Contra Costa County Biography

EUGENE A. MARSHALL

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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Eugene A. Marshall, prominently connected with the business interests of 
Richmond, has been a resident of California all his life. He was born at 
Vacaville on July 9, 1862. His father, Robert C. Marshall, was born in Ohio, and 
in 1852 came to California. His wife was Sarah McCartney, native of Indiana. The 
parents of Mr. Marshall came to the coast in the pioneer days, locating in 
Solano County, where the father followed the army of gold-seekers, after which 
he took up ranching and later read law. He passed away in 1893, and his wife 
died in 1873. The subject of this sketch acquired his education in the public 
schools, after which he learned the painter's trade. This vocation he followed 
all his life. In 1902 he removed to Richmond, where he has since resided. During 
the long period of his residence in this city he has attained a wide reputation 
as a broad-minded, liberal, and public-spirited citizen, and his strict 
integrity has built up a lucrative business. In politics, Mr. Marshall is a 
Republican, but has never aspired to office. Fraternally, he is a member of the 
Modern Woodmen of the World and of the Royal Neighbors. He was united in 
marriage to Miss Mabel Mayfield, a native of Colusa, California, April 22, 1887. 
Their one son, Carroll, was born in Willows, California, February 5, 1891. Mr. 
and Mrs. Marshall are numbered among the highly esteemed citizens of Richmond.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California", Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
p. 468.