Background
Marshall was born in Stranraer in Wigtownshire, Scotland, on 13 December 1846.
Marshall was born in Stranraer in Wigtownshire, Scotland, on 13 December 1846.
In 1879 he travelled to America and then on to Canada. He travelled extensively, crossing the Atlantic 36 times during his lifetime. In 1897 he travelled to Iceland.
His evangelist activities also took him to Egypt, Palestine Central America, Mexico and New Zealand.
Marshall insisted that any gathering of two or three believers to break bread could be recognized as an assembly around the Lord"s Table. Marshall spent much time preaching with other pioneers like Donald Ross and Donald Munro.
However, Marshall was also accused of heresy himself. He died on 9 August 1928.