Lou came from Armstrong County in 1826. He rode a horse towing a keel boat loaded with freight to be discharged between Pittsburgh and Olean, NY on the Allegheny River.
In the 1840's he settled in the Forest County area dealing in oil, lumber, and inn keeping.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4HK-SLM : 4 April 2020), Lewis Arner, Gaskill, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 355, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFD-KZS : 15 July 2017), Lewis Arner, Green, Forest, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 184, sheet 45C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,131.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 May 2020), memorial page for Lewis A Arner (25 Sep 1817–17 Nov 1896), Find a Grave Memorial no. 74529625, citing Riverside Cemetery, Tionesta, Forest County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by MKlump (contributor 47475721) Find A Grave: Memorial #74529625.
See also:
Lots of Arner info at this website: http://www.kinfolks.info/index.html Tried to go to this site and Firefox gave me a warning so be aware. 5/20/2020
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