwood and Nicholas' book about the Albemarle Artillery: Benjamin T. (should be J.) Marshall is on a list of members of the Albemarle Artillery who were present and paroled at Appomattox Court House on 9 April 1865. The entry for Benjamin under the Albemarle Artillery reads "Marshall, Benjamin T. Pvt. Born 1/14/47. Enlisted 2/24/64 Lindsay's Station. Furloughed 12/29/64 7 days to
Albemarle County, Virginia. Admitted Charlottesville General Hospital. 1/12/65, intermit. fever. Returned to duty 2/17/65. Paroled 4/9/65 Appomattox Court house. Postwar residence Eastham, mail carrier and farmer, on Albemarle pension list. Died 1938, buried Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Albemarle County."
During the 1870 Federal census Benjamin along with his wife and two daughters are living with his parents. (Source: Series: M593 Roll: 1631 Page: 386)
Benjamin was living with his daughter Ada and her husband Parris Emmett McCauley in Charlottesville, Virginia during the 1930 Federal census. (Source: Series: T626 Roll: 2466 Page: 161)
research by Ron Stewart
photo by Stephen Shaw
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Alice Florence Marshall Herring
1868–1923
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Ada Bell Marshall McCauley
1870–1952
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Emmitt Elsworth Marshall
1875–1969
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Laura Elma Marshall Herring
1877–1946
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Laurel Fitzhugh Marshall
1880–1957
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Bennett Wyatt Marshall
1882–1969
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Walter Woody Marshall
1884–1953
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Mary Lucy Marshall Johnson
1886–1928
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Zebbie Edward Marshall
1889–1918
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