Thomas Marshall (general)

For other people with the same name, see Thomas Marshall.

Thomas Marshall
Born	(1793-04-13)April 13, 1793 Mason County, Kentucky
Died	March 28, 1853(1853-03-28) (aged 59) Lewis County, Kentucky
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army
Years of service	1846–1848
Rank	Brigadier general of Volunteers
Battles/wars	Mexican–American War Battle of Buena Vista
Relations	Marshall family
Other work	Kentucky legislator

Thomas Frances Marshall (April 13, 1793 – March 28, 1853), was a brigadier general of Volunteers in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War.

A nephew of Chief Justice John Marshall, Thomas Marshall served in the Kentucky legislature several times between 1817 and 1844, one of those terms as Speaker of the House. At the outbreak of the Mexican–American War, he was commissioned by President James K. Polk as a Brigadier General of Volunteers, and commanded the Kentucky brigade under General John E. Wool. After his return to Kentucky, he was murdered by a tenant at his home in Lewis County.

References

• Paxton, William McClung (1885). The Marshall Family: or A genealogical chart of the descendants of John Marshall and Elizabeth Markham, his wife, sketches of individuals and notices of families connected with them. Cincinnati, Ohio: R. Clarke & Co. pp. 115 ff. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
• Winders, Richard Bruce (2001). Mr. Polk's Army: The American Military Experience in the Mexican War. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. p. 39. ISBN 1-58544-162-7.