Portrait and biographical record of Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaContaining biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens ..together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . -. He is a mem-ber of the Odd Fellows and Elks lodges, and alsobelongs to the Knights of the Golden Eagle inPhiladelphia. ^^ f=j WILLIAM O. MARSHALL, of the cityof Lancaster, and the gentleman whohas for the last fifteen years been Treas-urer of the School Board, and who is now activelyengaged as a boot and shoe merchant, comes froman honored old family. He was born in P
Portrait and biographical record of Lancaster County, PennsylvaniaContaining biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens ..together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . -. He is a mem-ber of the Odd Fellows and Elks lodges, and alsobelongs to the Knights of the Golden Eagle inPhiladelphia. ^^ f=j WILLIAM O. MARSHALL, of the cityof Lancaster, and the gentleman whohas for the last fifteen years been Treas-urer of the School Board, and who is now activelyengaged as a boot and shoe merchant, comes froman honored old family. He was born in Phila-delphia, October 12, 1840, and was the son of Mrs. James Marshall. Our subjects Grand-. HENRY HARTLEY. PORTRAIT AND BlOGRATmCAL RECORD. 337 fatber Marshall, with two of his brothers, cameto Lancaster at an early day. Our subjects fa-ther was a slioemaker; he married and located inPhiladelphia, in whi<;h city he worked at his tradeuntil 1844, when he retiirne(l to Lancaster andbecame a manufacturer and retailer. In 1865 oursubject became a partner of his father, the lirniname being J. Marshall it Son. He is the eldestin his fathers family. The father, who is seventy-eight years of age, has been an active member formany yeai-b of St. .Johns Free Kpiscopal Church. Our subjects mothers maiden name was MariaOkeson, a native of I^ancaster, and the daughterof John Okeson, who came from England. Themother died at the age of seventy years, leavinga family of six children, four of whom are living:William O., Mary A., Oeorge A. and Lizzie subject was the eldest in the family, and ob-tained a good common-school education. At theage of thirteen he was apprenticed to learn th
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