Class Notes

CLASS OF 1876

June, 1910 Wm. H. Gardiner
Class Notes
CLASS OF 1876
June, 1910 Wm. H. Gardiner

Peter Trenholm Marshall died at his home in Horseheads, N. Y., May 2, 1910, of a paralytic stroke received three days before. He was born in Moreland, N. Y., January 25, 1849, his parents, Levi and Elizabeth (Trenholm) Marshall, removing to Horseheads when he was three years old. He prepared for college at Alfred University, Alfred, N. Y. At Dartmouth he was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, and graduated with Phi Beta Kappa rank. After graduation he studied law with Smith, Robertson, and Fassett, of Elmira, and after his admission to the bar, in 1879, he practiced for two years at Horseheads. In 1881 he became principal of a school at Palatine Bridge, N. Y., in 1882 at Mohawk, N. Y., and in 1885 at Hudson, N. Y. The summer of 1887 he spent in European travel. In 1889 he became principal at Manistee, Mich., and in 1890 at Horseheads. This position he held for five years. His health having become poor,, he bought a farm in order to obtain open-air exercise, and continued to carry it on until the time of his death. He was also for several years engaged in the sale of agricultural implements. He was married November 26, 1879, to' Mille T., daughter of Jonathan B. and Mille Fish (Daggett) Mosher of Horseheads. She died May 6, 1909. They have had three daughters, of whom two are living, one having died in December last.

Secretary, Wm. H. Gardiner, 634 East 72d St., Chicago