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The Washington Daily News: Wednesday, October 14, 1931
Last of the Marshalls of Marshall Hall
Marshall Hall, Va., which to most Washingtonians means the destination of a moonlight
boat excursion, to Mrs. W. S. Somerson, Wellington Apartments, is her family home
and birthplace. Mrs. Somerson, shown above, was the last member of the Marshall family
born in this historic home. It was inherited by her father, Thomas Marshall, from
his father, but had to be sold after the Civil War. It was built about 1690 by William
Marshall II, son of William Marshall I, an early colonist who bought the land
on which it stands from the Emperor of the Piscataway Indians. It antedates George
Washington's home, Mt. Vernon by half a century. Maryland D.A.R.'s yesterday placed
a marker on the old mansion.
Cora Marshall Somerson
Formerly of:
1701 Park Road, NW
Washington, D.C.
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