Hi, Clan:
Arney is a prominent name in Marshalltown, IA, because a large group (most of them my
ancestors) emigrated from Owen Co to Marshall Co, IA together. A generation earlier, many
of these same families had traveled together to Owen Co from Stokes Co, NC.
Rosaline Arney wrote in 1942: Grandfather Arney built a log house in Indiana and lived
there till their children were getting married so they needed more homes, so they came to
Iowa. There were Uncle John Hausers and Uncle Jake Hausers, Uncle Ayers Elsberry and Betsy
Arney and husband, John Henry Arney, the father of Luth and Frank Arney. Henry, the father
of Uncle Ira Arney and I think Uncle John Irvin and Tom Hausers. Nine wagons all told.
After crossing the Mississippi, they did not see any more houses. After driving all one
day with no road or trail to follow, concluded that they were lost. The women were crying,
the children were afraid. In the morning, they went but a little way when they saw a
house, and found that they had reached the settlement at Timber Creek, [Marshall Co,
IA]for which they had been headed. They arrived first at the home of Blakely Brush, whom
they had known in Indiana.
This is a little of what was kindly sent to me by Allison Scott.
- Elizabeth Chain
Chandler, AZ
----- Original Message -----
From: Clan MacCord
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 4:11 PM
To: Elizabeth Chain
Subject: Re: [INOWEN] Weatherly family
Fiscus-one of the members of Class 59 was a Bob Fiscus US Naval Academy,
Arneys's a prominent name in Marshalltown Iowa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Elizabeth Chain" <eechain(a)msn.com
To:
<INOWEN-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [INOWEN] Weatherly family
Hi, I'm descended from a Fiscus and an Arney. This is probably
much more
than you're looking for, but hopefully you can just delete what you
don't
want.
If you can decide there's a chance we're related, that would be great! Let
me know if you want to share more info.