Rush Porter Marshall, Jr.

1891 - 1973  (81 years)

• Name	Rush Porter Marshall
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	14 Nov 1891	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Census with mother	1900	Philadelphia, PA   [1]
  Census with mother	1910	Philadelphia, PA   [2]
  World War I	1917
  	Rush served as a Corporal in Army Infantry 79th Division from Oct. 1917 to July 1919, which included deployment to France. (PA WWI Compensation Application dtd 26 Mar 1934)
  Census with father-in-law	1920	Washington, District of Columbia   [3]
  	Rush Marshall, 28, is living with his wife, Janet, in the household of his father-in-law, Norton M. Little. HH29, was at 1361 Columbus Road, Washington, DC. His occupation was clerk in agriculture.
  Census head of household	1930	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut   [4]
  	Rush P. Marshall, 37, is head of household, HH412, at 829 Elm St., New Haven. His wife, Janet, 33, is a secretary in insurance. His occupation is pathologist Dept. of Agriculture.
  Census head of household	1940	Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut   [5]
  	Rush P. Marshall, 48, is head of household #60, at 449 Pickwick Rd, Apt. 44. His occupation is plant pathologist. In the household are his wife, Lillian 32, and daughter, Maryan, 2 mo.
  Census head of household	1950	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut   [6]
  	Rush P. Marshall, 58, is living with his wife, Lillian M., 42, and daughter, Maryan L., 10. They live at 449 Pickwick Road, Apt. 44. His occupation is shown as research worker at tree company.
  Death	18 Jul 1973	Hamden, Connecticut   [7]
  	Hamden, CT. Rush Porter Marshall, one of the foremost authorities on shade trees in the United States, died Wednesday at the age of 81. Marshall, a native of Philadelphia, served as a pathologist for the forest pathology division of the US Agriculture Department from 1914 to 1946. (The Modesto Bee, 19 Jul 1973, p 31) Hamden (Conn.) Rush Porter Marshall, one of the foremost authorities on shade trees in the United States, died yesterday at the age of 81. Marshall, a native of Philadelphia, served as a pathologist for the Forest Pathology Division of the U.S. Agriculture Department from 1914 to 1946. From 1947 to 1960 he was director of the Bartlett Tree Research Laboratory in Stamford, Conn. He is survived by his widow Lillian and a daughter, Maryan L. Marshall of Lynchburg, Va. (The San Francisco Examiner, 19 Jul 1973, p. 49)
  Burial	Central Burying Grounds, Hamden, New Haven, Connecticut
  Person ID	I124454	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	Rush Porter Marshall, Sr.,   b. 18 Dec 1860, Somerset Co, Maryland d. 10 Dec 1898, Ontario, San Bernardino Co, California (Age 37 years)
  Mother	Mary Augusta Hayward,   b. 5 Jun 1862   d. 29 Sep 1926 (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1887	Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   [8]
  Family ID	F38920	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Janet Davis Little,   b. 8 Dec 1895, Duluth, Minnesota d. 31 Mar 1985, Kennebunkport, York Co., Maine (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	5 Jul 1918	Kennebunk Beach, York Co., Maine   [9]
  Divorce	Bef 1935
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2023
  Family ID	F44720	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lillian Mertz,   b. 4 Nov 1907, Bridgeport, Connecticut d. 20 Jul 1978, Lynchburg, Virginia (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1935
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2023
  Family ID	F44721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  (left) Rush Porter Marshall, Jr. 1891-1973 with brother (right) C. Hayward Marshall, Sr. 1893-1961

  
  

• Sources

  [S1279] In 1900 Census, 1279. [S1232] In 1910 Census, 1232. [S3244] 1920 Census. [S3245] 1930 Census. [S3246] 1940 Census. [S3247] 1950 Census. [S1069] Obituary, 1069. [S3039] Stell, Judy - Marshall Family of N'hamp Co, 2019, (Richmond, VA: Judith Marshall Stell, 2019), Mary Hayward Marshall Bible (Descendants of Rush & Mary Hayward Marshall), 3039. [S3249] Maine Marriage Record.