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American lawyer
Anson Southard Marshall
18th United States Attorney for the
District of New Hampshire
In office
1858–1861
Appointed byJames Buchanan
Preceded byJohn H. George
Succeeded byCharles W. Rand
Personal details
BornDecember 3, 1822
Lyme, New Hampshire
DiedJuly 4, 1874
Concord, New Hampshire
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocrat
Spouse(s)Mary Jane Corning, m. April 9, 1861
ChildrenAnson S. Marshall, Jr., born March 29, 1863
Alma materThetfod Academy, Dartmouth College, 1848
OccupationAttorney
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Anson Southard Marshall (December 3, 1822 – July 4, 1874) was an American attorney and politician who served as the United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire.

Early life and education

Marshall was born on December 3, 1822, in Lyme, New Hampshire, to Macaiah and Martha (Southard) Marshall. Marshall attended Thetford Academy in Thetford, Vermont, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848.

Educational career

Marshall taught school during his college vacations. From 1849 to 1851 Marshall was the principal of Fitchburg High School in Massachusetts.

Legal career

Marshall studied law with the firm of Torrey & Wood in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and in Concord, New Hampshire, with Franklin Pierce and Josiah Minot. Marshall was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar in 1852.

Death

On the Fourth of July, 1874, Marshall, his wife and son were setting up a picnic lunch at Penacook Lake in West Concord when his wife heard the sound of bullets over their heads. Marshall saw no one firing, shouted to the shooters to be careful, then stood up and was shot in the abdomen. Marshall died at his home later that day. Marshall was shot with a minnie ball fired by the City Guards, a newly formed militia company that was engaged in target practice in a pasture bordering the lake.

References

  1. ^ McLintock, Edgar J. N. (November 1881), ANSON SOUTHARD MARSHALL (in the) Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume V, No. 2, Concord, New Hampshire: The Granite Monthly Company, p. 38
  2. ^ Edgerly, Joseph G. (1884), Eleventh Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Fitchburg, Mass. 1883, Fitchburg, Massachusetts: The Fitchburg (Mass.) School Committee, p. 91
  3. ^ McLintock, J. N. (November 1881), ANSON SOUTHARD MARSHALL (in the) Granite Monthly: A New Hampshire Magazine Devoted to History, Biography, Literature, and State Progress, Volume V, No. 2, Concord, New Hampshire: The Granite Monthly Company, p. 39
  4. The Boston Journal, Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Journal, July 6, 1874
Legal offices
Preceded byJohn H. George 18th United States Attorney
for the
District of New Hampshire
1858-1861 		Succeeded byCharles W. Rand
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