James Henry Marshall (1811 - 1858)

Born 6 Oct 1811 in Caledon, parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone, Ireland

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Died 26 Nov 1858 at age 47 in Kilkenny, Ireland

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Biography

James was born in 1811, the son of Huggins Marshall and Letitia Huggins.^[1][2] In 1834, he married Sophia Alethea, daughter of Thomas Norris and Anne Banwick[?].^[3]After dying suddenly on the 26th November 1858, the Kilkenny Journal published the following death notice:

Sudden Death at the Protestant College.—We deeply regret having to announce the death of Mr. Marshall, Usher at the Protestant College, of this city, on yesterday evening, about four o’clock, Mr. Marshall expired suddenly, of appoplexy [sic]; and though medical aid was instantly called to his relief, it was all in vain, as the vital spark had fled. Mr. Marshall was universally liked, and his lamented death leaves his wife and several orphans, who are at present residing at Tullamore, his native place, totally unprovided for.^[4]

In 1859, a memorial was erected to Mr. Marshall's memory in St. John's churchyard in Kilkenny, as described in the following extract from the 15th December 1859 edition of Saunders's News-Letter:

Memorial to the late Mr. J.H. Marshall.—Our attention has been directed to a very handsome monument erected last week in St. John’s* Churchyard, by Dr. Browne, the other teachers, and the pupils of Kilkenny College, to the memory of James Henry Marshall, A.B., T.C.D., one of the Cassical [sic] Masters, who died suddenly of heart disease last year. His moral worth and excellence had endeared him to all who knew him, and this monument is a graceful tribute of their kind regard by those who had the best experience of his merits. The monument itself is highly creditable to the Marble Works of Mr. A. Collis, in which it was produced.—Kilkenny Moderator.^[5]

Research notes

The Huggins and Marshall families of the parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone, Ireland, have been researched to the early 1700s at the PRONI in Belfast and other archives; data input by A. Kilpatrick pending.

Sources

1. ↑ Trinity College Dublin (TCD). Manuscripts & Archives Research Library. Alumni Dublinenses: a register of the students, graduates, professors, and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860). “Marshall, James Henry, Pen. (Mr. Nelson), Nov. 5, 1832, aged 19; s. of Huggins, Pragmaticus; b. Tyrone.” Dublin: Alex. Thom & Co., Ltd. (1924). Digital copy online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2015-09-09); also at TCD online, digitalcollections.tcd.ie ©2009.
2. ↑ Church of Ireland; St. John’s parish church, Caledon, parish of Aghaloo, county Tyrone; Henry James [sic], son of Huggins and Letitia Marshall of Caledon, baptised 6 October 1811; microfilm copy of church register held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (Belfast), PRONI ref. MIC/583/25; transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick, November 2003, and verified by same, 31 August 2017.
3. ↑ National Archives of Ireland, Dublin (formerly the Public Record Office of Ireland). Marriage Licence Bonds, Diocese of Meath. “Marshall, James Henry & Sophia Alithea Norris, 1834.” Digital image online at nationalarchives.ie (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick, 2016-10-19).
4. ↑ Kilkenny Journal, 27 November 1858. "Sudden Death at the Protestant College," re: death of Mr Marshall, Usher at the College, resident of Tullamore. Digital image online at the British Newspaper Archive britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed 2015-09-19, by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick).
5. ↑ Saunders’s News-Letter, 15 December 1859. “Memorial to the late Mr. J.H. Marshall,” erected in St John's churchyard, Kilkenny. Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed 2015-09-19, by subscription, and transcribed by Alison Kilpatrick).