Susannah Arnsberger ^{1 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13}

   Another name for Susannah was Susannah Ernstberger.¹⁵

  General Notes:

Because of the erroneous obituary information which stated Jacob Arnsberger was the father of Susannah, many researchers incorrectly list him as her father. However, Susannah's name was listed as one of the daughters on her father's probate letter in Williams County, Ohio on 5 Jan 1880. Williams County, Ohio Probate #2182 for Daniel Arnsberger lists daughter Susannah and son-in-law Daniel Lightfoot residing at Sedgewick County, Kansas. (Note: the city of Mulvane, Kansas straddles both Sedgwick and Sumner counties).

(Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/r/n/Jerry-R-Arnsberger-Oh/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0412.html)
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  Baptism Notes:

Name: Susana Ernstberger
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 10 Apr 1823
Event Place: Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Event Place (Original): Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church, Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1822
Father's Name: Daniel Ernstberger
Mother's Name: Elisabeth

Citing this Record
"Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2FP-S3Z : 27 January 2020), Elisabeth in entry for Susana Ernstberger, 1823.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Green Township, Wayne, OH on 20 July 1850. ⁸

1850 US Census
Page 186B, Family 205
Green Township, Wayne, Ohio
Susan Lightfoot..28..PA

(Living with husband and 3 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 12 July 1860. ⁹

1860 US Census
Page 145-146, Family 1007
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Susanna Lightfoot..38..PA

(Living with husband and 7 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 29 August 1870. ¹⁰

1870 US Census
Page 28, Family 211
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Susan Lightfoot..47..PA..Keeping House

(Living with husband and 7 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Gore Township, Sumner, KS on 9 June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 8D, District 189, Family 67, Roll 0398
Gore Township, Sumner, Kansas
Susana Lightfoot..Wife..57..PA..Keeping House

(Living with husband and 4 children.)
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• She appeared in the 1895 Kansas State Census in Mulvane, KS on 1 March 1895. ¹¹

1895 Kansas State Census
Page 2, Volume 373
Mulvane, Sumner, Kansas
Susana Lightfoot..72..PA

(Living with husband and son, Daniel, Jr.)
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• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Mulvane, KS on 19 June 1900. ¹²

1900 US Census
Sheet 7B, District 329, Family 145
Mulvane, Sumner, Kansas
Home owned, no mortgage
Daniel Lightfoot..Head..Mar 1858..42..IA..Drug Clerk
Susanah Lightfoot..Mother..Nov 1822..77..PA..Widowed..13/9..m.61 years

(Susannah was widowed and living with son, Daniel, Jr.)

NOTE - Her son, Daniel Jr., was listed as "Head of House". She correctly lists her birth date and age, states that she was widowed (Daniel Sr. died in 1895), and that she has been married for 61 years. Strangely she lists that she has 13 total children, only of which 9 were still living at the time. Our best search of the records only indicate a total of 11 children with her first sons, Adam and Jacob, dying in their infancies.
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• She was buried on 20 February 1904 in the Mulvane Cemetery in Mulvane, KS.

Daniel and Susannah share one common gravestone which is a large light-gray granite stone which is approximately 2' wide and over 4' high and sits on top of a concrete base. At the base of the granite stone, the name Lightfoot is carved in large letters. The inscription on the face reads "At Rest, Daniel Lightfoot, 1811- 1895, Susanah Lightfoot, 1822 - 1904".

Plot: Block 10, Lot 30, Grave S 1/3
Find A Grave Memorial 33135638
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• Her obituary was published in the Mulvane Record on 25 February 1904 in Mulvane, KS.

⁴ Susannah Lightfoot was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, November 6, 1822. When twelve years old, with other members of the family of her father, Jacob (sic) Arnsberger, she moved to Wayne County, Ohio, when in 1838 she was married to Daniel Lightfoot, and continued a citizen of the commonwealth until 1854, when with their five children, they located in Williams County, Ohio, where they resided upon a farm for two years removing in 1856 to Cedar County, Iowa, by wagon and carriage conveyance and located upon one of the fertile farms of that, then new, country where they remained twenty-three years to witness the progress and to assist in the development of that Commonwealth, adding another son and two daughters to their family.

