Rebecca Arnsberger ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

  General Notes:

Rebecca's name was listed as one of the daughters on her father's probate letter in Williams County, Ohio on January 5, 1880.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Rebecca Arnsberger Mills
Death Date: 17 Dec 1915
Death Place: North Brewster, Stark, Ohio
Birth Date: 10 Apr 1847
Birthplace: Wayne Co., Ohio
Death Age: 68 years 9 months 7 days
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Race or Color: Caucasian
Occupation: Housekeeper
Burial Date: 20 Dec 1915
Burial Place: Massillon, O.
Father's Name: Daniel Arnsberger
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Shade
Film Number: 1983552
Digital Folder Number: 4021364
Image Number: 1182
Certificate Number: fn 69275

NOTE - Her son, William Clyde Mills, was the informant.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She has alternate birth date of 1843 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 7 on the 1850 census. Also referenced by her age of 17 on the 1860 census.

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• She has alternate birth date of 1845 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 25 on the 1870 census.
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• She has alternate birth date of 1849 and a birth location of Ohio.

This birth year was referenced by her age of 61 on the 1910 US Census.
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• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 19 September 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 96A, Roll 741, Dwelling 400, Family 409
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Rebecca Hearnsberger..7..OH
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 10 Apr 1847, then her age should have been 3 instead of 7.
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 10 July 1860. ⁵

1860 US Census
Page 145, Dwelling 1142, Family 1099
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Rebecca Arnsberger..17..OH
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 10 Apr 1847, then her age should have been 13 instead of 17.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 9 June 1870. ⁶

1870 US Census
Page 11A, Roll 1282, Dwelling 80, Family 80
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Rebecca Ausberger..25..PA..At Home
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 10 Apr 1847, then her age should have been 22 instead of 25. Her birth location should have been Ohio instead of Pennsylvania.
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• She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 22 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 682A, District 13, Dwelling 347, Family 372, Roll 1078
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Rebecca Mills..Wife..33..OH..Keeping House
(Living with husband and son.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Massillon, OH on 16 April 1910. ⁹

1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 224, Family 44, Roll 1231
Massillon, Stark County, Ohio
23 Muskingum Street; house rented
Rebecca Mills..Mother..61..OH..Widowed..1/1
(Widowed and living at the home of her married son, William, and his family.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 10 Apr 1847, then her age should have been 63 instead of 61.
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• Death Image: 17 December 1915, in North Brewster, OH. ⁸

• She was buried on 20 December 1915 in the Massillon City Cemetery in Massillon, OH.

Find a Grave Memorial 73448866
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Rebecca married Joseph P. Mills, son of Joseph P. Mills and Mary Wilburn, on 10 November 1870 in , Williams County, OH.^{1 2} (Joseph P. Mills was born on 15 February 1851 in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH,¹ died on 29 August 1912 in Stryker, OH ¹ and was buried on 31 August 1912 in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH ¹.). The cause of his death was Cirrhosis of Liver.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 22 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 682A, District 13, Dwelling 347, Family 372, Roll 1078
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Joseph P. Mills..Self..28..OH..Works On Farm
Rebecca Mills..Wife..33..OH..Keeping House
William C. Mills..Son..8..OH

NOTE - Joseph's father, who was 58 years old at the time, lived two farms away and Joseph probably worked on his father's farm.
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  Marriage Notes:

Groom's Name: Joseph P. Mills
Bride's Name: Rebecca Arnsberger
Marriage Date: 10 Nov 1870
Marriage Place: Williams County, Ohio
Groom's Race: White
Bride's Race: White
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02063-4
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 914037
Reference Number: v 4 p 140
Collection: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
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It is interesting to note that the husband, Joseph Mills, was buried in Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio but three years later when the wife, Rebecca, died, she was buried in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. I'm not sure why but her son, William, had established residency there. I also suspect that the elderly Rebeca was living with and being cared for by her son so that when she died, he chose to have her buried in a local cemetery rather than with her husband. I have no other data to prove it but perhaps Rebecca and Joseph Mills were divorced. In fact the 1910 Census shows Rebecca living with her son, William and Joseph is nowhere to be found. Perhaps there were merely just bad feelings towards the father, Joseph..
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Neither one can be found in the 1900 census.
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