James Harvey Arnspiger ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   Another name for James was "Harve" Arnspiger.⁸

  General Notes:

Source: (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=joarnspiger&id =I35)

Served in the Confederate Army, Company A, Bakers Company, Hardman's Regiment. Settled in Elmont, (Texas?) and was a farmer. Information from Genealogical biographies of Landowners of Grayson County, Texas 1836-1869.
Other children listed in the above article: John and Eula.

Additional text from Rose Perkins:
James Harvey Arnspiger came with his parents from Greene, Illinois to Grayson County, Texas in 1844. Grandfather David Arnspiger was born in Jessamine, Kentucky around 1803 and moved to Greene, Illinois about 1817 where J. H. was born 19 Apr 1842. Jane (Mollie) came with her parents to Texas in 1853 and settled in Grayson County near Elmont in 1854. Mary Jane was born 4 Apr 1847. Mollie's dad, Thomas Benton McComb, was born in Roane, Tennessee, 5 Nov 1820. He was ordained a minister of the Missionary Baptist Church in 1848. After moving to Grayson County to Elmont, 3 miles west of Van Alstyne, he preached at Weston, Farmington, Mantua and other places. He and Bro Buckner of Buckners Orphans Home of Sherman, Texas organized the First Baptist Church of Sherman under an oak tree on the northwest corner of the square in 1869. Their pictures are in the corner stones of the First Baptist Church.

J. H. and Mollie were both reared in the Elmont community and married there 3 Jan 1866. Mollie's dad went to Jefferson each spring when he knew the shipments had arrived there. It took 3 weeks to go and 3 weeks to return. On one of these trips, he bought 10 yards of white jackonette material for Mollie's wedding dress. People for miles around were invited to come and stay overnight for the wedding. Much elaborate preparations were made and an abundance of food was prepared. J. H. and Mollie built a house of logs cut by J. H. and hauled 25 miles by 5 yoke of oxen. Brick for the chimney was brought from Pilot Point.

J. H. changed the date of his birth in order to enlist in 1863 in the Confederate Army in the war between the states. He was in Baker's Company, Hardeman's Regiment.

Info from History of Grayson County Texas, Vol II, from the section Family Histories, page 9. Article by Sally Grace (Arnspiger) Pierce.

Build house of logs cut by J. H. and hauled 25 miles by 5 yoke of oxen. Brick for the chimney was brought from Pilot Point. Info from History of Grayson County, Texas at the Fort Worth Texas Library

JAMES HARVEY ARNSPIGER, eldest of family of four living children, the others William Jasper, Powers, and his sister, Texana. He was born in Greene, Illinois, 19 April 1842. He was three years old when his father moved to Texas. He enlisted in 1863 in Confederate army as member of Company A, Hardeman's Regiment, and served in Indian Territory and Arkansas, returning at the close of the war to Grayson County. On January 3, 1866, he married Mary Jan McComb, daughter of Rev. Thomas Benton McComb, and in October following, he settled on tract in vicinity of Elmont, near Van Alstyne, on 133 1/2 acres, 90 of which are in cultivation... Has comfortable house, good out-buildings, fruit trees, live stock, etc. Ten living children: Albert Eula, George Sydney, Thomas Evans, William David, James Woodson, Lizzie Pearl, Essie Jane, John, Charles Harvey, Cassie Anna and Sallie Grace. Mr. Arnspiger is active in civic affairs, a Democrat..."

This is further in the letter but not part of the excerpt from the book above:

"The marriage of James Harvey ARNSPIGER and Mary Jane McComb was the first social event of Grayson County, Texas of any great importance, according to an other account, and the entire citizenry of the county was invited to attend, and very nearly all came for the wedding, some arriving a week or ten days beforehand, bringing their bedding, food, etc., and all the children. Much singing, dancing and story telling around camp fires in the evenings, etc.

