Obituary: Miller County Autogram, September 9, 1954
Steamboat Pilot, Robert Marshall, Died, Wednesday, September 8, 1954
The former Osage River Steamboat Captain Robert Melville Marshall and prominent Tuscumbia citizen, aged 95, died Wednesday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Caldwell in Eldon, Missouri.
Mr. Marshall spent 20 years on the Osage River as a steamboat pilot and became known as "Captain" on his numerous river trips. He was manager of the Osage and Missouri River Packet Company.
Until his retirement in 1932, Robert was founder and president of the Bank of Tuscumbia for 30 years. He also was the president of the Anchor Milling Company inTuscumbia and was a member of a group which promoted the building of the first bridge across the Osage River near Tuscumbia. The Riverside Park property was donated by Captain Marshall.
Captain Marshall was born on Oct. 9, 1858 at Aurora, Illinois, to David Marshall and Mary Burrell, natives of Scotland. He moved to Miller County, Missouri in 1870 and settled at Tuscumbia with his parents. He attended school there and worked as a printer before steam boating became his trade.
Captain Marshall has resided with Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell for approximately four years.
Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. on Friday at the Tuscumbia Presbyterian Church under the direction of Phillips Funeral Service.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
On December 15, 1881, Robert Melville Marshall married Emma A. Hauenstein, youngest daughter of William H. Hauenstein Sr. and Maria Elizabeth Steigleman.
Emma was born in February 1860 in Monroe County, Michigan and came to Tuscumbia, Miller County. Missouri with her parents before 1870, where the family settled. William and Elizabeth Hauenstein were natives of Bavaria, which now the country of Germany and then immigrated to America in 1852.
Robert Melville Marshall attended schools in Chicago, Illinois and then finished his education at Tuscumbia. As a teenager, he worked for six years as a printer for the Miller County Helmet and the Miller County Vidette, both early newspapers published in Tuscumbia. The Helmet consolidated with the Vidette in 1875 and had 424 subscribers at that time.
As a young man, Robert left the newspaper business and began working on the Osage River. Later he went into partnership with Captain Henry Castrop and purchased three riverboats. Captain Marshall loved the river life and for a long period of time was owner, master, and pilot of steamboats on the Osage and Missouri rivers. In 1883, Captain Marshall and William Hauenstein built the sternwheeler, "Frederick", in Tuscumbia. The sternwheeler weighed 82 tons and was almost 100 feet in length. In 1894 the boat sank in Jefferson City, Missouri, but was raised and repaired for river use again. Captain Marshall played an important role in early transportation on the Osage River.
Robert and Emma were childless and spent their entire married lives in Tuscumbia. Captain Robert Marshall gave up his Osage River enterprises about the turn of the 20th century and organized the Bank of Tuscumbia in 1902. He served as the bank's president for 30 years. Before he began his new life as a banker, the Marshalls made a trip to Europe in 1900 where they visited the Great Paris Exposition. Before returning home to America, they visited his parents' relatives in Scotland, the Marshall and Burwell families.
Captain Marshall built a beautiful and unique home for his wife. It still stands today to the west of Riverside Park overlooking the mighty Osage River as it flows northeasterly through Tuscumbia heading to the mouth of the Missouri River. Their home they built is a stately Victorian style home with the fancy ornate trims, but what makes the home unique is the 'added extras' built into the house. It doesn't take much imagination to realize the house looks very much like a riverboat!
Captain Robert Melville Marshall was born at Aurora, Illinois 9 Oct 1858. He was a son of David Marshall 1830-1890 and Mary Burwell 1832-1896, both natives of Scotland. His father came to America before marriage and secured a home for his future bride waiting back in Scotland. Mary Burwell came to America and they settled at Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, a few miles west of Chicago, Illinois. They later moved to Chicago and stayed until after the American Civil War. Their two children were born in Aurora. Colorado; daughter Helena Anna (nickname Lena) born in 1857 and Robert Melville, born in 1858. Lena married John Land Blackburn in Miller County, Missouri in 1876 and they had nine children over the years.
