Chief Justice John Marshall was injured when a stagecoach he was traveling in overturned in the spring of 1835. He was taken to Philadelphia for treatment, but his health declined rapidly and he died on July 6, 1835, at the age of 79.
The accident may have precipitated his death; however, Marshall was elderly (especially by 19th-century standards) and had been in ill for several years, so the exact cause is unknown.
According to legend, the Philadelphia Liberty Bell cracked when tolling Marshall's death knell, but the Liberty Bell Museum is unable to substantiate this story.
August 10th 1885
She is still alive. Her husband, Thurgood Marshall, died in 1993.
John Sutter died in 1880.
John Winthrop died in 1649 from malaria.
John Henry Nicholson died in 1923.
John Forster - Chief Justice - died in 1720.
John Holt - Lord Chief Justice - died in 1710.
John Popham - Lord Chief Justice - died on 1607-06-10.
James Dowdall - Chief Justice - died in 1584.
James Bruce - Chief Justice - died in 1749.
John Marshall Kernochan died in 2007.
John Augustine Marshall died in 1941.
John Marshall Clemens died in 1847.
John Marshall - priest - died in 1597.
John Marshall - bishop - died in 1496.
John Marshall Stone died in 1900.
John C. Marshall died in 2007.