MARSHALL, Judge E. P.
Judge E. P Marshall.-Among the worthy, able and honoarable 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. 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 Camp 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 unti the war closed was held a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio, also meeting with kind treatment there. He was then sent to Shreeport, Louisiana. He stood the service well; was wounded slighty 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 Rains, being elected over his Republican competior by 1,100 votes, and served four years. At the expriation 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 nomination to the same position in July, 1892, both he and his many friends being sanguine of his success. (Biographical History, Dallas County, Texas, The Lewis Publishing Company,1892, page 989 -990