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Oliver Marshall

Male 1871 - 1905  (34 years)

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  • Name Oliver Marshall 
    Born Jun 1871  Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 22 Jun 1880  White Cloud, Doniphan, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Role: Witness
    Residence 31 Aug 1895  Pullman, Whitman, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Crime 21 Apr 1898  Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    manslaughter 
    Committed 14 Jul 1898  Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    the crime of manslaughter 
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    Oregon State Penitentiary 
    Committed 20 Dec 1899  Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
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    Oregon State Hospital 
    Newspaper Article 21 Dec 1899  Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Statesman Journal 
    • To The Asylum – Two inmates of the Oregon penitentiary were yesterday committed to the insane asylum by County Judge G. P. Terrell. They were Oliver Marshall of Baker county, aged 27, and Nora Etta Cole, formerly of Redding, California, aged 17, the girl was received at the prison from Jackson county a few weeks ago, having plead guilty to horse stealing. Her mental condition as “single, pregnant.” Marshall was taken to the asylum last evening and the girl will be transferred this morning.
    Newspaper Article 9 Mar 1900  Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Statesman Journal 
    • Plea for a Pardon
      Numerously signed petition presented to the Governor.
      Urging the release from Prison of a boy serving an eight years’ sentence from Baker County
      Gov. T.T. Geer yesterday received a petition for the granting of a pardon for William Marshall, a prisoner at the penitentiary, aged 19 years, who is serving an 8 years’ sentence for manslaughter from Baker County. The case is a peculiar one, and many of the leading citizens of Baker County signed the request for executive clemency, among the signers being merchants, physicians, attorneys, newspapermen, miners,ranchers, stockmen, the sheriff, two deputies, sheriff, constables, many G. A.R. men, four of the trial jurors, a member of the legislature and others.
      The petition has not been taken up for action as yet, and before this is done, the governor will communicate with the district attorney and the trial judge, relative to the matter, and as certain from those officials their view of the case, and the justice of the claims made.The petition contains a very fair statement of facts, regarding the crime, of which the young man stands convicted, and should the statement prove true, in every particular, it is possible that it will receive favorable consideration at the hands of the executive. It is given in full below, show the circumstances of the killing.
      “On the twenty-first day of April, 1898,two brothers, Oliver Marshall, aged 17 years, came to Baker City each on a load of wood. After disposing of their wood they started home each on his own wagon,their home being situated, about 11 miles from Baker City. When within about one mile of their home their further progress was stopped by two teams of wood haulers standing side by side in the road. One of which wagons was that of one James Reed who was standing in the road beside his wagon and engaged in conversation with some person sitting on the other wagon. The two Marshall boys waited in the road for the said Reed and the other man to drive on so that they, the Marshall boys, could proceed. The Marshall boys got off their wagon sand walked up behind the two wagons that obstructed the road, The time of day was after sundown and about dark. Oliver Marshall, the eldest of the two brothers, was listening to some remarks Reed was making, spoke up to the said James Reed and said to him, “What was that you said about my wife?” Some angry words passed between the two men when James Reed rushed up to Oliver Marshall seized him and crushed him to the ground, exclaiming. “I’ll kill you, you -----.”William Marshall the boy then but 17 years old, learning that his brother’s life was in danger, called out to Reed to desist, and picked up a stick lying in the road near by, and Reed, who had a rock in his hand and was holding Oliver Marshall on the ground, partially raised up and hurled the rock at William Marshall as he was approaching. William Marshall then struck Reed over the head with the stick. The blow release, Oliver Marshall who Reed held by the throat at the time the blow was struck. Reed was assisted onto his wagon and he then drove home from the scene of the affray. Reed died about three days later from contusion of the brain.
      Oliver Marshall had formerly been an inmate of the asylum of the state of Oregon, and had never fully recovered from his dementia. He was a weekly person, in ill health only weighing 115 pounds,and was a giant in strength. William Marshall, above named, was but 17 years of age, small in stature and weighed about 125 pounds at the time of time. He interfere din the affray between Reed and his brother under the well grounded belief that his brother’s life was in danger at the hands of Reed. The defendant, William Marshall sought to introduce these facts upon trial, but was prevented from interposing such defense by the subdivision one (1) of section 1730, page 695 of Hill’s Code of Oregon, which does not included the right of a brother to protect the life of a brother when in danger, and which abridged the common law to that extent.
      The trial resulted in the conviction of both the Marshall boys for manslaughter, being had on the 10th of July , 1898.Oliver Marshall being sentenced to 10 years, and William Marshall for a period of 8 years.
      Oliver Marshall, after serving a portion of the term in the penitentiary, was again adjudge insane and transferred to the Oregon insane asylum, where he now remains. William Marshall is still in the Oregon penitentiary.
      “Your petitioners therefore respectfully submit that under these fact, particularly considering the physical and mental condition of the older brother, and the extreme youth of the boy William Marshall, and that the fact  that he interfered i n the affray for the purpose of protecting a weak demented brother, from what appeared to him a dangerous adversary, therefore the result of this transaction so far as the boy William Marshall is concerned is rather that of a misfortune.Therefore we respectfully ask that you interpose executive clemency and grant a pardon for the said William Marshall.
       
