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[[Image:Jackson_Marshall.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]MARSHALL, Jackson. (LeMars, IA, Dec. 1,1894--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 13, 1977). Dubuque benefactor. Marshall donated fifty-one acres of picturesque land north of town along West 32nd Street to the City of Dubuque. This land became the beautiful Marshall Park, home of the [[DUBUQUE ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL | [[Image:Jackson_Marshall.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]MARSHALL, Jackson. (LeMars, IA, Dec. 1,1894--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 13, 1977). Dubuque benefactor. Marshall donated fifty-one acres of picturesque land north of town along West 32nd Street to the City of Dubuque. This land became the beautiful Marshall Park, home of the [[DUBUQUE ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL GARDENS]]. | ||
Marshall, the grandson of William Marshall, founder of the W. Marshall Boiler Works in Dubuque, worked for most of the city's principal industries installing and maintaining boilers. One of Dubuque's first thirteen draftees during [[WORLD WAR I]], he became an Army intelligence officer on the French war front. | Marshall, the grandson of William Marshall, founder of the W. Marshall Boiler Works in Dubuque, worked for most of the city's principal industries installing and maintaining boilers. One of Dubuque's first thirteen draftees during [[WORLD WAR I]], he became an Army intelligence officer on the French war front. (1) | ||
Returning from the war, Marshall worked a variety of transient jobs for the railroad before returning to Dubuque in 1922. In addition to his work on the city's boilers, Marshall performed in barbershop quartets and minstrel shows. He lived at 2605 Windsor Avenue and used his farmland as a retreat for himself and friends. | Returning from the war, Marshall worked a variety of transient jobs for the railroad before returning to Dubuque in 1922. In addition to his work on the city's boilers, Marshall performed in barbershop quartets and minstrel shows. He lived at 2605 Windsor Avenue and used his farmland as a retreat for himself and friends. | ||
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In 1975 Marshall was named [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]] by the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD]]. | In 1975 Marshall was named [[FIRST CITIZEN AWARD]] by the [[TELEGRAPH HERALD]]. | ||
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1. Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, "Veterans Memorial" Online: http://www.dubuquearboretum.com/gardens/veterans-memorial/ | |||
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Revision as of 03:24, 26 November 2014
MARSHALL, Jackson. (LeMars, IA, Dec. 1,1894--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 13, 1977). Dubuque benefactor. Marshall donated fifty-one acres of picturesque land north of town along West 32nd Street to the City of Dubuque. This land became the beautiful Marshall Park, home of the DUBUQUE ARBORETUM AND BOTANICAL GARDENS.
Marshall, the grandson of William Marshall, founder of the W. Marshall Boiler Works in Dubuque, worked for most of the city's principal industries installing and maintaining boilers. One of Dubuque's first thirteen draftees during WORLD WAR I, he became an Army intelligence officer on the French war front. (1)
Returning from the war, Marshall worked a variety of transient jobs for the railroad before returning to Dubuque in 1922. In addition to his work on the city's boilers, Marshall performed in barbershop quartets and minstrel shows. He lived at 2605 Windsor Avenue and used his farmland as a retreat for himself and friends.
Marshall's hide-a-way, purchased for three thousand dollars, was valued at over $250,000 at the time of his death. Marshall originally offered the land to the Masonic Order as a local, state, or national retirement home for members. Disagreement over whether money should be provided to maintain the land caused Jackson to offer his property to the City of Dubuque. The only conditions to his gift were that he be allowed to live occasionally in an old farmhouse on the property, that the city begin development of the area as a park within one year, and that the land would always be used as a park. After his death it was learned that, in addition to the gift of his land, Marshall had also given $100,000 to the MASONIC TEMPLE.
In 1975 Marshall was named FIRST CITIZEN AWARD by the TELEGRAPH HERALD.
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1. Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, "Veterans Memorial" Online: http://www.dubuquearboretum.com/gardens/veterans-memorial/
