Draft:Marshall Talley

Marshall A. Talley (died May 7, 1953) was a Baptist leader and state legislator in Indiana. He represented the city of Indianapolis in Marion County, Indiana in 1937. He was a Democrat and was succeeded by Theodore Cable in 1939.

Biography
Talley was born in Concord, North Carolina to Winslow A. and Lucretia C. Talley. He obtained several degrees including a Doctor of Divinity. He was then ordained in 1905 as a Baptist minister and served as a pastor in Florida, North Carolina, Alabama and Pennsylvania. He then moved to Indianapolis and worked as the pastor at the Mount Zion Baptist Church for 7 years.

Talley died May 7, 1953 aged 75, in hospital in Indianapolis survived by his wife Anna Loue Talley, two sons and a daughter.