She became involved in charitable activities in Washington, D.C. and spent time working at the Diet Kitchen Welfare Center providing free meals to impoverished children. In 1917, she became acquainted with a mother of newborn twins, one of whom was chronically ill. The child's parents were unable to get adequate treatment for their son's condition. Lois Marshall formed a close bond with the baby, who was named Clarence Ignatius Morrison, and offered to take him and help him find treatment.[2][3]
The Marshalls had been unable to have children, but they never officially adopted Morrison because they believed that to go through the procedure while his parents were still alive would appear unusual to the public. They instead made a special arrangement with his parents. Morrison lived with the Marshalls for the rest of his life. In correspondence they referred to him as Morrison Marshall, but in person they called him Izzy. Lois took him to see many doctors and spent all her available time trying to nurse him back to health, but his condition worsened and he died in February 1920, just before his fourth birthday.[4]
After her husband died in 1925, Lois moved to Phoenix, Arizona and lived on her husband's pension and the sales of his memoirs. She died at her Phoenix home on January 6, 1958, at age 84.[1] She was interred next to her husband in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana.[5]
lois, irene, marshall, lois, irene, kimsey, marshall, born, lois, irene, kimsey, 1873, january, 1958, wife, thomas, marshall, 28th, vice, president, united, states, during, husband, tenure, held, unofficial, position, second, lady, united, states, from, 1913, . Lois Irene Kimsey Marshall born Lois Irene Kimsey May 9 1873 January 6 1958 was the wife of Thomas R Marshall the 28th vice president of the United States During her husband s tenure she held the unofficial position of the second Lady of the United States from 1913 to 1921 She served also as first lady of Indiana during her husband s Governorship 1909 1913 Lois Irene MarshallSecond Lady of the United StatesIn role March 4 1913 March 4 1921Vice PresidentThomas R MarshallPreceded byCarrie Sherman 1912 Succeeded byGrace CoolidgeFirst Lady of IndianaIn office January 11 1909 January 13 1913GovernorThomas R MarshallPreceded byEva HanlySucceeded byJennie RalstonPersonal detailsBornLois Irene Kimsey 1873 05 09 May 9 1873Angola Indiana U S DiedJanuary 6 1958 1958 01 06 aged 84 Phoenix Arizona U S Resting placeCrown Hill CemeterySpouseThomas Marshall 1895 1925 Children1 foster son Izzy Biography EditLois Kimsey was the daughter of William Edward Kimsey and Elizabeth Dale Lois married Thomas Marshall 19 years her senior on October 2 1895 1 Lois Irene Marshall with her husband Thomas R Marshall in Washington D C She became involved in charitable activities in Washington D C and spent time working at the Diet Kitchen Welfare Center providing free meals to impoverished children In 1917 she became acquainted with a mother of newborn twins one of whom was chronically ill The child s parents were unable to get adequate treatment for their son s condition Lois Marshall formed a close bond with the baby who was named Clarence Ignatius Morrison and offered to take him and help him find treatment 2 3 The Marshalls had been unable to have children but they never officially adopted Morrison because they believed that to go through the procedure while his parents were still alive would appear unusual to the public They instead made a special arrangement with his parents Morrison lived with the Marshalls for the rest of his life In correspondence they referred to him as Morrison Marshall but in person they called him Izzy Lois took him to see many doctors and spent all her available time trying to nurse him back to health but his condition worsened and he died in February 1920 just before his fourth birthday 4 After her husband died in 1925 Lois moved to Phoenix Arizona and lived on her husband s pension and the sales of his memoirs She died at her Phoenix home on January 6 1958 at age 84 1 She was interred next to her husband in Crown Hill Cemetery Indianapolis Indiana 5 References Edit a b Our Campaigns Candidate Lois Irene Kimsey Marshall www ourcampaigns com Retrieved 2020 04 21 Adopted Child of Vice President Dead The Evening Star February 26 1920 Retrieved 17 February 2021 Thomas R Marshall Articles North Manchester Historical Society Retrieved 17 February 2021 Adopted Son of Marshalls is Dead Death CertificateExternal links Edit Biography portalLois Irene Marshall at Find a GraveHonorary titlesVacantTitle last held byCarrie Sherman Second Lady of the United States1913 1921 Succeeded byGrace CoolidgeVacantTitle last held byEva Hanly First Lady of Indiana1909 1913 Succeeded byJennie Ralston Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lois Irene Marshall amp oldid 1131176486, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
