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Hon. Henry Marquand, prosecuting attorney of Osage County, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1837, and is a son of John and Martha (Parker) Marquand. John Marquand was born on the Isle of Guernsey, which is situated in the English Channel, where he was reared and grew to maturity, and then, in company with his brother Charles and three cousins, immigrated to the United States. The two brothers located in Coshocton County, Ohio, where John married and spent the remainder of his life, his death occurring in middle life, about the year 1839. The mother of our subject was a native of Virginia, and removed with her parents, John and Elizabeth Parker, to Coshocton County, Ohio, where she died in 1847. Henry Marquand received his education at the common schools and at West Bedford Academy, after which he engaged in teaching and farming for several years. In 1857 he went to Chamois, Osage County, Mo., where he taught six months, and the following three years was employed as a clerk by Wheeler & Knott. In 1861 he returned to his native county and married Jemima, daughter of Lemuel and Jemima (Turner) Richards, natives of Maryland, who removed to West Bedford, Ohio, where the mother died about 1879; the father died in Osage County, Mo., in 1885. Mrs. Marquand was born in Harrison County, Ohio, in 1840. Two children have blessed this union, Charles R. and Grace E. After his marriage Mr. Marquand clerked one year, and then enlisted in Company F, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he was promoted to corporal and sergeant, and mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, in June, 1865, as quartermaster-sergeant. He participated in the battles of La Vergne, Murfreesboro, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, siege of Knoxville, Kenesaw Mountain, Resaca, Franklin, Nashville and others. Returning to Ohio at the close of the war, he soon afterward removed to Chamois, Osage Co., Mo., and became a member of the mercantile firm of Marquand & Shobe, afterward Knott & Marquand, and later known as Mason & Marquand, until 1869. He then engaged in teaching, and in 1870 was elected county school superintendent. In 1872 he was elected to represent Osage County in the State Legislature, and was the first Republican ever elected in Osage County to the Legislature, and from 1875 to 1878 was a member of the firm of Ramsey & Marquand. In 1879 he was admitted to the Osage County bar, since which time he has devoted his principal attention to the practice of the legal profession, and is one of the leading attorneys of the county. Mr. Marquand was appointed postmaster of Chamois in 1879, in which capacity he served until 1885. Since the organization of the Chamois Mutual Saving Fund, Loan and Building Association, in 1882, he has been secretary. He is a Republican in politics, and is a member of the A. F. & A. M. Mr. and Mrs. Marquand have been members of the Methodist Church for over thirty years, and are well-known and highly respected citizens of Chamois. Mr. Marquand is now serving his third term as prosecuting attorney of the county, having been first elected to that position in 1884, his second re-election occurring in 1888.