2nd great-granduncle of Ginger Bish

Private      Co. A      14th MI Infantry

Dates of Service:  4 Oct 1864 - 2 Aug 1865

His parents were Joseph Heydenberk/Heydenberg and second wife, Elizabeth Plass. He was born 23 May 1836 in NY. He first married Marie Perry b. 1840 NY. They had one son, Franklin b. 1858 MI. I believe his wife Marie and child Franklin died as in the following census he is married to Laura. Her maiden name is unknown but she apparently would have had a "first" married name of Worden as there is a stepson of that last name in the household. By 1890 Marquis is in the soldier's home in Grand Rapids and listed as a "Widower."  

I have some lines with some tragic stories, but this is about the saddest. Out of seven known children of Joseph and my Grandmother Elizabeth, Marquis was the only one to survive to a reasonable age: The only to outlive his parents. My Grandmother Sarah died giving birth to her first and only child when she was 25. Out of the fourteen known of Joseph and first wife Lydia and second wife Elizabeth only Marquis and William survived.

GRAVESITE: Grand Rapids Home for Veterans, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Written by Ginger Bish, January 2009

Updated by Susan Norder, March 2020