The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-02-05
M. S. Marshall.

i Moses Scout MafShall, well knOWH
citizen, man of affairs and influence,
died at his home in Civil District Num-
Der Three of Obion County on Sunday,
jan 81, 1909, at / O'Clock p. NJ.
Mr.. Marshall had been afflicted with
cancer of the face for several years.
Latterly he was confined at home for u
year and to his room about six months,
finally succumbing to the inroads of
the disease
Deceased was born in Trousdale Coun-
ty near Huntsville March 4, 1882. He
was therefore nearly II years of age.
At the age of 6 his parents died and at
16 he ventured westward to seek home.
Reaching West Tennessee he proceeded
through the country, halting at the
farm of John Cloar in the Third Dis
trct. There he found home and APP
piled his industry to farming. In the
home of Mr.. Cloar was a daughter
whom he learned to esteem with affec-
tionate regard. In his twentieth year
he was married to Miss Mary Cloar
and together they Immediately began
to plant the hearthstone of marital do
mesticity, where the old homestead now
stands and where the life of the good
man spent its career. In these early
years the pioneer citizen was brought
to saving knowledge of the Christian
faith and afterwards was one of the
founders of the Reelfoot Baptist Church,
where the family worshiped continue
ously.
The family increased with the birth
of twelve children, nine living at pres
ent, among whom DR.. T. E. Marshall
and Pink Marshall, of this city, and
Mrs. John Caldwell, of Prescott, Ark,
are well known to the immediate vicin-
ity Of Union City.i
Mr. Marshall was Royal Arch Ma
son and Worthy Master of Tyre Lodge,
conducting and comforting degrees upon
numbers of his fellow citizens and offici-
ating at the graves of departed brothers
through period of probably thirty
years He was never a candidate for
office, but served his district as Demo-
cratic executive committeeman in the
most satisfactory manner for some years.
In 1902 Mr.. and Mrs Marshall cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of their
marriage-a golden wedding-the occa-
sion for large gathering of relatives
and friends, social festivities and feast
ing. 1t was.a glad day and many happy
hearts joined in mutual greetings, in
yeneration and in lasting good will to
the esteemed host and hostess Six
years more and death separates the ties.
Uncle Nose, as he was well known,
lived conscientious, useful citizen, q
christian, good neighbor, a loving
husband and father, a kind friend.
He was leader in church and public
affairs, dispensing with a generous hand
and administering in a charitable spirit.
In after years the family began to
dispense, leaving almost solitary and
alone the aged couple. They chung to
the old vine and rooftree and travelled
serenely down the declivity of time, the
western sun shedding its mellow light
upon them. Passing over the river the
golden link was severed, as the veneer
able citizen, conscious to the last, babe
farewell to his faithful companion and
loved ones, resting in the peaceful as
surance of reunion in the Kingdom
on High.
Services were held at the residence,
conducted by DR.. G. p Glover and Rev.
G. H. Stigler and the remains were in
tered with Masonic honors at the Cloar
Cemetery,