garrison stationed in Yellowstone National Park. George and Sarah soon saw the
need for a hotel in the lower Yellowstone region. They moved their family there
in the winter of 1880-1 and started building the hotel near where Nez Perce Creek
enters the Firehole River. A fourth child was born in January 31, 1881. Her name
was Rosa Park, the middle name because it is said that she was the first white
child to be born inside the Yellowstone Park boundary. They ran the hotel for five
years, then sold it and built a home on the upper Madison River, the site of which
is now under Hebgen Lake.
The Story of
Sarah Ann Romrell
and
George Washington Marshall
Sarah Ann Romrell was born in St.
Louis Missouri, July 1, 1959, to
George Romrell and Mary Ann
Porter. George would soon head
farther west to Ogden, Utah, where
his father and mother had settled a
few years earlier.
Two more sons were born to Sarah and George. Walter was born in October 1884,
and Frank R. in August 1888. Walter was born in Virginia City and Frank in
Menard, Montana. George Marshall was badly injured by a runaway team of
horses and so they moved to Bozeman where Lucinda and Belle were attending
Bozeman College. Sarah worked as a nurse in the Headwaters area for several
years. They built a home in Belgrade. She and her husband often stayed with her
daughter, Lucinda who lived in Three Forks with her husband, Antrim Barnes.
(This would have been 1911 when they live in Three Forks).
Sarah’s mother refused to go with
George to Utah. After some years, Sarah came to Ogden
and lived with her father and step-mother, Patience for several years.
George raised a large elk herd their land, which was actually between Belgrade
and Three Forks. People in the area called him “Elk” as a nickname. In 1893,
George and Sarah shipped one of the first herds of Montana elk to be displayed
elsewhere, a herd exhibited at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. He
died in the area of Belgrade and was buried in the Three Forks Cemetery Dec. 16,
1917. Sarah lived in Belgrade for some years after that and died 28 Jan. 1929. The
1920 census shows Sarah living by herself at that time in Belgrade. There is no
headstone for Sarah, just Georges. George Jr. was sick when his mother died, for
he died in March of 1929. There are 4 grave spaces but only two are occupied at
the Three Forks cemetery.
In 1874 Sarah met George Washington Marshall, who was running a business
called the “Junction House” in Ogden. He and Sarah were married Aug. 22, 1874.
George Washington was born in Rock Island, Illinois in 1836. He was about 20
years older than Sarah. They soon headed for Nevada where George found work
as a teamster.
The following year, on June 7, 1875, Belle was born. They lived in Fallon
Nevada, for a time. On Nov. 27, 1876, Lucinda was born in the town of Willow
Creek. Another child, George Washington Marshall Jr. was born while still in
Nevada on 10 Sep. 1878.
Belle, the oldest daughter married Andrew Stangle 1897 and had three children;
Bryan C. Stangle, born in Buhl, Idaho, Frank, born in Belt, Montana, and Marie,
born in Blackfoot, Idaho. The three Marshall sons farmed and ranched in
News of the discovery of gold began to filter down from Montana, so George and
Sarah took their family and headed for Virginia City, Montana. George soon
found work freighting supplies and mail to the mining camps and also to the army
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Montana. George farmed and raised cattle in Horseshoe Hills above Mendon. He
married and had a son named George. In the 1920 census, George is divorced and
taking care of his 7 year old son. Walter farmed near Toston, and Frank was a
cattle dealer in Three Forks before World War I. He often stayed at the home of
his sister, Lucinda. The 1910 census shows him staying with the family. He was
in the Marines and after being discharged became a game warden for Gallatin
County. Two of the six children of Sarah and George Marshall are buried in
Montana, (GW Jr and Frank), except Lucinda died in Pennsylvania, Belle and
Walter died in Nevada and Rose in California.
Antrim, Lucinda Barnes and family moved to Cleveland, Ohio between 1923 and
1925, where Antrim worked in a bank there. When they returned to Three Forks,
he worked again as a railroad engineer and also sold real estate and insurance. He
liked to fish in the Madison River. Lucinda was a matron of the Eastern Star, a
Camp Fire leader, and a member of the Women’s Club which started the Library
in Three Forks. She died in June 13, 1944 at her daughters home in Pennsylvania,
and is buried in the Rogerville, Green County, Pennsylvania cemetery. Antrim
died after a lingering illness, on Dec. 19, 1952, and is buried in Bozeman,
Montana.
Lucinda, the second daughter, loved to draw. As a little girl, Lucinda was always
busy drawing. She was overjoyed when one of the hotel guests sent her crayons,
paper, and watercolors.
Lucinda and Antrim had two children, Antrim Barnes Jr. and Lucy Marshall
Barnes. She was born Aug. 17, 1907 in Lewiston, and Antrim April 29, 1909.
Antrim lived most of his life around the Headwaters area. He received his BA in
Education at Dillion and his Master’s from Montana State University in Missoula.
He married Sigrid Bortvedt on 17 Dec. 1941. They had two children, Patricia
Barney and Charles Marshall Barnes. Antrim Jr. was a teacher most of his life. He
taught school at West Yellowstone, and later in Wilsall Montana where he met his
wife. He also ran a tackle shop and guide service in the Yellowstone area for 36
years, which he and his wife did during the summer months. He eventually sold
his shop and moved to Helena, Montana, where continued guiding fishermen and
began writing articles for fishing magazines and his semi-autobiographical book,
Ribbons of Blue. Antrim Jr. died at the age of 88 years old, 22 Aug. 1997, in
Lewis and Clark County.
