Background
James William Marshall was born in Clarke County, Virginia, on August 14, 1822. His mother was Susan Oreah Marshall and his father was James Pede.
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James William Marshall was born in Clarke County, Virginia, on August 14, 1822. His mother was Susan Oreah Marshall and his father was James Pede.
Marshall attended schools at Clarke and Fauquier Counties until 1837. Marshall graduated from Dickinson College, located at Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1848.
The same year Marshall was removed to Mount Sterling, Kentucky where he was engaged in business. After graduation Marshall served as adjunct Professor of Ancient Languages at Dickinson College from 1848 to 1850. Marshall married Jane Stephenson of Carlisle in 1850.
Marshall then served as full Professor of Ancient Languages chairmanship from 1850 to 1862.
At the outbreak of the Civil War Marshal was appointed to Leeds, England by President Abraham Lincoln serving four years from 1861 to 1865. In 1869 President Ulysses South. Grant appointed Marshall First Assistant Postmaster General serving until 1874.
In July 1874 President Grant appointed Marshall Postmaster-General serving until the appointment of Marshall Jewell to Postmaster-General in the same year. James Marshall took the place of Postmaster-General John Creswell who had resigned office and was appointed by Grant in 1869.
James Marshall served in office until September 1874.
Marshall was reappointed First Assistant Postmaster-General in 1874 after Marshall Jewell was appointed Postmaster-General the same year. James Marshall continued service until 1877 at the close of the Grant Administration. Marshall was appointed General Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service by Postmaster General Key serving under President Rutherford B. Hayes.
Afterwards Marshall retired from political and public life.
On February 5, 1910 Marshall died in Washington District of Columbia caused by general debility.
Marshall was the third to last surviving cabinet member of the Grant Administration. Marshall was the third to last surviving cabinet member of President Ulysses South. Grant.