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Latest Update: 03 January 2009
To the best of my knowledge at present,
four descendants of Catharina Truby
Rohrer Marshall
have died in combat or as a prisoner
of war.
This page is dedicated to their memory.
If you're aware of others, please contact me so that we can honor them, also. Click here to email me.
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| Statue of a young Union Soldier, near the grave of Henry Marks Marshall, Andersonville, Georgia |
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Henry Marks Marshall
1840-1864
Henry Marshall was a grandson of John Marshall (1761-1806) and Catharina Truby
Rohrer Marshall (1763/64-1806).
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Henry died a prisoner of war at Andersonville Confederate Prison.
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| Awaiting a photograph of Henry Marks Marshall |
Click here for a possible photograph of Henry M. Marshall
Henry Marks Marshall was the son of John Marshall (1803-1889)
and Charlotte Kelker (1800-1854). He was born 02 April 1840 in Lawrenceburg (later
Parker
City), Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. When he was 21 years old, he
enlisted as a private in the Union Army--the 78th Regiment oif the Pennsylvania Infantry, Company E. It is remembered
as The Gallant 78th. Marshall was captured by the Confederates at Lookout Valley, Tennessee, twenty-five months
later, in September 1863. By the next June, he was dead at Andersonville. Click on the link below for more about
our herioc and unfortunate Civil War family member.
[Site
still under construction!]
From Henry's
nephew, John Leathers Marshall, written about 1924:
“On
a sadder note, my father's younger brother served in the war, was captured and died of starvation in Andersonville
prison. His family and friends sent him boxes of food and clothing which he never received. One of his comrades who saw him the day before he died went back the next day only to find that he had
been carried out by the rebels to his last resting place which was no grave but only a few leaves and brush to cover his remains.”
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| Gravestone for Henry M. Marshall, Andersonville National Cemetery |
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| Ted Marshall and his son Spencer at the Henry Marshall grave, March 2008 |
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| From the Family Bible of Henry's parents, John and Charlotte Marshall |
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| Armstrong County's Memorial to its War Dead, near the courthouse in Kittanning |
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| Henry Marshall remembered, thanks to his great-grandnephew, Percy J. Marshall of Kittanning |
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| Click on all these images to enlarge them. |
Henry's Marshall Lineage
Henry Marks Marshall (1840-1864)
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John Marshall (1803-1889)
Charlotte Kelker (1800-1854)
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John Marshall (1761-1806)
Catharina Truby Rohrer (1764-1806)
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Oliver Gilpin McConnell
Remembered as Gilpin
1898-1918
Gilpin McConnell was a great-great grandson of Frederick
Rohrer, Jr. (1767-1794) and Catharina Truby Rohrer Marshall (1763-1806)
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Gilpin died in battle in France on 24 August 1918--the first soldier
from Armstrong County to die in the war. He is buried in France, with a memorial stone placed in the McConnell
Family Plot in the Kittanning Cemetery.
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| Awaiting a photograph of Gilpin McConnell |
[. . . more soon . . .]
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| The Memorial Stone for Gilpin McConnell in the Kittanning Cemetery |
Gilpin's Rohrer/Robinson Lineage
Oliver Gilpin McConnell (1898-1918)
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Thomas McConnell (1843-1916)
Susunna Fiedler (1861-1956)
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Thomas McConnell (1813-1888)
Olive Robinson (1822-1849)
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Elisha Robinson (1791-1874)
Elisabeth "Betsy" Rohrer (1792-1881)
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Frederick Rohrer, Jr. (1767-1794)
Catharina Truby Rohrer Marshall (1764-1806)
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The Gallant Pennsylvania 78th -- Henry Marshall's Civil War Regiment
Andersonville Civil War Prison
The Andersonville National Historic Site, National Park Service Webpage
The Capture of Morotai -- The Battle in which Jack Marshall Died
The Oisne-Aisne American Cemetery in France
The National World War II Memorial, National Park Service Webpage
The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Wall Page
The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, National Park Service Webpage
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Jack LeMoyne Marshall
1921-1944
Jack Marshall was a third great-grandson of John Marshall (1761-1806) and Catharina
Truby Rohrer Marshall (1763/64-1806).
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Jack died in battle in the Pacific, on Morotai Island, 22 September 1944.
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| PFC Jack Marshall, from the 1947 Yearbook of Washington and Jefferson College |
We're awaiting a better photograph of Jack
Marshall--do you have one to share?
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| Another photo of Jack as a boy |
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| An artist in the making? A childhood sketch kept by Jack's mother |
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| Jack's Grave, beside his Parents in the Clarion Cemetery, Clarion, Pennsylvania |
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| At the World War II Memorial, Washington, D. C. |
Jack Marshall at Washington and Jefferson
College
Washington, Pennsylvania
Freshman Class, 1940-1941
Jack was a freshman at W & J in the fall of 1940. For
reasons not remembered by family members, he transfered to the University of Alabama the next year. From there, he left
for the Army as the war intensified. His home was in Mt. Lebanon, a southern suburb of Pittsburgh. Washington
and Jefferson was an easy drive, just a few miles south, on Route 19.
