Brief Life History of Empson Shotwell
When Empson Shotwell Marshall was born on 14 October 1871, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, his father, Thomas Marion Marshall, was 27 and his mother, Nancy Ann Means, was 26. He married Agnes Currie Kelley on 26 December 1905, in Denver, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Rock Creek Election Precinct, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1880. He died on 14 December 1919, in Delta, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Delta City Cemetery, Delta, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Empson Marshall in household of Thomas Marshall, "United States Census, 1880"
- Empson S Marshall, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- Empson S. Marshall, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: usually an occupational name ‘farrier’, occasionally a status name ‘chief official of a royal household or court; a high officer of state’, from Middle English mareshal and Old French maresc(h)al. An even wider range of meanings is found in some other languages: compare for example Polish Marszałek (see Marszalek ). This name has been established in Ireland since the 13th century. It is also borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Americanized form of German Marschall .
Americanized form of French Mercier .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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