33. MINERVA3 VANDRUFF (HENRY², HENRY¹) was born Abt. 1843 in Greene County, Pennsylvania³³⁷, and died Abt. January 1905 in Unknown³³⁸. She married LUCIUS ALEXANDER MARCHAND Abt. 1865 in Greenfield, Pennsylvania³³⁹. He was born October 15, 1838 in Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania³⁴⁰, and died November 02, 1919 in California, Fayette, Pennsylvania³⁴¹.

More About MINERVA VANDRUFF:
Burial: January 13, 1905, Highland Cemetery, California, PA, Lot # 32, burial # 1371³⁴¹

Notes for LUCIUS ALEXANDER MARCHAND:
Extraction from the 1880 Federal Census
Online at www.familysearch.com
Jefferson, Fayette, Pennsylvania
Lucius A. MARCHANT, age 41, b. PA, f. b. PA, m. b. PA
Manerva MARCHANT, age 38, b. PA, f. b. PA, m. b. PA
Louis K. MARCHANT, age 11, b. PA, f. b. PA, m. b. PA
Samuel D. MARCHANT, age 9, b. PA, f. b. PA, m. b. PA
Marion C. MARCHANT, age 6, b. PA, f. b. PA, m. b. PA
Gertrude MARCHANT, age 1, b. PA, f. b. PA, m. b. PA
(2/4/2003)

Transcription of
Biographical sketch
from Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia
of Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Chicago
1889
Lucius A. Marchand, an estimable citizen of Jefferson township and the founder of the village of Marchand, is a son of Dr. Louis and Sarah (Sackett) Marchand, and was born at Uniontown, Fayette county, Pa., October 5, 1838.
Dr. David Marchand, with his father, David Marchand, came to Hagerstown, Md., from the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Dr. David Marchand was a fine physician of extended practice in Westmoreland and adjoining counties. He died July 22, 1809, in the sixty-fourth year of his age.
His children were Catherine, Elizabeth, Susanna, Judith, Dr. Daniel (a physician of Uniontown), Esther. Dr. David, Jr., settled in Westmoreland county, was twice elected to congress, was a successful physician, a man of spotless reputation, and his seven sons were all professional men.
Dr. Louis was born June 23, 1782. Dr. Louis Marchand read medicine with his father, and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1809, practiced medicine at the Marchand homestead farm for a few years and upon the death of his brother, Dr. Daniel, located at Uniontown, where he successfully practiced his profession until 1849. His death occurred January 11, 1857. He was a man in the truest sense of the word. His character was above suspicion and none knew him but to praise him for his skill as a physician and his blameless life as a man and citizen. In about 1823 he was married to Miss Sarah, daughter of Dr. Samuel Sackett, a surgeon in the Revolutionary War and a native of Connecticut. Dr. Sackett practiced his profession at Uniontown and on Georges Creek from September, 1781 to 1833, when he died. Mrs. Marchand died November 8, 1870, at the age of 73 years and left six children: Elizabeth, wife of A. J. Miller; Dr. Samuel S., a captain in the late war and died in Libby prison in 1863; Mary, wife of Thomas W. Lilly; Lucius A. and Catherine B., wife of E. W. Lilly. After four years of age, Lucius A. Marchand was reared on a farm and educated in the common and California schools.
He chose farming for a life pursuit and has been a successful farmer up to the present time.
In 1866 he married Miss Minerva, daughter of Henry Van Druff, a prominent farmer and stock-dealer of Greene county, Pa. They have four children; Lewis K., Samuel V., Marion C. and Gertrude E.
Lucius A. Marchand owns the homestead farm of 130 acres (originally 400 acres) five miles below Brownsville.
In 1873 he laid on this land the present thriving village of Marchand, containing fifty voters. Marchand is on the line of a projected railroad, opposite Coal Center on the P.V. & C.R.R., and is a favorable site for coke works. L. A. Marchand is a republican and school director. He is an enterprising farmer and a useful member of the Christian Brethren church at Coal Center.
(9/28/94)

Transcription of References from
Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and
Historical Reference Book of
Fayette County, Pennsylvania
S.B. Nelson, Publisher
Uniontown, PA
1900
(From section entitled "Villages" p. 405-06)
Marchand, the largest town lying along the river front, was named in honor of Dr. Louis Marchand, famed in the medical history of the township. It is situated on a peninsula formed by a bend of the river. The town was laid out in September, 1873, by L. A. Marchand, and is situated on his lands and those of the Minerva Land
Improvement Company. It contains about forty houses, one large store, and an adequate school building of two rooms. Coal Center is its Post Office; it is across the river and in Washington county. The present population is estimated at two hundred.
(4/11/95)

More About LUCIUS ALEXANDER MARCHAND:
Biographical sketch: On file 9/28/1994³⁴²
Burial: November 1919, Highland Cemetery, California, PA, lot #31³⁴³
Fact 1: Founder of the Village of Marchand, PA³⁴⁴
Member: Christian Brethren Church, Coal Center, PA³⁴⁴
Occupation: Farmer³⁴⁴
Served: School Director, Fayette County, PA³⁴⁴

Children of MINERVA VANDRUFF and LUCIUS MARCHAND are:


More About LOUIS KEMMER MARCHAND:
Burial: Unknown, Unknown

Notes for GERTRUDE ETHEL MARCHAND:
Transcription of listing
From the DAR Index
Vol.153, page 253
MRS. GERTRUDE ETHEL MARCHAND SICKLES Member # 152749.
Born in Jefferson Township, Pa.
Wife of C. E. Sickles
Descendant of Capt. David Marchand, as follows:
1. Lucius A. Marchand (1838-1910) m. 1866 Minerva Van Druff (1843-1905).
2. Louis Marchand (1782-1857) m. 1823 Sarah Sackett (1792-1870).
3. David Marchand m. 2d 1766 Elizabeth Kaemerer (1744-1817).
David Marchand (1745-1809) commanded the 3d company in the 2d battalion, Westmoreland County,
Pennsylvania militia, under Col. John Perry. He was born in Germany; died in Westmoreland County, Pa.
Also No. 151536.
(3/11/95)

More About GERTRUDE ETHEL MARCHAND:
Burial: Unknown, Unknown
DAR/SAR Ancestor: David Marchand³⁴⁷
Fact 1: DAR Application 152794 on file (dated 2/5/1920)
Member: DAR, Member # 152794³⁴⁷
More About CLYDE E. SICKELS:
Burial: Unknown, Unknown