"Cyclone Jim" was a speaker and politician in southwest Virginia.
He passed away in 1911.
Research Note
Beware of conflating this ancestor with other men with the same name born in Virginia near the same time.
Sources
1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870" FamilySearch (accessed 5 November 2021) FamilySearch Image Image number 00465 James W Marshall in entry for Mansfield Marshall, 1870; District 3, Augusta, Virginia, United States.
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880" Citing enumeration district ED 23, sheet 280D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,361. FamilySearch (accessed 5 November 2021) FamilySearch Image Image number 00566 James W Marshall, New Castle, Craig, Virginia, United States.
1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900" Citing enumeration district (ED) 11, sheet 20B, family 354, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,705. FamilySearch (accessed 6 November 2021) FamilySearch Image James W Marshell, New Castle District New Castle town, Craig, Virginia, United States
"'Cyclone Jim' Marshall Dead." Shenandoah Herald (Woodstock, VA), Volume 94, Number 48, 1 December 1911, Page 2, Column 1.
"'Cyclone Jim' Marshall Dead." Salem Times-Register and Sentinel, Volume 46, Number 27, 30 November 1911, Page 1, Column 3.
Find a Grave memorial page for Sgt James William “Cyclone Jim” Marshall (1 Mar 1844–27 Nov 1911), Find A Grave: Memorial #11244269, citing West View Cemetery, New Castle, Craig County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Scott Hutchison (contributor 46635174).
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