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THE LINCOLN SUNDAY STAR - SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1929

Obituary - Thomas Marshall Thomas Marshall was born in Yorkshire, Eng. December 22, 1842 and passed away at the Soldiers' and Sailors' home at Milford, Neb., May 18, 1929. He came to America when a boy in company with his mother and two brothers, Frank and John, who preceded him in death several years. His early manhood was spent near Morrison, IL., where, in 1862, he enlisted in Company F, Thirty Fourth Illinois volunteer infantry, serving until honorably discharged at the end of the war. In 1869, he was married to Miss Anna Hancock of Fair Haven, IL. To this union three children were born, Nellie E., Frank J., and Charles F.. Frank J. passed away when 2 years old. Nellie E. is now a resident of Kearney, Neb. and Charles F. of Anniston, Ala. In 1871 he with his small family came west and took a soldier's homestead at Friend, where all the hardships of pioneer life were endured. He was a member of Farragut post No. 25 of Lincoln, the members of which will have charge of the funeral services at the grave in Wyuka.