Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Dr. David Marchand and Elizabeth Kemerer




Husband Dr. David Marchand 1 2 3 4 5

           Born: 4 May 1746 - Sonvillier, canton of Berne, Switzerland 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jul 1809 6 7
         Buried:  - Brush Church Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: Dr. David Marchand (1709-1761) 4
         Mother: Judith Marie Jacot (      -Abt 1789) 4


       Marriage: 1766 7



Wife Elizabeth Kemerer 7

            AKA: [Unk] Kemerer,5 [Unk] Kemmerer
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1817 7
         Buried:  - near Adamsburg, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA


         Father: Ludwick Kemerer (      -      ) 7
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Catherine Marchand 1 7

           Born: 8 May 1767 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1836 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: George Shrum (      -      ) 7


2 F Elizabeth Marchand 1 7 8

           Born: 5 Nov 1768 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Oct 1830 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Kuhns (Abt 1761-1823) 8 9
           Marr: 30 Jan 1787 7


3 F Susanna Marchand 1 7

           Born: 13 Oct 1770 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died:  - ? Dayton, OH
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Adam Radebaugh (      -      ) 7


4 F Judith Marchand 1 7

           Born: 12 Jan 1772 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jun 1839 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Henry Loutzenheiser (      -      ) 7


5 M Dr. Daniel Marchand 1 7

           Born: 8 Dec 1773 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Mar 1822 7
         Buried:  - Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA
         Spouse: [Unk] Scott (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 1799 or 1800 7
         Spouse: Jane Irwin (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 1811 7


6 F Esther Marchand 1 7

           Born: 23 Aug 1775 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Dec 1830 7
         Buried:  - Brush Creek Cemetery, near Manor Station, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Christian Brenneman (Abt 1769-      ) 7


7 M Dr. David Marchand 1 6 7

           Born: 10 Dec 1776 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Mar 1832 10
         Buried:  - Old German Cemetery, Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Spouse: Catherine Bonnett (      -      ) 6 10


8 M Dr. Louis Marchand 1 10




            AKA: Dr. Lewis Marchand 11
           Born: 23 Jun 1782 1 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Jan 1857 - ? Jefferson Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 10
         Buried:  - Fayette Co, PA
         Spouse: Sarah Sackett (      -1870) 10 11
           Marr: 1823 10



General Notes: Husband - Dr. David Marchand


He settled on a farm on Big Sewickley creek (Westmoreland County, PA?) and practiced medicine.

In August, 1770, came to Sewickley Settlement, and took up a claim on the Little Sewickley creek, about two miles south of what became Adamsburgh, Hempfield township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Here he erected a substantial double log cabin dwelling, in which was conducted a school for the children of the settlement and which was also used for religious services. He practiced his profession of medicine continuously, and during the Revolutionary war began the erection of a stone hospital, albeit frequently interrupted by Indian raids. The building being stout and with windows heavily grated, was frequently used as a fort or stronghold. The walls were still standing in 1900. It was undoubtedly the first hospital west of the Allegheny mountains, and Dr. Marchand appears to have been the first physician to make a permanent location in the west.

He was a physician of rare ability. He practiced in Westmoreland and adjoining counties, and so great was the number of patients who applied to him at his office that he established a hospital near his home, to which many persons resorted for medical treatment.

Both he and his wife are buried in the cemetery of the Reformed church, near Adamsburg, Pennsylvania.

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Sources


1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 627.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 444, 523.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 126, 702.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 356.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 180.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 126.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 357.

8 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 523.

9 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 822.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 358.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 397.


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