Harriet McClintock Marshall

Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on August 14, 1840, as Harriet McClintock, Harriet McClintock Marshall was a daughter of Henry McClintock and Catherine (Yellets) McClintock, a native of Highspire, PennsylvaniaMrs. Harriet Marshall, in Death Certificates (file no. 70749, registered no. 921). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1925. who was born circa 1802 or 1803, who was of German and African American ancestry, and who identified as both "White German" and "Mulatto." Catherine McClintock was also a founder of the Wesley Union African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.{{cite web| url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54347837e4b06eaabd7fdc15/t/6033c5a7940d67348cbb7575/1614005675426/DYKM+Study+Guide+2_20_21.pdf |title=Harriet McClintock Marshall (August 14, 1840—July 25, 1925) |work=Do You Know Me? Study Guide |publisher=Sankofa African American Theatre Company and Gamut Theatre Group | access-date=2021-04-19 |page=7 }}{{Cite web |date=2020-10-06 |title=Catherine McClintock |url=https://digitalharrisburg.com/commonwealth/100names/catherine-mcclintock/ |access-date=2021-04-19 |website=Digital Harrisburg |language=en}}

The sister of Catherine "Kate" McClintock White, Harriet McClintock Marshall was also the half-sister of Mariah Williams Powell and Elizabeth Williams Kelly, through her mother's first marriage to James Williams.

Marshall attended the German School, and became a teacher. In addition, she was employed as a domestic worker for the Eby family in Harrisburg. Marshall and her mother were active on the Underground Railroad.

Marshall met Elisha Marshall as he made his way north on the Underground Railroad. They were married in 1864. Their son Rev. Dr. William H. Marshall (1865–1916) was a teacher, principal and an A.M.E. Zion Church pastor.{{Cite news |date=1916-03-18 |title=Obituary for William H. Marshall (Aged 51) |pages=1 |work=The Courier |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76047436/obituary-for-william-h-marshall-aged/ |access-date=2021-04-19}} Daughter Harriet "Ella" married Morris H. Layton.{{Cite news |date=1944-06-05 |title=Dr. Layton 5 June 1944 |pages=3 |work=Harrisburg Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74792/dr-layton-5-june-1944/ |access-date=2021-04-19}}

Both Harriet and Elisha worked for the Eby family.

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Marshall was a member of the Wesley Union African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church,{{Cite book |last=Scott |first=John Weldon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUnjXNb9-_8C&pg=PA15 |title=African Americans of Harrisburg |date=2005 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-3668-2 |pages=15 |language=en}} which was a station that offered shelter, food, and clothing to people escaping slavery. She and her husband Elisha Marshall (1838–1903), who freed himself, lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-28 |title=Story Ideas: African American History in PA's Hershey & Harrisburg Region |url=https://www.visithersheyharrisburg.org/articles/post/story-ideas-african-american-history-in-pas-hershey-harrisburg-region/ |access-date=2021-04-19 |website=www.visithersheyharrisburg.org |language=en-us}}{{efn|His name was also spelled Elijah.}}

Both Marshall and her husband were active members of the Underground Railroad. Elisha helped transport the men, women and children who were escaping slavery to the church at Third and Mulberry streets. Their house at Calder and Front streets was used as a stopping place during the transport process; while waiting there, the newly freed individuals were able to rest and receive food and other forms of assistance.{{Cite book |last=Snodgrass |first=Mary Ellen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SWusBwAAQBAJ&q=Harriet+OR+Harriett+McClintock+Marshall&pg=PA346 |title=The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations |date=2015-03-26 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-45416-8 |pages=346 |language=en}}

Mary and Dr. William M. Jones were also active in Harrisburg's Underground Railroad. They lived in Tanner's Alley and were also members of the Wesley Union church.

During the American Civil War, Elisha Marshall enrolled with the Union Army as a member of the 24th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.{{Cite web |title=Search For Soldiers - "24th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry" Elisha Marshall |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm |access-date=2021-04-19 |website=The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) |language=en}} He was a member of Company D of the regiment and was mustered into service on February 15, 1865{{Cite book |last=Bates |first=Samuel P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nHn_qCyDQykC&pg=PA1016 |title=History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5 |date=1871 |page=1016 |language=en}} at Camp William Penn in Philadelphia. Between May 5 and June 1, the 24th USCT was stationed in Washington, D.C. before moving to Camp Casey in Virginia, which was located just outside of the capital.{{Cite web |title=24th USCT Regiment, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5 |url=https://housedivided.dickinson.edu/grandreview/2010/04/28/24th-usct-regiment/ |first=Samuel P. | last=Bates|location=Harrisburg |publisher= B. Singerly |year=1871 |pages= 1011–1025 |access-date=2021-04-19 |via=House Divided, The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College |language=en}}{{efn|Camp Casey, any of several Union Army training camps named for Major General Silas Casey including where "colored" troops trained}} The regiment was assigned to guard Confederate prisoners at Point Lookout, Maryland until July 16, when the regiment was moved to Roanoke, Virginia, where its members distributed supplies and preserved order through September.

During the 24th USCT's tenure of service, Marshall's husband, Elisha, was promoted to the rank of corporal.{{Cite journal |title=Conductor of the Old Eighth - Harriet M. Marshall | last1=McIlrath |first1=Ian |last2=Ford |first2=David |last3=Acevedo |first3=Josh | year= 2020 | journal=Women of the Eighth Ward |publisher=Messiah University| url=https://mosaic.messiah.edu/women/2}} Subsequently ordered to Richmond, Virginia, the regiment was officially mustered out on October 1, 1865.{{Cite web |title=Battle Unit Details - The Civil War (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm |access-date=2021-04-19 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=US Colored Troops: 24th United States Colored Troops Regiment |url=https://housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/patriots/category/us-colored-troops/ |access-date=2021-04-19 |website=House Divided, The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College |language=en-US}}

A monument to African American Civil War veterans that Marshall and her husband helped plan and build was later erected in the Lincoln Cemetery in Harrisburg.

Marshall died in Harrisburg on July 25, 1925{{Cite news |date=1925-07-27 |title=Obituary: Mrs. Harriet Marshall |pages=4 |work=Harrisburg Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5675798/mrs-harriet-marshall-obit/ |access-date=2021-04-19}} and was buried at the Lincoln Cemetery in the city's Penbrook section.{{Cite magazine |title=Notable African-Americans With Ties To Harrisburg | magazine= Harrisburg Magazine |url=https://harrisburgmagazine.com/news-events/notable-african-americans-with-ties-to-harrisburg/ |access-date=2021-04-19 |language=en}}

Marshall was depicted in a mural of notable African Americans from Harrisburg. Cesar Viveros designed the mural, which is located at The Jackson House Hotel.

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