Obituary -
Jacob
Sylvester Arney, son of John and Margaret Arney, was born near Urbana,
Champaign County, Ohio on March 23, 1839.
He came with his parents to Davis County, Iowa, in 1848. He was married March 1, 1860, to Linnie Ann
Barnes, and soon after his marriage moved to Randolph county, Mo., where, owing
to the unsettled political conditions of the period, he lived but one year,
returning to Davis county where he remained until spring, 1864.
Into the
home thus established came eight children, thre daughters dying in infancy, and
one son Ira Rolla, died January 29, 1917.
The others - Mary Machlan, and Olive Gardner of Leon, Joseph Arney of
Kinsville, Mo., and Otto Arney of Bagley, Minn., survive their father.
In 1865 Mr.
Arney moved with his family to Hancock county, Ill., and in 1868, another move
to Decatur county, Iowa. Here they
settled four and one half miles north of Leon, and this county has since been
their home.
Mr. Arney's
wife died April 5, 1880. May 5, 1881, he
married Mrs. Lucinda Officer. Four sons
were born this union, one dying in infancy.
Those surviving are - Walter Arney of Madras, Oregon; Alvin and George
of Leon, and one step son, Ira B. Officer of Leon.
Mr. Arney
died at his home in Leon, February 13, 1927, his age attained at death being 87
years 10 months and 20 days. He is
survived by his wife, and the children named above, and by 33 grandchildren, 32
great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandchild, one brother, A. N. Arney of
Angleton, Texas, and three half brothers, Scott and Joseph Arney of Davis
county, Iowa, and J. C. Arney of Montana, and one half sister, Hanna Penrod of
Davis county, Iowa also survives.
Funeral
services were held at the M.E. church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted
by the pastor, Rev J.E. Habliston, interment being in the Franklin cemetery
northeast of Leon.
FIND-A-GRAVE:
Jacob
Sylvester Arney (plot 56-6), his first wife Linia (56-7), his second wife
Lucinda (56-5), and his son Ira (56-8) are all buried in Franklin Cemetery,
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa.
1860 CENSUS, MISSOURI, RANDOLPH CO:
Jacob is 21,
Ann is 20. They are farming, both were born in Ohio.
1870 CENSUS, IOWA, DECATUR, CENTER:
Jacob S. is
31 and a farmer with real estate worth $1800 and other estate of $380. “Lini A”
is 30 and keeping house. Living at home are Mary E. 8, Olive 6, and Joseph
10/12. Also living with them is Ambrose N. (Jacob’s brother) who is age 22 and
a school teacher.
1880 CENSUS, IOWA, DECATUR, CENTER:
(Census date
is July 15, 1880 -- Jacob’s wife died 3 months earlier, from cancer.)
Jacob is
indicated as age 41, widowed, a farmer. There are five children living at home.
Mary (our ancestor), age 19, is “Keeping House”. Others are Olive age 16,
Joseph age 10, Ira age 9, and Israel age 7. Jacob and his parents were born in
Ohio. All the children were born in Iowa. All the children except Mary are
marked as having attended school during the census year.
1900 CENSUS, IOWA, DECATUR, CENTER:
Jacob lives
next door to son Ira, his wife Cora, and son Wallace (7 months). Jacob’s
household has Jacob (61), Lucinda (53), Walter (18), Alvin (16), and George
(12).
1910 CENSUS, IOWA, DECATUR, FRANKLIN TWP (WELDON):
Jacob and
Lucinda are still farming, even though he is 71 and she is 63. Lucinda has had
3 children, and all are still living (but none are at home). They own their
farm, free of mortgage.
1920 CENSUS, IOWA, DECATUR CO.,
LEON:
Jacob, age
80, and Lucinda, age 73, are living in Leon. They own their home, have no
mortgage on it. They say they are able to read and write. Jacob was born in
Ohio, his father in N. Carolina, his mother in Ohio. Lucinda was born in Iowa,
her father in New Jersey, her mother in Pennsylvania. They can speak English,
and have no occupation.
(FOLLOWING NOTES ARE ABOUT HIS SON,
ISRAEL OTTO. BUT THEY PROVIDE MORE INSIGHT INTO JACOB:
Following
written by Israel’s daughter, Winnie, in about 2002:
Resides
Springerville, AZ
The
information-about my family, is with the Israel Otto Arney family listing. he
never did go by Israel, as he did not like the name. Used to sign his name 1.0.
Arney. I am the only survivor or the Otto Arney family, as my twin sister and
brother both passed away a year ago, just two weeks apart. Seems kind of funny
to be the only one left, af a big family. I always wondered about my Dad's
family. Never did meet any of them except Uncle Walter Arney who lived in
Beaverton, Oregon, at that time. He came for a visit once but and my family was
very poor, and living conditions were not what they were used to, I am sure.
