Michael Arnsberger ^{4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14}

  General Notes:

Civil War: Enlisted on 15 Aug 1861 as a Corporal. On 5 Oct 1861 he mustered into "D" Company, Ohio 38th Infantry. He was mustered out on 7 Dec 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Promotions: 1st Sgt. on 27 Dec 1864. Pension information that appears to pertain to Michael, he applied for a pension on 20 Mar 1888 from the state of Kansas, application # 645,153.
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Michael Arnsberger's name appear on the Williams County Taxable Personal Property List of 1867.
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Michael's name was listed as one of the sons on his father's probate letter in Williams County, Ohio on 5 Jan 1880. His location at the time was in Americus, Kansas.
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(Source: Message from Phyllis Storey-Harrison, 6 June 2004)
Hi Brian
I've been reading the letters I have from Michael Arnsberger written while he was in camp during the Civil War. This is really falling into place. In one of the letters written in 1864 he talks about a wife and son, but in a kidding way, and I wasn't sure if he was serious or trying to get a response from his niece Elizabeth that the letters were written to. She would have been a girl of pretty impressionable age and not yet married. I'm really glad to get some names and dates to go with the letters. In a letter dated 1862 he mentions Reuben but said he was left at Lebanon as he was sick and in a hospital. He didn't indicate he had been wounded, and I don't know if it was Lebanon, Missouri, or where. The letter was headed Camp Thomas, Nashville, Tennessee.

The last letter was in 1866 and came from Stryker, Ohio. He is home but doesn't say how long he has been there. He mentions Christian, Daniel and Jacob's families being home, but Watson is still in Missouri and not liking it there so was thinking of going to Iowa. This letter was written on January 15 (1866) so I don't know if he was speaking of the other boys being home from the war or maybe home for Christmas.

This is interesting. In the 1866 letter he is answering a question of his parents ages. His father would be 72 on December 12, 1866 and his mother 69 on November 17, 1866. That would be Susannah's parents too which would make his father born in 1794 and mother in 1797. In one of my mother's records she shows Elizabeth Arnsberger mother of Susannah Lightfoot death date as 1 October 1874.

Susannah Lightfoot died 18 Feb 1904 and Michael attended her service. His address then was listed as Americus, Kansas

Phyllis
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I find this very interesting. There are two gravestones for Michael Arnsberger. One is located in Bushong Cemetery in Lyon County, Kansas with his first wife, Mary Ann Colgan. A second gravestone is located in Boynton Cemetery in Williams County, Ohio. Which one is he buried in?

I don't know for sure but since he was divorced from his first wife, I doubt if he is actually buried along side her even though the gravestone was updated with his actual date of death which was 20 years or more following her death. So does that mean he is buried along side his second wife? That answer is probably no because she was buried along side her first husband and father of her children, Joseph R. Barnum.

Therefore it would seem that Michael's final resting spot would be the sole gravestone in Boynton Cemetery in Williams County, Ohio however close examination of that gravestone reveals that his year of death was never inscribed into the stone. And that leads me to believe that Michael was never buried in Boynton Cemetery.

The focus now shifts back to his other gravestone in Kansas. Perhaps the reason that his actual date of death was inscribed on that stone means that Michael was laid to rest along side his first wife after all.
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  Death Notes:

There appears to be no definitive document which shows where Michael died but in all probability it was in Williams County, Ohio where he last appear in the 1920 census. His body was probably shipped back to Lyons County, Kansas where he was buried alongside his first wife.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He has alternate birth date of 9 February 1838 and a birth location of , Wayne County, OH.

This birth date was given on his 2nd marriage application. This birth year was referenced by his age of 72 on the 1910 US Census.
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• He appeared on the 1840 US Census in East Union Township, Wayne, OH on June 1840. ¹⁵

1840 US Census
Page 165, Roll 432
East Union Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Males
Under 5: 2 (Christian, son, age 4; and Michael, son, age 4)
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 19 September 1850. ⁹

1850 US Census
Page 96A, Roll 741, Dwelling 400, Family 409
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Michael Hearnsberger..14..OH
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 10 July 1860. ¹⁰

1860 US Census
Page 145, Dwelling 1142, Family 1099
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Michael Arnsberger..23..OH
(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 9 Feb 1836, then his age should have been 24 instead of 23.
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 9 June 1870. ¹¹

1870 US Census
Page 11A, Roll 1282, Dwelling 81, Family 81
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Michael Ausberger..34..OH..Carpenter
(Living with wife and mother-in-law.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Americus, KS on 3 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 255D, District 107, Family 38, Roll 0387
Americus, Lyon County, Kansas
M. Arnsberger..Self..43..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 9 Feb 1836, then his age should have been 44 instead of 43.
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• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Americus Township, Lyon, KS on 2 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 65, Dwelling 18, Family 18
Americus Township, Lyon County, Kansas
married 33 years
farm owned no mortgage
Michael Arnsberger..Head..Feb 1836.34..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and adopted daughter.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Stryker, OH on 16 April 1910. ⁷

1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 134, Family 47, Roll 1241
Stryker, Williams County, Ohio
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 1 year
Michael Arnsberger..Head..72..OH..Retired Farmer
(Living with 2nd wife.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 9 Feb 1836, then his age should have been 74 instead of 72.
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Stryker, OH on 3 January 1920. ¹²

1920 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 168, Family 56, Roll 1450
Stryker, Williams County, Ohio
South Street; Home owned, no mortgage
Michiel Arnsberger..Uncle..83..PA..Widowed
(Living with widowed brother, Christian, at the home of Christian's married daughter, Susan, and her family.)

