Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================= U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================= Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== Memorial and Family History of Erie County, New York Vol. I, Biographical and Genealogical The Genealogical Publishing Co., Buffalo; 1906-8 [-32-] JOHN ELLIS MARSHALL was born at Norwich, Conn., March 18, 1785. He began the study of medicine with Dr. PHILEMON TRACY, of Norwich, being licensed to practice in 1808. Soon afterward he opened an office in Oxford, N. Y., and the following year removed to Mayville, Chautauqua County. He was Clerk of Chautauqua County in 1811, and in 1812, and Surgeon to the Second Regiment of the New York State Militia. He served five months with the army defending the Niagara Frontier, and later served through, the campaign of 1814. In 1815, he removed to Buffalo. He was corresponding Fellow of the Medical and Philosophical Society of New York City, a member of the Medical Society of Geneva College, and President and Treasurer of the Erie County Medical Society. During the cholera epidemic of 1832, he was Health Physician. He was Clerk of Niagara County from 1819 until 1821. He was a promi- nent Mason and a ruling elder of the First Presbyterian Church, of Buffalo. September 12, 1810, Dr. MARSHALL married RUTH HOLMES, daughter of ORSAMUS HOLMES, of Sheridan, N. Y. The issue of this union was one son, ORSAMUS HOLMES MARSHALL. Dr. MARSHALL died in Buffalo, December 27, 1838. =========================================================================== If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the more of our information about Erie County, N.Y., by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/ny/erie/ ===========================================================================