Orlando Arnsbarger ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Cause of his death was Cerebral Thrombosis.⁸

  General Notes:

Orlando Arnsbarger was a farmer, road building contractor, and was director of schools while he lived in Dover.
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Orlando Arnsbarger, History of Fulton County, p. 251-252

ORLANDO ARNSBARGER, one of the substantial farmers and honored citizens of Swan Creek township, owning a well improved farm a short distance east of the village of Brailey, is a native of the adjoining State of Michigan, having been born in Adrian, Lenawee county, on the 27th of June, 1851, and being a son of Daniel and Abigail (Barber) Arnsbarger, the former of whom was born in Cumberland county. Pa., September 2, 1826, and the latter was born in the State of New York, in 1831, their marriage being solemnized in Williams county, Ohio, where their respective families located in the early pioneer days. The parents of Daniel Arnsbarger located in that county in 1840, and there he was reared to maturity, continuing his residence there for a number of years thereafter and for a time residing in Lenawee county, Mich., but after the Civil war he took up his abode on a farm which he purchased in Dover township, Fulton county, where he and his wife remained until 1897, when they took up their residence in the village of Brailey, where they now make their home, venerable in years and held in unqualified regard by all who know them. Mr. Arnsbarger is a stanch Democrat in politics and both he and his wife are members of the Christian or Disciples' church. It is interesting to record that in the village of Brailey four generations of the family are now found represented. Orlando Arnsbarger was reared to the sturdy discipline of the farm, in Williams and Fulton counties, and is indebted to the common schools for his early educational advantages, which were somewhat limited. He became one of the representative farmers and citizens of Dover township and continued to give his active supervision to the operation of his fine farm until 1901, when he took up his residence in Brailey, purchasing forty acres of land contiguous to the village, having platted a portion of the tract into village lots, which he has placed on the market as Arnsbarger's addition to the village of Brailey, and he is also devoting special attention to the handling of wood for fuel purposes, cutting and preparing the timber to a large extent from the land in his own possession.

In politics Mr. Arnsbarger has ever given his allegiance to the Democracy, and while a resident of Dover township he served several years as school director. Mrs. Arnsbarger became a member of the Disciples' church when fifteen years of age, but in later years has been identified with the United Brethren. In 1871 Mr. Arnsbarger was united in marriage to Miss Mina Cameron, daughter of John D. and Margaret (Lee) Cameron, both of whom were born in Holmes county, Ohio. Mrs. Cameron died on the 20th of June, 1898, and her husband is now living in Ossian, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Arnsbarger have four children, namely: Charles, Franklin, Delia and Lucelia. Charles is individually mentioned elsewhere in this publication; Delia is the wife of Lewis C. Winzeler, a farmer near Brailey, and Lucelia is the wife of Ernst L. Kirkman, who is a resident of the village of Brailey.
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There are multiple ways of spelling the family surname but the most common one would seem to be "Arnsberger". The census records are full of misspellings because of semiliterate enumerators and probably a heavy Germanic accent coming from the residents made it difficult to understand. In later years as the literacy rate increased, it became more of a personal preference as to how the family surname should be spelled, thus there are several branches of Arnspigers, Arnsbergers, Arnspagers, and Arnsbargers.

But what I find particularly unusual about Orlando is that he apparently preferred the spelling as Arnsbarger even though his parents used Arnsberger. This is where we see the first deviation in the spelling of the surname. A lot of this may not necessarily be personal preference but a predominance of the spelling on multiple official documents which eventually became the manner in which the family would spell the name. Both of his sons, Charles and Franklin, seemed to keep the spelling the same as Orlando's use of Arnsbarger. But now another interesting story unfolds; the children of Charles all kept the same spelling as Arnsbarger but for some reason, the children of Franklin all began an eventually reversion back to their great-grandparents spelling of Arnsberger. Whether this actually happened during the lives of Ervin Jack and Orlo Daniel Arnsbarger is difficult to ascertain with any definitive answer. But the son of Ervin Jack is genealogical researcher Jerry Arnsberger who apparently has always used that spelling.
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Orlando has two gravestones at the Swanton Cemetery. One indicates a birth year of 1851 while the other, standing only a few feet away, indicates 1852. His census records seem to be about evenly split as to which year was used to calculate his age on the census form. His death certificate indicates 1851 but that information was supplied by the informant, his son, Charles.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Orlando Arnsbarger
Event: Death
Event Date: 04 Jan 1934
Event Place: Toledo, Lucas, Ohio
Residence: Toledo, Lucas, Ohio
Street Address: 1801 Norwood
Gender: Male
Death Age: 82y 6m 7d
Marital Status: Married
Race: w
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Birth Date: 27 Jun 1851
Birthplace: Ohio
Estimated Birth Year: 1852
Burial Date: 06 Jan 1934
Burial Place: Swanton, Ohio
Father: Daniel Arnsbarger
Father's Birthplace: Pa
Mother: Abigal Barber
Reference Number: fn 4240
Film Number: 1992987
Digital Folder Number: 4020582
Image Number: 1375

Source Citation
"Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X64C-Y5H : accessed 06 Sep 2012), Daniel Arnsbarger in entry for Orlando Arnsbarger, 1934; citing reference fn 4240, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio.