In search of a milder climate, they came to southern Kansas in 1879 and located upon a farm a few miles southeast of Mulvane, where they resided several years before taking a home in Mulvane, where in 1895 he husband died, age 84 years, after which the home was maintained by her sons, until a few months ago, when on account of failing strength, she made her home with the family of her son-in-law, S. G. Farnsworth in Arkansas City, where an affectionate daughter ministered to her until February 18, 1904, when at 3:55 PM after a long active earnest Christian life, attended by devoted children and friends, she fell asleep in Jesus and rejoined her husband who had gone on before and had for nine years extended to her beckoning hand from the realms of eternal joy.

She had no fear or dread of death, but during years of suffering she had waited with fortitude, for the departure rejoicing in the bright prospect before her. Eyes too dim for earthly service saw the beauties of eternal dawn, though gates ajar, by angels attended and rejoices while others wept.

The body was brought to Mulvane for interment, and on February 20th, services were held in the Christian Church, Elder J. E. Cain presiding with a discourse, appropriate ceremony and beautiful floral tributes, the body was laid to rest in the Mulvane Cemetery to await the Savior's call.

Among the many present was a younger brother of Mrs. Lightfoot, Michael Arnsberger of Americus, Kansas. Said brother, two sisters in Ohio, five sons and four daughters are left to mourn their loss of an affectionate Mother.

(Source: Mulvane Record, Mulvane, KS, 25 Feb 1904)

ADDED NOTE: The above obituary states that Susannah's father was Jacob Arnsberger which apparently was incorrect information provided by a well-meaning relative. Susannah's father was Daniel Arnsberger who married Elizabeth Shade. There has been some confusion about this amongst various researchers and this same error has been repeated many times over. (Brian L. Lightfoot)
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"Card of Thanks"

To the many kind friends who so tenderly ministered to our dear Mother during her sickness, and so graciously assisted at her funeral, we extend our sincere and heartfelt gratitude.
- Daniel Lightfoot, Jr.
- Luke Lightfoot
- S. G. Farnsworth and Family (Aunt Molly) (Mary Alice Lightfoot Farnsworth and husband)
- A. P. Williams and Family (Aunt Ida) (Susannah Ida Lightfoot Williams and husband)
- T. B. Burnett and Family (Aunt Elizabeth) (Elizabeth Lightfoot Burnett and husband)
- Charles Foudray and Family (T. B. Burnett's daughter Laverne) (Alice Laverne Burnett Foudray and husband)
- John Newton and Family (T. B. Burnett's other daughter "Hettie") (Ruhama Esther "Hettie" Burnett Newton and husband)

(Source: Mulvane Record, Mulvane, Kansas, 25 Feb 1904)
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Susannah married Daniel Lightfoot Sr, son of Daniel Lightfoot and Caterina Salome Schmidt, on 1 March 1838 in , Wayne County, OH.^{1 2 3 4 5} (Daniel Lightfoot Sr was born on 17 June 1811 in York County, PA,^{5 9 11 17 18 19} died on 26 October 1895 in Mulvane, KS ^{1 16 19} and was buried after 26 October 1895 in Mulvane Cemetery, Mulvane, KS ¹⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 1 March 1838, in , Wayne County, OH. ³

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Green Township, Wayne, OH on 20 July 1850. ⁸

1850 US Census
Page 186B, Family 205, Roll 739
Green Township, Wayne, Ohio
Daniel Lightfoot..40..PA..Farmer
Susan Lightfoot..28..PA
Elizabeth Lightfoot..6..OH
William Lightfoot..4..OH
Luke Lightfoot..1..OH

