Miss Ann C. Marshall, p. 900

MISS ANN C. MARSHALL. The Marshalls of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Ohio are descendants of the four brothers John, William, Thomas and Robert Marshall who accompanied their sister Mary from Ireland to America, early in the second half of the eighteenth century. They were natives of County Down. John Marshall was married in Ireland to Nancy Kyle. They settled in Cross Creek township, Washington Co., Penn., but removed to Wayne county, Ohio, where some of their descendants still reside, others being found in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania.

William Marshall, the great grandfather of Miss Ann C. Marshall, married Mary Speers in Ireland, and to them five children were born: Thomas, William, James, Jane and Barbara. He came here before the Revolution to inquire into the condition of the country; but the war of the Revolution breaking out, he joined the patriots and fought for the right. After the close of the Revolution he sent for his wife and children, and in 1783 they arrived at Philadelphia. That year the reunited family proceeded to Washington county, where they found a temporary home in the house of Andrew Russell, of Chartiers township, until they settled on the farm in Cross Creek township, now owned by A. V. Reed, later in that year. In 1788 William purchased 101 acres from David Vance at 15 shillings (or $1.87 1/2) per acre (the same now owned by David Gault), and on this tract the family resided until the death of the mother in 1817, when he and his son James removed to Wayne county Ohio, where the soldier and pioneer shortly after died. Of his children, Thomas was grandfather of T. M. Berryhill, of Hickory, Penn., and was married to Katie Hamilton, and whose descendants now reside in Ohio. James married Jane McNary, of Wayne county, Ohio, removed to Iowa, founded Marshalltown, and died there. Jane married John Moore, and settled near Bulger, Penn. Their children were William, John, Mary, Elizabeth, Nancy, Jane and Ellen. Barbara married Robert Glass, and settled with him near Liverpool, Ohio. William, grandfather of Miss Ann C. Marshall, is referred to at greater length. Thomas Marshall, one of the immigrants, married Margaret Woodburn, settled for a time in Washington county, but removed to a point near New Athens, Ohio, where he died, and where many of his descendants now reside.

Robert Marshall, born in Ireland in 1760, died in 1833. Coming to America in his youth, he enlisted in the Continental line at the age of sixteen years, in opposition to the wish of his mother, who protested solely on account of his youth. He served in six general engagements. At the age of twenty-three years he began to study theology under Rev. Graham, continuing under Rev. McMillan, of Canonsburg, Penn., and was licensed to preach by the Redstone Presbytery. For some time he preached in what is now West Virginia; but in 1791 he removed to a point eight miles from Lexington, Ky., where he died. His first wife was a Miss McCandless. After her death he married Miss Glass. Descendants of Robert Marshall are found to-day in Kentucky. Mary Marshall, who married Robert Waller, settled in Washington county, and thence removed to Mar, Lawrence county. They were the parents of six daughters and three sons.

William Marshall, grandfather of subject, married Ann Crawford, daughter of Thomas Crawford (who died in June, 1783) and Judith Crawford-Cassell-Adams, nee Jones (born in 1742, died October 5, 1839). Mrs. Crawford was married three times. From Thomas and Judith Crawford are descended the Stephensons, Marshalls, Creighs, Moores and many other extensive families settled in Washington county. Thomas was a son of Margaret Shearer, by her first husband Crawford. It is related that on the return home of some of her family from the interment of the first corpse in Cross Creek graveyard, Mrs. Margaret Shearer inquired where the grave was made, and on being informed, exclaimed, throwing up her hands: "There is now a graveyard started, and I know I will be the next;" which prediction came true.

William Marshall, born December 11, 1769, died October 1, 1860, married Ann Crawford, born February 19, 1774, died October 27, 1860. Their children were Crawford (born in 1795, died in 1857); William (1797-1874); Thomas (1799-1890); Stewart C. (1806-1871); Elizabeth (1794-1838); Judith (1802-1863); Margaret (1808-1867); Ann Jones (1810-1877); Mary (1804-1878); Ruth (1812-1846); Louisa (1815-1852) and Barbara Jane (1818-1870). Of these, Elizabeth married John Glass; to them one daughter was born, who married Douglass Geary, of Candor, Penn., where their son, Robert Geary, now resides. Judith married Ewell Canon; Margaret married William Aiken, who was born in 1799, died in 1868; Ann Jones married Thomas Wilson, who was born in 1806, and died in 1882; Louisa married John Dungan, while the other daughters never married. The father of this family, William Marshall, son of William, came from Ireland at the age of twelve years; was in the service against the Indians from March 1, 1792, to September 1, 1792, under Captains Samuel Smith and Robert Stephenson, stationed awhile at Yellow creek, and then at Coes. For this service he received a pension about 1837, and warrants for land. William, Jr., married Mary Linville, and died near Des Moines, Iowa, where his descendants still live. Stewart C. married Mrs. Ann M. Register (who had one son by first marriage, Wilson Register), and had four daughters: Elizabeth A., Louisa J. (married John M. Robertson), Susan Rebecca (married Pressly Leech), Sarah A. (married John C. Barnes, now of Fairfield, Iowa).

