trustee of that college for many years. From 1880 to 1885 Marshall was principal of the New Cumberland Grade School. In 1884 he was elected the Clerk of the County Court of Hancock County. He held this office until 1896 when he was elected to the West Virginia State Senate from the First Senatorial District. That same year he was admitted to the Hancock County bar. In 1892 Marshall served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention. Marshall served as President of the State Senate for the 1899 session. During his term as President of the West Virginia Senate, Marshall presided over Senate proceedings that led to the passage of a variety of bills. Some of the issues that were decided by the Senate and the Legislature during Marshall's term as president were incorporation of West Virginia banks and savings institutions, establishing a procedure for West Virginia public institutions to report to the Legislature, and reorganizing the process for the Legislature to consider appropriations bills. Oliver S. Marshall married Elizabeth Tarr on September 8, 1880. Elizabeth was the daughter of Campbell and Nancy Harnmond Tarr. Campbell Tarr was one of the members of the Richmond Convention who withdrew when Virginia passed the ordinance of secession. Subsequently, Tarr became a leader in the West Virginia statehood movement. In 1887, Oliver Marshall hired an architect named Smith to build a house on Ridge Avenue according to Marshall's specifications. The Queen Anne style home was constructed with bricks made in New Cumberland from local clay. The Marshall house is the finest example of Queen Anne style architecture in New Cumberland. Oliver and Elizabeth Marshall had two children, John and Olive. John graduated from Yale and West Virginia University and later practiced law in Parkersburg. After the death of Elizabeth, Marshall married Nora Householder in 1890. The Marshalls had three children: Edith, Edmond, and Virginia. Oliver Marshall died in 1934 at the age of 66. After his death, Marshall's daughter, Virginia Marshall, lived in the house and taught school in New Cumberland for forty years. She resided in the Marshall house until her death in 1997. Summary The Marshall/McNeil House is significant under Criterion B because it was the home of one of New Cumberland's leading politicians, Oliver Marshall. During his lifetime, Marshall served Hancock County as a teacher, lawyer, West Virginia State Senator, and President of the West Virginia Senate. The house