Brief Life History of Rush Porter
When Rush Porter Marshall Sr. was born on 18 December 1860, in Princess Anne, Somerset, Maryland, United States, his father, Charles Thomas Marshall, was 37 and his mother, Priscilla Virginia Porter, was 29. He married Mary Augusta Hayward in 1887, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Maryland, United States in 1870. He died on 10 December 1898, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Ivy Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Bush Marshal in household of Charles Marshal, "United States Census, 1870"
- Rush Marshall, "Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950"
- Rush Porter Marshall, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
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.
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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