[citation needed] Marston was born to a Jewish family in Hammerstadt, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (now Vlastějovice in the Czech Republic).
[1] Naturalized in Chicago, he lived mainly in New York City.
[3] His first wife was actress Lillian Lewis, who he married in 1888.
[5] With her, he had his only daughter, Anna Lawrence Marston, who was baptized Catholic at age 12.
[7] His ashes were interred into the mausoleum of Ferncliff Cemetery.