Obituary: Miller County Autogram, September 9, 1954
Steamboat Pilot, Robert Marshall, Died, Wednesday, September 8, 1954
The former Osage River Steamboat Captain Robert Melville Marshall and prominent Tuscumbia citizen, aged 95, died Wednesday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Caldwell in Eldon, Missouri.
Mr. Marshall spent 20 years on the Osage River as a steamboat pilot and became known as "Captain" on his numerous river trips. He was manager of the Osage and Missouri River Packet Company.
Until his retirement in 1932, Robert was founder and president of the Bank of Tuscumbia for 30 years. He also was the president of the Anchor Milling Company inTuscumbia and was a member of a group which promoted the building of the first bridge across the Osage River near Tuscumbia. The Riverside Park property was donated by Captain Marshall.
Captain Marshall was born on Oct. 9, 1858 at Aurora, Illinois, to David Marshall and Mary Burrell, natives of Scotland. He moved to Miller County, Missouri in 1870 and settled at Tuscumbia with his parents. He attended school there and worked as a printer before steam boating became his trade.
Captain Marshall has resided with Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell for approximately four years.
Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. on Friday at the Tuscumbia Presbyterian Church under the direction of Phillips Funeral Service.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
On December 15, 1881, Robert Melville Marshall married Emma A. Hauenstein, youngest daughter of William H. Hauenstein Sr. and Maria Elizabeth Steigleman.
Emma was born in February 1860 in Monroe County, Michigan and came to Tuscumbia, Miller County. Missouri with her parents before 1870, where the family settled. William and Elizabeth Hauenstein were natives of Bavaria, which now the country of Germany and then immigrated to America in 1852.
Robert Melville Marshall attended schools in Chicago, Illinois and then finished his education at Tuscumbia. As a teenager, he worked for six years as a printer for the Miller County Helmet and the Miller County Vidette, both early newspapers published in Tuscumbia. The Helmet consolidated with the Vidette in 1875 and had 424 subscribers at that time.
As a young man, Robert left the newspaper business and began working on the Osage River. Later he went into partnership with Captain Henry Castrop and purchased three riverboats. Captain Marshall loved the river life and for a long period of time was owner, master, and pilot of steamboats on the Osage and Missouri rivers. In 1883, Captain Marshall and William Hauenstein built the sternwheeler, "Frederick", in Tuscumbia. The sternwheeler weighed 82 tons and was almost 100 feet in length. In 1894 the boat sank in Jefferson City, Missouri, but was raised and repaired for river use again. Captain Marshall played an important role in early transportation on the Osage River.
Robert and Emma were childless and spent their entire married lives in Tuscumbia. Captain Robert Marshall gave up his Osage River enterprises about the turn of the 20th century and organized the Bank of Tuscumbia in 1902. He served as the bank's president for 30 years. Before he began his new life as a banker, the Marshalls made a trip to Europe in 1900 where they visited the Great Paris Exposition. Before returning home to America, they visited his parents' relatives in Scotland, the Marshall and Burwell families.
Captain Marshall built a beautiful and unique home for his wife. It still stands today to the west of Riverside Park overlooking the mighty Osage River as it flows northeasterly through Tuscumbia heading to the mouth of the Missouri River. Their home they built is a stately Victorian style home with the fancy ornate trims, but what makes the home unique is the 'added extras' built into the house. It doesn't take much imagination to realize the house looks very much like a riverboat!
Captain Robert Melville Marshall was born at Aurora, Illinois 9 Oct 1858. He was a son of David Marshall 1830-1890 and Mary Burwell 1832-1896, both natives of Scotland. His father came to America before marriage and secured a home for his future bride waiting back in Scotland. Mary Burwell came to America and they settled at Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, a few miles west of Chicago, Illinois. They later moved to Chicago and stayed until after the American Civil War. Their two children were born in Aurora. Colorado; daughter Helena Anna (nickname Lena) born in 1857 and Robert Melville, born in 1858. Lena married John Land Blackburn in Miller County, Missouri in 1876 and they had nine children over the years.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