       
    • Role: Witness
    Census 27 Jun 1900  East Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Oregon State Insane Asylum 
    _AMTID 372223155585:1030:171372097 
    _UID 6DC1AB65AED2414D99D97EFC37769C0C8D20 
    Died 12 Nov 1905  Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7624  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2018 

    Father Joseph M. Marshall,   b. Jan 1850, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Harriett Sipp,   b. 14 Feb 1853, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1944, Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Married 5 Nov 1871  Nemaha, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 22 Jun 1880  White Cloud, Doniphan, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice May Biddlecomb,   b. 3 Dec 1878, Alpena, Alpena, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1974, Albany, Linn, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years) 
    Married 31 Aug 1895  Mosco, Latah, Idaho, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • The legal age of consent to get married in the state of Washington was 17 with parental consent and 18 without parental consent. Although both Olive and Alice were living in Pullman, Whitman County, Washington, Alice was not yet 16 and therefore unable to get married in Washington. They drove about 20 miles away across the Idaho state line, where she was able to get married, with parental consent at the age of 16.
    Residence 21 Apr 1898  Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce Filed 28 Sep 1899  Baker, Oregon, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2021 
    Family ID F2447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Jun 1871 - Kansas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 22 Jun 1880 - White Cloud, Doniphan, Kansas, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 31 Aug 1895 - Pullman, Whitman, Washington, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 31 Aug 1895 - Mosco, Latah, Idaho, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCrime - manslaughter - 21 Apr 1898 - Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 21 Apr 1898 - Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCommitted - the crime of manslaughter,Address:
    Oregon State Penitentiary - 14 Jul 1898 - Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDivorce Filed - 28 Sep 1899 - Baker, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
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    Oregon State Hospital - 20 Dec 1899 - Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
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    Statesman Journal - 21 Dec 1899 - Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
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    Statesman Journal - 9 Mar 1900 - Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
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    Oregon State Insane Asylum - 27 Jun 1900 - East Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 12 Nov 1905 - Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S260] Family Tree - Ancestry.com - BlessLiberty13(1) Family Tree, Oliver W Marshall.
      Citation Information Detail"Plea For A Bargain" Oliver and William Marshall, 9 Mar 1900, p5 Source Information Title Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon (online archive) Note Statesman Journal. Oregon, Salem. Online Images. www.newspapers.com.Repository Information No repository specified for this source

    2. [S260] Family Tree - Ancestry.com - BlessLiberty13(1) Family Tree, Oliver W Marshall.
      Citation Information Detail Convict record for Oilver & William Marshall, case #'s 3997 & 3998, p89 Source Information Title Oregon, Marion, Salem, Oregon State Penitentiary Records Note Oregon. Marion. Salem. Oregon State Penitentiary Records.Repository Information Name Oregon Historical Society

    3. [S260] Family Tree - Ancestry.com - BlessLiberty13(1) Family Tree, Oliver W Marshall.
      Citation Information Detail Oliver Marshall, dod: 12 Nov 1905, Vol 1G, p 66 Source Information Title Oregon, Marion, Salem, Oregon State Hospital Records Note Oregon. Marion. Salem. Oregon State Hospital Records.Repository Information Name Oregon Historical Society

    4. [S301] Marriage - Idaho County Marriages 1864 - 1950, FHL microfilm 1,535,100., download; 9 June 2018; 87; Marriage of Alice Biddlecomb and Oliver Marshall; 31 August 1895 (Reliability: 3).
      Alice Biddlecomb
      Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950
      Name: Oliver Marshall
      Event Type: Marriage
      Event Date: 31 Aug 1895
      Event Place: Latah, Idaho
      Spouse's Name: Alice Biddlecomb
      Digital Folder Number: 004533532
      Marriage of Oliver Marshall and Alice Biddlecomb      		 Marriage of Oliver Marshall and Alice Biddlecomb


    5. [S260] Family Tree - Ancestry.com - BlessLiberty13(1) Family Tree, Oliver W Marshall.
      Citation Information Detail"A Divorce Suit" Alice Marshall files for divorce from Oliver Marshall. 28 Sep 1899, p1 Source Information Title Statesman Journal, Salem, Oregon (online archive)Note Statesman Journal. Oregon, Salem. Online Images. www.newspapers.com.Repository Information No repository specified for this source


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