NOTE - Absent are the names of Jacob and Addam. Jacob was born supposedly in 1839 while Addam was born supposedly in 1843 and would have been 7 years old for this census. Both Jacob and Addam are assumed to have died before 1840.
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 12 July 1860. ⁹

1860 US Census
Page 145-146, Family 1007, Roll 314
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Daniel Lightfoot..48..PA..Farmer
Susanna Lightfoot..38..PA
Elizabeth Lightfoot..16..OH
William Lightfoot..13..OH
Luke Lightfoot..11..OH
Eunice Lightfoot..9..OH
Lester Lightfoot..6..OH
Frank Lightfoot..4..OH
Daniel Lightfoot..2..IA
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• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Iowa Township, Cedar County, IA on 29 August 1870. ¹⁰

1870 US Census
Page 28, Family 211
Iowa Township, Cedar, Iowa
Daniel Lightfoot..54..PA..Farmer
Susan Lightfoot..47..PA..Keeping House
William Lightfoot..23..OH
Luke Lightfoot..21..OH
Lester Lightfoot...16..OH
Frank Lightfoot..14..OH
Daniel Lightfoot..12..IA
Ida Lightfoot..10..IA
Alice Lightfoot..3..IA

NOTE - The ages for Ida and Alice were reversed. Ida should have been 3 and Alice should have been 10.
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Gore Township, Sumner, KS on 9 June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 8D, District 189, Family 67, Roll 0398
Gore Township, Sumner, Kansas
Daniel Lightfoot..Head..68..PA..Farmer
Susana Lightfoot..Wife..57..PA..Keeping House
Luke Lightfoot..Son..31..OH..School Teaching
Daniel Lightfoot..Son..22..IA..Farming
Mary A. Lightfoot..Daughter..19..IA
Susan I. Lightfoot..Daughter..13..IA
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• They appeared in the 1895 Kansas State Census in Mulvane, KS on 1 March 1895. ¹¹

1895 Kansas State Census
Page 2, Volume 373
Mulvane, Sumner, Kansas
D. J. Lightfoot..36..VA..Previous State=Iowa..Occupation=Clerk
Susana Lightfoot..72..PA
Daniel Lightfoot..83..PA

Although this complete record could not be found in the Population Schedule, there is a listing for "Daniel Lightfoot" appearing in the Farm section which immediately follows the Population Schedule for Mulvane, Sumner, KS.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Daniel Lightfoot
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 01 Mar 1838
Event Place: Wayne, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Susanna Ansberger

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZDJ-S1Q : 10 February 2018), Daniel Lightfoot and Susanna Ansberger, 01 Mar 1838; citing Marriage, Wayne, Ohio, United States, 137, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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Susannah and Daniel had a total of 11 children:
7 sons: Jacob (died young), Addam (died young), William, Luke, Lester, Frank, and Daniel, Jr.
4 daughters: Elizabeth, Eunice, Susannah Ida, and Mary Alice.

The deaths of Jacob and Addam are inferred in that their names are missing from the 1850 US Census record plus Susannah's obituary which states that she moved from Wayne County, Ohio to Cedar County, Iowa with 5 children. According to all of the birth dates, she already had given birth to 7 children by the time that she moved to Iowa.
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1844: Wayne County Ohio Recorder's Office shows a land transfer deed recorded in 1844 from Daniel and Susannah Lightfoot to Levi Grabbill, Deed Vol. 26, Page. 451.
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Susannah's obituary in the Mulvane, Kansas newspaper states that they first lived in Wayne County, Ohio until 1854 when they moved to Williams County, Ohio. In 1856 they moved once again by wagon to Cedar County, Iowa. In 1879, they moved once again to a farm near Mulvane, Kansas.

