The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-06
COL. IL. c. MARSHALL.

iSpeciai to The Times D!spatch.l
Portsmouth. Va, April 5-Colonel
Richard Coke Marshall OF this city.
FOR the last twenty-threc years Com
Uon"caiihS attorney of Norfolk
comfy. Gicd 1T o'clock this after
noon IN the residence Of his SON Cap
s san x {. MHr shall Jr., in Fort Mon
uary, when he suffered a collapse due
to kidney trouble
;, Colon! Marshall was widely known
ELECTION rs commemorative attorney
OF Noriolls County. he served several
terms o.rI.a IN tina, Office in Portsmouth. lilo
hspl!cd several times to scut in
GonEress; but was never successful.
In 1901 he also sought the guberna-
toriai nomination.
Chambers Fire Company, OF this civ
ana also was prominently Identified
with the Virginia State Fircrncn's Az.
sociattQn lie is survived by his wife.
Mrs Kate Wilson Marshall. ana the
II;H;i!1owins children; + l.. Marshall, OF
Of Norfolk; s. Julien y. Marshall. OF
Washington. j.. c: s w Marshall. OF
naiiI ,s,,, Tex; Captain Il c Marshall.
Monroe. and Mrs. Manon T.. Marshall.
OF this city.
Richard Coke MarsholI was inc son
OF Fielding Lewis Marshall. who occu-
ol"d n prominent place IN the history
o. NdIrglnin; m; ana was a great -rrcat
John Marshall. He was born at oak
iiili, f,auquicr County, July 3, 1874. and
was educated in the Clifton preparatory
mat institution In March. 1861 Hc
served the first year of the War be
Swc9eh me states IN Company II. OF tho
2lNth virginia Cavalry. Of which com
pany his father was orderly sergeant
IN the summer OF 1852 he enlisted in
Company a, Seventh Virginia cavalry
"A 9h n f.s fl,..
battle OF Trcvilian station, in June
.sy', IN which engagement he was shot
unti! January. 1865. when he retoined
ms regiment iio was then appointed
~, I"" ,h' II. ne regular army and placed
hoSScT. lie remained in this position
but few weeks when the board of
surgeons pronounced him unnt for
DUTY, his arm being paraiyzcd lie
then joined His fathers family in Arnc-
~ county, whittier they had gone az
w. Ichrning OF IN" evacuation OF Pc
,ershurg, he again started 10 reJoin the
army lie met the Confederate army
gust before the fight at Amelia Court
house. on the second day OF the re-
treat, and, rejoiEing his company, CON
unned ~ the service until the surren-
nIaHcly In many OF the important bat
Ties and IN mum bcgiess skIrmishcs ana
the POTOMAC. before the battle OF Ma
nasSas ana cavalry fights IN which
johnson and lfeaurerard's forces were
enFaeed up to 1852 After that year he
was attached TO General JacksOn's
Corps, and In the campaign OF 1863 was
IN General Lees army. lie returned to
fauquicr County after the surrender
and opened school with only i've pm
pi!s. lie taught eight years in 1867
taking charge OF the Uppcrvillc Acad-
envy. IN Fauqu!cr County. In 1865 he
took charge of tho academy In Brooks
VILE" Monteomery County. where he
taught four years, and At the cnd OF
that time. in 1874 located in Ports
mouth. During his engagement as a
teacher he turned his attention to the
study OF the law. and after spending
year at farming was admitted 10 the
bar IN the latter part OF 1874. and be
gan his practice In Portsmouth. where
he resided until his death.
1t Is told OF Colonel Marshall that but
for his candidacy for Congress and
leadership of his party In the Second
Distric; in 1884. aided by untirlng zeal
on the part OF his friends. by which
the usual REPUBLICAN, majority In this
district was greatly reduced. the cleo
torai vote OF Virginia would have beer
lost to Grover Cleveland. and James 6;
Blaine would have been elected Presi-
dent