John Lewis Arbogast
1844 - 1918 (73 years)-
Name John Lewis Arbogast Born 9 Sep 1844 Arrowsmith Twp., Mc Lean Co., Il 
Gender Male Died 3 Feb 1918 Tampa, Hillsborough Co., Fl Buried Greenwood Cem., Mc Lean Co., Il 
John L and Kate O (henderson) headstone Person ID P19592 Arbogast Last Modified 13 Aug 2013
Father William Arbogast, b. 11 Apr 1820, Clark Co., Oh , d. 31 Dec 1860, Arrowsmith Twp., Mc Lean Co., Il (Age 40 years) Relationship Natural Mother Elizabeth Newcomb, b. 20 Jun 1817, Mc Lean Co., Il , d. 11 Jul 1857, Mc Lean Co., Il (Age 40 years) Relationship Natural Married 5 Oct 1841 Rock Island Co., Il Family ID F4194 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Catherine Okey (Kate) Henderson, b. 11 Dec 1847, Maysville, Mason Co., Ky , d. 3 Aug 1924, Moscow, Latah Co., Id (Age 76 years) Married 27 Dec 1866 Saybrook Twp., Mc Lean Co., Il Children 1. Mary Elizabeth Arbogast, b. 27 Jan 1868, Arrowsmith Twp, (PO)Saybrook, McLean, Illinois, United States , d. 16 Feb 1927, Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States (Age 59 years)2. William Henderson Arbogast, b. 20 Feb 1870, Arrowsmith Twp., Mc Lean Co., Il , d. 25 Oct 1938, Monmouth, Warren Co., Il (Age 68 years) [Natural]3. Anna Belle Arbogast, b. 18 Dec 1873, Il , d. Yes, date unknown [Natural]4. Birdie Arbogast, b. 23 Apr 1875, d. 15 May 1875 (Age 0 years) [Natural] 5. Sarah E. Arbogast, b. 22 Apr 1877, Il , d. Yes, date unknown [Natural]Family ID F4196 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Information from letter from Mrs. Lynn Turner of Bloomington, IL, to Amanda
Arbogast Forbes. Vera is descended through William's son, John Lewis and
grandson, Rev. Wm. H. Arbogast, her father. 5 children born to this marriage.
Source is History of Mc Lean County, Illinois, 1879, Published by Wm. Le
Baron, Jr. & Co., p.p.951,952. Arrowsmith Township. According to this book
there were 5 children born to this marriage, four were living in 1879, one,
Birdie, died 15 May 1875. John was a farmer, Section 24, P. O. Saybrook, 180
ac., born Mc Lean Co. 9 Sep 1844; lived on the farm, assisting his father. HIs
father died when John was 16, his mother having died three years previously.
John enlisted in 1861, G Co., 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He saw
service in Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana and Texas. Discharged at
Chicago, IL, 4 Oct 1864. He was School Director for 6 years, Collector for one
tern, and was School Trustee in 1879. He was also Constable of the Township
for 4 years.
Cemetery record extract gives month of birth as October.
1880 census, Arrowsmith Twp., McLean Co., IL, age 36, wife Catherine age 32 b.
KY, dau. Mary E. age 12 b. IL, son, Wm. H. age 10 b. IL, dau. Annie B. age 6 b.
IL, dau. Sarah E. age 3 b. IL, and one not reported.
- Information from letter from Mrs. Lynn Turner of Bloomington, IL, to Amanda