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| Madonna of the Trail Monument on the National Road, Wheeling, West Virginia |
The primary tragedy faced by our family
occurred
in the 1790s and the first decade of
the 1800s,
when Catharina Truby Marshall and her
two husbands,
Frederick Rohrer, Jr.,
and then John Marshall all died
too young . . .
[detail] . . .
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| The Death of Frederick Rohrer, Jr., in the hand of his daughter Betsy Rohrer Robinson |
The 1794 Death of Frederick Rohrer,
Jr.
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The 1806 Deaths of John Marshall and
Catharina Truby Rohrer Marshall
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The Fever That Killed our Marshall Ancestors
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| The 1806 Burial Site of John Marshall and his wife Catharina Truby Rohrer |
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| Walking the burial site of the Marshalls, 9 August 2006, the 200th anniversary of Catharina's death. |
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| The Marshall Deaths, from the John Marshall Bible, most likely written by John Marshall (born 1803) |
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| Record of the Marshall Deaths in the Robinson Bible, most likely written by Betsy Rohrer Robinson |
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| Wayne Guy Marshall (1917-1935) |
The 1935 Death of
Wayne Guy Marshall
Wayne Marshall, the 18-year-old son of Guy Ralph Marshall (1884-1966) and Bessie
White (1886-1933) of Indiana County, Pennsylvania, died tragically at the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Boonsboro, Maryland, on 16 November 1935. The front-page news articles (below) from Indiana newspapers
tell the sad story of his accidental death. Wayne was one of fifty grandchildren of WIlliam Kelker Marshall and Anna Mary Rumbarger of Reynoldsville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. He is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Indiana, Pennsylvania;
his father would be buried near him 31 years later.
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BURNS
FATAL TO CCC WORKER
Wayne Marshall, 19, Former Indiana High School Student, Died Saturday Afternoon in Hagerstown
Wayne Marshall, 19, of Coal Run, a Civilian Conservation Corps worker stationed at Boonsboro, Md., died in a Hagerstown. Md. hospital
at 3 p. m. Saturday [16 November] of burns, according to a telegram to his father, Guy R. Marshall, of Coal Run . . .
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Cick on the link below for the remainder of this article
and a second news account.
1935 Death of Wayne Marshall
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| Wayne (right) with older brother Ralph (center) and friend Clifford Reed (left) |
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| Wayne Marshall at a CCC Camp (middle) |
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Sit on the ground beside me.
Your arguments
can come later
your ingenious
or specious
exegesis
for my tragic
condition.
But sit on the ground
beside me now
and weep with me
until my woe
flows over.
Bottle my tears
for a rainy day.
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Thomas John Carlisle in Journey with Job
"It is amazing
how much family
is out there!
Who knew?!?"
Cousin Jeff Olson
of the State of Washington
Jeff is a sixth-generation descendant
of John Marshall and
Catharina Truby Rohrer Marshall
ENTIRE SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
(All the Time!)
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and images on this site
which
aren't in the public domain are
the
intellectual property of Gordon Kelly Marshall.
Researchers,
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or
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the information
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with proper
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marshallfamily@zoominternet.net.
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