Tobias4 Arner (David3, HEINRICH2, Ulrich1), born 23 February and christened 17 May 1802 in Hempfield, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania(13) (Sponsors: Johannes and Magdalena Scholl);  died 01 November 1882 in Butler County, Pennsylvania;  married first 05 January 1820 to KATHERINE DAUBENSPECK who was born 21 September 1797(14) in Parker, Allegheny (now Butler), Pennsylvania and died 05 July 1866 aged 68 years, 09 months, 14 days(14);  married second before the 1870 census in Tennessee to Elizabeth Lampley (widow of William C. Lampley) who was born about 1827 in Tennessee. He was a blacksmith and a farmer.

[From page 424, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania, published by Waterman, Watkins and Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1883: “The Arners were early settlers in Westmoreland County. There Tobias, son of David Arner, was born. He located on Bear Creek in the township of Parker, as now formed, where he married Catharine, daughter of Philip Daubenspeck. About 1837, he purchased a tract of land from Peter Hilliard, and became a resident of Washington Township. His children were David, George, Philip, Elizabeth, who married Andrew Kelly; Polly, who married John Day; Anna, who married James Grant; and Christina, who married Thomas Troutman. George Arner has been an occupant of the premises (first improved by William, brother of David Shira) now owned by him, since 1868.”]

1830 Census: Tobias Arner, page 056, Parker, Butler, Pennsylvania.

1840 Census: Tobias Ornar, page 128, Parker, Butler, Pennsylvania.

1850 Census: Tobias Arner, page 372, visit 989/998, Washington, Butler, Pennsylvania.

1860 Census: Tobias Orner, page 830, visit 180/179, Washington, Butler, Pennsylvania.

1870 Census: Tobias Arner, page 285, visit 027/027, District 3, Dickson, Tennessee.

[Elizabeth had at least seven children with her first husband. Three of them: Nancy A., born about 1852, William, born about 1859; and Rainey (daughter), born about 1860, were recorded as “Arner” with Tobias in the 1870 census, which was probably just a “ditto” error by the census-taker.]

Katherine is buried at Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church in Cherry, Butler, Pennsylvania.

Children with first wife:

Elizabeth5 Arner, born 08 November 1820;  died September 1897(M);  married(M) 29 January 1846 to Andrew Kelly who was born about 1820 in Pennsylvania. He was a farmer. 1880 Census: Andrew Kelly, page 305, visit 071/072, Limestone, Warren, Pennsylvania. Known children:  Robert Kelly, born about 1847;  Hannah Kelly, born about 1854, married _____ Smith;  Sharon Kelly, born about 1858;  Flora Kelly, born about 1860;  Margaret Kelly, born about 1863;  Samuel Kelly, born about 1865;  Henry Kelly, born about 1866.

+    ANNA MARY5 ARNER, born 04 August 1827;  married John Day.

David R.5 Arner, born 12 March 1829(14);  died 15 August 1897(14)(also Butler Citizen, issue of 26 August 1897);  married 17 December 1857 to Eliza Ann McCandless (daughter of Mark McCandless and Mary McQuiston Russell) who was born 02 December 1836(14) in Butler County and died 12 August 1903(14)(also Butler Citizen, issue of 20 August 1903). He was a stonemason. [Biography of Mark McCandless in 1883 County History, posted on Butler County GenWeb site.] 1860 Census: David Orner, page 192, visit 025/025, Cherry, Butler, Pennsylvania. 1870 Census: David Arner, page 116, visit 138/138, Cherry, Butler, Pennsylvania. 1880 Census: David Arner, page 148, visit 196/197, Cherry, Butler, Pennsylvania. 1900 Census: Eliza A. Arner (widow, with son-in-law James Mc Hogg), page 228, visit 137/138, Cherry, Butler, Pennsylvania. They are buried at Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church in Cherry Township. Children:

(Infant)6, born and died 04 October 1858(14);  buried at Pleasant Valley Church.

Samuel Oliver6 Arner, born 25 January 1863(14);  died 25 February 1865(14);  buried at Pleasant Valley Church.

(Infant)6, born and died 1866(14);  buried at Pleasant Valley Church.

Mary Christiana6 Arner, born 25 November 1867;  married 22 September 1885 to James McCoy Hogue (son of Robert Hogue and Mary Jane McFate) who was born 26 June 1858 in Cherry, Butler, Pennsylvania and died 08 September 1935. He was a farmer. 1900 Census: James Mc Hogg, page 228, visit 137/138, Cherry, Butler, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: James M. Hogue, page 128, visit 385/405, New Castle (4th Ward), Lawrence, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: James M. Hogue, page 128, visit 385/405, Shenango, Lawrence, Pennsylvania. Children:  Sonora audean Hogue, born 31 May 1887, died 31 January 1906;  David Valentine Hogue, born 18 April 1889;  (Child), born and died 1890s;  Leah Blanche Hogue, born 12 February 1896;  Esther Maude Hogue, born 08 March 1898, married ______ Thompson;  Stanley Merle Hogue, born 20 July 1899.

