Benjamin H. Arney and Mary A. Ziegler

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Husband Benjamin H. Arney ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 Dec 1840 - Gregg Twp, Centre Co, PA 3
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         Father: Jacob Arney (1808-1886) 4
         Mother: Rachel Meyers (1818-1891) 4

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       Marriage: 24 Jul 1870 - Millheim, Centre Co, PA 3

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Wife Mary A. Ziegler ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1 Jun 1848 - Millheim, Centre Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: Michael Ziegler (1820-1894) 2 3
         Mother: Lydia Gephart (Abt 1821-1877) 2 3

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Children

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1 M A. Miles Arney ^{2 3}

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           Born: 22 Aug 1878 3
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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin H. Arney

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When he was thirteen years of age the family removed from Gregg township to Potter township, in Centre County, Pennsylvania, where the greater part of his life was passed. In the Musser school, Gregg township, he began his education under the guidance of Robert Cook, at which time discipline and order were the principal features of the school room. As his father owned and operated a clover-hulling mill, in which business winter was the busiest season, for two years he assisted his father in his work at the expense of his schooling. In 1856 he entered an academy at Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, where he completed his literary studies. Soon after leaving the school room, in the autumn of 1857, Mr. Arney began clerking in the store of Arney & Ross, at Centre Hill, his father being a member of the firm. Previous to this time he had lived upon a farm, and had early become familiar with the duties that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. Following his services as clerk at Centre Hill, he was similarly employed in the general store of William Wolfe, at Centre Hall, and Daniel Hess, at Linden Hall, both of which stores did a large business. Subsequently he was for two years and a half employed as clerk in the dry-goods establishment of Bisel & Everett, of Lock Haven, and later by Troxal & Bridgens, of the same place.
In 1863, Mr. Arney went west, and entered the employ of what was then the Toledo & Wabash railroad, serving in the capacity of yard-master at its western terminus-State Line, Indiana. While the business was new to him, he readily adapted himself to his duties, and was made ticket agent at Danville, Illinois, after the consolidation of that road with another, at which time it became known as the Wabash railroad. Having contracted ague and malaria, he was forced to abandon that section of the country after four years of railroad life, and was compelled to decline an offer of a substantial salary to remain with the company. The business possessed for him the usual fascination, and it was with reluctance that he gave it up. Returning to his native state, the healthy mountain air hastened his recovery, and he was soon able to accept the position of manager of the store belonging to C. C. McClelland, at Round Island, Pennsylvania, where he spent one winter. About this time his father removed to a farm near Centre Hall, and he returned home in order to assist his father in the improvement and cultivation of the place.
In 1871 Mr. Arney removed to a part of the Philip Foster farm, where he continued to live until 1893, when he located upon the old home of his father, comprising 135 acres of rich and arable land, which he and his brother, Dr. G. F. Arney, then owned. A great reader, he kept himself well informed on the leading questions and topics of the day.
He and his wife were devout members of the Reformed Church, in which Mr. Arney served as deacon. At State and National elections his unwavering support was given the Democratic party, but on local affairs he voted independently. He served as treasurer of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Centre County, also as township auditor, and held other official positions, including those of school director and election officer.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 348, 366.

2 John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 43.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 348.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 348, 365.