BAY COUNTY 
Memorial Report by W. R. McCormick

Theresa Rivard Marsac was born at Grosse Pointe, above Detroit, July 22, 1808, and in 1826 was married to the late Captain Joseph F. Marsac of Hamtramck, by whom she had six children, viz: Charles Octavius, Mrs. Leon Trombly, Mrs. Wm. H. Southworth, Mrs. Thomas J. McClennen, and Mrs. George Robinson, all of whom now live in Bay City.

Mrs. Marsac was a remarkable woman for the times in which she lived, and no woman was more dearly loved by the early settlers; for her motherly kindness encircled them all.

Her house was a resort for the poor and afflicted; her chief aim was to alleviate the sufferings of others. None knew her but to love her. She died at the old homestead in South Bay City, August 9, 1881, deeply mourned by all the pioneers, and through her death earth lost a noble woman – heaven gained a saint. Her memory will be sacredly treasured in the annals of the Saginaw valley pioneer life. Columns might be written about this excellent woman, recounting her many acts of self-sacrificing devotion to her fellow beings, but space will not permit.


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