George Walter Marshall was the oldest of five children of Herbert Lowery Marshall and Emma Ann Kennedy. He was born October 27, 1880 at the Swallow farm near Monticello, Johnson County, Kansas. He was always called Walter. He was named Walter for his mother's father, Thomas Walter Kennedy, and George for his mother's brother, George Fox Kennedy.
During his early years Walter was raised on the farms his father bought and sold in Kansas and Missouri. From childhood Herbert taught Walter and his brother Conrad to be good hunters and fishermen. The three of them kept the family well supplied with wild duck and quail during hunting season and rabbits and squirrels at other times. They rarely came back empty handed when they went hunting or fishing.
When his father decided to go into the mercantile business in 1893, Walter learned business ways by doing rather than from the academic world. He worked as a solicitor for the Kansas City Star while they were in Gridley, Kansas. When they moved to Fort Cobb, Oklahoma in Indian Territory in February of 1902, Walter was well-equipped to manage the store they opened in a tent while they built the frame building that would house the H. L. Marshall General Merchandise. His mother Emma and his sisters had remained in Johnson County with Emma's parents, Thomas Walter Kennedy and Martha Dees, so the girls could attend high school. In 1906 Walter opened Marshall's Confectionery in Fort Cobb. In 1917 Walter, his dad Herbert, and Tom and William Smith built a stone structure to house the thriving Marshall business. They attached their fourth wall to the side of another stone building. The name was changed to Marshall Bargain Store. That stone building on Main Street is still in use today. Walter sold his Confectionery and moved to the county seat in Anadarko,where he worked as a life insurance underwriter for the National Life Company of Des Moines, Iowa. He later moved to their office in Oklahoma City.
Walter was married twice. His first wife was Abbie Jennie Scribbens. She was born on 25 Jan 1885 in Fall City, Nebraska. They were the parents of Walter Adin (b. 06 Jun 1910) and Abbie LaVerne (b. 2 Apr 1912), who were both born in Fort Cobb, Caddo County, Oklahoma. After Walter and Abbie were divorced he married Ruth Ellen McWhirt on November 20, 1923 in Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma. They had no children.
It was through Walter's Masonic status that his mother Emma and sister Grace became members of the Eastern Star. He died on March 4, 1938 in Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma at the age of 57 years, 4 months, and 5 days. He was buried in the Fort Cobb Cemetery beside his parents.
He was survived by his widow Ruth McWhirt Marshall, his son Walter Adin Marshall of Colorado Springs, Colorado, his daughter Abbie LaVerne L'Argent of Denver, Colorado, and his grandchildren, Patricia Ann and Michael Edwin L'Argent. Also surviving are His father Herbert L. Marshall of Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma; his sisters, Mary Jane Machen of Ft Cobb, Oklahoma and Grace M. Riness of Los Angeles, California; his brother Conrad H. Marshall of San Diego, California; and niece Grace Alice Machen and nephews Roy Walter Machen and Robert and Leland Marshall.
During his early years Walter was raised on the farms his father bought and sold in Kansas and Missouri. From childhood Herbert taught Walter and his brother Conrad to be good hunters and fishermen. The three of them kept the family well supplied with wild duck and quail during hunting season and rabbits and squirrels at other times. They rarely came back empty handed when they went hunting or fishing.
When his father decided to go into the mercantile business in 1893, Walter learned business ways by doing rather than from the academic world. He worked as a solicitor for the Kansas City Star while they were in Gridley, Kansas. When they moved to Fort Cobb, Oklahoma in Indian Territory in February of 1902, Walter was well-equipped to manage the store they opened in a tent while they built the frame building that would house the H. L. Marshall General Merchandise. His mother Emma and his sisters had remained in Johnson County with Emma's parents, Thomas Walter Kennedy and Martha Dees, so the girls could attend high school. In 1906 Walter opened Marshall's Confectionery in Fort Cobb. In 1917 Walter, his dad Herbert, and Tom and William Smith built a stone structure to house the thriving Marshall business. They attached their fourth wall to the side of another stone building. The name was changed to Marshall Bargain Store. That stone building on Main Street is still in use today. Walter sold his Confectionery and moved to the county seat in Anadarko,where he worked as a life insurance underwriter for the National Life Company of Des Moines, Iowa. He later moved to their office in Oklahoma City.
Walter was married twice. His first wife was Abbie Jennie Scribbens. She was born on 25 Jan 1885 in Fall City, Nebraska. They were the parents of Walter Adin (b. 06 Jun 1910) and Abbie LaVerne (b. 2 Apr 1912), who were both born in Fort Cobb, Caddo County, Oklahoma. After Walter and Abbie were divorced he married Ruth Ellen McWhirt on November 20, 1923 in Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma. They had no children.
It was through Walter's Masonic status that his mother Emma and sister Grace became members of the Eastern Star. He died on March 4, 1938 in Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma at the age of 57 years, 4 months, and 5 days. He was buried in the Fort Cobb Cemetery beside his parents.
He was survived by his widow Ruth McWhirt Marshall, his son Walter Adin Marshall of Colorado Springs, Colorado, his daughter Abbie LaVerne L'Argent of Denver, Colorado, and his grandchildren, Patricia Ann and Michael Edwin L'Argent. Also surviving are His father Herbert L. Marshall of Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma; his sisters, Mary Jane Machen of Ft Cobb, Oklahoma and Grace M. Riness of Los Angeles, California; his brother Conrad H. Marshall of San Diego, California; and niece Grace Alice Machen and nephews Roy Walter Machen and Robert and Leland Marshall.
