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lj The Hentucky Historical Society ascertained that Mr. Brown was the last
1; surviving member of the Continental Congress when he died at Liberty
A Hall on August 29, 1837. ‘
il _ Uninterrupted generations of the Brown family made their home
1 in the old mansion for one hundred and thirty—nine years, until one of ’
L the last owners died in 1935. The original furnishings have been re- l
· tained, largely, and funds are being raised to purchase and perpetuate `
i the historic house. 1
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Q Mason County, Ky. E 1
5 The Marshall House, built about 1802 by Captain Thomas Marshall,
i Junior, in the village of Washington, Mason County, Kentucky, has been
§ the residence of generations of this illustrious family. The old brick ”
’ home is owned and occupied, at the present time, by Miss Louise Marshall.
aw Built when the region west of the Alleghanies was practically an
I unbroken wilderness, the house must have assumed palatial proportions at _
3 that time. Erected on a native stone foundation, with solid brick ex-
` terior walls strong enough to withstand a siege, the building served not
? only as a frontier fortress but also as a meeting place where loyal patriots I
E assembled to gather and impair news and to swap yarns. Captain Marshall, 1
. host at these gatherings, had been a Revolutionary soldier and is reputed
f to have been a sparkling conversationalist. John Marhsall, a brother of