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MARSHALL , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Harrison county, See also:Texas, U.S.A., about 145 M. E. by S. of See also:Dallas. Pop. (189o), 7207; (1900) 7855 (3769 negroes); (1910) 11,452. Marshall is served by the Texas & Pacific and the Marshall & See also:East Texas See also:railways, which have large shops here. Wiley University was
founded in 1873 by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, and See also:Bishop See also:College, was founded in 188r by the See also:American Baptist See also:Home See also:Mission Society and incorporated in 1885. Marshall is situated in a region growing See also:cotton and See also:Indian See also:corn, vegetables, small fruits and See also:sugar-See also:cane; in the surrounding See also:country there are valuable forests of See also:pine, See also:oak and See also:- GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in
gum. In the vicinity of the city there are several lakes (including See also:Caddo See also:Lake) and springs (including Hynson and Rosborough springs). The city has a cotton compress, and among its manufactures are cotton-See also:seed oil, See also:lumber, See also:ice, foundry products and canned goods. The See also:municipality owns and operates the waterworks. Marshall was first settled in 1842, was incorporated in 1843, and received a city See also:charter in 1848; in 1909 it adopted the See also:commission See also:form of See also:government.
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