Husband: John S. MARCHANT
Birthdate: August 17, 1833
Birthplace: Telfair County, Georgia
Death date: December 21, 1911
Place of death: Tift County, Georgia
Burial: Old Shiloh Cemetery
Father: Joseph A. MARCHANT
Mother: Mary HOWARD
Other spouses:

Marriage date: June 14, 1860
Marriage place: Worth County, Georgia

Wife: Eliza Elizabeth SUMNER
Birthdate: March 27, 1842
Birthplace: Irwin County, Georgia
Death date: August 4, 1918
Place of death: Tift County, Georgia
Burial: Old Shiloh Cemetery
Father: Jesse Charles SUMNER
Mother: Serena Lavina YATES
Other spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Martha Vann MARCHANT
Sex: F
Birthdate: September 1, 1861
Birthplace: Berrien County, Georgia
Death date: April 1, 1939
Place of death: Tift County, Georgia
Burial: Old Shiloh Cemetery
Marriage date: June 1, 1882
Marriage place: Berrien County, Georgia
Spouses' names: Lorenzo W. EVANS

Child No. 2: John Austin MARCHANT
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 6, 1863
Birthplace: Berrien County, Georgia
Death date: October 28, 1948
Place of death: Tift County, Gerogia
Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery
Marriage date: 1890
Marriage place: Tift County, Georgia
Spouses' names: Laura Elizabeth LAMP

Child No. 3: Mary Eliafair MARCHANT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1865
Birthplace: Berrien County, Georgia
Death date: 1918
Place of death: Berrien County, Georgia
Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery
Marriage date: February 22, 1883
Marriage place: Berrien County, Georgia
Spouses' names: John H. BROWNING

Child No. 4: Jane Ellen MARCHANT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1865
Birthplace: Berrien County, Georgia
Death date: 1950
Place of death: Tift County, Georgia
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: Second Husband-Raymond PRESCOTT

Child No. 5: Joseph MARCHANT
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1868
Birthplace: Berrien County, Georgia
Death date: October 1933
Place of death: Tift County, Georgia
Marriage date: unknown
Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: Stella McLEOD

Child No. 6: Matilda MARCHANT
Sex: F
Birthdate: July 1870
Birthplace: Berrien County, Georgia
Death date: April 14, 1939
Place of death: Tift County, Georgia
Burial: Old Shiloh Cemetery
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: William H. YOUNG

Child No. 7: Laney MARCHANT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1875
Birthplace: Berrien County, Georgia
Death date: after 1920
Place of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: about 1898
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: John W. WALKER

Child No. 8: Isaac Willis MARCHANT
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 30, 1874
Birthplace: Berrien County, Georgia
Death date: April 7, 1957
Place of death: unknown
Burial: Tifton, Georgia
Marriage date: 1900
Marriage place: Colquitt County, Georgia
Spouses' names: Arzorah Gertrude TAYLOR

Child No. 9: Reason MARCHANT
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 26, 1876
Birthplace: Berrien County, Georgia
Death date: July 19, 1962
Place of death: Orlando, Florida
Burial: Lelia Methodist Church Cemetery
Marriage date: July 7, 1901
Marriage place: unknown
Spouses' names: Emma Lou PAUL

Child No. 10: Elizabeth E. MARCHANT
Sex: F
Birthdate: August 2, 1878
Birthplace: Berrien County, Georgia
Death date: May 15, 1967
Place of death: unknown
Burial: unknown
Marriage date: October 4, 1896
Marriage place: Berrien County, Georgia
Spouses' names: Joe Forrest JOHNSON

Child No. 11: James Earl MARCHANT
Sex: M
Birthdate: December 7, 1881
Birthplace: Georgia-probably Berrien County
Death date: January 6, 1966
Place of death: Tift County, Georgia
Burial: Oak Ridge Cemetery
Marriage date: December 9, 1900
Marriage place: Worth County, Georgia
Spouses' names: Ethel L. WATKINS
 
 
Documentation:
1. Old Shiloh Cemetery Photos;
2. Leila Methodist Cemetery Photos;
3. Oak Ridge Cemetery Photos;
4. SS Death Index;
5. Georgia Marriage Records;
6. Personal knowledge of sons and daughters of living children of Reason and Emma Marchant;
* Berrien, Irwin, Worth, Tift County, Georgia Census Records.