Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-08-25
COL. MARSHALL H. TWITcHELL.
He Had a Gallant Record In Civil War
and Was Terribly Wounded Afterward
by Ku-KIux- Khan.

Col Marshall Harvey Twitchell, United
States consul at Kingston, Ontario, died
Monday after brief illness. He was the
oldest consul in the entire service of the
United States, having been appointed to
the post at Kingston in 1873 by President
Hayes His appointment was accredited
to Louisiana, and he had held the office
through the several administrations. In
recent years he had considered himself
as belonging to Newfane, in which town
he was a property owner. Only two weeks
before his death Col. Twitchel and his
son had called on many friends in New
fame, Townshend and Brattleboro
Col Twitchell was a son of Harvey
and Elizabeth (Scott) Twitchell, and was
born in Townshend Feb. 2S, 1910. He was
educated in the common schools and at
Leland & Gray seminary. In his youth
he taught school winters, worked on the
farm and attended the seminary a por-
ton of the year.
He enlisted in 1861 in Company l of
the Fourth regiment of Vermont Volun-
teers. He was in IA battles with the old
Vermont Brigade He was severely
wounded at the battle of the Wilderness,
a ball entering the edge of his left eye
and coming out behind his left ear. He
was in command of his company at this
time as first lieutenant, having been pro-
NOTED successfully corporal, sergeant
first sergeant and first lieutenant In
the winter OF loO0-O4 ne maze dppllcd-
ton and was appointed captain in Com
pany H Of the 1O9th regiment of colored
troops He was in the column which
broke Lees line at Petersburg and finally
surrounded his army at AppomattoX
court house. He was mustered out of
the United States service in August, 1866,
at New Orleans.
IN October, 1865, he was appointed
provost marshal and agent of the Freed
mans Bureau with headquarters at
Sparta, North Louisiana. Here, 25 miles
from the nearest post, with no expert
ence in civil government, he was legis
lator, judge, jury and sheriff. His gov
eminent was so satisfactory that he was
elected almost without opposition to rep
resent the parish County, of Bienville in
the constitutional convention of 1868. He
was appointed judge of the parish of
Rienville that year He was elected to
the state senate in 1870 for a term of
four years and reelected in 1874. Dur
ing his eight years in the senate he was
the principal agent in the creation of the
parish County, of Rem River, building of
the town of Couchatta and the organ
ization of the public schools in the
parishes of Bienville, Red River and
De Sofa. He protected the colored schools
as president of the school board by
threatening to refuse to sign the warrants
for the pay Of teachers.
An attempt was made to assassinate
him May 2 1876, while he was crossing
the river in a boat. His brother-in-law,
George King, and a negro servant who
were with him were killed. Six bullets
entered Col. Twitchelrs body, wounds
being sustained in the back, thigh and
in both arms. 1t was necessary to am
putate his arms at the elbows. His only
brother, Homer. and his other two broth
ers-in-law, Willis and Holland, had been
murdered before this in what was known
as the Couchatta massacre of 1874. Had
Col. Twitchelrs assassination been sue
cessful the result would have been to