James William Marshall (March 31, 1844 – November 27, 1911) served as a member of the

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from Virginia.

Biography

Marshall was born near

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, in

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. He served during the

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in the Confederate Army as a private for four years. After the War, he graduated in 1870 from

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. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, serving Commonwealth's attorney for

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in the years 1870–1875 and 1884–1888. Marshall served in the

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during the years 1875–1878 and 1891–1892, and was a member of the

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in 1883 and 1884. Marshall elected as a Democrat to the

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(March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1894. He resumed the practice of law in Newcastle, Virginia. He was a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-1902. He died in Newcastle, and was interred in West View Cemetery.

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