Harriet McClintock Marshall

Harriet McClintock Marshall (August 14, 1840–July 25, 1925) was a conductor on the Underground Railroad[1] whose home in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania served as a stop or safe house for the clandestine network, along with the Wesley Union African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (AME Zion Church) and other homes in the city.

Her husband Elisha Marshall, a formerly enslaved man and veteran of the American Civil War, was also active in helping people reach freedom, often providing transportation.

They also collaborated on the creation of a monument to the United States Colored Troops, which is located in Lincoln Cemetery in Harrisburg, where she and her husband were later interred.

[8] Marshall was a member of the Wesley Union African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church,[1] which was a station that offered shelter, food, and clothing to people escaping slavery.

Their house at Calder and Front streets was used as a stopping place during the transport process; while waiting there, the newly freed individuals were able to rest and receive food and other forms of assistance.

[5] During the American Civil War, Elisha Marshall enrolled with the Union Army as a member of the 24th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.

[13][15] A monument to African American Civil War veterans that Marshall and her husband helped plan and build was later erected in the Lincoln Cemetery in Harrisburg.