NOTE - The informant was his son, Charles Arnsberger.
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  Burial Notes:

Find A Grave Memorial 7795703

  Noted events in his life were:

1. 1860 US Census, 18 July 1860, Springfield Township, Williams, Ohio, United States. ⁴ 1860 US Census
Page 145, Dwelling 1144, Family 1100, Roll 1052
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Orlando Amberger..8..MI

(Living with parents.)

2. 1870 US Census, 4 June 1870, Dover Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States. ⁵ 1870 US Census
Page 7, Dwelling 58, Family 60
Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Orlando Arnsburger..17..MI..Farm Laborer

(Living with parents.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 27 Jun 1851, then his age should have been 18 instead of 17.

3. 1880 US Census, 8 June 1880, Dover Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 76A, Dwelling 91, Family 90, Roll 1017
Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Orlando Armsbergar..Head..29..MI..Farmer

(Living with wife and son.)

4. 1900 US Census, 6 June 1900, Dover Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 5, Dwelling 74, Family 74, Roll 1270
Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 27 years
Orlando Arnsberger..Head..June 1851..48..MI..Farmer

(Living with wife and 2 daughters.)

5. 1910 US Census, 15 April 1910, Swan Creek Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States. ³ 1910 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 16, Family 38, Roll 1184
Swan Creek Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Bradley Road; Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 37 years
Orlando Arnsbarger..Head..58..MI..Farmer, General

(Living with wife and 2 grandchildren.)

6. 1920 US Census, 22 January 1920, Swan Creek Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States. ⁶ 1920 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 45, Family 43, Roll 1384
Swan Creek Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Farm owned, no mortgage
Orlando Arnsbarger..Self..67..MI..Widowed..Farmer, General farm

(Living alone.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 27 Jun 1851, then his age should have been 68 instead of 67.

7. 1930 US Census, 10 April 1930, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States. ⁷ 1930 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 229, Dwelling 97, Family 97, Roll 1837
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, United States, Ward 13
1801 Norwood(?) Avenue; Home owned, $3000
Orlando Arnsberger..Head..79..MI..Widowed..Retired

NOTE - If his birth date was 27 Jun 1851, then his age should have been 78 instead of 79.

8. Occupation: Retired Farmer, 4 January 1934, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States. ⁸

9. Residence: 1801 Norwood Avenue, 4 January 1934, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States. ⁸

Orlando married Mina Cameron, daughter of John D. Cameron and Margaret Lee, on 1 December 1872.^{1 2 3} (Mina Cameron was born on 17 April 1854 in Holmes, Ohio, United States,^{1 2 3 10 11} died on 8 January 1916 in Swan Creek Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States ^{10 11} and was buried on 10 January 1916 in Swanton Cemetery, Swanton, Fulton, Ohio, United States ^{10 11}.). The cause of her death was Tubercular Peritonitis.⁸

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1880 US Census, 8 June 1880, Dover Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 76A, Dwelling 91, Family 90, Roll 1017
Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Orlando Armsbergar..Head..29..MI..Farmer
Mina Armsbergar..Wife..26..OH..Keeping House
Charles Armsbergar..Son..6..OH

2. 1900 US Census, 6 June 1900, Dover Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 5, Dwelling 74, Family 74, Roll 1270
Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio
farm owned, no mortgage
married 27 years
Orlando Arnsberger..Head..June 1851..48..MI..Farmer
Mina Arnsberger..Wife..Apr 1854..46..OH..4/4
Della Arnsberger..Dau..Dec 1882..17..OH
Lucilia Arnsberger..Dau..Jan 1884..16..OH

NOTE - Sometimes indexed as Asnsburger instead of Arnsberger due to poor handwriting.

3. 1910 US Census, 15 April 1910, Swan Creek Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States. ³ 1910 US Census
Sheet 2A, District 16, Family 38, Roll 1184
Swan Creek Township, Fulton County, Ohio
Bradley Road; Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 37 years
Orlando Arnsbarger..Head..58..MI..Farmer, General
Mina Arnsbarger..Wife..56..OH..4/3
Ervin B. Arnsbarger..GSon..9..OH
Goldie A. Arnsbarger..GDau..3..OH

(Living next to his parents)