George Wilson Arbaugh (1857 - 1933)

Born 12 Feb 1857 in Indiana, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Hays) Arbaugh — married 21 Feb 1879 in Jay, Indiana, United States

Died 19 Oct 1933 at age 76 in Allen Township, Ottawa, Ohio, United States

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Biography

George W. Arbaugh was born about 1857. He was the son of perhaps George W. Arbaugh and his wife Malissa.

He is recorded at age 3 in 1860 with George W. Arbaugh 72 (born in VA), Melissa 34, born in OH, presumably a younger brother David T., 7 months, and Angeline Hillery, 12, born in OH. He and David were born in IN.

His mother married Hamilton Gibson in 1868 and he is recorded in the 1870 census in a household in Wabash, Jay, IN: Hamilton is 54, Malissa is 42 (born in OH), Isaac W 16, Eliza 12, Martha 4, and George W. Arbaugh was 12. All children born in IN.

He married Elizabeth Hays in Jay Indiana, 21 Feb 1879.^[1] They had four children:

Nellie Arbaugh 1880-1958

Mote E. Arbaugh 1887-

James Buford Arbaugh 1889-1955

Harry Eugene Arbaugh 1893-1953

In 1880 he was recorded with no children in Portland IN as a laborer.

In 1900 he is still in Jay, IN, all four children are present, he is a barber and Elizabeth is a dressmaker.

In 1910 he is in Muncie, Delaware, IN. The three sons are with the family. He is working as a barber.

In 1920 he is a barber in Toledo, OH. Elizabeth is there, James is a circus performer and Harry is an auto/traffic worker.

He is still in Toledo in 1930, the proprietor of a barber shop, with Elizabeth and James and Jessie (daughter-in-law) who are both circus performers.

He died in 1933.^[2] He was buried in Elliston Cemetery in Ottawa County, OH.

Research Notes

Detached Hamilton Gibson as father (6 Jun 2023). It appears Melissa was the wife of the 72-year-old in 1860 George Sr Arbaugh, and she married Hamilton after his death.

Death certificate gives 12 Feb 1857 as birthdate and location as Jay, Indiana. Father's name is George W. Arbaugh and mother as Melissa Gibson (but this not her maiden name, it's from her second marriage).

Sources

1. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6RG-DMC : 3 August 2022), George W Arbaugh and Lizzie Hays, 21 Feb 1879; citing Jay, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004714926.
2. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8CK-HVK : 8 March 2021), George Wilson Arbaugh, 19 Oct 1933; citing Allen, Ottawa, Ohio, reference fn 60080; FHL microfilm 1,992,981.

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• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M4FG-R9N : Thu Mar 16 07:57:12 UTC 2023), Entry for George Arbaugh and Melissa Arbaugh, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFM-8K8 : 17 October 2014), Hamilton Gibson, Indiana, United States; citing p. 2, family 14, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,826.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH98-99S : 13 January 2022), George Arbaugh, Portland, Wayne Township, Jay, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM1G-M4S : 30 November 2021), George W Arbaugh, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKGD-Z3M : accessed 28 April 2023), George W Arbaugh, Muncie Ward 5, Delaware, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 34, sheet 6B, family 152, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 346; FHL microfilm 1,374,359.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDGX-PK4 : 3 February 2021), George W Arbaugh, 1920.
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z8WZ-Q7PZ : 13 October 2021), George W. Arbaugh in entry for Harry Eugene Arbaugh and Mae M. Alenroth, 1921.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X448-F47 : accessed 28 April 2023), George Arbaugh, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 8A, line 40, family 152, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1834; FHL microfilm 2,341,568.

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