John Manford Marshall

1878 - 1945  (66 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	John Manford Marshall
  Birth	8 Aug 1878	Anna, Union Co., Illinois, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Jun 1945	Cairo, Alexander Co., Illinois, USA
  Siblings	6 Siblings
  + 1. John Manford Marshall,   b. 8 Aug 1878, Anna, Union Co., Illinois, USA d. 22 Jun 1945, Cairo, Alexander Co., Illinois, USA  (Age 66 years) ▻ Daisy Alice Parker,  m. 7 Jun 1905 + 2. Denzil Earl Marshall,   b. 25 Feb 1879, Anna, Union Co., Illinois, USA d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Anna Grace McDonald,  m. 10 May 1905   3. Herbert D. Marshall,   b. Abt 1881   d. 26 Aug 1924, Phillipine Islands  (Age 43 years) + 4. Elmer Carroll Marshall,   b. 19 Mar 1887   d. 11 Sep 1932, Alexandria, Louisiana, USA  (Age 45 years) ▻ Hortense Shelhorse,  m. 19 Mar 1914   5. Flora Marshall   d. 12 Nov 1951, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA ▻ Willard Nickles   6. Dora Lynn Marshall   d. Aft 1946 ▻ William D. Thebo   7. Edison Marshall   d. Abt 1940, Chicago, Illinois, USA ▻ Emma
  Person ID	I273951	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2001

  
  

  Father	Charles Carroll Marshall,   b. 16 Mar 1850, Gallia County, Ohio, USA d. 4 Dec 1925, Cairo, Alexander Co., Illinois, USA (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Harriet Eliza Hawkins,   b. 13 Jul 1852, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA d. 10 Jan 1923, Purdy, Mcnairy Co., Tennessee, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1873	Olmstead, Pulaski Co., Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F110512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daisy Alice Parker,   b. 3 Mar 1881, Fulton, Fulton Co., Kentucky, USA d. 22 May 1970, Cairo, Alexander Co., Illinois, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	7 Jun 1905	East Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
  Children	1. Harry Parker Marshall,   b. 26 Oct 1906, Cairo, Alexander Co., Illinois, USA d. 11 Jun 1995, Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F110511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2001

  
  

• Notes

  At the time of his marriage to Daisy Parker on June 7, 1905 John Manford Mars hall was a traveling salesman for Feuchter Brothers. Following this, he and a man named Marx became partners in a factory in Cairo, Illinois, that manufa ctured overalls, a popular item in a farming area. During World War I they h ad a contract with the U.S. Army to manufacture items of army uniforms. In 1 927 he became a traveling salesman for the Schwanda Company, a button manufac turer. Buttons were also a popular item as many clothes were made at home, e specially at this period of time. He was very successful and hard-working an d many times his trips lasted from four to six weeks "on the road" with him s pending his nights in boarding houses catering to travelling men such as hims elf. His grandson, John Frederick Marshall, recalls his automobile being loa ded down with "sample cases" containing thousands of buttons of all types so ld by dry goods stores. . John Manford Marshall is remembered as being a very religious man and attended various churches while on the road. He was also a 32nd Degree Mason and a Knight Templar in that order. His death was by acci dental drowning on a fishing trip by himself to Horseshoe Lake near Cairo, Il linois, and he was buried in the family plot in Thistlewood Cemetery at Mound s, Pulaski County, Illinois.