HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes,
Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912.  Common version, Vol. III,
p. 1158. [Franklin Co.]

WILEY COPE MARSHALL--Prominent among the members of the Franklin county
bar is Wiley Cope Marshall, county attorney and a citizen who is a loyal
Kentuckian by all the ties of birth and family.  He was born in this county
August 4, 1872, his parents being John Swain and Mary Jane (Williams)
Marshall.  His father, who is now deceased, was a native of Shelby county;
the grandfather, Larkin Samuel Marshall, was born in Franklin county, near
the Forks of Elkhorn Creek; and the great-grandfather, William Marshall,
was a Virginian by birth and one of Kentucky's earliest pioneers, who set
up his home in Franklin on the forks of the Elkhorn Creek.  Mr. Marshall's
mother was born in Morgan county, her father being Mason H. P. Williams.
Further mention of her family is made in the sketch of her brother, Judge
Benjamin G. Williams, contained elsewhere in this volume.
     The father of Wiley Cope Marshall for a number of years followed the
trade of a shoemaker in Frankfort and later in life moved to the country,
where he engaged in farming.  Thus it came about that the early years of
Mr. Marshall were spent amid wholesome rural scenes and he was introduced
to the strenuous occupations which are the share of the farmer's son.  He
obtained a fairly good common school education, and at seventeen left the
parental home to begin the battle of life for himself and finally to enroll
himself among the ranks of the successful self-made men.  He was not
retarded by false pride and at first made his living in various humble
ways.  His first position was as a laundry agent in Frankfort, and later
his uncle, Judge Benjamin G. Williams, prominent lawyer of Frankfort, took
him into his office and home and by cleaning the office, acting as office
boy and doing chores about the house young Marshall was fed, clothed and
sheltered.  At the same time, under the preceptorship of his uncle, he read
law and his study was so effective that he was admitted to the bar or
licensed to practice law in 1895.  After nearly a year of practice Mr.
Marshall supplemented his previous training by a course in law at the
University of Virginia in 1896, and afterward resumed his active practice
at Frankfort.
     From early manhood Mr. Marshall has been an active worker in the
ranks of the Democratic party.  In 1905 he was one of the organizers of
the Young Men's Democratic Club of Frankfort, serving as president of the
same for two years.  In November of 1906 he was elected county attorney for
a term of four years, dating from January 1, 1910.  In this office he has
already won popular praise and he is generally recognized to be one of
the county's leading young men.
     The fraternal relations of Mr. Marshall extend to the Knights of
Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks.  He is also deacon in the Christian church.
     In 1898 Mr. Marshall married Miss Maud Gertrude Ponder, daughter of
the late T. M. Ponder of LaGrange, Oldham county, Kentucky.  They have one
child, a daughter named Elizabeth Langsdale Marshall.

Marshall Williams Ponder
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Morgan-KY LaGrange-Oldham-KY Shelby-KY VA

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