Elisha Marshall

1829–1883 (age 54)

Businessman/Reformer

Biography

Elisha Marshall was a committed businessman and reformer who sought to align commercial success with moral responsibility. He supported initiatives that improved social conditions and worked to ensure that the gains of prosperity were shared among his neighbors.

Marshall’s reform efforts reflected a deep belief in progress tempered by compassion, and he strove to leave the world more just and humane than he found it.