That is the only one I ever met, and I was very small at that time but I
remember we thought he was great, as he gave my sister and I each a dime before
he left.
My dad
homesteaded in Northern Minnesota in the early 1900's. Worst place on earth he
could have gone, as it was all timber. His health was very poor but he did
clear 60 acres, and he managed to raise enough grain, to keep his livestock in
shape. I had 4 brothers, and they had to leave home and work for room and
board, so actually, they were not much help to him. He had to do everything the
hard way and then of course the great depression when he lost it all. I am sure
he would have lived longer if he had not had so many reversals, and the losing
the homestead, just was too much. He did not live long after that. We moved off
of the farm in 1938, and he passed away in 1942, at the age of 71.
He never did
want to be a farmer. He wanted to work as a Depot agent, which would have been
much easier for him, health-wise as he always did have a heart problem. But his
Dad Jacob Sylvester Arney, told him he would set him up in farming. but would
not help him at all if he went into the depot business. Well, he did help, I
guess, but he did not understand that country was not farming country. There
was not much money in the timber business, either, and I do not remember what
they paid a cord, but it was not very much. He never kept very good track of
his family, perhaps because of my mother. She was mindful of her own family
ties, but not his; and we were known as the "missing link." until it
all tied in when my granddaughter decided that I should know something about my
family, and went to work on it. All the information I have, she found. It is
interesting, and I will continue sending it, by degrees, until you have
everything that I have.
This is long
enough. I am not sorry for my childhood. We had a wonderful time on the farm,
and never realized how poor we were, and never thought that we missed anything.
Actually, I think we were richer in a lot of ways than a lot of the kids now
days. They have everything except a loving family ties. Not all of them, but
some of them. I had 3 brothers in the war, and they came home safe and sound.
Thank god. Many were not so lucky. My oldest brother had very poor health and
could not go to the service. He was very resentful about that. as he wanted to
go. There was no work, and so he made what he could by cutting wood and
selling, which did not pay much, but he existed. Mother went to work on a WPA
sewing project, and bought 5 acres of land [from a friend]. Made payments of
$5.00 a month. They built a small house 1 mile south of Bagley, Minn. where it
was close enough so she could walk back and forth to work. She had been a
school teacher, and she pushed education, but it bothered me that she had to
work to keep us kids in school, and I quit when I was in the 10th grade and got
married, which lightened the burden at home. against mothers wishes, of course.
My sister and one brother did graduate. I had 6 children, and divorced after 31
years and 7 years later I met this wonderful man that I am married to now, for
23 years. He is a wonderful person, and a good provider, which the first one
was not either of these things. I pretty much raised my 6 children. Thank god
they turned out to be good, useful citizens for which I am very proud.
Marriage: 1 Mar 1860
Spouse: Linia
Ann BARNES
Birth: 6 Mar 1840 Parke County, IN
Death: 5 Apr 1880 Decatur Co., IA
Misc. Notes
Arney Linia
A. wife of J.S. Arney Died Apr. 5. 1880 aged 39Y 11m 27d S6-7
References
show her name as Lena, Laney, Linia, Lenae, Linae. Apparently she was commonly
called “Linnie”.
1880 CENSUS MORTALITY SCHEDULE:
Linonia A
Arney, age 39, is reported as died from cancer in Center Township, Decatur,
Iowa.
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Jacob Sylvester ARNEY (23 Mar 1839 - 13 Feb 1927) &
Linia Ann BARNES (6 Mar 1840 - 5 Apr 1880)
Mary Ellen
ARNEY (24 Apr 1861 - 9 Sep 1935) & Joshua Newton MACHLAN (17 Oct 1860 - 8
May 1936)
Olive Belle ARNEY
(15 Sep 1863 - 16 Jun 1937)
Joseph Ambrose ARNEY
(28 Aug 1869 - 9 Sep 1929)
Ira Rolla ARNEY
(27 Feb 1871 - 27 Jan 1917)
Israel Otto ARNEY
(1873 - 1941 (or 1942))
Winnie ARNEY
(3 Daughters ARNEY died as infants)
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Second
Marriage: 5 May 1881
Spouse: Lucinda
Catherine RYAN
Misc. Notes
Aunt
Geraldine advised that her name was Lucinda OFFICER (her married name).
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu/cemeteryDocs/Franklin.htm
Arney
Lucinda C. Ryan Officer Our Mother wife of J.S. Arney
Oct.14.1846
- Jan.24.1928 S6-5
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Jacob Sylvester ARNEY (23 Mar 1839 - 13 Feb 1927) &
Lucinda Catherine RYAN
(Son ARNEY died as
Infant)
Walter Day ARNEY
(14 May 1882 - 1 Aug 1955)
Alvin Allen ARNEY
(12 Feb 1884 - aft Jan 1928)
George Elbert
ARNEY (13 May 1888 - aft Jan 1928)
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