Marshall - Joseph A.
Source: Atlas of Montgomery County (Chicago: Beers, 1878) p 51
MARSHALL, J.A., PO Darlington, Lumber Dealer, etc.; native of Knox Co Ohio; settled in county 1838.
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Source: H. W. Beckwith History of Montgomery County, Indiana (Chicago: HH Hill, 1881) p 559
Joseph A. MARSHALL, lumber merchant, Darlington, is one of the leading business men in town, his saw-mill helping the trade at this point greatly. He was born in Knox county, Ohio, October 17,1838, his parents, Aaron S. and Sarah (WALKER) Marshall, being natives of Pennsylvania and pioneer settlers of Ohio. He received his early education in one of the log school-houses, under the tuition of his uncle, Alexander Marshall. His father was a carpenter, and when the boys were old enough to assist him he entered the milling business, which Mr. Marshall has followed all his life. He enlisted on May 7, 1861, in the 13th Ind. Vols., it being the first three-years regiment to go from Indiana. He entered Co. E, Capt. Kirkpatrick, and served until 1864. During the time he was in the army he saw some hard fighting, having taken part in the Rich Mountain fight, July 11, 1861; in several skirmishes around Beverley, Virginia, Alleghany mountains, Green Brier, Winchester, Virginia, and in numerous skirmishes and minor engagements, and during his absence on a recruiting expedition the regiment was engaged at Cold Harbor. When the company, which left Indianapolis with 100 men was discharged, there were only 17 of the original number left in it. On leaving the army he returned to Howard county, Indiana, and in 1864 married Miss Nancy JONES who was a native of Switzerland county, this state. They have now a family of three children, Elson, Foster, and Frank. Mr. Marshall is a member of the Masonic fraternity and also of the Odd-Fellows, and in politics is republican. On coming to Montgomery county, in 1868, he put up a mill one mile south of Darlington, and afterward moved to a point on the railroad where he remained two years, and finally came to his present location in Darlington, in 1874. His mill building is 28 x 76 feet, the engine shed 14 X 40 feet, the machinery having a sawing capacity of 5,000 feet per day by a 25-horse-power engine, the whole erected at a cost of over $3,500. - typed by kbz