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nr. Marshall was one Of the most gen
orally known and highly respected ply
sicians Of this State. ilr was one of the
rarly emigrnntS from this State 10 Cali
fornia. upon The discovery ~ gold in
That State and was IN cN-Soldicr Of the
civil war--a man Of bi,oad liberal views.
of gentle manner. kindly disposition and
charitable inclnationS, he hecanc, dur
ing his long life ANA wide practice MS Il
physician, one Of the best known and
most sincerely beloved men of his pro-
fesSon in the State In his death the
medical profession has lost one its best
cxrmplnrs. the State Il citizen of great
worth, and the people Of Kent and Sus-
sex counties one of their trusted and
faithful friends.
The deceased was born i'll Milton, Sus-
sex county, May %, 1927. He was the
son of Aaron and Jane uayntcrl Mar
shall He attended the local school of
| Milton and Georgetown, and began his
career as an assistant to his father who
was i; merchant of Milton. At Is years
| of age he had decided TO become Il ply
sician. and entered the office of DIR. viii
liam w. Wolf the leading physician of
the county. MS Il student. During the
same year. 1916, he entered jefferson
| Medical College and was graduated an
VI. ID. in March, 1S47, before he was
20 years of age. The tulluwing wear he
lattrndcd full course of lectures At the
| University of Pennsylvania, and entered
for post graduate course at the nj
versty in the fall of 1S4S,. supporting
himself during the period OF his post
graduate course hy practcing his pro
fpssion in the cty Of Philadelphia.
III .Ianlary 1S49 hp was asked To he
come the surgeon OF the first mining cN
pcdtion from tho Atlantic coast Ia tn,
newly discovered gold mines Of Cal. 10
ceptel The offer aud mndo Tho voyage by
sea, rcnchng san Francisco IN Scpten
her Of tliat year. On arrival the part!
10 which HI WAS attached tlishandod, am
each Of its former members We're left t,
ltakc care Of themselves. Dr. Marshal
decided 10 20 10 the gold mines ant
with five associates started On Il jnurne!
of 500 miles 10 what is now known III
Ilaccrville, Eldurado county, then known
as, Hangt0wn. Here they found gold
Dr. Marshall becoming both miner ant
physician remained there for two years
when he returned home by way of til,
Isthmus. arriving at New York III Febru
AIRY, 1851. In April Of that year III
settled for the practice of his profession
at Georgetown.
In 1862, on the outbreak of the civi
war DR. Marshall was commissioned
surgeon in the United States Army b.
President Lincoln and was assigned fo
duty to the Third Regiment of Delawar
Volunteer Infantry, and served with hi
lregimrnt until after the battle of An
tiptam when he resigned and rcturne'
tn Delaware.
nr Marshall was instrumn' n III re-
cruiting two companies of SiHtl
Delaware Regiment and sa lccte,
captain of one of the COZ llts, upol
the organization of the regiment unde
Colonel Edwin Wilmer, he was com
mSsioned major and served with hi
, regiment during its brief active servic
in 1868. previous to and during the battl
of Gettysburg. At the close of the wa
he resumed the practice of his profes
sion ut Georgetown, Sussex county, re
moving to Milford in 1866. In 1865 h
became interested in shipbuIding. he
| coming Il member of the firm Of j. W
Abbott X Co.
Dr. Marshall was married to Miss ii
i Angclinc. duughtpr of the Rev. Thursto
4 Polk McColry, on November 2S 1885;
The fruit Of his marriage was fou
, children, DR. George William Marshall
the newly elected Insurance Commi>
sioncr Of this State. Annie Payntcl
Samuel Everett and II. Angelinc Maj
. shall.