Family Group Sheet
NameChristian C. Arnold, 2C4R
Birth8 Apr 1843, Preble Co., Ohio
Death2 Feb 1924, Danville, Illinois
BurialNorth Manchester, Wabash Co., Indiana
FatherIsaac H. Arnold (1809-1858)
MotherJeanette Kitson (~1811-)
Marriage27 Oct 1884, North Manchester, Wabash Co., Indiana
SpouseFrances Fouss
Birth7 Jul 1849, Ohio
Death25 Oct 1925, Wabash Co., Indiana
Children
SpouseCharles F. Kraning
Notes for Christian C. Arnold
Wabash Co. Marriage Records, Bk 6, p. 239, license issued to Christian Arnold & Frances Fouss on 10-27-1884.
Wabash Co. Historical Museum has administration papers for estate of Frances Arnold, d. 25 Oct 1925, widow of Christian C. Arnold, d. 1923. Lists daughter Anne M. Brubaker, deceased, age 60; Joel Brubaker, son-in-law, Ira Brubaker & Roy Brubaker, grandsons, Mary Leitenberger, dau, age 55; Carrie L. Kraning wife of Charles F. Kraning, dau, age 41; Dollie or Sarah A. Arnold, dau, age 50.
Wabash Co. Historical Museum has application for letters of administration from Charles F. Kraning for estate of Sarah A. Arnold, d/o Christian C. Arnold & Frances Arnold, d. 26 Dec 1926 in Wabash Co., single. Lists heirs Mary E. Leitenberger, sister, age 55, Fond du Lac, WI; Carrie L. Kraning, sister, age 41, N. Manchester, IN; Ira Brubaker, nephew, age 35, NY, NY; Roy Brubaker, age 33, nephew, Rochester, MI.
Wabash Co. Historical Museum has administration papers for estate of Frances Arnold, d. 25 Oct 1925, widow of Christian C. Arnold, d. 1923. Lists daughter Anne M. Brubaker, deceased, age 60; Joel Brubaker, son-in-law, Ira Brubaker & Roy Brubaker, grandsons, Mary Leitenberger, dau, age 55; Carrie L. Kraning wife of Charles F. Kraning, dau, age 41; Dollie or Sarah A. Arnold, dau, age 50.
Wabash Co. Historical Museum has application for letters of administration from Charles F. Kraning for estate of Sarah A. Arnold, d/o Christian C. Arnold & Frances Arnold, d. 26 Dec 1926 in Wabash Co., single. Lists heirs Mary E. Leitenberger, sister, age 55, Fond du Lac, WI; Carrie L. Kraning, sister, age 41, N. Manchester, IN; Ira Brubaker, nephew, age 35, NY, NY; Roy Brubaker, age 33, nephew, Rochester, MI.
Notes for Frances Fouss
Lester Binnie's "The German Baptist Arnolds" gives the name of Christian C. Arnold's wife as Frances Truss. The typed index to Wabash Co. marriage records gives it as Francis Fouss. (I didn't look at the original.) The marriage license application for their daughter Carrie gives her mother's maiden name as Frances Truss (this may be Lester Binnie's source.) I have not seen the name Truss in any other records associated with Brethren families, but Fouts/Foutz/Pfouts/ Pfoutz was a common Brethren name (e.g., there are 68 entries for it in the Montgomery Co., OH, 1803-1851 marriage records, and 17 entries for it in Binnie's Wabash & Kosciusko Co. cemetery records). So it is likely that Truss is a misreading of Fouss, which is a variant of Fouts.
