of Keokuk County, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Robert A. Marshall
Robert A. Marshall⚭ Mary Landis, Phoebe (Fye) Braden
childrenJohn Marshall · Nettie Marshall · Frank Marshall · Van Marshall
Source: A genealogical and biographical history of Keokuk County, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
Farmer/agriculturist.
Came to Keokuk County, Iowa in 1854, located on 80 acres of prairie land in Steady Run township, later owned 650 acres.
Raised high-grade cattle and hogs.
Helped lay out the village of Ollie about 1885 and took up residence there.
Republican, Methodist Episcopal.
First wife Mary Landis born/reared in Indiana, died on the homestead, mother of John and Nettie (both born in Keokuk County).
Siblings named: James, John, Alfred, Eliza, Mary (wife of David Barger), Nancy (wife of Angus Forbes), Elijah, Deborah.
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