Robert Claude MARSHALL

1895 - 1926  (31 years)

• Name	Robert Claude MARSHALL
  Birth	17 Jan 1895	Fulton County, IN
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Apr 1926	Fulton County, IN
  	Cause: Suicide
  Burial	I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Richland Center, Fulton County, IN
  Notes	(1) Elizabeth Ann Grubb: REFERENCES: 1. Compiler: Family stories 2. Wilma MOW FOLTZ, Four Seasons Trailer Court #94, 4th St., Rochester, IN 46975, cousin to Claude MARSHALL. 3. Byron GILCHRIST, Uncle to compiler; former neighbor and friend to the George W. MARSHALL family; 1790 E. 54th St. #207; Indianapolis, IN 46220. 4. Virgil GILCHRIST, dec'd father of compiler; former neighbor and close friend to the MARSHALL family. 5. Obituary: Claude Marshall, 1926; Photocopy provided by Wilma FOLTZ. 6. U.S. Census 1920 IN; Fulton Co.; Richland Twp.; ED #71; Sheet #1; #2/#2. MF #T625-433. (2) World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database online], Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005: Name: Robert Claude Marshall County: Fulton State: Indiana Birthplace: Indiana; United States of America Birth Date: 17 Jan 1895 Race: Caucasian (White) FHL Roll Number: 1503887 Draft Board: 0 Age: 22 Occupation: Carpenter Nearest Relative: Not listed Height/Build: Tall/Slender Color of Eyes/Hair: Light Blue/Light Brown Signature: Robert Claude Marshall [Note by compiler: Claude claimed exemption from the draft on the ground of a "physical disability," but the claimed disability did not prevent him from serving in World War I.] (3) Tombaugh, Jean C. and Wendell C., Fulton County Indiana Obituaries 1926, The News-Sentinel, Rochester, IN: Tombaugh House, 1997: Monday, April 19, 1926 . . . Claude MARSHALL, aged 31, residing on a farm near Walnut, Ind., committed suicide sometime between Saturday night at 11 o'clock and early Sunday morning. Failure to answer calls for breakfast Sunday morning caused the mother, Mrs. George MARSHALL, to investigate the delayed appearance of her son, Claude, and upon entering his bed room made the gruesome discovery. Death had resulted from slashing his throat from ear to ear with a razor. Mr. Marshall's rash act was attributed to ill health, he having been a sufferer of severe kidney trouble for the past fourteen months. At the outbreak of the U.S. in the world war, Marshall enlisted in the service and was assigned to Co. 45 C.A.C. Artillery which later embarked overseas and was in the great conflict for over four months. Marshall, however, escaped injury, and upon his return immediately took up his farming duties at his parents' farm near Walnut. Claude Marshall was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George MARSHALL, who with two brothers, Frank [MARSHALL] at home, and Lee [MARSHALL] of South Bend, and one sister, Mrs. Sarah O'DELL of near Walnut, survive. The Leroy C. Shelton Post American Legion will have charge of the burial of their comrade. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Whippoorwill church with interment being made in adjacent cemetery. [NOTE: Robert Claude MARSHALL, Hdq Co CAC 45 Regt AEF, Jan. 17, 1895 - Apr. 17, 1926, bur in Richland Center I.O.O.F. Cem. - Wendell C. and Jean C. Tombaugh, Fulton County Indiana Cemeteries, Richland Township].
  Person ID	I22666	Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	George W. MARSHALL,   b. 14 Sep 1861, OH d. 10 Feb 1931, Fulton County, IN (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Lydia Lavina O'BLENIS,   b. 17 Jan 1873, Fulton County, IN d. 28 Aug 1951, South Bend, St. Joseph County, IN (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 1891	Fulton County, IN
  Family ID	F9975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart