Lewis Arnett was a native of Alsace, France, and born in 1791. He came
to the United States in 1827, settling first at Rochester, New York,
and then in Warren county, Pennsylvania, and came to Portland in 1837,
making a claim on the county line in section 35. He died in 1868. Mr.
Arnett married Miss Clara Sheddick. Their children have been: Lewis,
now dead; Jacob, who married Miss Charlotte Summers, and lives in
Geneseo, Henry county; Mary wife of Samuel Cogswell, living in
Pennsylvania; Anthony, who married Miss Mary Ann Graham, and lives in
Colorado; Catharine, wife of David Heller, living in Henry county;
Joseph, whose first wife was Miss Martha Warren, second Miss Marietta
Butzen; Philip, now dead; Susan, who married S. Heller, and is now
dead; William, who married Miss Maria Britton, and living in Henry
county; George, who married Miss. Margaret Severance, and living
Henry county; Samuel, who married Miss Catherine Urick, and lives
in Henry county; and John, unmarried, who also lives in Henry county.
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Mr. Arnett was reared at home until he attained
the age of 21 years, receiving the advantages
afforded by the common schools and assisting in
the maintenance of the family. In 1866 he bought 120 acres of his present
farm and in 1868 purchased the remainder. He now has 200 acres of good tillable land and also
25 acres of timber in Loraine Township, Henry County. Mr. Arnett is a member of the Masonic Order.
He was united in marriage in Lorraine Township, Henry County, this state, September 6, 1868, to Miss Sarah Roos.
She is a daughter of Martin and Elizabeth Roos and was born in Loraine township May 22, 1849.
They have six children, all born in Portland Township, this county,
namely: Clara born June 23, 1869, Stacy born Nov. 15, 1870, Leroy
born Mar 7, 1872, Ida born Aug. 20, 1873, Agnes, Feb. 14, 1875,
and Winnie Sept. 5, 1876.
Lewis C. Arnett, farmer, residing on section 27, Portland Township, and the owner of
200 acres on the same section, was born in
the township in which he resides, on section
35, Dec. 18, 1842, and has spent his life within
the borders of the county. His parents were
Jacob and Charlotte (Summers) Arnett. His father
was a native of France, in which country he was
born April 15, 1815. He came to this country in
1827, and located in Warren Co., Pa., where he was
engaged in lumbering. In 1836 he came West and
in the fall of the same year he came to Portland
Township, this county. He was there engaged by
the month one season and in 1837 located the old
homestead of 160 acres on section 35, where the
subject of this biographical notice was born. The
parents of Mr. Arnett's father, Lewis and Clara (Shedeg) Arnett, came to this
state in 1838 and located one mile south of the residence of Jacob Arnett, over the
line in Henry County, and died in Loraine Township, that county. Lewis C's father
went back to Pennsylvania and was there married
in the village of Warren, in March, 1842, to Miss
Charlotte Summers. They had a family of seven
children, all living, of whom Lewis C. is the eldest.
Samuel resides in Geneseo, Ill., and is a dealer in
agricultural inmplements, in company with two other
brothers, Philip and ALbert. Mary is the wife of Andrew Smith,
a farmer, who is residing in Loraine
Township, Henry County. Clara is the wife of
Abrahan Rapp, a farmer residing in the same township.
Otilla is the wife of Charles Alber, who keeps
a restrauant and bakery in Kansas City.
