THOMAS MARSHALL
PAPERS, 1821–1920

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Series Contents

Cataloging Information

Processed by

Paul Brockman
21 July 2000
Revised 28 September 2001
Updated 2 April 2, 2004

Manuscripts and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION:	3 manuscript boxes, 1 bound volume, 2 reels of microfilm
COLLECTION DATES:	1821–1920
PROVENANCE:	Mr. & Mrs. Elbert Mendenhall, Economy, Indiana, August 1968; Willard Heiss, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 1969; Mrs. G. Noel Kidney, Dexter, Iowa, March 1971
RESTRICTIONS:	None
COPYRIGHT:
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS:	Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS:	Microfilm
RELATED HOLDINGS:
ACCESSION NUMBER:	1969.0104; 1969.0515; 1971.0326
NOTES:

Thomas Marshall (1811–1901) was born in Knox County, Tennessee, but moved with his Quaker family to Wayne County, Indiana, in 1812. The family returned to Tennessee for a few months in 1812 but permanently settled in Wayne County in 1813. Thomas Marshall remained on his family's farm until 1833 when he married Cynthia Swain and settled in Economy, Perry Township, in Wayne County. They had five children (Clayton, Rhoda, Swain, Alonzo, and Orlando) before Mrs. Marshall died in 1851. Three years later, he married Elvira Macy and they had two children (Cynthia and Elmer). In addition to farming, Thomas Marshall served as Perry Township trustee from 1854–1876.

Sources:

History of Wayne County, Indiana (1884), p. 701.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection consists primarily of family correspondence from 1851–1901. Topics discussed in the letters include farming, politics, the Civil War, and family affairs. Included are letters from Marshall's relatives in Iowa (1855–1901); letters written by Marshall and his wife from Economy (1880–1901); and letters from students at the Spiceland Academy in Henry County (1869–73). There also are letters from family members in Tennessee (1851–60) and Kansas (1890s). The collection also contains letters from Marshall's sons, Swain of the 8^th Indiana Regiment serving in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, and Georgia (1862–65); and Alonzo of the 69^th Indiana Regiment serving in Kentucky and Tennessee, and from a military hospital in St. Louis, Missouri (1862–65). There are additional letters from other relatives serving in Indiana and Iowa regiments. Also included is a minute book from the Daughters of Temperance chapter in Economy (1852–54). The collection includes a significant number of letters to Alonzo Marshall and his wife, Margaret (Maggie) Wright, from children and relatives in Tennessee, Iowa, Oregon, and California (1857–1920).

series CONTENTS

Series 1: Correspondence 1859-1901

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Correspondence, Clippings, Papers, 1827–59 (1 of 4)	Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence, Clippings, Papers, 1827–59 (2 of 4)	Box 1, Folder 2
Correspondence, Clippings, Papers, 1827–59 (3 of 4)	Box 1, Folder 3
Correspondence, Clippings, Papers, 1827–59 (4 of 4)	Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence, 1860–61	Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1861–63	Box 1, Folder 6
Correspondence, 1863	Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence, Jan.–May 1864	Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence, June–Aug. 1864	Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence, Aug.–Dec. 1864	Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence, 1865	Box 1, Folder 11
Correspondence, 1868	Box 1, Folder 12
Correspondence, 1865–68	Box 1, Folder 13
Correspondence, 1865–69	Box 1, Folder 14
Correspondence, 1870–72	Box 1, Folder 15
Correspondence, 1873–79	Box 2, Folder 1
Correspondence, 1873–79	Box 2, Folder 2
Correspondence, 1880–92	Box 2, Folder 3
Correspondence, 1892–98	Box 2, Folder 4
Correspondence, 1898–1901	Box 2, Folder 5
Correspondence, 1901	Box 2, Folder 6
Fragments of Letters, 1856–81	Box 2, Folder 7

Series 2: Estates, Printed Materials, Photographs, and Minute Books

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Correspondence & Papers, n.d.	Box 2, Folder 8
Richard Mills Estate, 1820–57	Box 2, Folder 9
William Cox Estate, 1821–61	Box 2, Folder 10
Almanac, 1858	Box 2, Folder 11
Religious Materials	Box 2, Folder 12
Advertisements	Box 2, Folder 13
School Supplies & Furniture	Box 2, Folder 14
American Phrenological Journal, 1852	Box 2, Folder 15
Marshall Family Photographs	Visual Collections
Daughters of Temperance Minute Book, 1852–54	BV 1049

Series 3: Alonzo Marshal Correspondence, 1857-1920

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Correspondence, 1857–68	Box 3, Folder 1
Correspondence, 1873–99	Box 3, Folder 2
Correspondence, 1900–14	Box 3, Folder 3
Correspondence, 1915–20	Box 3, Folder 4

CATALOGING INFORMATION

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Collection #

M 0199

F 0254–0255

BV 1049

THOMAS MARSHALL PAPERS, 1821–1920