Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago.  Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 180.  Jefferson County.

HUMPHREY MARSHALL, of Louisville, Kentucky, son of General Humphrey
Marshall and Frances E., nee MacAlister, was born in Henry county,
Kentucky, April 10, 1848.  Descended from an illustrious family that has
furnished many notable members to the bar, and to the legislative
departments of state and nation,--gifted and talented men whose fame has
been known throughout the length and breadth of the land,--he has for
twenty-seven years honored the name of his distinguished ancestry by his
brilliant career in the courts of Kentucky.  His family has long ranked
with the greatest in the land; its eminence due to true nobility of
character and the chivalrous defense of whatever was believed to be
right, as well as the superiority of mental powers manifest by its
representatives.  They have devoted their talents to those professions
calling for the broadest culture of mind and the strongest intellects.
The name of Marshall stands forth on the pages of history with a brilliance
that is unsurpassed, and that time cannot dim.
          Judge Humphrey Marshall was educated in his own home by private
tutors, acquiring knowledge with ease and rapidity, his most retentive
memory impressing indelibly on his mind all that he mastered.  He pursued
his studies with unremitting industry, making marked progress in everything
calling for active mental energy.  Inspired by the noble example of his
father, his grandfather and his great-grandfather, he set up for himself
high ideals and eagerly embraced every opportunity for raising himself to
their level.
     In 1862, when only fourteen and a a half years of age, he was forced
by the home guards to leave home, and three days afterward was one of
sixteen boys who charged a body of some three hundred home-guards.  In
this engagement his horse was killed under him and he was seriously
wounded, but all the heroism and loyalty of his nature were aroused, and
notwithstanding his wound he marched to Virginia, where he entered the
Confederate service as a member of the noted Fourth Kentucky Cavalry, under
his father's command, and remained at the front in active service until the
cessation of hostilities.  He was with the cavalry forces in Kentucky and
Tennessee under the command of Generals Morgan, Crosby, Marshall, Preston,
Breckenridge, Echols and others, and surrendered at Miliken's, Texas, in
July, 1865, after having marched overland from Atlanta, Georgia, in
compliance with orders from the war Department assigning him to the
Trans-Mississippi Department.  A boy in years, he was nevertheless
distinguished for his dauntless spirit and his imperturbable coolness in
battle.  He was honorably mentioned in official reports of his commanders
for meritorious conduct on the field of battle, and for distinguished
services, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
     Returning to Kentucky, Mr. Marshall began farming in Henry county
and continued in that occupation until the fall of 1868, when he entered
the Louisville Law School.  Such were his powers of application and
mental concentration that in one year he completed the work of two; after
which he successfully passed the required examinations and was admitted
to the bar in April 1869.  Locating in Louisville, he has since been
engaged in the practice of his profession, for which he is eminently
fitted because of his profound research and his thorough appreciation of
the immutable principles of justice and morality which underlie the
science of law.  The extent and accuracy of his knowledge, his sound
judgment, his practical good sense and his keen sagacity give him a
conspicuous place in the ranks of the legal fraternity, and every year adds
to his honorable, useful and noble influence among his fellow citizens.
He has a large clientage, and his practice mostly embraces civil cases,
including some of the most important litigation that has been heard in the
higher courts of the state.
     In 1871 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Marshall and Miss Clara
Crutchfield, a daughter of Major Edward Crutchfield, of Louisville, a
gallant soldier of the Confederate army, an honored citizen in times of
peace,--a man who was considered priceless as a friend, peerless as a
gentleman and fearless as a foe.  Mrs. Marshall died in 1876, but the
memory of her gracious Christian character is still an influence in the
lives of all who knew her.  Of the two children of that marriage, one
died in infancy.  In 1878 Mr. Marshall married Miss Virginia Crutchfield,
a sister of his former wife.  They had ten children, nine of whom are now
living.  Mrs. Marshall presides with charming grace and dignity over their
hospitable home, which is the center of a cultured social circle.  The
family of intelligent children, with exalted ambitions and noble
aspirations, give promise of adding new luster to the honored family name.
     Upon attaining his majority Mr. Marshall gave his support to the
Democratic party, but took no real interest in politics, and frequently
did not even go to the polls to cast a vote, but when he addressed himself
to the study of political issues, with the view of determining for himself
what would bring the greatest good to his country, he formally affiliated
himself with the Republican party, and fearlessly advocated its principles;
but above all forms, and all parties, he prides himself upon his American
citizenship.  He has never held public office nor has he desired political
preferment, but is now (1896) prominently spoken of for judge of the
criminal division of the circuit court of Jefferson county,--a place filled
with great distinction by his grandfather, John J. Marshall. It is a
position for which Humphrey Marshall is eminently fitted because of his
high mental culture, his strong, common sense, his genial disposition and
his amiability of character.
     Mr. Marshall is a valued and worthy member of the Masonic fraternity,
of the Senior and Junior Order United American Mechanics, American
Protective Association, and governs his life by the noble principles and
lofty teachings which form the basic elements of those organizations. He
is a communicant in the Protestant Episcopal church, and although not a
devout churchman he manifests in his daily conduct the underlying truths
of religion as set forth by the Great Teacher.  Even as a lad he
displayed great benevolence of heart and the gentlest sympathy.  A tale
of sorrow, distress or want has ever aroused in him a chivalrous desire
to champion the cause of the weak, and his charity and benevolence are
well known in Louisville, yet no trace of ostentation or display mars his
generosity.  He possesses a nature that upholds the true and the good;
that despises injustice and oppression and that prompts him to defend
injured innocence; to tender his services to honest poverty without
thought of reward; and thus he lives a life of virtuous nobility, thereby
winning the highest esteem of the public.  Mr. Marshall is yet a young
man, and having lived well the past years of his life, the future
doubtless holds in store for him a career that will but add honor to his
already honored name, and prove his usefulness to the country.

Marshall MacAlister Crutchfield
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Henry-KY

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