Died July 24, 1870 Name Levin Marshall Parent(s) Henry Marshall | Occupation Banker, planter Residence Richmond | |
Born October 10, 1800 Alexandria, Virginia Spouse(s) Maria Chotard Marshall
Sarah E. Elliott Ross Marshall Children 12, including George M. Marshall | ||
Jul 24 A Leader in National Financial Circles
Levin R. Marshall (1800-1870) was an American banker and Southern planter in the Antebellum South. He was a founder and President of the Commercial Bank of Natchez, Mississippi. He owned 14,000 acres in Mississippi and Louisiana, and 10,000 acres in Arkansas.
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Early life
Levin R. Marshall was born on October 10, 1800 in Alexandria, Virginia. His father, Henry Marshall, was from Maryland, and related to Chief Justice Marshall. His maternal grandfather, Stephen Minor, was a prominent planter.
Career
He started his career as a banker for the United States bank in Woodville, Mississippi. In 1831, he moved to Natchez, Mississippi, where he worked as a banker for the United States bank. He then established his own bank, the Commercial Bank of Natchez. He also owned the Mansion Hotel in Natchez.
He worked for the commission house, J. B. Byrne & Co. of New Orleans, Louisiana as well as Marshall, Reynolds, and Co. of Natchez.
He owned many cotton and sugar plantations in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. Indeed, he owned five plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana which spanned 14,000 acres, and 10,000 acres in Arkansas. By the 1850s, he produced more than 4,000 bales or more every year. In 1860, he owned 817 African slaves. He also owned a large livestock herd.
In 1825, he led a group of local children to welcome Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette to Natchez.
Personal life
He married Maria Chotard (1807-1834), the daughter of John Marie Chotard, in 1826 in Woodville, Mississippi. They had four children. Only one of them survived: George M. Marshall, who married Charlotte Hunt, the daughter of planter David Hunt and resided at the Lansdowne Plantation. Indeed, a portrait of Levin R. Marshall and George M. Marshall painted by Louis Joseph Bahin hangs in the dining-room at Lansdowne.
After her death, he remarried to Sarah E. Elliott Ross, daughter of Dr Elliott and widow of Isaac Ross. They had eight children. They resided at Richmond in Natchez. They also maintained a residence in Westchester County, New York.
Death
He died on July 24, 1870.