Jehu Foster Marshall

Birth: Aug. 26, 1817 Death: Aug. 29, 1862

Born in South Carolina on August 28, 1817, Marshall attended and graduated from South Carolina College in 1837. He then became a lawyer in Abbeville. A man of "acute intelligence, great tact, of affable and cordial address," Marshall then served a stint with the Palmetto Regiment in the Mexican War. After the War, he married and served in the South Carolina legislature from 1848 to 1862.

Marshall became the lieutenant colonel of the Rifles on July 20, 1861. He rose to the rank of colonel on January 29, 1862. While leading the regiment against a "furious assault", he was mortally wounded in the fighting at Second Manassas on the day after his 45th birthday. He survived but an hour. He had earned the "highest regard of the brigade" and his loss was considered great. Marshall was buried in Abbeville.

[from 'And Then A.P. Hill Came Up.' Copyright 1997 - 2010 by Jen Goellnitz]

Family links:

Parents:

 Samuel Marshall (1789 - 1861)

 Eliza Clopton Foster Marshall (1797 - 1870)

Spouse:

 Elizabeth DeBruhl Marshall (1823 - 1863)

Siblings:

 Jehu Foster Marshall (1817 - 1862)

 Joseph Warren Waldo Marshall (1821 - 1904)*

 Margaret Elizabeth Marshall Sproull (1823 - 1906)*

 Mary Jane Marshall Orr (1826 - 1898)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: JEHU FOSTER MAHSHALL(sic) Born Aug 26, 1817 Killed in battle Aug. 29, 1862 Served thro the Mexican War as Captain of the Abbeville Volunteers, Palmetto Reg. On his return from Mexico elected state senator for Abbeville District, which office he held until his death.

[Monument Reverse] At the commencement of the war he offerred his services to the Confederate Government. Was Colonel of the First Regiment of Rifles, South Carolina Volunteers. He fell at the Second Battle of Manasas.

Note: Stone has birth date of Aug 26, 1817, but records show August 28, 1817. Given that the last name of the deceased was mis-engraved 'MAHSHALL', chances of error are high the birth date may be wrong.

Burial: Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery Abbeville Abbeville County South Carolina, USA

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Birth: Aug. 26, 1817 Death: Aug. 29, 1862

Born in South Carolina on August 28, 1817, Marshall attended and graduated from South Carolina College in 1837. He then became a lawyer in Abbeville. A man of "acute intelligence, great tact, of affable and cordial address," Marshall then served a stint with the Palmetto Regiment in the Mexican War. After the War, he married and served in the South Carolina legislature from 1848 to 1862.

Marshall became the lieutenant colonel of the Rifles on July 20, 1861. He rose to the rank of colonel on January 29, 1862. While leading the regiment against a "furious assault", he was mortally wounded in the fighting at Second Manassas on the day after his 45th birthday. He survived but an hour. He had earned the "highest regard of the brigade" and his loss was considered great. Marshall was buried in Abbeville.

[from 'And Then A.P. Hill Came Up.' Copyright 1997 - 2010 by Jen Goellnitz]

Family links:

Parents:

 Samuel Marshall (1789 - 1861)

 Eliza Clopton Foster Marshall (1797 - 1870)

Spouse:

 Elizabeth DeBruhl Marshall (1823 - 1863)

Siblings:

 Jehu Foster Marshall (1817 - 1862)

 Joseph Warren Waldo Marshall (1821 - 1904)*

 Margaret Elizabeth Marshall Sproull (1823 - 1906)*

 Mary Jane Marshall Orr (1826 - 1898)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: JEHU FOSTER MAHSHALL(sic) Born Aug 26, 1817 Killed in battle Aug. 29, 1862 Served thro the Mexican War as Captain of the Abbeville Volunteers, Palmetto Reg. On his return from Mexico elected state senator for Abbeville District, which office he held until his death.

[Monument Reverse] At the commencement of the war he offerred his services to the Confederate Government. Was Colonel of the First Regiment of Rifles, South Carolina Volunteers. He fell at the Second Battle of Manasas.

Note: Stone has birth date of Aug 26, 1817, but records show August 28, 1817. Given that the last name of the deceased was mis-engraved 'MAHSHALL', chances of error are high the birth date may be wrong.

Burial: Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery Abbeville Abbeville County South Carolina, USA

Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]

Created by: sticksandstones Record added: Dec 30, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 63498264