Marshall Keith James

Marshall Keith James[2111] N M V T Y Photo: Born: 15 April 1839.[2112] 16 April 1839.[2113] Married: His fiancée was Mary Jeffries.[2114] Died: He was killed on 21 October 1871, the eve before his wedding, in Alexandria by a train. He was buried at Warrenton Cemetery. He was age 32.[2115] One Marshall James buried Warrenton Cem; […] died October 21, 1871; CSA marker.[2116] 31 October 1871; buried Warrenton Cemetery.[2117] Obituary: “A few years after the war, while in the prime of young manhood, he was killed by a locomotive at the railroad station in Alexandria …” [2118] See Obituary Chapter. Children: Parents and Siblings: Susan Grant (Keith) (30 September 1797–7 December 1860) and Captain David James (1 July 1792–24 February 1864). They wed on 18 April 1818 in Fauquier. He is believed to have been buried at the “Old Wright/ Kelly” family cemetery, between Bealeton and Liberty. He was one of 11 siblings: John Thomas; Isham Keith; James Wright; Mark Anthony Chilton; Aldridge; Sally Nancy (Sarah); Tarleton Fleming [BH]; Mary Isham; Judith Harriet; Marshall Keith [BH]; Betty Wright.[2119] More about some of his family members is available at reference.[2120] Other Family: Marshall’s maternal grandparents were Judith (Blackwell) and Captain Thomas Randolph Keith. In the census of the year that he was age 11, Marshall’s grandmother, age 92, lived in his father’s household.[2121] His father was Justice of the Peace in Fauquier County.[2122] “Captain David James was a successful farmer in the lower end of this county. When as a boy I first knew him, he was past middle age. He was the father of Warrenton’s late merchants, John T. and J. Wright James, Aldridge, a farmer, and Marshall, and T. F. James. The last two were members of the Black Horse Company that the last one rode in the first fours of that distinguished troop with our friend M. M. Green… The captain was a man of great sprightliness, bright in wit and his sayings were much quoted by contemporaries. During the war, he moved to Warrenton and was magistrate of this district.[2123] Of the eleven siblings who included cavalrymen Marshall and Fleming, two died infants and five—including Marshall—died young adults, leaving only four to grow old. These were John Thomas, James Wright, Aldridge and Tarleton Fleming. Wright died four months after Fleming, in the same year; they were ages 69 and 59, respectively.[2124] [2125] [NOTE:Check following for connection to other cavalrymen] From [2126] [brother]       .. 2  [1] James Wright JAMES  b: December 08, 1822 in Orange County, VA  src: Bible in Thomas James possession, copied by his wife Elizabeth James per Bun Button d: December 05, 1892 in Orange County, VA  src: LWood4562 Burial: Rhodesville Cemetary behind Baptist Church in Rhodesville, Orange Co., grave has C.S.A. marker  Source: Leonard Wood … +Mary Isham PAYNE  b: March 23, 1827 in Fauquier, “Chestnut Lawn”  src: Chestnut Lawn, LVA Va Hist. Inv. Payne Graveyard d: August 30, 1855 in Fauquier, “Chestnut Lawn”  src: link thru Fauquier County, VA site Burial: Payne Graveyard at “Chestnut Lawn”, 3 miles SE of Remington  m: March 27, 1852 in Fauquier Co., VA  src: Gott, Fauquier County VA Marriage Bonds 1759- 1854 and Marriage Returns 1785-1848Mother: Mary (Polly) Isham Randolph Keith  Father: James (Capt.) Payne  Source: Kelly bible from Library of Virginia, David Wright Kelly .. *2nd Wife of [1] James Wright JAMES: … +Susan A. YOUNG  d: September 18, 1860  src: LW00D4562 m: June 19, 1860  src: Leonard Wood Mother: Susan M. Fishback  Father: John M. Young  .. *3rd Wife of [1] James Wright JAMES: … +Lucy Steptoe KEITH  b: 1841 in Woodbourne, Fauquier Co.  src: Leonard Wood d: 1924 in Orange County, VA  src: LWood4562 Burial: Rhodesville Cemetary behind Baptist Church in Rhodesville, Orange Co.,  m: May 16, 1867 in Woodbourne, Fauquier  src: Marriage Index: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland and VA 1740-1920 on FTM Census: 1920 Orange Co., living with son, Thomas A. James  Mother: Mary Isham (Polly) Morris  Father: James Keith 

[brother]       .. 2  Aldridge JAMES  b: March 02, 1828 in VA  src: Bible of Thomas James, copied by Elizabeth James Census: 1880 Farmer  … +Virginia Isham KEITH  b: 1835 in VA  src: 1880 Fauquier Co, Rappahannock m: 1856  src: TSC/1974 Fact 1: sister of Lucy  Source: LWood4562

[sister]       .. 2  Sally (Sarah) Nancy JAMES  b: September 13, 1830  src: Bible in Thomas James possession, copied by his wife Elizabeth James per Bun Button d: November 19, 1853  src: Bible of Thomas James, copied by Elizabeth James Fact 1: died age 23 years, 2 months, 6 days from Bible  … +James H. GASKINS  Source: Keith, Judith Will 1854, Fauquier County m: October 29, 1851 in Fauquier  src: Gott, Fauquier County VA Marriage Bonds 1759-1854 and Marriage Returns 1785-1848 Fact 1: or James H, DAR or Bible, Gott  Stories, Letters & Biographies: CSR: 5’8”, fair complexion, black hair, blue eyes; enlisted 25 April 1861; detached with Genl. Walker September to December 1861; captured 31 May 1862 Hanover Courthouse; Fort Delaware 9 June 1862; exchanged 5 August 1862; captured 18 April 1863 near Orleans; exchanged 24 April 1863; elected 2nd Lt. 1 September 1863; captured 9 October 1864 Culpeper; Fort Delaware 27 October 1864; released 17 June 1865 Fort Delaware Additional Information: Lieutenant.[2127] Elected Second Lieutenant, December 1963. Wounded in the Valley of Virginia, September 1864. Died since the war.[2128] [Handwritten note says “killed by -------.”] K Wounded ‘64. T “Marsh” “M. K. James” ran for public office in 1866.[2129]