Sophia,
Velpen, one of the last town to be established in Pike County is located in
Marion Township not far from the Pike and Dubois County line. It was
platted in 1881.
I ran down through the printed copy of the 1870 census and did not find an
Arthur or a Willard child in any household in Marrion Twp. In 1870 all
addresses in Marion Twp. were listed as Pikeville P.O.
With the close proximity of Dubois County it's possible he could have been
born there instead. My in-laws have a Velpen address, live on the Pike Co.
side of the road that makes the county line and have a Jasper phone number.
I have copied youe e-mail and will pass it on to a fellow genealogy
researcher who researches the Poselwait family.
Sandy