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Marshall McCormick

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Marshall McCormick

Birth
Death
15 May 1918 (aged 68)
Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.1525776, Longitude: -77.9804214
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Attended University of Virginia, where he graduated in Latin, Greek, and moral philosophy. He went on to spend one session at the Virginia Military Institute before studying law in Winchester, Virginia. He served as board member of the Western State Hospital, the Institution of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, and the Board of Visitors for the University of Virginia. He was Mayor of Berryville, and served as Commonwealth's Attorney. He was a state senator, and was co-author of the Anderson-McCormick Bill, which was meant to halt bribery, fraud, and intimidation in the election process.

Marshall McCormick was a member of the National Democratic Conventions of 1884 and 1904, and was sent as a delegate to the Congress of Jurists and Lawyers. He was an avid Mason, being a member of the Treadwell Masonic Lodge A.F. and A., and was Master of that lodge for several terms, as well as deputy Grand Master. He was also vestryman at Grace Episcopal Church in Berryville.

Marshall and his wife, Rosalie Allen Taylor (daughter of Alexandria Lawyer Lawrence B. Taylor) were the parents of nine children, all of whom, according to "Men of Mark in Virginia," survived childhood.
Attended University of Virginia, where he graduated in Latin, Greek, and moral philosophy. He went on to spend one session at the Virginia Military Institute before studying law in Winchester, Virginia. He served as board member of the Western State Hospital, the Institution of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, and the Board of Visitors for the University of Virginia. He was Mayor of Berryville, and served as Commonwealth's Attorney. He was a state senator, and was co-author of the Anderson-McCormick Bill, which was meant to halt bribery, fraud, and intimidation in the election process.

Marshall McCormick was a member of the National Democratic Conventions of 1884 and 1904, and was sent as a delegate to the Congress of Jurists and Lawyers. He was an avid Mason, being a member of the Treadwell Masonic Lodge A.F. and A., and was Master of that lodge for several terms, as well as deputy Grand Master. He was also vestryman at Grace Episcopal Church in Berryville.

Marshall and his wife, Rosalie Allen Taylor (daughter of Alexandria Lawyer Lawrence B. Taylor) were the parents of nine children, all of whom, according to "Men of Mark in Virginia," survived childhood.


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