Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-02-06

Il Tho most ilsustrtous of n all the
names in Americ an aiUrisprnf lanoa II II
unquestionabiy that of John n ~.
shall. There have Bean III otlh ~ 8 NJ, at
jadges ia this country. id but he stan n ds
out among them ali iii lconspi oioua and
colossal. There have bean great
Judges In other: lands. but eyan 3 the
greatest of them never did 81 HAD
Opportunity ! to do. 81 any work IS Is
extraordinarv II ita natnra And az
vast ia its rea,lt ( a. IN. ,tl,e oraat ;va
work of Chief .Jnstioa M araball III
which. through more than th;rtv.
-four years 81 the infancy. 81 tbia
nation and the ieve elonmant of ia
UNIQUE system 81 eovernm ant Ia
built the m magnifioent and and nrin 81,
structure of its constitntional lao 81
The chief incidents il the bioo,.
raphy Of John M Marshall mav Ia
briefly summarized. Ha yoaa horp
IA Fauouier county. Sens on, her "a !.
|1755, ant' was the Oldest of .fifteani
children. His grandfather. who WA
native Of Wales, had settled in
Westmoreland conntv n i 7gO and
his eldest son. Thomas the father Of
John Marshall. removed I'd Pau
quier county, became the friend Of
George w Washington, was emploved
by him as surveyor, and served
under him in the Revolutionary
War. Later he removed to the,
mountains east Of the Blue Ridge.
At fourteen John was 4 sent for.
instruction in Latin to a clergyman
named Campbell, where he remained,
one year. After the family had
removed to Oak Hill he studied
Latin another year with Scotch
man named Thomson. and this com
pleted his classical tuition. He became
aLieutenantin the American army in
1775, and was afterwards Captain.
He was at Valley Forge during the
winter of 1878, and fought at Bran.
dywine, Germantown, and Mon
month. He was admitted to the
bar in 1880, was chosen representa-
tive to the Legislature in 1882. and
was married in 1888 to Mary Willis
Amber. He resigned his scat in
the Legislature in 1884, but was
reelected in 1897, and was a dele
gate to the Constitutional Conven-
ton in 1888. He declined re-elec-
ton to the Legislature in 1892, and
returned to the practice of law. but
was reelected without his consent in
1895. He was offered the post of
Attorney General and of Minister to
France, but declined both. Later he
was made one of the three ministers
to France, with General Pinckney
and Mr.. Gerry, to avert hostilities
with that country. He was elected
to Congress in 1890. At the close
of his term he was appointed Score
tary Of War, and later Secretary of
State. He was appointed Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States on January 81, 1901,
at the age of forty-six, and took his
seat on February 4. He continued
in that court until his death, July 6,
1885. In 1929, while still member
of the Court, he was a member of
the convention which met to revise
the Virginia Constitution.
His services to his country as
Commissioner to France were of the
largest Importance. He was well
coined on his return with distin-
guished honors, and then gave him
self to the practice of his profession,
desiring to withdraw from public
life. His country's need of his SER
vices, however, was 80 earnestly
impressed upon him by General
Washington that he finally consented
to be chosen Member of Congress.
Here, during that trying period, his
reputation, character and judgment
were of exceptional value to the