Samuel Marshall (Canadian politician)

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| name = Samuel Poole

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| birth_date = 1757

| birth_place = England

| death_date = April 1, 1813

| death_place = Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

| office = MLA for Yarmouth township

| term_start = 1811

| term_end = 1813

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| occupation = Merchant, shipbuilder

| spouse = Sarah Sheldon

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Samuel Marshall (1757 - April 1, 1813) was a merchant, shipbuilder and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Yarmouth Township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1811 to 1813.{{cite book |last=Elliott |first=Shirley B. |author-link= |date=1984 |chapter= |title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1983: a biographical directory |url=https://0-nsleg--edeposit-gov-ns-ca.legcat.gov.ns.ca/deposit/b10537582.pdf |location=Halifax |publisher=Province of Nova Scotia |page=264&153 |isbn=0-88871-050-X}}

Marshall came to Nova Scotia from New York state in 1787, settling in Yarmouth. In 1794, he was named a justice of the peace. Around 1810, he was considered to be the leading shipbuilder and merchant in Yarmouth.Brown, G [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=733 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia : a sequel to Campbell's history (1888)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622235814/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=733 |date=2007-06-22 }} Marshall died in office at Yarmouth.

His daughter Catherine married Samuel Campbell.