Talk:William Rainey Marshall

Columbia, Mo
Missouri remained in Union control throughout the civil war, even though the confederacy claimed the state as well, it is not counted as one of the eleven states of the Confederacy Grey Wanderer 03:24, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Death date
Based on these four sources, I think he died January 8, 1896.,, , (p. 159)  I don't have access to the Utica Herald; is it possible that the Herald is in error? Maybe the article was referring to someone else with the same name.--Appraiser 13:33, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

The Utica Weekly Herald of Tuesday, April 9, 1895, p. 2, col. 6, accessed from has the death notice of "Ex-Governor William R. Marshall." Also the Utica Weekly Herald of Tuesday, January 7, 1896, p. 9, col. 1, mentions his death the previous year. Finally, there is an obituary in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., April 5, 1895 entitled "William R. Marshall, Formerly Governor of Minnesota, Dead at Pasadena." which reports his death on April 4 in Pasadena. I am, however, curious about the January 8, 1896 date found in a number of references, so I have written the Minnesota Historical Society for clarification. - Barbeww 15:02, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
 * That sounds pretty convincing. Someone must have made the mistake at one of "my" sources and then the others copied the error.--Appraiser 12:55, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

The newspaper articles I cited above were apparently erroneous. Today I found these articles in the paid archives of the Los Angeles Times: (1) Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1895, p.11; an article reporting that Gov. Marshall was "very ill," and that "In some manner, a report reached his home at St. Paul yesterday that he had died, but the statement was afterward corrected." and (2) Los Angeles Times, January 10, 1896, p. 10; an article reporting Gov. Marshall's death "about 2 o'clock Wednesday night." Whether that meant Wednesday, January 8 or the early morning hours of Thursday, January 9 is unclear. I will assume that the sources giving January 8 as the date had other confirming information, and will change the article to reflect that, as well as place a reference to this discussion for anyone else wondering about the discrepancy. - Barbeww 19:51, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

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