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The James W. Marshall House, former residence of Marshall family in Lambertville, New Jersey. James Wilson Marshall, of English descent, was born to Philip Marshall and Sarah Wilson (married 1808) at the family homestead in Hopewell Township, New Jersey (then part of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, currently part of Mercer County) on October 8, 1810. [2]
Sutter employed James Wilson Marshall, a carpenter originally from New Jersey, to supervise construction of the new building. [2] On January 24, 1848, while working on construction of the mill, Marshall found flakes of gold in the South Fork American River. [2]
Marshall was part owner of the Gray Eagle mine. [1] [2] [3] James Wilson Marshall (1810–1885) on January 24, 1848, found gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California on the American River about 36 miles northeast of Sacramento. His find stated the California Gold Rush. Johann (John) Sutter had hired Marshall to build a sawmill at Sutter's Mill.
The James W. Marshall House, located at 60 Bridge Street in the city of Lambertville in Hunterdon County, United States, was the boyhood home of James W. Marshall.Marshall's discovery of gold in the American River in California in January 1848 set the stage for the California Gold Rush.
Marshall traveled the road to tell of his gold find to Captain John A. Sutter. During the 49ers gold rush thousands of miners traveled the road heading out to look for gold and claims. [10] [11] California's first stage line, California Stage Company, traveled the road starting in 1849, the line was founded by James E. Birch. [12]
James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 21, 1798) was a Scottish-born American Founding Father, legal scholar, jurist, and statesman who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1789 to 1798.
James Wilson (MP for York) between 1826 and 1830. James Wilson (Labour politician) (1879–1943), British MP for Dudley and Oldham James Harold Wilson (1916–1995), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1964–1970 and 1974–1976
Although his friend Marshall was already practicing law in Virginia, after that military service, Bushrod traveled to Philadelphia for further legal studies (financed by his uncle, the President) under James Wilson, then a prominent lawyer and soon-to-be Supreme Court justice as well as law professor at the University of Pennsylvania. [8] [5]