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Marshall-Bray House 
 Sam Marshall served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, being captured as a prisoner of war on two occasions.
Samuel E. (1838 - 1911) and Mary C. Marshall (1840 - 1924) brought their family from Kentucky in a covered wagon to Grayson County and first lived in Kentuckytown, Grayson County, Texas, in the late 1860s. When the Katy railroad and chose to establish a depot at Whitewright, Sam made the move to the new town of Whitewright in 1880, along with many other Kentucky Town citizens. He and Mary purchased many city lots as investments and sold them to new residents. Mr. Marshall was best known for his thriving furniture store downtown, which he opened in 1886. He also sold farm implements and carpets, opened a mattress factory on Walnut St. and was the town's undertaker for a while. From 1897 to 1907 his store was located on the busy southwest corner of Bond and Grand (101 W. Grand St.), home to Yellow Rose Antiques in the 1970s. He was described by The Whitewrigh Sun in 1924 as "one of the leading businessmen of Whitewright for 25 years." After achieving success with their land investments and commercial businesses (early furniture businessman of Whitewright) the Marshalls built this Queen Anne Free Classic house in 1899-1900. The house was 2 stories with an attic; porches were on both the first and second floors. The gabled roof, decorative woodwork, classical columns, porch and balcony are all notable elements of this style of architecture. Judging from a photograph taken shortly after the house was built, the facade has not been significatnly altered in over 100 years. Note the fish-scale shingles and the circular area which housed the staircase. After Mary's death in 1924, the house was subsequently owned by the H. Benedict, Carter, Bill Sanders and Randy and Cynthias Glover Stuteville families. The house was occupied by Grover and Winnie Stuteville in 1945, living there from the 1940s through the 1870s; it was long known as the "Stuteville House". Mr. Stuteville owned the corner gas station downtown. Across the street is another house built by Sam Marshall, which was remodeled in 1940 by local contractor, George Baugher. Mr. Baugher helped to build the original house around the turn of the century. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bray owned and restored the home in 1975, who was an avid collector of Civil War artifacts. The Marshall House Historical Marker was approved in 2001. (The Whitewright Sun, December 13, 2001) Whitewright Homes Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |
