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JOHN G. MARSHALL (deceased). This soldier and lawyer was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, May 3, 1823; he was the fourth of six children born to John and Margaret M. (Grant) Marshall, the latter being a sister of Jesse R. Grant, an early pioneer of Clermont County, and father of Gen. U. S. Grant. She was born in Pennsylvania; her husband, John Marshall, was a native of Virginia, who settled in Trumbull County at an early day, and through life followed agricultural pursuits and trading. Our subject was early trained to industry, and from the age of nine until he was fourteen years of age, worked in the tannery of his uncle, Jesse R. Grant; he then entered a printing office, where he learned the mysteries of that art, at which he worked in Ohio and Kentucky until 1845, when he commenced the study of law under Grafton B. White and Hanson L. Penn, at Georgetown. He applied himself to his studies with great assiduity, and on April 1, 1846, having passed the necessary examination, was admitted to the bar. During his first year, his receipts from his professional labor were actually less than $1; but his practice increased and he continued to reside in Georgetown until his death, being constantly occupied with his professional duties, except when in the service of his country as a soldier in the field. In June, 1847, he joined the Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, and accompanied that command to Mexico, where he was an active participant in numerous skirmishes and minor engagements. Shortly after his enlistment, he was promoted to a Second Lieutenancy in Company G. He served about thirteen months, until the close of the war. In 1862, he was commissioned Colonel of the Eighty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and, after serving about three months with his command in Kentucky, he resigned and returning to Georgetown, resumed the duties of his profession. He was Prosecuting Attorney of the county for two years, and a member of the Lower House of the Legislature for a like period. As a general rule, he neither sought nor accepted public offices of a political or partisan nature. He was a Whig until the disintegration of that party, after which he co-operated with the Democratic party. He was enthusiastic in his admiration of and in his friendship for, Stephen A. Douglas. He was agreeable, affable and courteous in manner, and of unimpeachable honesty and integrity. He was married in 1849 to Ann B. White, sister of Hon. Chilton A. White. She died in 1863, and in 1864 he married Amanda Jenkins, a native of this county. He died April 28, 1878.