Background
Levin R. Marshall was born on October 10, 1800 in Alexandria, Virginia. His father, Henry Marshall, was from Maryland, and related to Chief Justice Marshall.
Levin R. Marshall was born on October 10, 1800 in Alexandria, Virginia. His father, Henry Marshall, was from Maryland, and related to Chief Justice Marshall.
He owned 14,000 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana, and 10,000 acres in Arkansas. He started his career as a banker for the United States bank in Woodville, Mississippi. In 1831, he moved to Natchez, Mississippi, where he worked as a banker for the United States bank.
He then established his own bank, the Commercial Bank of Natchez.
He also owned the Mansion Hotel in Natchez. He worked for the commission house, J. B. Byrne & Company of New Orleans, Louisiana as well as Marshall, Reynolds, and Company of Natchez.
He owned many cotton and sugar plantations in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. Indeed, he owned five plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana which spanned 14,000 acres, and 10,000 acres in Arkansas.
By the 1850s, he produced more than 4,000 bales or more every year.
In 1860, he owned 817 African slaves. He also owned a large livestock herd. In 1825, he led a group of local children to welcome Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette to Natchez.
He died on July 24, 1870.