Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-10-18
Death Of Hon. Il. r. Marshall.

Ii Is announced that Hon. L. L.
Marshall, of Kentucky, died recently
at his residence in tina. State. He
was about six,y,four years of age.
He was IL son of DIR. Lewis Marshall,
a younger brother of Chief Justice
Marshall. The Marshall family has
ever been remarkable for brilliant
talents. and many of them have at
tanned high and enviablr reputation.
The Chief Justiceis admitted to have
been the greatest of American iUrists.
His cousin and brother-in-law, Hum
phrey Marshall, was Senator in
Congress from Kentucky, from 1898
to 1901, and occupied high position
among the distinguished statesmen
of that day. 4 son of Humphrey,
Judge Thomas Marshall, WAS an able
jurist in kentucky, and a grandson.
Humphrey Marshall, is well known
rs Il statesman, and more recently
as Il Major General in the Confederate
army. DIR. Lewis Marshall, who
still lives, saw three Of his sons in
Congress at different times; Thomas.
from lS4l to lS43 Alexander Il.
Marshall. from 1898 10 1872, and
Edward G. Marshall, who was one
of the early representatives from
California.
Tom Marshall's Grandmother being
a Preston, he Is thus ALI i by blood
to that family, which. in its various
ramitications. has produced NOR"
Ljle and distinguished men even
than that Of the Marshall>.
Tom Marshall was looked upon a~
the genius Of the tamil Y. and entered
life with the tairc,t prospects and
under the most brilliant auspices
lie himself has given an account OF
his entrance upon tl.c worlds theatre,
and the high hopes entertained o:
him by his family and friends. lie
said that. when Henry Clay was at
the zeni.h of his fame and glory, tw"
young lights appeared on the horizon
who, it was hoped, would eclipse by
their brilliancy, the great Western
lu.ninary but, added he mourntu!ly
i
zone took TO the pulpit and TIA
other to the bottle and | hare M@ch
to my tc.rt m~ch n."re c/ossI.y tia"
! E,L RyccEin,1Iyc." He unfortunate
habits. 80 often the melancholy as
Sociatr Of genius and enthusiasm
prevented him from reaching the
summit of fame, to which the asccu
for him would otherwise have been
so easy. He did not occupy a higi
position while in Congress. he on
lv rood deed he could boast of va:
the shooting OF James Watson Webb
in adurl. Mr.. Mar>hali'S life since
his retirement from Congress, has
been one continuous struggI !" viii
poverty and with that appetite Who's
victim he has ever been.
While looking over the files OF n
old newspaper, many years since W.
discovered the proceedings of Con
rre.sional Temperance Society
which had succeeded III cnrolIin:
among its members Tom Marshall
Gen. Iomgoole, Felix G.. Melon
nell, and nearly all the hard cases il
Congress. The great speech OF tn
Occasion was delivered by Tom Mar
shall, and the admirers of his talent
could not help lamrnting that he hn'
not the moral courage to stand UP /
tn. professions he then made. y f"'
wears since he joined Il Iemprranc
society again, and when called o
for speech he read the one deliver
ed at Washington. saying that it wa
far superior to any that he could hop
to produce, "uow, th.t my intellec
has become dim, and my visions fl
less palpably before me" His ne
resolutions were, however, brokc en- a
most As soon as made, and he return
ed to the cup, never more to leave /
: When we last saw him he was dcii'
ering historical lectures III a distaI
city. He said that in his old age, /
had become "pedlar of wisdom
l-.-l.,l l. IL.