Anson S. Marshall

Anson Southard Marshall
18th United States Attorney for the
District of New Hampshire[1]
In office
1858–1861
Appointed byJames Buchanan[1]
Preceded byJohn H. George
Succeeded byCharles W. Rand
Personal details
BornDecember 3, 1822[1]
Lyme, New Hampshire[1]
DiedJuly 4, 1874[1]
Concord, New Hampshire
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocrat[1]
Spouse(s)Mary Jane Corning, m. April 9, 1861[1]
ChildrenAnson S. Marshall, Jr., born March 29, 1863[1]
Alma materThetfod Academy, Dartmouth College, 1848[1]
OccupationAttorney
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Anson Southard Marshall (December 3, 1822 – July 4, 1874) was an American attorney and politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire.[1]

Early life and education

Marshall was born on December 3, 1822, in Lyme, New Hampshire, to Macaiah[1] and Martha (Southard) Marshall.[1][2] Marshall attended Thetford Academy in Thetford, Vermont, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848.[1][2]

Educational career

Marshall taught school during his college vacations. From 1849 to 1851 Marshall was the principal of Fitchburg High School in Massachusetts.[2]

Marshall studied law with the firm of Torrey & Wood in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and in Concord, New Hampshire, with Franklin Pierce and Josiah Minot.[2] Marshall was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in 1852.[2]

Death

On the Fourth of July, 1874, Marshall, his wife and son were setting up a picnic lunch at Penacook Lake in West Concord when his wife heard the sound of bullets over their heads. Marshall saw no one firing, shouted to the shooters to be careful, then stood up and was shot in the abdomen.[3] Marshall died at his home later that day.[3][4] Marshall was shot with a minnie ball[3] fired by the City Guards,[3] a newly formed[3] militia company[2] that was engaged in target practice in a pasture bordering the lake.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m McLintock, Edgar J. N. (November 1881), ANSON SOUTHARD MARSHALL (in the) Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume V, No. 2, Concord, New Hampshire: The Granite Monthly Company, p. 38
  2. ^ a b c d e f Edgerly, Joseph G. (1884), Eleventh Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Fitchburg, Mass. 1883, Fitchburg, Massachusetts: The Fitchburg (Mass.) School Committee, p. 91
  3. ^ a b c d e f McLintock, J. N. (November 1881), ANSON SOUTHARD MARSHALL (in the) Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume V, No. 2, Concord, New Hampshire: The Granite Monthly Company, p. 39
  4. ^ The Boston Journal, Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Journal, July 6, 1874
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Preceded by 18th United States Attorney
for the
District of New Hampshire
1858-1861 		Succeeded by