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 584 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI Perryville and while he has attained to the venerable age of seventy-two years he still retains in much of their pristine vigor the splendid physical and mental qualities of his prime. He is a grand old man and one well worthy of the high degree of popular confidence and esteem accorded him by all with Avhom he has come in contact. Arthur V. Cashion is indebted to the pub- lic schools of Perryville for his early educa- tional training and at the age of sixteen years he entered upon an apprenticeship to learn the printer's trade, working for a period of three years in the office of the Perry County Sun, under John B. Davis. In 1887 he re- moved to JMarquand, in Madison county, Mis- souri, where he clerked in a store for a short period and where he later managed and edited the Marquand Echo. The Echo was a Re- publican paper and Jlr. Cashion had charge of it during the Harrison campaign. In 1890 he returned to Perrj'ville where he en- tered the office of the Perry Coxinty Repub- lican, which was then owned and conducted by Charles E. Cashion, a cousin of the sub- ject of this review. Later Mr. Cashion bought the plant of the Perry County Ee- puhJican from his cousin and from 1891 un- til 1898 he conducted this paper indi^dually. In 1898 Charles E. Cashion again became in- terested in the publication of the paper and in that year he was admitted to partnership in the conduct of the Perry Coimty Repub- lican. On the 28th of December, 1889, was re- corded the marriage of Mr. Cashion to Miss Ida Finger, the ceremony having been per- formed at ilarquand, Missouri. Mr. and IIrs. Cashion have three sons, Elbert T., Med- ford and Benson, the two latter of whom remain at home. Elbert is assistant cashier in the Bank of Eudora, Arkansas. The Cashion family are devout and consistent members of the Presbyterian church in their religious faith and they contribute liberally of their time and means to all philanthropical movements projected in the community. ^Ir. Cashion is a stanch Republican in his political views and it maj- be noted here that the Cashion cousins, through the medium of their paper, exerted a very strong influence in the Imilding of the beautiful Perry county courthouse, which is located at Perryville and which is a great attraction in the way of beautifying the town. For nine years, from 1899 to 1908, Mr. Cashion was a member of the Perryville school board. In a fraternal way he is a valued and appreciative member of the local lodge of the Modern Brotherhood of America and he is a man whose many ex- cellent attributes make him a valuable ad- junct to the citizenship of Perryville. Benjamin Hoodenpyle Marbuby. It is said that the poet is born, not made, but the successful lawyer has to be both born and made — made by close application, earnest ef- fort, by perseverance and resolute purpose. The abilities with which nature has endowed him must be strengthened and developed by use, and only by merit can the lav;y-er gain a permanent position. And fui-ther than this, it is the tendency of the age to devote one's energies to a special line, continually work- ing upward and concentrating his efforts to- ward accomplishing a desired end, — so in the career of Benjamin H. Marbury, who has risen above the average in his specialty and is one of the most prominent and successful of criminal lawyers. He also represents a number of important corporations and does a general practice. Benjamin H. Marbury was born in Warren county, Tennessee, October 30, 1865, the same being the district of the nativity of his father, also Benjamin IMarbury, whose eyes first opened to the light of day September 20, 1840. The elder gentleman, who was a phy- sician by profession, was also educated for the law. His earlier training was secured in the Cumberland University at Lebanon. Tennes- see, and to obtain his preparation in medicine and surgery he matriculated in the medical college which afterwards became the medical department of Vanderbilt LTniversity. being graduated from that institution in 1868, with the degree of M. D. He subsequently became surgeon for the Sewanee Coal Mine of Tracy City, Tennessee, and there remained until 1873. in wliieh year he went to Mississippi county, Missoui'i, and within its boundaries he practiced medicine until his death, which lamentable event occurred November 20. 1875. He was a communicant of the Metliodist Epis- copal church. South, and in politics was a supporter of the men and measures of the Democratic party. He was married in Scott county, Missouri, to Rachel Anne Lusk, davighter of William M. Lusk, a farmer of that localit.v, and their love story was not without the pleasant element of romance. Benjamin ^larburv. the elder, was a Confed- erate soldier under General Braxton Bragg.