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''

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★ Brown, James T., ed., ''Catalogue of Beta Theta Pi'', New York: 1917.