Excerpt from a book entitled "Biographical Souvenir of State of Texas - F. A. Battey & Company (1889) page 36 "JAMES HARVEY ARNSPIGER, farmer of Grayson, although not born in Texas, is nevertheless a thorough Texan, having been reared in the State from infancy. His parents moved to Texas in the fall of 1844 and settled Grayson, near the Collin county line, not far from Van Alstyne... Among earliest settlers - only one settler west of them...
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in , Grayson County, TX on 12 December 1850. ⁶

1850 US Census
Page 679A, Dwelling 39, Family 39
, Grayson County, Texas
Jas. H. Arnspeker..8..IL
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in , Grayson County, TX on June 1860. ⁷

1860 US Census
Page 73, Household 482
, Grayson County, Texas, United States
James H. Arnspiger..18..IL
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Precinct 4, Grayson County, TX on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 269D, Roll 1307
Precinct 4, Grayson County, Texas
J. H. Arnspiger..Self..37..IL..Farmer
(Living with wife and 9 children.)
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Precinct 32, Grayson County, TX on 11 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 107, Dwelling 154, Family 154
Precinct 32, Grayson County, Texas
farm owned, with mortgage
married 34 years
Harve J. Arnspiger..Head..Apr 1842..58..IL..Farmer
(Living with wife and 5 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Van Alstyne, TX on 25 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 13B, Roll 1557, District 97, Family 202
Van Alstyne, Grayson County, Texas
home owned, no mortgage
married 44 years
James H. Arnspiger..Head..68..IL..Own Income
(Living with wife, son, and widowed daughter.)
.

• He was buried after 16 May 1932 in the Van Alstyne Cemetery in Van Alstyne, TX.

Find A Grave Memorial #135070451
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James married Mary Jane McComb, daughter of Thomas Benton McComb and Unknown, on 3 January 1866 in , Grayson County, TX.^{1 2 3 4} (Mary Jane McComb was born on 4 April 1847 in , Miller County, MO,^{1 2 3 9} died in 1942 ⁹ and was buried in 1942 in Van Alstyne, TX ⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Precinct 4, Grayson County, TX on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 269D, Roll 1307
Precinct 4, Grayson County, Texas
J. H. Arnspiger..Self..37..IL..Farmer
M. J. Arnspiger..Wife..33..MO..Keeping House
A. E. Arnspiger..Son..13..TX
G. S. Arnspiger..Son..11..TX
T. E. Arnspiger..Son..9..TX
W. D. Arnspiger..Son..8..TX
J. W. Arnspiger..Son..7..TX
L. P. Arnspiger..Dau..6..TX
E. J. Arnspiger..Dau..5..TX
C. H. Arnspiger..Son..3..TX
__ Arnspiger..Dau..1M..TX
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Precinct 32, Grayson County, TX on 11 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 10A, District 107, Dwelling 154, Family 154
Precinct 32, Grayson County, Texas
farm owned, with mortgage
married 34 years
Harve J. Arnspiger..Head..Apr 1842..58..IL..Farmer
Mary J. Arnspiger..Wife..Apr 1847..53..MO..11/10
Wood J. Arnspiger..Son..Nov 1872..27..TX..Painter
Charly H. Arnspiger..Son..Mar 1877..23..TX..Farmer
Cassie A. Arnspiger..Dau..Apr 1880..20..TX
Sallie G. Arnspiger..Dau..Feb 1883..17..TX
Thomas E. Arnspiger..Son..Oct 1869..30..TX..Farmer
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Van Alstyne, TX on 25 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 13B, Roll 1557, District 97, Family 202
Van Alstyne, Grayson County, Texas
home owned, no mortgage
Married 44 years
James H. Arnspiger..Head..68..IL..Own Income
Mary Arnspiger..Wife..64..MO..11/9
Tom Arnspiger..Son..41..TX..Farmer, Own Farm
Cassie W. Bowen..Daughter..30..TX..Widowed..0/0
Robert S. Mitchell..Boarder..23..AL..High School Teacher
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