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Dr. Jennifer A. Marshall

Jennifer A. Marshall is a member of our extended Family's up-and-coming-generation. “As a child, Jennifer traveled with me throughout Jefferson, Clearfield, and Armstrong Counties as I visited courthouses, libraries, cemeteries and assorted elderly cousins for clues to the story of our Marshall Family. She was ever curious and perceptive, blessed with a remarkable memory for details, and gifted with the ability to make connections. For better or worse, I like to think those early forays into family documents, dates, names and places laid the foundation for her life’s work in the field of archival studies and preservation administration. Jennifer is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. A 1994 graduate of Georgetown University with a degree in Russian (major) and theology (minor), Jennifer spent a semester studying in Russia shortly after the break-up of the Soviet Union. In December 2006, upon successfully defending her dissertation, she was awarded her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, where she had taught while pursuing her graduate degree. Jennifer has published multiple articles in her field and presents papers at archival and preservation conferences several times a year. She shares her life with many friends and colleagues, her family near and far, and her three cats.” (Jennifer’s story is shared by her proud Dad, Kelly Marshall.) Jennifer Alycen Marshall was born 13 March 1970 in Greenville, South Carolina. She is a fifth great-granddaughter of John Marshall and Catharina Truby Rohrer Marshall, descending through their son John Marshall (wife, Charlotte Kelker), and his son William Kelker Marshall (wife, Anna Mary Rumbarger). Jennifer is the daughter of Gordon Kelly Marshall and Janice Wolfe Beaty, the granddaughter of P. J. Marshall (born 1921) and Betty Shankle (born 1922); and the great-granddaughter of Clifford William Marshall (1897

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