Lottie Sonora6 Arner, born 21 September 1872;  died 15 July 1964;  married 21 September 1888(N) to Oliver Bovard (son of James Bovard and Mary J. Dunlap) who was born 10 January 1860 in Butler County and died 22 September 1931. He was a farmer. 1900 Census: Oliver Bovard, page 228, visit 153/154, Cherry, Butler, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Oliver Bovard, page 108, visit 131/134, Cherry, Butler, Pennsylvania. Known children:  David Carl Bovard, born 23 October 1889(40), married Fay Wade, he was a brakeman for the Pennsylvania Railroad(40), he registered for the WWI Draft at New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania;  Lena Grace Bovard, born 21 July 1891, died 28 September 1983, married Oliver J. Kiser;  Lillian L. Bovard, born about August 1893, married Edward S. Stevens;  Walter O. Bovard, born about January 1895, married Wilda R. Hall;  James P. Bovard, born about December 1897, married Pauline B. Mathews;  Frances C. Bovard, born about 1900, married Marvin Richeal;  Florence W. Bovard, born about 1904, married Samuel Richards;  Glencora Bovard, born about 1906, married Richard C. McIntire.

Philip5 Arner, born 15 April 1830;  died 22 August 1851(14). He is buried at Pleasant Valley Presbyterian Church.

+    George Alvin5 Arner, born 01 September 1831;  married Ermina J. Campbell.

Henry5 Arner, born 03 August and died 05 August 1832(N).

Anna B.5 Arner, born 03 July 1834;  married 23 November 1854 to James Grant who was born 1825 in Pennsylvania and died 18 October 1887. He was a blacksmith. 1880 Census: James Grant, page 494, visit 221/222, Washington, Butler, Pennsylvania. Known children:  Thomas McKee Grant, born 19 November 1855, died 01 February 1897(N), married Emma Titus(M);  Nancy Catherine Grant, born 06 May 1857, died 1917 in Oklahoma, married to William James Myers (son of Frederick Myers and Lydia Foringer) who was born 08 April 1854 and died 06 November 1929, both buried at Rose Hill Cemetery at Bartlesville, Washington, Oklahoma;  Anna Eliza Grant, born 09 May 1859, married Robert Thompson(M);  Mary Ellen Grant, born 14 January 1862, married John Coulter Christy(N);  John Plummer Grant, born 24 April 1865, married Sadie Jeanette Blauser(N);  Elizabeth Miller Grant, born 29 December 1867;  Laura Elmira Grant, born 15 March 1872;  Samuel Montgomery Grant, born 14 March 1875, married Susan Mary Brest(M).

Christiana5 Arner, born 30 March 1835;  died 27 April 1921 at Perryville, Clarion, Pennsylvania(M);  married 27 January 1856 to Thomas George Troutman (son of Joseph Troutman and Jane Fruit Pollock) who was born 17 September 1831 in Armstrong (now Clarion) County, Pennsylvania and died 18 April 1913 at Perryville(M). [Troutman family biography is in Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania, Volume 2, edited by John W. Jordan, published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York City, 1913. Pollock family genealogy is in Pollock Genealogy, Horace Edwin Hayden, published by Lane S. Hart, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1883.] He was a carpenter and a contractor. 1870 Census: T. G. Troutman, page 287, visit 040/040, District 3, Dickson, Tennessee. 1880 Census: Tom Troutman, page 244, visit 393/398, Perry, Clarion, Pennsylvania. Known children, most born in Pennsylvania:

Cassius M. Clay6 Troutman, born November 1856;  died in infancy(M).

Philip Arthur6 Troutman, born 18 February 1858;  died 31 May 1922 at Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania(M);  married 25 September 1890(M) to Anna Eliza Barry. He was a superintendent for the Carnegie Gas Company.

Elizabeth Armina6 Troutman, born 06 July 1860;  married 07 December 1875(M) to Leroy Porter King. They moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Thomas George6 Troutman, born 21 February 1863;  married(M) 03 September 1890 to Adda Hall who died 28 January 1929. They moved to Ohio, then to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Mary Pollock6 Troutman, born 24 November 1864;  married(M) 13 April 1886 at Atchison, Kansas to (Reverend) Zimri Enos Bates who was born 26 July 1862 in Illinois. They moved to Bowling Green, Ohio.

Emma Estella6 Troutman, born 16 September 1867;  died 18 October 1963 at Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware;  married 18 June 1891 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania to Hiram Edgar Webb (son of Hiram Webb and Irene Stiers) who was born 14 January 1866 in Kansas and died 12 June 1944 at Pittsburgh. Known children, born in Allegheny County:  Margaret Emma Webb, born 04 December 1893, died 26 February 1917 at Wilmington, married 19 October 1918 to Marshall Thomas Sanders who was born 07 September 1894 in Pennsylvania;  Harold Edgar Webb, born 12 August 1896, died 29 March 1962 at Bellevue, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, married Betty Inez Brooks;  Paul Arner Webb, born about 1902, married Ruth Jester Warren;  Brainard Troutman Webb, born 12 March 1906, died 09 October 1982 at Atlanta, Georgia, married Loretta Alice Dwyer.

Margaret Rosealtha6 Troutman, born 31 March 1870 in Tennessee;  died December 1944(M);  married(M) 10 May 1900 to Hamilton Alton Underwood.

Hiram Biddle6 Troutman, born 24 October 1874;  died January 1945(M), married 12 October 1904 to Olive Leaf Thornberry. He was a district foreman for the Carnegie Gas Company. He was a Spanish-American War veteran. They moved to West Virginia; then to Tulsa, Oklahoma.

(Daughter)6, born and died 1879(M).

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