Alexander J. Marshall

Alexander John Marshall (February 21, 1803 – February 24, 1882) was a Virginia lawyer, businessman and politician who served many years as Clerk of Fauquier County, helped secure construction of the Rappahannock Canal, and was a Virginia state senator during the American Civil War (1862–1865). Early life The son of Charles Fleming Marshall and his wife, the former Lucy Pickett (both families being among the First Families of Virginia), Alexander J. Marshall was born in Fauquier County, Virginia. A grandson of Revolutionary War patriot Thomas Marshall, he was a cousin of Chief Justice John Marshall (many of whose sons likewise became lawyers). In 1827 A.J. Marshall married Maria Rose Taylor (1808–1844). Their children who survived to adulthood included Charles Marshall (1830–1902), Catherine Taylor Marshall (1832–1866) and Lily Marshall Green (1837–1919). After her death, Marshall remarried on November 5, 1845 to Ann E. Robb (1824–1907), and they had daughters Lucy (1855–after 1907) and Agnes Marshall Chew (1859–after 1907). Career Alexander J. Marshall gave up his private legal practice in 1832 upon being elected Fauquier County clerk, one of three elected positions in every Virginia county. He was re-elected many times until leaving the office in 1846. In December 1843, Mashall supported Martin Brooke, who made various charges against former delegate and later Fauquier County Circuit Judge John Scott, father of Fauquier's multi-term delegate Robert Eden Scott.