Surnames: Marchand, Sackett, Miller, Lilly, Ward, Van Druff
Lucius A Marchand, an estimable citizen of Jefferson township and the founder of the village of Marchand, is a son of Dr Louis Marchand and Sarah Sackett Marchand, and was born at Uniontown, Fayette county, Penna, October 5, 1838.Dr David Marchand, with his father David Marchand, came to Hagerstown, Maryland, 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 Marchand; Elizabeth Marchand; Susanna Marchand; Judith Marchand; Dr Daniel Marchand, a physician of Uniontown; Esther Marchand.
Dr David Marchand 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 Marchand 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 Marchand, 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 Sackett, daughter of Dr Samuel Sackett, a surgeon in the Revolutonary War and a native of Connecticutt. 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 Marchand, wife of A J Miller; Dr Samuel S Marchand, a captain in the late war and died in Libby prison in 1863; Mary Marchand, wife of Thomas W Lilly; Frances C Marchand, wife of J W Ward; Lucius A Marchand; and Catherine B Marchand, 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 Van Druff, daughter of Henry Van Druff, a prominent farmer and stock dealer of Greene county, Penna. They have four children: Lewis K Marchand; Samuel V Marchand; Marion C Marchand; and Gertrude E Marchand.
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 a 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.