Person:Louis Marchand (19)

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1.   Dr Louis Marchand, in Find A Grave.

   Mon Valley Biographies
   Dr Louis Marchand of Jefferson Twp., Fayette Co.
   From: History of Fayette County, by Franklin Ellis, Philadelphia, L H Everts and Company, 1882, pg 627
   
   Dr Louis Marchand read medicine with his father and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1809. He then located upon the Marchand homestead farm in Jefferson township, Fayette County, Penna, five miles below Brownsville on the Monongahela River where he practiced his profession for a few years. Upon the death of his brother Daniel, he located in Uniontown.
   
   While there he married about 1823 Sarah Sacket, daughter of Dr Samuel Sackett who lived on Georges Creek one mile south of Smithfield. He continued to practice his profession in Uniontown until 1843 when he retired from practice and removed to his farm in Jefferson township where he led a quiet life until his death January 11, 1857. His remains rest in the family graveyard on the farm where he spent his declining years[*]. He was long a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and became a member at the time of its organization in Uniontown. He had the profoundest reverence for God and sacred things and had implicit faith in the atonement of Christ. Many remember him kindly for his valuable services and bless his memory for his disinterested love. He practiced medicine from love of his profession and from a desire to do good to suffering humanity. He was an esteemed citizen and true patriot. "His life was gentle and the elements so mixed in him that nature might stand up and say to all the world, this is a man."
   [*]The remains of those buried in the Marchand Cemetery have been moved.
   
   Family Members
   Parents
   David Marchand
   1746–1809
   Elizabeth Kemerer Marchand
   1744–1817
   
   Spouse
   Sarah Sackett Marchand
   1797–1870
   
   Siblings
   Catherine Marchand Shrum
   Elizabeth Marchand Kuhns
   1768–1830
   Judith Marchand Loutsenhizer
   1770–1829
   Susanna Marchand Rodabaugh
   1770–1844
   Daniel Marchand
   1773–1822
   Esther Marchand Breneman
   1775–1830
   David Marchand
   1776–1832
   
   Children
   Elizabeth Kemerer Marchand Miller
   1825–1848
   Samuel Sackett Marchand
   1825–1863
   Rachel Skiles Marchand Miller
   1827–1858
   Mary Louisa Marchand Lilley
   1833–1874
   Lucius Alexander Marchand
   1838–1919
   Catherine Bonnett Marchand Lilley
   1843–1914

2.   Boucher, John Newton. History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. (New York: Lewis Pub. Co., 1906)
   v.3, pp360-361, 1906.

   The children of Louis and Sarah (Sackett) Marchand, above mentioned as the eighth child of David and Elizabeth (Kemerer) Marchand, are as follows:
   1. Elizabeth Kemerer, born in Uniontown, September 11, 1824, married, November 13, 1845. August I. Miller, issue: Louis S.. born March 16, 1848, married Mary A. Forsythe, November 10, 1870, issue: Laura A. and Frank M. August J. Miller died in the seventh ward of the United States Army Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, August 19, 1863; his wife died March 23, 1848.
   2. Samuel Sackett, born at Uniontown, September 25, 1825, received an academic education, studied medicine with his father, attended the Cleveland Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, and opened an office in Harrison City, Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. In 1850 he removed to Jacksonville and practiced with his cousin, Dr. Benjamin Rush Marchand. One week after President Lincoln’s proclamation calling for 75,000 men was issued, Dr. Marchand was in Harrisburg with men enough for two companies. The one electing him captain was assigned to the Fourteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel Johnston, commanding, Humphrey Carson, a veteran of the Mexican war, first lieutenant, Andrew Bovard, second lieutenant, Company I. This company was mustered out August 6, 1861, without having participated in any battles. Dr. Marchand returned home and resumed practice until one year later, when the call for nine months volunteers was made. Captain Marchand united with Thomas M. Bayne, of Allegheny, in raising a company, of which Bayne was elected captain, and Dr. Marchand first lieutenant, known as Company H, of the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers. The regiment was sent first to the defense of Washington, D. C., at Fort Saratoga, leaving there in September for Sharpsburg, where it was assigned to the Second Brigade, Second Division, First Corps, under General Ricketts. In the battle of Fredericksburg, Captain Marchand was severely wounded and left upon the field. He died from the effects of this wound in Libby prison, Richmond, Virginia, February 18, 1863. After the fall of Richmond his body was removed to the burial plot on the home farm.
   3. Rachel Skiles, born September 29, 1827, died February 25, 1858, and is buried at Long Run cemetery.
   4. Sarah Ann, born June 10, 1829, died December 24, 1832.
   5. Louis, born September 14, 1831, died January 11, 1833.
   6. Mary Louisa, born November 10, 1833, married Thomas W. Lilley, who resides near California, Pennsylvania, October 30, 1861, issue: Ellis and Louisa. Mary Louisa Lilley died August 10, 1874.
   7. Frances Caroline, born December 14, 1835, married John W. Ward and settled on a part of the Marchand farm in Favette county. Issue: Orrin, Sarah Louise, Norval Henry, Lucius Edgar and Samuel Rush.
   8. Lucius Alexander, born October 15, 1838, married, November 1, 1866, Minerva Vandruff, issue: Louis Kemerer, Samuel Vandruff and Marian Chaffan. Lucius A. inherited the mansion and a part of his father’s farm where he continued to reside.
   9. Catherine Bonnett, born September 6, 1843, married. November 1, 1866. Ellis N. Lilley, issue: Lucius Samuel, Sarah Elizabeth, Henrietta Miller and Wilbur. They settled near California, Pennsylvania.