Notes:

Lois (Arbogast) Slater, Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada, source.

Family/Spouse: Chauncey Brewster Heath. Chauncey was born on 23 Sep 1884 in McDonough County, Illinois; died in Apr 1933 in McDonough County, Illinois; was buried in Apr 1933 in Bushnell, McDonough, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James Kenneth Heath was born on 8 Jan 1913 in Canada; died on 1 Feb 1988 in Good Hope, McDonough, Illinois; was buried on 4 Feb 1988 in Good Hope Cemete, McDonough, Illinois.
2. Living

Notes:

Source is granddaughter, Lois (Arbogast) Slater, Courtenay, British Columbia,
Canada. A brief biography of Charles' life, by his daughter, Louise (Arbogast)
Mc Carthy, was sent to me by Lois, copy in file.

Charles married Eva Maud Hudson. Eva was born on 1 Nov 1866 in Yates City, Knox Co., Il; died on 20 Apr 1939 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source is granddaughter, Lois (Arbogast) Slater, Courtenay, British Columbia,
Canada.

Notes:

Michael Arbogast, the youngest child of Peter and Sophia Arbogast,
was only two years of age when brought by his parents to Seneca County,
where he spent all the years of his childhood and manhood. He aided in
the difficult task of clearing the farm and preparing the fields for
cultivation, and when the land became arable he bore his part in the work
of plowing, planting and harvesting. As his father died when he was only
nine years of age, he and his mother carried on the work of the farm,
with the aid of an ox team. It was in 1855 that he took up his abode
upon the place where he would live out his life. On the 11th of March in
1852, Michael was united in marriage to Miss Jane R. Stoner, a daughter
of Henry and Sara (Reagan) Stoner. They were blessed with nine children
before her death on June 23, 1882. They are: Alice, who married Jacob
Staib, is now deceased; John F. was a resident of Seneca township;
Nettie became the wife of Robert E. Lutz, of Oklahoma; Lewis was a
mechanic and resided in Tiffin; Charles resided near Bushnell, Illinois;
Rush operated the homestead farm; and three sons passed away in
childhood.
Mr. Arbogast put forth every effort to make a comfortable home for
his family and to give his children the opportunity to prepare themselves
for the practical and responsible duties of life. In 1854 he purchased
one hundred and twenty-three acres of land, the improvements on which
consisted of a log house and a log barn. He went in debt for the entire
amount, $3690, and this was all paid in three years time. Fifty acres
had been cleared and in the course of time his fields were green with the
crops that promised golden harvests. As his financial resources
increased he added to his landed possessions until the home farm
comprised of two hundred acres. He also owned another farm, of one
hundred acres, in Seneca township and had made excellent improvements on
both. In 1875 he erected one of the most pretentious brick residences in
the vicinity. He used the latest machinery for facilitating farm work
and erected good barns and outbuildings for the shelter of grain and
stock. His residence in the county covered more than three-quarters of a
century and the present generation cannot realize the changes which had
occurred during this period.
Michael Arbogast remembered seeing many Indians in the locality and
had driven through tiffin with an ox team many a time when the mud came
up to the hubs of the wagon wheels. The flourishing city then contained
only a few pioneer cabins and the county gave little promise of its
present developments. However, the pioneers had laid broad and deep the
foundations for its present progress, with Mr. Arbogast performing his
full share in the work of citizenship. He favored reform and
improvement, and his labors were effective in promoting the general
welfare. Owing to his father's death he early had to take up the
responsibilities of a business career, and industry, economy, and honesty
were salient features in his history, enabling him to advance steadily
until he occupied a prominent place on the plane of affluence.
Taken from the Centennial Biographical History pgs. 344,345,346

Michael married Jane R. Stoner on 11 Mar 1852 in Seneca Co., Oh. Jane was born on 18 Jan 1825 in Frederick Co., Md; died on 23 Jun 1882 in Seneca Co., Oh; was buried in Bethel Cem, Seneca Co., Oh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The descendants of Michael and Jane (Stoner) Arbogast are all from Urban
Arbogast of Republic, OH, who maintains a family history and book with the aid
of his family, the latest editon dated 2 Mar 1994, copy in file.

