WILLIAM RAINEY MARSHALL

Fifth Governor of the State of Minnesota, was born near Columbia, Missouri, October 17, 1825, and died in Pasadena, California, January 8, 1896. He became a brigadier general in the Civil War. He served as governor from January 8, 1866, to January 9, 1870.

WILLIAM RAINEY MARSHALL

FIFTH GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA January 8, 1866, to January 9, 1870

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WO of our governors were born south of Mason and Dixon's Line, Willis Arnold Gorman in Kentucky, and William Rainey Marshall in Missouri. Migration from the East to the West has been uniform and extensive; but from the South to the North there has been but little. I am of the opinion that both of these prominent men brought with them something of the impulsive character of the South, which was modified and somewhat subdued by the different atmosphere in which they passed their active lives. Both had a natural taste for arms, and became good soldiers at the first opportunity.

William R. Marshall was born near Columbia, Missouri, October 17, 1825.

About 1830 young Marshall's parents removed to Quincy, Ill., where he passed his boyhood and received his education in the schools of that town. But it may be justly said that he was self-taught in all he knew of books.