Biography of Daniel H. Arbogast, DeWitt County, Illinois Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 1999 Earliene Kaelin Biographies from the 1882 History of DeWitt County, IL., Please Note that while it is great to have such material as the County written histories, these are both riddled with errors. They are a great source in which to start or add color to your family history but, you must check each fact. I in my own research have found several errors on at least three lines. 1882 History DANIEL H. ARBOGAST Daniel Arbogast was born in Clark county, Ohio, May 27th, 1827. David Arbogast and wife, the grandparents of the subject of this sketch, were natives of Germany. They emigrated to America and settled in Virginia. The family moved to Ohio at an early day and subsequently moved to Madison County, Indiana, where the grandparents died. Henry his son, and father of D. H., was born in Pendleton County, Virginia,in August l791. He came from Clark County, Illinois, in October 1838, and the following winter settled near Lexington in McLean county. In March following he moved to De Witt County and settled on section ten in De Witt township, where he resided until a short time before his death. He died December 6th, 1871, in his eighty-seventh year. He married Mary Huffman, daughter of Christian Huffman. She was born in Pendleton County, Virginia, in 1787. She died April 12th, 1853, in her sixty-seventy year. By the union of Henry and Mary Arbogast there were fifteen children, twelve of whom grew to maturity and eight are still living. Daniel H., was in his twelfth year when the family came to De Witt county. He here grew to manhood and remained at home at work on his father's farm, until he was twenty years of age, then he commenced working for himself. He worked for the farmers around in the neighborhood, rented land and raised a crop, and did such general work as fell to his hand. He soon after got into handling stock, and was principally engaged in that business from 1855 to 1870. ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Earliene Kaelin