Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Maj. David Porter Marshall and Martha Welsh Brown




Husband Maj. David Porter Marshall 1 2 3 4

           Born: 2 Mar 1834 - Armstrong Co, PA 1
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           Died: 
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         Father: William Sterling Marshall (1802-1865/1874) 5 6 7
         Mother: Rebecca McConnell (1807-1874) 3 5 7


       Marriage: 24 Mar 1858 1

• Note: This may be the same person as : D. P. Marshall.
Either he was married twice or there is confusion about who his wife was.




Wife Martha Welsh Brown 1 2 4 8

           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1906
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         Father: Thomas Oliver Brown (1800-1866) 8 9 10 11 12
         Mother: Nancy Beattie (Abt 1809-1839) 2 4




Children
1 M Alvin Beatty Marshall 1

           Born: 27 Nov 1858 1
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin



2 M [Unk] Marshall 1

           Born: 27 Nov 1858 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Nov 1858 1
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 F Terza Blanche Marshall 1

           Born: 9 Aug 1860 1
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



4 M Finley Brown Marshall 1

           Born: 10 Apr 1862 1
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           Died: 
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5 M William Sterling Marshall 1

           Born: 5 Apr 1866 1
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           Died: 
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6 F Sarah Mariah Rankin Marshall 1

           Born: 9 Jan 1868 1
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           Died: 
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7 M [Unk] Marshall 1

           Born: 5 Apr 1869 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Apr 1869 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


8 M [Unk] Marshall 1

           Born: 4 Apr 1874 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 May 1874 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


9 M Francis Edwin Milligan Marshall 1

           Born: 7 May 1876 1
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           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Maj. David Porter Marshall


After marriage, he and his wife lived on the old home place in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. K. 155th Reg. Pa. Vol. Inf., and served in the army of the Potomac till the close of the war. He passed through thirty-six battles without ever being hit with a ball, (height in stocking feet, 6 feet, 6 inches; weight, 277 pounds). He was promoted from 1st Sergeant to 2nd Lieutenant March 7, 1865, and Bt. 1st Lieutenant, Captain, and Major, March 13, 1865, and finally discharged June 8, 1865. In 1877 he sold out and removed to Arkansas City, Kansas.


General Notes: Wife - Martha Welsh Brown

from Westmoreland Co, PA

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Sources


1 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 227.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 25.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 654.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 738.

5 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 226.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 557, 654.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 34.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 169.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 380.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 139.

11 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 396.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 737.


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