Catherine marshall bio
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Catherine Marshall
American novelist (1914–1983)
For other people with the same name, see Katherine Marshall.
Catherine Sarah Wood Marshall LeSourd (September 27, 1914 – March 18, 1983)[1] was an American author of nonfiction, inspirational, and fiction works.
Catherine marshall bio
She was the wife of well-known minister Peter Marshall.
Biography
Marshall was born in Johnson City, Tennessee in 1914.[1][2] She was the daughter of the Reverend John Ambrose Wood and Leonora Whitaker Wood.[1] From the age of nine until her graduation from high school, Marshall was raised in Keyser, West Virginia,[1] where her father served as pastor of a Presbyterian church from 1924 to 1942.[1]
While a junior at Agnes Scott College, she met Peter Marshall, marrying him in 1936.[1] The couple moved to Washington, D.C., where her husband served as pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church and Chaplain of the United States Senate.
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