Person:James Marshall (31)

JAMES P. MARSHALL is one of the enterprising merchants of Bowling Green, and is a member of the firm of J. P. Marshall & Co., grocers. He was born in Sandusky CO, OH, December 12, 1856, and is the son of James H. and Elizabeth (Sampson) Marshall.

Mr. Marshall, Sr., was born in Perry CO, Penn., in 1827, and died in Sandusky CO, OH, in 1857. His wife was born in New York State in 1831, and now lives in Bowling Green. They became the parents of the following four children: M. M. is living at Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, and is a minister, receiving his education at the Northwestern College, Naperville, Ill.; Esther A. is unmarried, and lives at Bowling Green; Mary died when four months old; J. P. is our subject. The paternal grandfather, James Marshall, was born in New York, and came to Sandusky CO, from Huron CO, OH.

Mr. Marshall was reared in Sandusky CO, OH, and took a commercial course in a business college at Naperville, Ill. He then went to work for John S. Eck, in Toledo, OH, remaining in that gentleman's employ for two years; leaving there, he came to Bowling Green in 1881, and was employed in the grocery of G. A. Smith, afterward working for Royce & Coon, in the grain-shipping business. He was next employed as express agent for the Wells-Fargo Express Company, where he stayed until December, 1893, when he became a partner in the present metropolitan grocery store in Bowling Green. He and Mr. South are among the younger element of hustling business men in the CO, and from all indications they are on the road to success. They deal in staple and fancy groceries, which they sell at moderate prices. Our subject was married in 1878 to Miss Anna N. Youngs, who was born in Toledo, OH, March 9, 1861, and six children have been the result of this union, as follows: Charles H., Alta R., Olin R., Helen E., Merlin M., and one as yet unnamed. Mr. Marshall is a Republican, and, socially, he is a member of the United Brethren Church, the National Union, and the I. O. O. F.

The maternal grandfather of our subject, Peter Sampson, was born in Massachusetts, and departed this life in Williams CO, OH, at the good old age of seventy-three years.

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