Patriarch & Matriarch |
Nicholas Marshall, b. 1490, Of, Tydd, Saint Mary, Lincolnshire, England  d. Yes, date unknown (9 x Great Grandfather)  Frances E. McAlister, b. 1812, Louisville, Jefferson, County, TN d. Yes, date unknown (Mother) |
| Notes |
- ! They had two childre, one died in infancy. Humphrey married second to
Virginia Crutchfield, a sister of his former wife. Humphrey and Virginia had
ten children. Virginia died 2-11-1937 in Louisville, Jefferson County, KY.
See er notes for first three children.
! Judge Humphrey Marshall was educated in his own home by private
tutors, acquiring knowledge with ease and rapidity, his most retentive
memory impressing indelibly on his mind all that he mastered. He pursued
his studies with unremitting industry, making marked progress in
everything calling for active mental energy. Inspired by the noble example
of his father, his grandfather and his great-grandfather, he set up for
himself high ideals and eagerly embraced every opportunity for raising
himself to their level.
! In 1862, when only fourteen and a a half years of age, he was forced
by the home guards to leave home, and three days afterward was one of
sixteen boys who charged a body of some three hundred home-guards. In
this engagement his horse was killed under him and he was seriously
wounded, but all the heroism and loyalty of his nature were aroused, and
notwithstanding his wound he marched to Virginia, where he entered the
Confederate service as a member of the noted Fourth Kentucky Cavalry,
under his father's command, and remained at the front in active service
until the cessation of hostilities. He was with the cavalry forces in
Kentucky and Tennessee under the command of Generals Morgan, Crosby,
Marshall, Preston, Breckenridge, Echols and others, and surrendered at
Miliken's, Texas, in July, 1865, after having marched overland from Atlanta,
Georgia, in compliance with orders from the war Department assigning him
to the Trans-Mississippi Department.
! A boy in years, he was nevertheless distinguished for his dauntless spirit
and his imperturbable coolness in battle. He was honorably mentioned in
official reports of his commanders for meritorious conduct on the field of
battle, and for distinguished services, and was promoted to the rank of
lieutenant.
! Returning to Kentucky, Mr. Marshall began farming in Henry county
and continued in that occupation until the fall of 1868, when he entered the
Louisville Law School. Such were his powers of application and
mental concentration that in one year he completed the work of two; after
which he successfully passed the required examinations and was admitted
to the bar in April 1869.
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1848 - 1928 (80 years)
Has 26 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1812 - Yes, date unknown