Sincere thanks to the staff of the Washington and Jefferson
College Archives for helping locate these important records and photos.
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Click on the photos below to enlarge them.
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| Washington and Jefferson College--a portion of the Freshman Class, 1940-41; see closeup for Jack |
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| Cose-up of Jack Marshall--in the photo above, he is fourth from the right, front row |
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| Jack, center top, as part of the freshman football squad |
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| Jack's Home in Mt. Lebanon, south of Pittsburgh -- 2008 View |
Memorial Added by Dr. Sandra Marshall Clark, Jack's Cousin
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Services Planned For War Victim
Memorial
services for Private First Class Jack L. Marshall, 23, of 150 Inglewood drive, Mt. Lebanon, will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday in the Beverly Heights United Presbyterian
Church. Private Marshall died September 22 [1944] of wounds received in action
at Moratai Island, Netherlands East Indies.
The son
of Mr. and Mrs. Cresson Marshall, he was a graduate of Mt. Lebanon
High School and had attended Washington and Jefferson College. He was a student at the University
of Alabama when he was inducted in 1942.
He belonged to Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
Note: undated newspaper clipping; no source
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| Jack Marshall's Pocket Watch |
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Jack's
pocket watch was given by his mother, Edith Johnston
Marshall, to her grandnephew Jackson M. Marshall (Greensburg, Pennsylvania), who values it highly. Jackson's father,
Lloyd London Marshall, Jr. (1911-1979) and Jack L. Marshall were full cousins.
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Jack's Marshall Lineage
Jack Lamoyne Marshall (1921-1944)
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Cresson LaMoigne Marshall (1896-1979)
Edith Johnston ( ? )
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William Frederick Marshall (1864-1945)
Narcissus "Perk" London (1865-1942)
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William Kelker Marshall (1829-1911)
Anna Mary Rumbarger (1838-1924)
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John Marshall (1803-1889)
Charlotte Kelker (1800-1854)
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John Marshall (1761-1806)
Catharina Truby Rohrer (1764-1806)
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Samuel Lee Anderton
1948-1968
Samuel (Sam) Anderton was a fourth great-grandson of Frederick Rohrer, Jr. (1766/67-1794)
and Catharina Truby Rohrer Marshall (1763/64-1806).
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Sam died in battle at Thua Thien, South Viet Nam, 22 February 1968.
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| Awaiting a photograph of Samuel Lee Anderton |
For notices in "The Derrick" [Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania] concerning the death of Samuel Anderton, click on this
file.
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| Samuel L. Anderton -- The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, Washington, D. C. |
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| Samuel Anderton's name appears in the middle section--Panel 40E, Row 057 |
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| Statue at the Vietnam Memorial |
Sam's Rohrer/Robinson Lineage
Samuel Lee Anderton (1948-1968)
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Walter W. Anderton (1919-2006)
Helen Caroline Robinson (1922-2000)
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Malcolm Truby Robinson (1889-1950)
Patricia Priscilla McClosky (1898-1989)
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Samuel Truby Robinson (1864-1945)
Emma Jane Leonard (1865-1943)
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Elisha Robinson (1832-1912)
Caroline Truby (1837-1916)
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Elisha Robinson (1791-1874)
Elisabeth "Betsy" Rohrer (1792-1881)
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Frederick Rohrer, Jr. (1767-1794)
Catharina Truby Rohrer Marshall (1764-1806)
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PHOTO CREDITS THIS PAGE
The yearbook photos of Jack L. Marshall come from the 1942 Washington and Jefferson
College Pandora.
The photo of Jack as a boy is from the family photograph collection of Jackson M. Marshall
of Greensburg, Pennsylvania; his father and Jack were full cousins.
The newspaper photo of Jack Marshall is from an undated clipping which came from his full
cousin, Fred L. Marshall, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
The picture of Ted and Spencer Marshall at Andersonville comes from Ted Marshall's photos
of their March 2008 visit to the National Cemetery there.
The remaining photos on the page, as well as the scan from the John Marshall Family Bible,
come from Kelly Marshall.
"It is amazing
how much family
is out there!
Who knew?!?"
Cousin Jeff Olson
of the State of Washington
Jeff is a sixth-generation descendant
of John Marshall and
Catharina Truby Rohrer Marshall
ENTIRE SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
(All the Time!)
Photos and Information Placed Online
I make a good effort not to place online any information which easily would
allow someone to contact you or your family members. If I've inadvertently placed such information on our family site
(or a photo of you and/or a family member which you prefer would not appear) just
e-mail me. I'll remove the information and/or the picture right away.
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which
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the
intellectual property of Gordon Kelly Marshall.
Researchers,
family members, libraries,
or
genealogical and/or historical societies are invited to use
the information
freely, for non-commercial purposes only,
with proper
credit to this site.
The website may not be copied or distributed
without express written consent.
Email me at
marshallfamily@zoominternet.net.
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