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the Confederate army, aiul resided at An- nandale, Culpeper county. Virginia. 3. Mary, wife of William Archer, an attorney of Rich- mond. 4. Fielding Lewis, mentioned be- low. 5. Anne Lewis, married James Fitz- gerald Jones, and resided at Oakhill. 6. Margaret Lewis, married John Thomas Smith. 7. Colonel Thomas Marshall, a sol- dier of the civil war. purchased Oakhill of his brother. John, and continued to own it until his death.

(VII) P^ielding Lewis Marshall, second son of Thomas and Margaret W. (Lewis) Marshall, was born March 29, 1819, at Oak- hill. and was educated at the University of \'irginia, in both literary and law courses. Me settled on the Oakhill estate, and con- tinued there until the civil war. On the outbreak of that struggle, he enlisted and was mustered as orderly sergeant of Wise's dragoons of Fauquier county. This organi- zation was assigned to the Sixth Virginia Cavalry, and Mr. Marshall was commis- sioned first lieutenant of artillery in June, 1862. He was stationed on ordnance duty at Lynchburg, and so continued until the close of hostilities, in 1865. He subsequently resided in Orange county, and was engaged some years in teaching school. A man of fine literary attainments and high honor, he was universally respected and was eminent- ly successful as a teacher. A Whig in poli- tics, he represented Fauquier county in the house of delegates. He married (first) April 10, 1843, Rebecca F. Coke, born October 26, 1824, died April 20, 1862. He married (sec- ond ) July 9. 1867, Mary N. Thomas, born August 9, 1842. Children of first marriage: I. Richard Coke, mentioned below. 2. Mar- garet Lewis, born May 17, 1846. married Cornelius B. Hite, a soldier and teacher. 3. Mary W. B.. June 26, 1847, widow of John R. Yates, residing in Washington. D. C. 4. Susan L.. born December 11. 1848, married Bowles F. Armistead. of Fauquier county. Virginia. 5. Thomas, born 1850, a broker of New York City. 6. Melding Lewis, re- siding in Washington. 7. Rebecca C, born August 14. 1856. married Charles R. Xash. of Portsmouth, X'irginia. 8. .Agnes H.. born April 26. 1858, wife of William P. Helm, a merchant of New York, residing in Warren- ton, Virginia. Children of second marriage : 9. Maria N., born January 3, 1869. 10. George T.. born July 4, 1871. 11. Eleanor W., born October 2, 1873. i-- -^ii" L., born

October 6, 1875. 13. \\alton H.. born May 16, 1877. 14. John N., born September 18, 1879. 15. Alice H., born January 30, 1882. 16. Evelyn B.. born 1885. 17. Randolph H., (■jorn 1890.

(\'III) Colonel Richard Coke Marshall, eldest son of Fielding Lewis and Rebecca F. (Coke) Marshall, was born July 5. 1844, at Oakhill. and died April 5. 1914. at the home of his son and namesake at Fort Mon- roe. Virginia. He was for many years a prominent figure in Virginia, and bore well the family name and honors. He was but r,ixteen years of age at the outbreak of the civil war, and entered the Confederate ser- vice as a member of the Sixth Regiment. \'irginia Cavalry. Subsequently he was with the Seventh Regiment of Cavalry, and at the battle of Trevillian's Station between the forces of General Phil H. Sheridan and (jeneral Wade Hampton, June 11, 1864. he was shot through the lung, which so dis- abled him that he was unable to again enter serA'ice until near the close of the struggle. In 1865 he became aide-de-camp on the staff of General Thomas L. Rosser, and was at Appomattox Court House, but did not sur- render w^ith General Lee and his army for the reason that Rosser's command was then surrounded and cut off from Lee's forces. Captain Marshall was brevetted colonel for gallant service during the war. After peace was restored. Colonel Marshall was engaged in teaching in Fauquier county, and was soon placed in charge of an academy there. Afterward he was in charge of Brookfield Academy, Alaryland. In the meantime he pursued the study of law. and moved, in 1873, to Portsmouth, where he was admitted to the bar in 1875. For a period of ten years he engaged in active practice as a member of the legal firm of Murdaugh & Marshall, the partnership being terminated by the death of Judge C. W. Alurdaugh. in 1899. For several years Colonel Marshall was commonwealth's attorney for the city of Portsmouth, and in 1891 was chosen for the same position for Norfolk county under a special act, which permitted a resident of the county seat to be elected common- wealth's attorney for the county. This posi- tion he filled with honor and credit for a consecutive period of twenty-three years. Shortly after becoming a resident of Ports- mouth, he joined its volunteer fire service; was many years foreman of the Chambers