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Edward P. Marshall Full Name: Edward P. Marshall Date of birth: August 19, 1842 Date of death: November 5, 1914 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 16 Apr 18, 1876 - Sep 11, 1876 15th (1) (2)   Democrat Longview / Gregg   Gregg, Smith (1) Representative apportionment - Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. "Sixteenth District - The counties of Smith and Gregg shall elect one representative; Smith to be the returning county." University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950. (2) Marshall resigned 9/11/1876. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, "Judge E.P. Marshall," Lewis Publishing Company, Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas, 1892, p. 989-990, crediting Dallas Public Library. Birth date 8/19/1842 in Alabama. "He was elected to the Fifteenth Legislature, in which honorable body he rendered efficient service." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Biographical sketch, pp. 77-78. Born in Alabama, 33 years old (born ca. 1843). Elected District Attorney - Ninth Judicial District in fall 1872; "resides at Longview, in Gregg county." Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Company B, 7th Regiment, Texas Infantry. Includes details of imprisonment. Lewis Publishing Company, Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas, pp. 989-990, crediting Dallas Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Other Resources Census of 1870 - Edward Marshall, Upshur County, age 27, born circa 1843 in Alabama, lawyer. Census of 1880 - Ed P. Marshall, Dallas County, age 37, born circa 1843 in Alabama, lawyer. FamilySearch. 1870 1880 Ed. P. Marshall (1842-1914), burial in Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County. Find a Grave. Funeral home record, "E.P. Marshall," The Dallas Journal, Vol 44, 1998, p. 142, crediting the Dallas Genealogical Society. Death date 11/5/1914, age 72. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Listed in "Smith County and Seventh Senatorial District Legislators, 1st—16th Regular Sessions, 1846-1879," The Tyler Journal, 5/29/1936, p. 67, crediting Smith County Historical Society. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 1873 Grand Jury list, Gregg County TxGenWeb, mentions E.P. Marshall, District Attorney. TXGenWeb Project. Photographs Photograph. Ed. P. Marshall, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 15th R.S. - 1876 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts, Examine (Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Corporations   Counties and County Boundaries   Judiciary No. 2   Privileges and Elections

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