Her obituary first says she first moved with 5 children and later added 1 more son and 2 daughters for a total of 8 children. The obituary goes on to state that she is mourned by 5 sons and 4 daughters which totals 9 children. It is unclear why the obituary says that they added only 1 more son when records indicate that 2 more sons were added. Frank was born in Ohio in 1856, and Daniel Jr. was born in 1858. Both Frank and Daniel Jr. show on the 1860 Census of Iowa Township in Cedar County, Iowa, page 145. However, by the time Susannah died in 1904, it may be that Frank had already died, thus explaining why there appears to be no other mention of him in any other documents thus found to date.

The last two additional daughters must be Mary Alice and Susannah Ida because the obituary for Elizabeth Lightfoot Burnett indicates that Mrs. Mollie Farnsworth (which would have been Elizabeth's sister) and her husband of Arkansas City attended the services. The obituary for Elizabeth Lightfoot- Burnett also identified two sisters as "Mrs. Ida Williams and Mrs. Mollie Farnsworth." The obituary for Susannah Arnsberger-Lightfoot does not specifically list the name of Mollie but talks only about the total number of daughters attending the service.

The obituary for Susannah Arnsberger-Lightfoot goes on to state that she died in the home of her "son-in-law", S. G. Farnsworth in Arkansas City where she was cared for by an affectionate daughter. This "affectionate daughter" must therefore be "Mary Alice 'Mollie' Lightfoot-Farnsworth". And therefore the other visiting sister described above must be "Mrs. Ida Lightfoot-Williams".
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1840 US Census
Page 152B, Roll 432
Green Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Males
15 to 20: 1 = (unknown, possibly a brother of Daniel Jr.; possibly William Arnsberger)
20 to 30: 2 = (probably Daniel Jr. and possibly John Lightfoot)
60 to 70: 1 = (probably Daniel Sr.)
Females
15 to 20: 1 = (probably Susannah Arnsberger, wife of Daniel Jr.)
5 total in household

The first question to ask is who was named as the Head of the Household. The census record shows "Daniel Lightfoot" but that does not tell us which one of the Daniels that it was. There was the Daniel born in 1768 and the Daniel born in 1811 and they were probably living together at the time of this census. The elderly Daniel was widowed and the younger Daniel was married but with no children at the time. My best guess is that the elderly Daniel was the Head of the Household which means not only was the married Daniel living there with his wife but also some of the unmarried children of the elderly Daniel were also there.

The elderly Daniel one for certain was the listing of the name as Daniel Lightfoot who would have been the oldest male but even then his age was 72 and should have been listed in the next older age group "70 to 79" instead of the group "60 to 69".

The one young female could have been any one of three that fit that age group: Catharine, the wife of Daniel Jr (age about 20), Charlotte (age about 16), and Martha (age about 15). Obviously only one was still at home while the other two were living elsewhere. Another daughter, Sophia, was about 37 years old and did not marry until later that year in 1840. She may have been indentured out or living as a servant with another family therefore is not shown with the family.

However, my feelings are that within this household were Daniel Jr. and his new wife, Susanna Arnsberger who would have been the one and only female. Together the young Daniel and his wife were living with and caring for the elderly Daniel. This is supported by the fact that Susannah was most likely not present with her family according to the 1840 census for her father's household because it shows no females present in Susannah's age category which means she was living elsewhere.

If the elderly male were Daniel, and two of the others were Daniels Jr and his wife, then that would account for 3 of the 5 persons in the household leaving only 2 other males, no doubt brothers of Daniel Jr.

The other male 20 to 29 would have been either John (age 25) or Samuel (age 23). Samuel was probably living with his master as he was indentured out to become a wagon maker so the other male was probably John.

I'm not aware of any young Lightfoot males that fit the 15 to 19 age group; William was the youngest but he was born in 1819 thus making his age about 21 so unless this is a previously unknown brother, I am unable to determine who the young male could have been.

My determinations:
1 - Male 15 to19-------possibly William Arnsberger
2 - Male 20 to 29------John and Daniel Jr
1 - Male 60 to 69------Daniel Sr (should have been in the over 70 age group)
1 - Female 15 to 19---Susanna Arnsberger, wife of Daniel Jr.
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