This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Arbaugh, Arbough, Higgins Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/3240 Message Board Post: Additional info for Jesse ... News articles reporting death and burial of JLA (family scrapbook clipping ... source not credited, though it sounds as if it was a Mondamin paper ... if one existed.) Jesse L. Arbaugh Meets Sudden Death One of our respected citizens, Jesse L. Arbaugh, died by sudden heart failure at his home Tuesday, (December 9, 1919.) He had been in his usual health and there was no warning. His children Schuyler and Miss Bertha were in town and when they went home were surprised to find him out of the house. They began to search as the night was bitter cold. He was found in the corn crib dead, where he had gone to get corn for feeding. It was evident that the thread of life had snapped in an instant and he had fallen over without a struggle. The body was not yet cold when found. Mr. Arbaugh had lived here for about 35 years and was known as the man who never had an enemy. He was a veteran of the civil war and was 77 years old past. Before moving to his late home he resided at Modale. His wife died a couple of years ago and was buried at Magnolia, where he will be placed after the service which will probably be held Saturday. The time has not yet been decided on as it is not known how soon his children can reach here who live at a distance. A respected Resident Buried on Sunday Jesse Levi Arbaugh was born at Canal Dover, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, March 4, 1842 and died at his home two miles northwest of Mondamin, Iowa, December 9, 1919 at the age of 77 years, 9 months and 5 days. He had seemed in his usual health and was out at his chores having them nearly finished. While at the crib getting corn in the half bushel basket the death summons came quickly. As he stayed out a little longer than usual, the family became anxious and looking found their father there. It seemed as though life had just departed. While a boy he moved with his parents from Ohio to Indiana where he grew to young man hood. In the year 1861 he came to Omaha and later to Harrison County, Iowa. He served in the Civil War in Co. F. 13th Reg. of Iowa. At the close of the war he returned to Harrison County. He was married to Sarah Higgins December 5th, 1867 in Calhoun Township, Harrison County, IA. They lived on a farm north of Modale twenty-two years. From there the family moved in 1889 ...(clipping cut short - DOA) Respectfully submitted for other researchers.