Marshall, George

MARSHALL

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 1/7/2009 at 13:47:13

George Marshall

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.39, Council Bluffs)
George Marshall, street car company, Council Bluffs, was born in Essex County, N. Y., in 1827. He went to Michigan at the age of sixteen, and stayed there three years, then entered the employ of Western Stage Company, coming with them to Council Bluffs in 1855. He remained in their employ for fourteen years, then left them and freighted on the plains eight years. In 1869, he began Government and mail contracting, and continued until 1879, when he took charge of the street car barn. He has the supervision of everything belonging to the street car company, including horses, cars and track, and employs ten men. Mr. Marshall was married in 1857, in Fulton, Ind. He has one daughter - Mary.