Samuel Taylor Marshall

Samuel Taylor Marshall

Samuel Taylor Marshall (1812-1895) was one of eight founders of Beta Theta Pi, a prominent college fraternity founded at Miami University in 1839. It was the first college fraternity founded west of the Allegheny Mountains. Made a career as a lawyer in Lee County, Iowa and served as the sergeant-at-arms of the Iowa legislature (1846-8). He was the oldest of the eight founders and received his A.B. degree in 1840.

Other founders of Beta Theta Pi:

*John Reily Knox "1839"
*David Linton "1839"
*James George Smith "1840"
*Charles Henry Hardin "1841"
*John Holt Duncan "1840"
*Michael Clarkson Ryan "1839"
*Thomas Boston Gordon "1840"

External links

*findagrave|15172888

ource

* Brown, James T., ed., "Catalogue of Beta Theta Pi", New York: 1917.


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