John George Marshall was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

, Canada. He represented Sydney County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly

Nova Scotia House of Assembly

The Nova Scotia Legislature, consisting of Her Majesty The Queen represented by the Lieutenant Governor and the House of Assembly, is the legislative branch of the provincial government of Nova Scotia, Canada...

 from 1811 to 1818 and from 1820 to 1823.

He was born in Country Harbour, Nova Scotia, the son of Captain Joseph Marshall

Joseph Marshall (judge)

Joseph Marshall was an Irish-born farmer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Sydney County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1800 to 1811....

. Marshall studied law with Lewis Morris Wilkins

Lewis Morris Wilkins (speaker)

Lewis Morris Wilkins was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1799 to 1817...

 and was called to the bar in 1810. He first set up practice in Pictou

Pictou, Nova Scotia

Pictou is a town in Pictou County, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Located on the north shore of Pictou Harbour, the town is approximately 10 km north of the larger town of New Glasgow....

 but later moved to Halifax

City of Halifax

Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...

. In 1809, he married Catherine Jones. Marshall resigned his seat in 1823 after he was named chief justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas. He also served as president of the Courts of General and Special Sessions and justice of the peace

Justice of the Peace

A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...

 for Cape Breton

Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Cape Breton County, officially, County Cape Breton, is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, on Cape Breton Island.Taking its name from Cape Breton, the most easterly point of the island which was called after the Bretons of Brittany, this municipality has what is probably the oldest...

. Marshall retired when the Court of Common Pleas was abolished in 1841. He published The justice of the peace, and county & township officer, in the province of Nova Scotia, a textbook for local magistrates. He died in Halifax.

Marshall's daughter Margaret Ann married John George Bourinot

John George Bourinot (elder)

John George Bourinot was a French Canadian merchant and politician, a member of the first Canadian Senate....

. His nephew John Joseph Marshall

John Joseph Marshall

John Joseph Marshall was a merchant and politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Guysborough County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1840 to 1847, from 1850 to 1859 and from 1867 to 1870....

also served in the province's assembly.