The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12
CORNER Nv ANCESTORS
MARSHALL FAMILY
and Sozdie,s-One Second only to Wash
gton Patriotic Services Of First Organization in
Cause of Fyeedom-Anec0otes of the Chief Justice
By ELEANOR LEXLNGTON ~----
MARSHALL FAMILY.
Bv ELEANOR LEXINGTON.
"Whose son art thou, thou young

"Whose son art thou, thou young
manu-
! Saul's question concerning David,
whose heroism made him anxious to
know something of father and family,
lis question constantly repeated. A
man distinguishes himself and we in
quire about his antecedents.
John Marshall, chief justice, always
and forever remembered for the senti-
lment. millions for defense, but not
one cent for tribute,' did more, per-
haps, than any other man, after Wash
ington, to make the United States gov
eminent what it is. He made the name
it are rightly interested in the history
of their common ancestors.
The traditional founder Of the family
was William G. Mareschall, who was of
! Norman pedigree, and with the Con-
queror's army in 1865. From him
descended William le Mareschall the
great Earl of Pembroke, who was a
exacted Magma Charta from King John.
After the kings death, he was ap-
pointed guardian of the young king
Henry III, and protector or mareschal
Of England.
The pilgrim ancestor was John Mar
shall, a descendant of William Marshall.
He came to America in 1850, and settled
in Virginia. In a list of names lately
published, "of families of historic and
social eminence in the United States
appears "Marshalls Of Virginia. An
other settler was William Marshall,
born in Ireland in 1922. He was per-
haps descendant of the Marshalls Of
Bath, Scotland, who went to London
derry. Samuel Marshall was one of the
neighbor of Matthew Grant, ancestor Of
General Grant. The Marshalls and
Grants intermarried, and the former
were also connected by marriage with
Washington thru the Lewises. Wash
tngton's sister Betty was the wife OF
Fielding Lewis, and there was a mar
riage connection with third president
los the United States, Jefferson;. his
niece, Lucy Goode, was the wife of
Colonel William Marshall of Virginia.
The earliest organization in the
cause of freedom was the Culpepper
Minute Men, raised in a minute
armed in minute, marched, in a
minute, fought in a minute,' but not
vanquished in minute. A member OF
this regiment was Colonel Thomas
1 Marshall, son of "John of the Forest
grim era &C Colonel i': Marshall's son, John
afterwards the chief justice, then but
youth of twenty, also joined the
called, on account of their green hunt.
ing shirts, home-spun, home-woven,
home made. One of the horrors OF
war was being reduced to one shirt,
or no shirt; this was John Marshall s
case, ono day, when wrapped in a
blanket, he received AN invitation to
dine with Washington.
90 Come, boys, YOU we just got to fix
me up,' he said to his companions.
| Between them they manged to make up
I fairly presentable wardrobe. These
were Valley Forge days, when provision
were as scarce as clothing The only
Injuries were the apple pies which the
Dutch women brought into camp-pies
80 hard that they could be used for foot
I ball
The chief justice was never a Beau
Brummell in attire at any time in his
life, and one morning when at the mar
ket, where he always went to make his
own purchases, he was accosted by a
youth:
cold man, would you like to earn
ninepence carrying turkey home for
metz The rusty old gentleman took the
gobbler without a word, walked behind
the youth to his gate and pocketed the
ninepenee. When told who had been
his, messenger the. young man ex.
claimed: Impossiblel Why did he bring
my turkey home and take my money7'
HProbably to teach YOU a lesson in