MARSHALL, JOHN T. - On Thursday, 18th inst., Mr. John T. Marshall, the well-known builder and contractor, who resided on the Reisterstown Turnpike between Owings’ Mills and Reisterstown, died suddenly whilst sitting in the office of the School Board, Towson. He arrived in Towson by the 10 o’clock A. M. train on the Maryland Central Railroad, and, complaining of feeling quite unwell, a son of Mr. John E. Crout, of Reisterstown, took him in his buggy from the railroad station to the office of the School Commissioners, where he filed a bill in the office and had taken a seat in a chair alongside the large table and was engaged in conversation with Col. Chas. B. Rogers, the Secretary of the Board. – Mr. Marshall remarked to Col. Rogers that he felt quite badly and placed his hands across his breast. Col. Rogers having just left Dr. J. Piper stepped to the door and seeing Dr. G. M. Bosley approaching called him in. Mr. Marshall said if he had some peppermint it might relieve him, but Dr. Bosley suggested a dose of bicarbonate of soda. Col. Rogers at once went to Dr. Willis’ drug store, procured it and returned, when he prepared it in a glass of water and gave it to Mr. Marshall, who drank it and then engaged in conversation. In the meantime Mr. Wm. M. Isaac came in. In about five minutes Col. Rogers noticed Mr. Marshall’s head fall forward on his breast and caught him as he was about to fall from his chair. He was hastily placed in a recumbent position on the floor, and Dr. Piper summoned, who arrived in a few moments and administered a hypodermic injection of brandy in the arm but without effect. Dr. Piper stated death to have been caused from apoplexy, superinduced by valvular disease of the heart.
Justice A. W. Perrie was notified, but an inquest was deemed unnecessary.
The sons of the deceased at Owings’ Mills and Glyndon were notified by telegraph, and the remains were carefully cared for in the School Commissioners Office until taken away about 10 o’clock P. M., having been prepared for burial.
The deceased was the contractor who built the present public school building in Towson, and he was largely engaged in building operations, at present in Virginia.
He was an excellent citizen, and was highly esteemed by all who enjoyed his acquaintance, and was 63 years old.
Mr. Marshall left a widow and eleven children – seven sons and four daughters. Five of the sons are married. One daughter is the wife of Mr. Chas. H. Berryman, undertaker, Reisterstown. Two are unmarried. Mrs. Marshall was a daughter of Mr. John Morrow, of Reisterstown. Charles, Robert, Samuel and Sylvester reside with their father and mother at “Pleasant Hill” on the Reisterstown Turnpike about half way between Reisterstown and Owings’ Mills. John T. Marshall, Jr., resides at Glyndon. Mr. Marshall’s son William is Manifest Clerk at Hillen Station, Western Maryland Railroad. Mr. Marshall was a member of Henry Clay Lodge, I. O. O. F., Reisterstown.
