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Geo. B. Marshall, Sr.

Much of the beauty and the marvelous
growth of Charlottesville is
due to the citizens who invest their
capital in its fertile soil and erect thereon
houses for dwelling and business
purposes, and no man has done more
towards this than our esteemed townsmen
Mr. George B. Marshall, Sr.
For many years Mr. Marshall has been
investing his money in property in
this section, and is now erecting one of
the handsomest residences in this
vicinity at Locust Grove. The neighborhood
is one of the finest to be found,
and Mr. Marshall is putting thousands
of dollars worth of improvements on
it. During the past year he has completed
four residences in Grove avenue
and is preparing for the erection of a
number of others in the future. In
addition to erecting the houses Mr.
Marshall graded the street and laid
granolithic sidewalks, sewer connections,
mains etc. Mr. Marshall owns
a large portion of this property. There
are building restrictions, and no objectionable
people can purchase or rent
property in any part of it. Mr. Marshall
was born in Albemarle County
and has lived here for many years,
having a wide reputation and record
as a citizen, soldier and man of business.
He first engaged in the mercantile
business under the firm name of
Pace & Marshall. At the opening of
the war Mr. Marshall enlisted in the
Albemarle Lighthorse which was

mustered into the Confederate service
as Company K, Second Virginia Cavalry
and served in all the notable engagements
in which this famous command
participated, and was seriously
wounded at Hope Mills. In 1864 in
Page County two divisions of Sherdans'
cavalry, comprising some 10,000

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Property Owned by George E. Marshall Sr.

men charged Payne's brigade, of less
than 1,500 men, and of which Mr.
Marshall was a member and received
a shot through the body. With this
severe wound he was left lying in the
broiling sun on the field from 10 o'clock
in the morning until 5 in the evening,
when some farmers came and carried
him to their home. The bullet was
removed and he carries it in his pocket
today as a memento. Though surrounded
several times by the enemy
he always managed to escape, taking
desperate chances always preferring
death to imprisonment. After the
war he conducted a mercantile business
until a few years ago when he entered
the real estate line with Mr.
Burnley under the firm name of Burnley
& Smith and continued this until
a year ago when the partnership dissolved,
and since then has devoted
himself to improving the city and
county.