Daughter of Henry and Sarah Stoner.

Also see Susan Stoner #8928, daughter of Henry and Susan (Ragan) Stoner.

Notes:

Source is Amanda Arbogast Forbes file with reference to correspondence
with Grace Emahiser of Fostoria, OH. Tombstone indicates death at 39 yrs.
Centennial Biogaraphical History of Seneca Co., OH indicates death in 1835.
Same history lists children Phoebe, Christina, Jesse and Michael. Grace's
husband is Geo. Clifton Emahiser, a descendant of Andrew, #2803, and Barbara
(Wimer) Arbogast.

From History of Seneca County, Ohio, Illustrated, 1886, Warner, Beers & Co.,
Chicago. Tiffin-Seneca County Public Library, 76569-85. Page 552, Pioneers
and Incidents of Pioneer Times..."Peter Arbogast, who died in 1833, owned the
west half of southwest quarter of Section 16, Township 2 north, Range 14 east.
He settled here in 1826. Mrs. Sophia Arbogast died in 1861. Michael Arbogast,
born in Virginia in 1824, came here when two years old, and is now a resident
of Seneca Township. Page 987, Michael Arbogast, farmer, P.O. Tiffin, was born
in Virginia, 1 Aug 1824, a son of Peter and Sophia Arbogast, natives of
Virginia, where they first settled; thence came to this county in 1826,
locating in Hopewell Township, where they lived and died, the former in 1833,
and the latter in 1861. Our subject (Michael, ed.) was united in marriage, 19
Dec 1847, with Jane Gedulting, born in Frederick Co., MD, a daughter of Jacob
and Elizabeth Gedulting. Mrs. Arbogast departed this life 6 Jan 1849, and our
subject then married, 11 Mar 1852, for his second wife, Jane R. Stoner, born in
Frederick Co., MD, 18 Jan 1825, a daughter of Henry and Sarah Stoner. Father
of nine children, all named except an infant, as recorded, six living in 1886.
Jane R. (Stoner) Arbogast died 23 Jun 1882. Our subject has met with fair
success and now owns 300 acres of land". A photo of Michael appears therein.

Peter is obviously a descendant of Michael Arbogast, unplaced at this time.
On 1830 census, Seneca Co., OH, age 30-40 bracket. Also two males age 20-30
bracket unidentified.

Peter married Sophia Arbogast on 13 Apr 1823 in Blue Grass, Pendleton Co., Va/Wv. Sophia (daughter of Henry Arbogast and Sophia Wade) was born about 1800 in Crabbottom, Pendleton Co., Va/Wv; died in 1861 in So. of Tiffin, Seneca Co., Oh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Source is Amanda Arbogast Forbes research and family group record with
references to Centennial Biographical History of Seneca Co., OH, p. 344 and
Sophia named in father's will. Sophia's husband Peter Arbogast is not a son of
of Henry Arbogast. We are unable at this time to identify his parents. For
Peter Arbogast, son of Henry, of David, see RIN # 8883.

Extracts from Seneca County Land Records and deeds, sent to me by Barbara
Lawyer, in file, indicate several real property transactions. One, a deed,
from Christian Stoner and Anna Maria Stoner his wife, recorded on page 78, is
of particular interest since Stoner and Arbogast families married at least
twice, Jesse Arbogast #3716, to Susan Stoner and Michael Arbogast #3712, to
Jane R. Stoner, a.k.a. Jane Rebecca and Rebecca Jane. Sophia Arbogast married
2nd, David Speilman or Speelman, 27 Oct 1834.

In a civil action in Seneca Co., OH, Common Pleas Court, filed 31 Oct
1833, having to do with Peter's estate, Sophia represents that Jesse, Phebe,
Christina, and Michael are her children and Peter's. Page 220 of court
records.

1830 census, Hopewell Twp., Seneca Co., OH, Sophia, age bracket 30-40, so her
birth could be before 1800.