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Melvin N. Marshall, chief
of police of the city of Moberly, has been
a member of the police
force of Moberly for the past ten~ years and
since 1917 has been chief
of police, He is a fearless officer with a splen-
did record to his credit.
Chief Marshall is a native of Randolph County
and a descendant of one
of the honored pioneer families of Missouri.
He was horn in Prairie
township, Randolph County, March 30, 1877, and
is a son of Rice and Kate
(Harris) Marshall.
Rice Marshall was horn in
Monroe County, Mo., in 1840. He was
a farmer and blacksmith
and for a number of years conducted a black-
smith shop at Renick, Mo.
He was a Civil War veteran, having served in
the Conferedate army
under Gen. Sterling Price about three years and
was with his command in
Louisiana when the war closed. He died in
1895 and his remains are
buried in the Anderson cemetery in Prairie
township. Rice Marshall
was son of Wiley Marshall, a Virginian who
came to Missouri at a very
early date and settled in Monroe County.
He spent his latter years in
Randolph County with his son and died in
Prairie township, where his
remains are buried. Kate (Harris) Marshall,
mother of Melvin N.
Marshall, was horn at Renick, Randolph County, in
1850, and now resides on
South Williams street, Moberly. She is also
a descendant of a pioneer
family of Randolph County. To Rice and
Kate (Harris) Marshall
were horn the following children: Wiley, who
occupies the old home
place in Prairie township; Claude, principal of
West Park school,
Moberly; Etha, married Henry Owens, Huntsville;
Melvin N., the subject of
this sketch and Fannie, married E. Noel, of
Oklahoma City, OkIa.
Melvin N. Marshall was
reared on the home place of Randolph County
and received his early
education in the public schools of the county and
attended the Moberly High
School for three years. He then entered the
employ of the Wabash
Railroad Company and in 1910 was appointed a
member of the Moberly
police force and in 1917 was elected chief of
police, and has since
capably served in that capacity.
Mr. Marshall was married
in 1903 to Miss Anna McGinnis, of
Moberly. She is a daughter
of Patrick and Martha (Haley) McGinnis.
Mrs. McGinnis died in
1915 and her remains are buried in Oakland ceme-
tery and Mr. McGinnis
now resides in Moberly.
Chief Marshall is a
member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
low's, Modern Woodmen
of America, Knights and Ladies of Security and
the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, He is a capable and effi-
cient officer and a citizen
of Moberly and Randolph County of high
standing.
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