Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Andrew Marquis, Sr. and Lydia Moorhead




Husband Andrew Marquis, Sr. 1 2

           Born: 17 Nov 1789 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jan 1866 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel Marquis, Sr. (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Rachel Touchton (      -1795) 1


       Marriage: 9 Nov 1813 1



Wife Lydia Moorhead 1 2 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Jun 1872 1
         Buried: 


         Father: William Morehead (      -1819) 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Barnett (1748-1832) 6 7 8




Children
1 F Rachel Marquis 1

           Born: 2 Aug 1814 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Apr 1870 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: B. T. Harris (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 13 Jul 1835 1


2 M William Marquis 9

           Born: 17 Nov 1815 - Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Eleanor Neal (      -1858) 1
           Marr: 20 Aug 1839 1
         Spouse: Lorena Cotton (1832-      ) 9
           Marr: 14 Dec 1858 9


3 M Samuel F. Marquis 1

           Born: 2 Sep 1817 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jan 1843 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 M John Marquis 1

           Born: 2 May 1819 - Mercer (later Lawrence) Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lucretia Tylee (1822-1855) 10
           Marr: 19 Jan 1841 10
         Spouse: Rebecca D. Wilson (1824-1864) 10
           Marr: 5 Mar 1857 10
         Spouse: Maggie E. Gillam (Abt 1839-1872) 10
           Marr: 7 Mar 1865 10


5 F Elizabeth Marquis 1

           Born: 27 Dec 1822 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: David B. Moore (1814-      ) 1
           Marr: 22 Mar 1842 1


6 M Robert Marquis 1

           Born: 7 Oct 1825 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jul 1833 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


7 F Sarah Marquis 1

           Born: 22 Jul 1827 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Jun 1848 1
         Buried: 



8 M James Marquis 1

           Born: 2 May 1829 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Dec 1836 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


9 M Andrew Marquis, Jr. 1

           Born: 22 Dec 1831 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Dec 1864 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sophronia Dickey (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 18 Feb 1859 1


10 M Rev. David C. Marquis, D.D. 1 2 11

           Born: 10 Nov 1834 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Anna Margaret Kennedy (1835-      ) 1 11
           Marr: 8 Oct 1863 1



General Notes: Husband - Andrew Marquis, Sr.


He came with his father's family to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, about 1810.
He was a carpenter. He was a man of strict integrity, and of great energy and thoroughness. He possessed great physical strength, and weighed upwards of two hundred pounds. Quite late in life, he united with the Neshannock Presbyterian Church, though, for years previous to this, he maintained regular family devotion.


General Notes: Wife - Lydia Moorhead

from Westmoreland Co, PA

For many years previous to her decease, she was severely afflicted with asthma.

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Sources


1 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 182.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 66.

3 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 176, 182.

4 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 111.

5 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 741.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 63.

7 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 29.

8 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 111, 123.

9 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 181.

10 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 183.

11 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 1058.


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