NOTE - His birth location should be Ohio instead of Pennsylvania.
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• Death Image: 29 December 1928.

• He was buried after 29 December 1928 in the Boynton Cemetery in Stryker, OH.

Because Michael's 2nd wife was buried beside her 1st husband, and Michael's gravestone in the Boynton Cemetery has no year of death inscribed on it, it is believed that Michael was buried beside his 1st wife in the Bushong Cemetery in Lyon County, Kansas. That gravestone in Kansas has Michael's date of death inscribed on it.

Find A Grave Memorial #73334187
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• He was buried after 29 December 1928 in the Bushong Cemetery in Bushong, KS.

Michael has 2 gravestones: one near but not adjacent to his 2nd wife in Williams County, Ohio and a second gravestone in common with his 1st wife in the Bushong Cemetery in Lyon County, Kansas. His 2nd wife was buried beside her 1st husband, and Michael's gravestone in the Boynton Cemetery has no year of death inscribed on it. It is believed that Michael was buried beside his 1st wife in the Bushong Cemetery in Lyon County, Kansas. That gravestone in Kansas has Michael's date of death inscribed on it.

Plot: Lot 5
Find A Grave Memorial #21677192
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Michael married Mary Ann Colgan, daughter of Daniel Colgan and Christiana Ann Haller, on 18 November 1866 in , Williams County, OH.^{1 2 3 4 5} The marriage ended in divorce. (Mary Ann Colgan was born on 12 November 1837 in Ohio,^{4 5 16} died on 5 December 1904 in Americus, KS ^{1 16} and was buried after 5 December 1904 in Bushong, KS ¹⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Michael Arnsberger and Mary Ann Colgan were divorced on an unknown date.

• Marriage Image: 18 November 1866, in , Williams County, OH. ³

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 9 June 1870. ¹¹

1870 US Census
Page 11A, Roll 1282, Dwelling 81, Family 81
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Michael Ausberger..34..OH..Carpenter
Mary A. Ausberger..33..OH..Keeping House
Christiana Colgan..63..KY
John Cormic..5..OH

(Living next to Michael's parents.)
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Americus, KS on 3 June 1880. ⁴

1880 US Census
Page 255D, District 107, Family 38, Roll 0387
Americus, Lyon County, Kansas
M. Arnsberger..Self..43..OH..Farmer
Mary A. Arnsberger..Wife..42..OH..Keeps House
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Americus Township, Lyon, KS on 2 June 1900. ⁵

1900 US Census
Sheet 1B, District 65, Dwelling 18, Family 18
Americus Township, Lyon County, Kansas
married 33 years
farm owned no mortgage
Michael Arnsberger..Head..Feb 1836.34..OH..Farmer
Mary Arnsberger..Wife..Nov 1837..62..OH..0/0
Kate Arnsberger..AdoptDau..Nov 1886..13..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Michael Arnsberger
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 18 Nov 1866
Event Place: Williams, Ohio, United States
Spouse's Name: Mary A. Colgan

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X89Y-QXB : 26 August 2019), Michael Arnsberger and Mary A. Colgan, 18 Nov 1866; citing Marriage, Williams, Ohio, United States, 621, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
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Michael next married Ann Mariah Carpenter, daughter of David Carpenter and Julia Washburn, on 2 May 1909 in Stryker, OH.^{1 6 7} The marriage ended in divorce. (Ann Mariah Carpenter was born on 9 May 1844 in , Williams County, OH,^{6 7 17 18 19} died on 22 June 1925 in Stryker, OH ^{18 19} and was buried on 24 June 1925 in Stryker, OH ^{18 19}.). The cause of her death was Arteriosclerosis.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 2 May 1909, in Stryker, OH. ⁶

• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Stryker, OH on 16 April 1910. ⁷

1910 US Census
Sheet 2B, District 134, Family 47, Roll 1241
Stryker, Williams County, Ohio
Home owned, no mortgage
Married 1 year
Michael Arnsberger..Head..72..OH..Retired Farmer
Anne M. Arnsberger..Wife..66..OH
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• Michael Arnsberger and Ann Mariah Carpenter were divorced after 15 April 1910.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Michael Arnsberger
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 2 May 1909
Event Place: Williams, Ohio, United States
Event Place (Original): Williams, Ohio, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 71
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 9 Feb 1838
Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
Birthplace: , Wayne, Ohio
Father's Name: Daniel Arnsberger
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Shade
Spouse's Name: Ann M. Barnum
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 64
Spouse's Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Barnum
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1845
Spouse's Birthplace: , Williams, Ohio
Spouse's Father's Name: David Carpenter
Reference ID: bk 10 p 77 cn 154

Citing this Record
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z83H-5JZM : 12 May 2020), Elizabeth Shade in entry for Michael Arnsberger and Ann M. Barnum, 1909.
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