George Walter Marshall was the oldest of five children of Herbert Lowery Marshall and Emma Ann Kennedy. He was born October 27, 1880 at the Swallow farm near Monticello, Johnson County, Kansas. He was always called Walter. He was named Walter for his mother's father, Thomas Walter Kennedy, and George for his mother's brother, George Fox Kennedy.
During his early years Walter was raised on the farms his father bought and sold in Kansas and Missouri. From childhood Herbert taught Walter and his brother Conrad to be good hunters and fishermen. The three of them kept the family well supplied with wild duck and quail during hunting season and rabbits and squirrels at other times. They rarely came back empty handed when they went hunting or fishing.
When his father decided to go into the mercantile business in 1893, Walter learned business ways by doing rather than from the academic world. He worked as a solicitor for the Kansas City Star while they were in Gridley, Kansas. When they moved to Fort Cobb, Oklahoma in Indian Territory in February of 1902, Walter was well-equipped to manage the store they opened in a tent while they built the frame building that would house the H. L. Marshall General Merchandise. His mother Emma and his sisters had remained in Johnson County with Emma's parents, Thomas Walter Kennedy and Martha Dees, so the girls could attend high school. In 1906 Walter opened Marshall's Confectionery in Fort Cobb. In 1917 Walter, his dad Herbert, and Tom and William Smith built a stone structure to house the thriving Marshall business. They attached their fourth wall to the side of another stone building. The name was changed to Marshall Bargain Store. That stone building on Main Street is still in use today. Walter sold his Confectionery and moved to the county seat in Anadarko,where he worked as a life insurance underwriter for the National Life Company of Des Moines, Iowa. He later moved to their office in Oklahoma City.
Walter was married twice. His first wife was Abbie Jennie Scribbens. She was born on 25 Jan 1885 in Fall City, Nebraska. They were the parents of Walter Adin (b. 06 Jun 1910) and Abbie LaVerne (b. 2 Apr 1912), who were both born in Fort Cobb, Caddo County, Oklahoma. After Walter and Abbie were divorced he married Ruth Ellen McWhirt on November 20, 1923 in Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma. They had no children.
It was through Walter's Masonic status that his mother Emma and sister Grace became members of the Eastern Star. He died on March 4, 1938 in Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma at the age of 57 years, 4 months, and 5 days. He was buried in the Fort Cobb Cemetery beside his parents.
He was survived by his widow Ruth McWhirt Marshall, his son Walter Adin Marshall of Colorado Springs, Colorado, his daughter Abbie LaVerne L'Argent of Denver, Colorado, and his grandchildren, Patricia Ann and Michael Edwin L'Argent. Also surviving are His father Herbert L. Marshall of Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma; his sisters, Mary Jane Machen of Ft Cobb, Oklahoma and Grace M. Riness of Los Angeles, California; his brother Conrad H. Marshall of San Diego, California; and niece Grace Alice Machen and nephews Roy Walter Machen and Robert and Leland Marshall.
During his early years Walter was raised on the farms his father bought and sold in Kansas and Missouri. From childhood Herbert taught Walter and his brother Conrad to be good hunters and fishermen. The three of them kept the family well supplied with wild duck and quail during hunting season and rabbits and squirrels at other times. They rarely came back empty handed when they went hunting or fishing.
When his father decided to go into the mercantile business in 1893, Walter learned business ways by doing rather than from the academic world. He worked as a solicitor for the Kansas City Star while they were in Gridley, Kansas. When they moved to Fort Cobb, Oklahoma in Indian Territory in February of 1902, Walter was well-equipped to manage the store they opened in a tent while they built the frame building that would house the H. L. Marshall General Merchandise. His mother Emma and his sisters had remained in Johnson County with Emma's parents, Thomas Walter Kennedy and Martha Dees, so the girls could attend high school. In 1906 Walter opened Marshall's Confectionery in Fort Cobb. In 1917 Walter, his dad Herbert, and Tom and William Smith built a stone structure to house the thriving Marshall business. They attached their fourth wall to the side of another stone building. The name was changed to Marshall Bargain Store. That stone building on Main Street is still in use today. Walter sold his Confectionery and moved to the county seat in Anadarko,where he worked as a life insurance underwriter for the National Life Company of Des Moines, Iowa. He later moved to their office in Oklahoma City.
Walter was married twice. His first wife was Abbie Jennie Scribbens. She was born on 25 Jan 1885 in Fall City, Nebraska. They were the parents of Walter Adin (b. 06 Jun 1910) and Abbie LaVerne (b. 2 Apr 1912), who were both born in Fort Cobb, Caddo County, Oklahoma. After Walter and Abbie were divorced he married Ruth Ellen McWhirt on November 20, 1923 in Sulphur, Murray County, Oklahoma. They had no children.
It was through Walter's Masonic status that his mother Emma and sister Grace became members of the Eastern Star. He died on March 4, 1938 in Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma at the age of 57 years, 4 months, and 5 days. He was buried in the Fort Cobb Cemetery beside his parents.
He was survived by his widow Ruth McWhirt Marshall, his son Walter Adin Marshall of Colorado Springs, Colorado, his daughter Abbie LaVerne L'Argent of Denver, Colorado, and his grandchildren, Patricia Ann and Michael Edwin L'Argent. Also surviving are His father Herbert L. Marshall of Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma; his sisters, Mary Jane Machen of Ft Cobb, Oklahoma and Grace M. Riness of Los Angeles, California; his brother Conrad H. Marshall of San Diego, California; and niece Grace Alice Machen and nephews Roy Walter Machen and Robert and Leland Marshall.
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