Franklin County

ALEXANDER, Marshall Henry

Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical 
Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other 
States. Dodge. Burlington: Ullery, 1912, p 97

Marshall Henry ALEXANDER, lawyer, St. Albans City, was born 24 September 1861 
at St. Albans [Franklin County, Vermont], son of Henry G. and Alvira S. 
(GREENE) ALEXANDER. He was educated in the public schools and St. Albans 
Academy. Mr. ALEXANDER was admitted to the Vermont bar in 1883; admitted to 
New York bar in 1897, and practiced there for a few years; returned to 
Vermont and resided in the town of Georgia [Franklin County] for several 
years; in 1907 opened an office in St. Albans, and has since been actively 
engaged in the practice of law. 

In 1884 Marshall Henry ALEXANDER married Bertha E. ATCHINSON of Jericho 
[Chittenden County, Vermont], who died in 1910. They had three children, 
only one of whom now survives, a daughter, Ruth. Mr. ALEXANDER is a 
Republican, and represented Georgia [Franklin County, Vermont] in the 
Legislature in 1906. He has served as chairman of the committee on 
elections, and as a member of several other committees. He was a justice of 
the peace in Georgia [Vermont] six years, constable and collector five years, 
superintendent of schools for two years, and at present is a member of the 
Republican city committee of St. Albans. In religious belief Mr. ALEXANDER 
is a Methodist.

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