Edward Carrington Marshall
| Edward Carrington Marshall | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Fauquier County district |
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In office December 5, 1836 – January 6, 1839 |
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| Preceded by | William R. Smith |
| Succeeded by | Elias Edmonds |
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| Born |
January 13, 1805 Richmond, Virginia |
| Died | February 8, 1882 (aged 77) Innis, Fauquier County, Virginia |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca Courtenay Peyton |
| Children | John Marshall, Mary Lewis Marshall, Rebecca Peyton Marshall, Elizabeth Lewis Marshall Newton, Jaquelin Ambler Marshall, Courtenay Norton Marshall, James K. Marshall |
| Residence | Carrington, Markham, Fauquier County, Virginia, Innis |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | railroad executive, planter |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Edward Carrington Marshall (January 13, 1805 – February 8, 1882) was a Virginia farmer, businessman and politician. He represented Fauquier County in the Virginia House of Delegates 1834-1838 and became president of the Manassas Gap Railroad.
The youngest son of Chief Justice John Marshall and his wife, the former Mary Willis Ambler (both families being among the First Families of Virginia), Edward Carrington Marshall was born in Richmond. His first and middle names reflect Edward Carrington, husband of John Marshall's sister. Like his brothers Thomas Marshall (1784-1835), John Marshall (1798-1833) and James Keith Marshall (1800-1862), Edward Carrington Marshall attended Harvard College). However, he was the only one of them to actually graduate (in 1826), and he outlived all his siblings.
On February 12, 1829, he married Rebecca Courtenay Peyton (1810 - 1888). They had seven children who survived them: John Marshall (1830 - 1902), Mary Lewis Marshall (1831 - 1891), Rebecca Peyton Marshall Marshall (1833 - 1895), Elizabeth Lewis Marshall Newton (1841 - 1888), Jaquelin Ambler Marshall (1844 - 1917), Courtenay Norton Marshall Marshall (1847 - 1922). Their son James K. Marshall (1839 - 1863), a Confederate officer, died at the Battle of Gettysburg).
Marshall served as Fauquier County's delegate in the Virginia General Assembly 1836-1838, serving alongside Elias Edmunds in 1836-37 and alongside Edward Digges in 1838; the pair succeeded William R. Smith and Absalom Hickerson (who served one session) and was succeeded by Elias Edmonds and Josiah Tidball (who also served only a single session). His uncle Thomas Marshall had held one of the county's pair delegate seat for several terms from 1830 until 1835, and his brother James K. Marshall and Robert Eden Scott were twice elected (1839-41).
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