Family Members in the Military: Those Who Died For Our Country

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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.

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Awaiting a photograph of Gilpin McConnell

[. . . more soon . . .]

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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LINKS
 
 

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 National World War II Memorial, National Park Service Webpage

The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Wall Page

The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, National Park Service Webpage

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 L. Marshall, from a newspaper clipping

We're awaiting a better photograph of Jack Marshall--do you have one to share?

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Jack as a child

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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'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.

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"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

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ENTIRE SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION   
(All the Time!)

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Photos and Information Placed Online