Catharine Howser ^{3 4 5}

   Cause of her death was Malaria.⁶

   Another name for Catharine was Catherine Houser.^{2 7}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1840 US Census in , Logan County, IL on June 1840. ¹⁰

1840 US Census
Page 246, Roll 63
, Logan County, Illinois
Females
30-40: 1 = (Katherine Arnspiger, wife, age about 33)
(Living with husband and 4 daughters.)
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• She was buried after 8 August 1847 in the Morgan Cemetery in Eminence Township, Logan, IL.

Find a Grave Memorial 18128959
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Catharine married Steven Arnspiger, son of Henry Arnspiger and Elizabeth Sageser, on 10 December 1828 in , Jessamine County, KY.^{1 2 3} (Steven Arnspiger was born about 1800 in , Jessamine County, KY,^{2 9 11} died on 2 December 1847 in Eminence Township, Logan, IL ^{2 9 11 12} and was buried after 2 December 1847 in Eminence Township, Logan, IL ^{2 9 12}.). The cause of his death was Malaria.⁶

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 10 December 1828, in , Jessamine County, KY. ³

• They appeared on the 1840 US Census in , Logan County, IL on June 1840. ¹⁰

1840 US Census
Page 246, Roll 63
, Logan County, Illinois
Males
30-40:1 = Stephen Arnspiger (age abt 35)
Females
under 5: 1 = (Sarah, daughter, age 2)
5-10: 2 = (Emily, daughter, age 5; Amanda, daughter, age 8)
10-15: 1 = (Elizabeth, daughter, age 11)
30-40: 1 = (Katherine Arnsipger, wife, age about 33)
.

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Steven Arnspager Or Arnspiger
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 10 Dec 1828
Event Place: Jessamine, Kentucky, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Catharine Howser
Spouse's Gender: Female

Citing this Record
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-XDQX : 29 November 2018), Steven Arnspager Or Arnspiger and Catharine Howser, 10 Dec 1828; citing Marriage, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 183,358.
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Catherine Houser married Stephen Arnspiger while her brother, Abraham Houser, married Barbara Ann Arnspiger, who was a niece to Stephen.
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Stephen Arnspiger was a wagon maker and lived in the Morgan Mill community. He and his wife were charter members in the Eminence Christian Church. They both died of malaria within a short time of each other. Amanda, the oldest daughter, made a home for young Susan and Margaret until they were old enough to work out. Sarah was sent to live with William Mountjoy and his wife.
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If Steven Arnspiger and Catherine Houser are actually buried in Morgan Cemetery, then there is no marker or stone for either one of them. This is a very old cemetery with the only access road through the end of a farmer's driveway and fields. It is maintained by the county and as 2002, the name is officially called "Gilbert Cemetery" because of the last landowner of the farm was Gilbert when the county took over perpetual maintenance. But to all of the locals, the cemetery is still known as "Morgan Cemetery", named after Mrs. Morgan who originally donated the land for use as a cemetery.

As of September 2002, the cemetery is poorly maintained with only one or two mowings during the summer months, and then apparently without regard to knocking over or cutting into the few stone markers that are still visible there. Most of the approximately 20 visible gravestones are very badly weathered and broken into several pieces. There are no new burials allowed because there are supposed to be many unmarked graves and there are no official records of burials or their locations. The old "Eminence Church" used to stand right across the road that once passed in front of the cemetery. Surnames that I noted there in September 2002 include Ewing, Howser, and Renfros. (Brian L. Lightfoot)
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