Along with her drawing, as she grew older, she and her older sister, Belle, worked
at the hotel. Lucinda worked as a cook at the Canyon Hotel, and during the winter
when the Old Faithful Hotel built she was one of the cooks. In the spring, each
carpenter gave her $1.00 to help with her art education.
Lucinda went to Bozeman College and later went to the Art Institute of Chicago.
When she returned she gave art lessons. She painted several pictures that are now
hanging in the Headwaters Museum and the Masonic Lodge.
Antrim Earl Barnes was born in 1874. He married Lucinda on Nov. 8, 1906. They
settled in Livingston, Lewistown and then in Three Forks. In the spring of 1911
Lucinda’s parents also came to Three Forks and stayed with them for a time. They
became well-known and respected citizens of the county. They were Masons and
were active in that organization. Antrim served on the school board when the only
building was a white frame one east of town. They were both active in the
Presbyterian Church. He was an elder and she was in the Sunday School and
Ladies Aid. She was active in many community activities.
Lucy Marshall Barnes lived in Three Forks until she finished her Sophomore year
in high school. She went with her family, Lucinda and Antrim, to Cleveland,
Ohio, where Antrim worked at Cooperative Bank of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. This was from 1923-5. When the family moved back to
Three Forks, Lucy stayed in Ohio, and would visit for summer vacations.
Lucy married Edward S. Lemmon of Pennsylvania on 18 June, 1931. They settled
in the Cleveland area for a time and had two daughters, Sarah Ann (Magnotti) and
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Kay Schultz. During World War II Lucy taught home nursing classes for the
American Red Cross and was a school nurse in Waynesburg, Pa. She was a
member of the First Presbyterian Church. Lucy died April 13, 1998, and is buried
next to her mother and husband, Edward died in 1972. She had two children, 5
grandchildren, and 10 great-grand children.
Family
Of
George Washington Marshall and Sarah Ann Romrell
Generation 1: Parents of GW Marshall
Lucy Marshall Barnes describes the Three Forks area: “In the very early days a
swamp extended just south of Hickory Street from almost the Northern Pacific
tracks to the Milwaukee right of way. This was a grand place to wade, catch
tadpoles, and pick wild iris.
Stephen Marshall
B
1802
D
9-18-1845
M
9-1-1828
NH
Indiana
Bradford, Merrimack, NH
Lucinda Cressy
B
12-21-1809
Bradford, Merrimack, NH
D
10-21-1891
Henry County, IL
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2-20-1851 Abisha Washburn, Henry County, IL
After rain, there was a white crust of alkali on the roads. After the draining ditch
was dug along the Northern Pacific tracks, the alkali gradually disappeared; along
with water in basements and the swarms of mosquitoes. Some folks had screenedin-porches but others built smudges in their front yards if they wanted to sit out in
the evenings. There were few trees, and lawns were non-extinct. Many people
kept chickens; a few kept cows and sold milk; and of course, there were horses
and livery stables — Three Forks was a wonderful place. Our father often told us
that, ‘This was God’s Country.”
Children of Stephen and Lucinda:
1. Lucy Jane Marshall
Independence, OR
2. Edwin C Marshall
in Canada
3. William Randall Marshall
Henry County, IL
4. George Washington Marshall
County IL
5. Sarah Louisa Marshall
IL
6. Isabelle H Marshall
Polk, OR
7. Sarah Louisa Marshall (2)
IL
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Children of Lucinda and Abisha
1. Benjamin Franklin Washburn
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B 10-20-1832
NH D 2-25-86
B 1-8-1833
NH D aft 1917, prob.
B 4-19-1835
Ohio D 12-4-1857,
B 3-24-1838
Rock Island or Henry
B 2-26-1840
IL
D 7-28-1841
B 2-26-1842
IL
D 8-27-1925
B 2-23-1845
IL
D 10-14-1845
B 2-28-1853
IL
3. George W. Marshall
4. Rose Park Marshall
WY
5. Walter Marshall
6. Frank Rumrell Marshall
Generation 1: Parents of Sarah Ann Romrell
George Romrell
B St. John, Jersey Channel Islands, England, 10/14/1832
D Bingham’s Forta, Ogden Utah 1875
B 9-10-1878
B 1-31-1881
Willow Creek, NV
Yellowstone Park,
B 10-17-1884
B 8-29-1886
Virginia City, MT(?)
Menard, MT
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Mary Ann Porter
B Bradfordshire, England c. 1830
Died or disappeared c. 1861 (during Civil War)
M St Louis, MO, approx 1851
Compiled by Isabell Olseson Stringham, edited and modified by Lee T. Romrell
Information gathered from the following sources:
U.S. Census, 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920.
Generation 2: George & Sarah
Ancestry.com for cemetery lists
George Washington Marshall
B 3-24-1838
Rock Island County, IL
D 12-16-1917
Three Forks, Gallatin, Montana
M 8-25-1874
Ogden, Weber, Utah
Sarah Ann Romrell
B 6-7-1857
St Louis, Missouri
D 1-29-1929
Belgrade, Gallatin, Montana
Family records of George Romrell
History of Antrim Earl and Lucinda Barnes taken from Headwaters Heritage
History, p. 403-404, in possession of Isabell Stringham and Kaye Schultz
Autobiography of Lucy Marshall Barnes Lemmon
History of Montana “It’s Story and Biography” Vol. II p. 98
Children of George and Sarah Ann
1. Belle Marshall
2. Lucinda Marshall
B 6-7-1875
B 11-27-1876
Correspondence in possession of Isabell Stringham
Reno, NV
Willow Creek, NV
Montana, Magazine of Western History, Aut. 1980, “The Marshall Hotel”
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