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Show PIONEER LAWYER IS LAIDTO REST Bishop Scanlan Delivers Ser-r.on Ser-r.on a'; the Funeral Services of Judge Thos. Marshall. Thomas Marshall, one of the recognized recog-nized leaders In the legal profession in this state, died at his home. 124 Fourth East street, Saturday night, after an illness which began last April. Several months ago Mr. Marshall was received into the Catholic church by Rt. Rev. Bishop Scanlan. His conversion conver-sion was not surprising to those who who knew him test, because for the past few years, particularly since the death of his estimable wife, he was studying the doctrines' of the True Church. Thomas Marshall was a descendant phy, languages and the sciences was unusual, and his profound Judgment and perfect understanding of the run danental principles of legal science coupled with his enly analytical mind and his deep logic, made tam a barr ter of remarkable depth and poer He was a forceful speaker, and nis sum maries of cases were considered po erful and convincing. Mondav The funeral took place on Mn5 afternoon. Rt. Rsv. Bishop Scanlan ofti- Bishop Scanlan's acquaintance ami friendship with Mr. Marshall nexten cd over nunv vears and his sermon along reminiscent nr.es. j -Almost his last words rf ' ld want you to conduct my ru"erf'' ch Bishop Scanlan. 'I want J ou h mv funeral sermon.' This . th pleased me, yet pained me ' cont ra ": speaker, his voice alvcrin 1 t on. "If he had not made this ' Fu'0 would have permitted Ms rea'ns"tPr quietly to the grave, ihe great mast had no funeral sermon Poached at nis burial. He preached his own sermon oy his great works and beautiful life, y n St. John the Baptist sent dl8C'aedi ask Christ, who art thou? the Lord dm not say with an air of bravado. I am tn long looked for redeemer of the woria. ;Go back to St. John the Bap,18'.-"? is; jr r. " 4 '- ' , f-; ' ' ', -x, - -, r1 " ' , r ? v. 4 ' Vi- - 1 ' 1 " '" ' ' Thomas Marshall. of one of the oldest families in Kentucky. Ken-tucky. He was a nephew of Chief Justice John Marshall, the great interpreter in-terpreter of the constitution, and came from a lo ig line of lawyers and distinguished dis-tinguished mem. He numbered among his ancestors1, many of the greatest men whom Kentucky has produced. He was bom at Walnut Grove, the ancestral home, at Washington. Mason county, Kentucky, Aug. 25, 1S34. He studied the ancient languages with his uncle. Dr. lJuis Marshall, at Buck Pond, Woodford county, Kentucky, with whom he remained for four years. He then went to Kenyon college. Gam-bier, Gam-bier, O.. and left that institution in his junior year, returning to Masn county, where he wrote in the county clerk's office for one year, at the same time reading law. His next change took him to St. Louis, where he entered the office of Leslie, Williams & Barrett as a clerk. He returned to Kentucky and continued con-tinued the' study -of law with Judge T: A. Marshall. In 1855 he went back to St. Louis ana oecame a paruifi m law firm of Williams & Barrett, and his name was added to that of th:; firm. Then the fever for speculation took him and he rapidly made a large fortune, for-tune, which was as quickly lost. Desiring De-siring to seek a new field for his labors, Judge Marshall went to Montana, where he remained a short time, and then came to Utah-in 1866. locating in Salt Lake. He was admitted to the bar of the United States supreme court in 1872. In the same year the legal firm of Marshall & Royie, comprising Mr. Marshall and Jonathan C. Royie, was formed. This firm continued for thirty-fcur years, until the death of Mr. Marshall. It is a notalle fact that two prominent promi-nent judges on the Utah bench began their practice under me tutelage oi the firm or Marshall & Royie. These were Judge John A. Marshall, who now occupies a position on the federal bench in this state, and Judge W. .C-Hall. .C-Hall. until recently on he district bench here. The firm of Marshall & Royie were attorneys at-torneys for the Holliday Overland Mail & Express company in the early days of the firm's existence, and since the advent of the Central Pacific Railway company to this field were the legal representatives of that company. They were also the attorneys for the Wells-Fargo Wells-Fargo Express company until that concern con-cern disposed of its local banking interests. inter-ests. Among many oth:r interests. Mr. Marshail was at one time president of the Central Pacific Railway company, com-pany, and attorney for the Southern Pacific Railroad company. At the time of his death he was a director in the Central Pacific. Many other large corporate cor-porate inter?sts held his attention during dur-ing the many years that he practiced with such marked success before the bar in this state. Mr. Marshall was the first Gentile to be elected to a place in the territorial council. While he was a consistent Democrat, and took a kee.i interest in political affairs, h? gave but little time to his own political advancement, preferring pre-ferring to care for the large practice which he had built up. He acted in an advisory capacity, however, for many leading Democratic politic'ans of the state. Among Mr. Marshall's ninny activities, activi-ties, was his interest in the Masonic fraternity. He was one of the old time Masons in Utah, and had done much to foster and develop the order in Utah. He was a Chapter Mison. Mr. Marshall was married Nov. 27, 1855, to a daughter of James M. Hughes, former member of congress from Missouri, Mis-souri, and president of the State bank of Missouri. There was only one child, Mrs. D. R. Gray, wife if D. R. Gray, general agent of the Harriman roads, with headquarters in Silt Li'ke. Mr. Marshall had made his home with his daughter for some time. Mrs. Marshall Mar-shall died here May 18, 1902. Mr. Marshall was recogrized as one of the greatest authorities in the entire I west, on mining law. His knowledge of history, political economy, philoso- the dead to walk from thei r grajes 1 hat will tell who and what I am. tnewer." The sermon on the mount was made more than mortal Philooph by the grand ynd beautiful life of its o i a. tor. Every Wan sha 1 PreaeVn aPot-reral aPot-reral sermoj by a clean noble pnd . poi less life. I Slave very often trcd to P ture what fhe life of Mr. . lhat like, and Cime to the coivr this was pr -hfr-fc 4-he preach ed his owntfunerai sermon. Was an Ideal Man. "For forty vears he has been conspicuous conspicu-ous on the streets of Salt Lake both in appearance and by his life. Life sermons ser-mons are greater man eloquence. I nave tried to picture an ideal man, a rational man leading such a life as his reason approves. ap-proves. This is what distinguishes the civilized man from the barbarian leading a life satisfactory to the reason. I have met few men who came so near my ideal man as the deceased. If he were on the streets of Athens when Diogenes went about in broad daylight with his lantern in search of an honest man, Mr. Marshall wouid have been discovered towering, physically, mentally and morally, above all others. Diogenes would have seen in my now silent friend the object of his search The deccared was tall, physically. ncble and erect and as noble and straigni in his dealings with his fellow man. Tells of Case Refused. "I remember one time when I was P asked to request Mr. Marshall to take a cae to which some scandal was attached. ; Will you take it Mr. Marshall?' I asked, fe 'I will not' he said decisively. I explained to him that his client had plenty of money and would pay well for legal assistance. Mr. Marshall answered that he would not . take it if there were thousands of dollars t in it for him. "'I never took such cases and will , never begin to take them,' he answered. h 1 tell this little story to show how strictly t the deceased obeyed the dictates of his reason. Money was no attraction to him ) in anything contrary to his ideas of no- L bility. . , . , 1 "Mr. Marshall was great in mind and simple in life. I remember when the Or- phans' nome was on First South and J Third East streets. It was a usual thing - for him to invite the children frequently V to a fruit feast. He would leave his of- , fice to mingle with the children, and for a few hours was a child himself. He de- t lighted in amusing them and knew how to make them happy. He knew that hap-p'l'f-ss is found in making others happy. Man derives happiness from the happiness he creates for those around him. Loss Is Widely Felt. His was an ideal home: his. a happy family. Many evenings have we spent tot-ether and when I left his home 1 al-wavs al-wavs left a better man. I asked him once why it was I always found him home in the evenings. He told me he believed a man's place was with his family he said it was his faith and his practice. 'Mr. Marshall has left us and in doing si has made a great void. It will be a Ions time before his place among us will be filled physically or mentally. Whiie the loss is greatest to his family, his is a common loss to us all. He was a great advocate or moral teaching and often expressed ex-pressed it as his belief that the perpetuation perpetua-tion of the United States rests upon the nation's morality and religion. He was conscientious in the discharge of his duties. du-ties. The bar of Utah has lost one of its greatest men and the moral firmament has been darkened, for a star has fallen. His example will live as long as Salt Lake lives." The pall bearers were W. S. McCornick. J J Dalv. Maior G. M. Downey, William M Bradifv. Parley L. Williams and J. Robert Walker. The interment was in the family plot in Mt. Olivet cemetery. |