William and Margaret (Marshall) Aiken were married March 16, 1829, by Rev. Alex. Donnan, settled near Candor, where they resided until their deaths, and were buried at Centre church. A memorial window was erected to his memory in Midway U. P. church. Their sons are William Marshall, born October 22, 1832 (married Lizzie Elder, and has two daughters); Joseph Wilson, born December 29, 1845, died in 1892 (he married Lulu Crawford; they resided at Burgettstown, and had two children); Nancy married Samuel Jones (now deceased), and they resided at the old Aiken homestead, near Candor, Penn (had two children Dellar and Frank); Ann married David Manson, of Burgettstown (their children are Fred, Robert, Mary, Ellen and Elizabeth, the latter of whom is a successful teacher of music and painting); Elizabeth married Benjamin R. McCarty, of Midway (her children are Edward and Joseph); Louisa married William H. McPeak, of Hickory (they are the parents of one son, Robert Wilson McPeak). Ann and Thomas Wilson had children as follows: William Marshall, married Phebe, daughter of Col. S. Magill, reside in northern Nebraska; Eleanor Ruth married A. W. Pry, near Hickory; Margaret Jane married Craig Tweed Bebout, removed to Caldwell county, Mo. (they have two sons and three daughters).

Thomas Marshall, father of subject, married Sibella Campbell, who was a daughter of Jesse Campbell (1779-1858), a son of William Campbell (1739-1801), who was a soldier in the Revolution. William Campbell had a sister who married Andrew Ritchie, and settled in Cross Creek township. Jesse Campbell's wife was Sibella McClure (1777-1840). They had sons: William (married Mary Welch), Jesse (married Jones), Robert (married Mary McClure), John McC. (married Sarah A. Puder), Edward (married Rusina Rankin). Of the three daughters: Sibella, Elizabeth married Daniel McGugin, of Knox county, Ohio, and Rebecca married her cousin, George Campbell; Sibella McClure's brothers were Richard, Andrew, Robert (father of R. B. McClure, Benjamin F. and Alexander McClure) and John. Her sisters, Margaret (married Galbraith), Rebecca (married James Ridgeway), Catherine (married Sloan). The McClures came from Ireland.

Thomas Marshall (born November 25, 1799, died October 30, 1890) was married January 30, 1834, by Rev. David Hervey, of Mt. Prospect Church, to Miss Sibella Campbell, who was born March 15, 1806, and died September 14, 1867, their children were Ann Crawford, born October 18, 1836, unmarried; William, born January 16, 1839, married Harriet M. Noah (have one son, William); Hadassah Melissa, born March 2, 1840, married John Milton Rankin, March 3, 1864 (settled near Hickory; removed in 1872 to a point near Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., Ky., where Mr. Rankin died June 6, 1873; the widow and family returned to Washington county, and lived with her father, and at his death inherited part of the old homestead, where they still reside. Her children are John Taylor, Lincoln county, Neb.; Mary Sibella, a prominent teacher; Thomas Marshall, Dessa Elm Orlou, William Matthew Milton, who reside with their mother); Rosannah, born June 17, 1841, married February 9, 1860, to Hervey B. McIlvaine, removed to a point near Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kans. (her children are Frank Marshall, Nina Hervey, Sibella J., Dessa A., Mary Ellen, Cora C. and Thomas Lawrence); Mary Ruth, born September 20, 1842, died March 18, 1892 (she married May 10, 1860, William Perry, resided on the old Crawford Marshall farm; they have two sons: Thomas Marshall, married to Anna Armstrong, and residing near Washington, Iowa, and have children; and William Campbell, who resides with his father at the old home).

Miss Ann C. Marshall, a daughter of Thomas Marshall and Sibella Campbell, is one of the highly esteemed and most successful school teachers of Cross Creek township. She was born on the farm in Cross Creek township, which is now occupied by William Perry, and began teaching school in her early girlhood. She taught several years, and achieved an enviable reputation in her chosen calling, but retired from the profession on the death of her mother in 1867, and kept house for her father.

Text taken from page 900 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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