Here is what I have found out of my articles on the Arbogast family. In a list of the Township Officers of Arrowsmith who have been elected since 1858, the year township organizations took effect: 1872 -- T.W. Maurice: Township Supervisor, S. E. Cline: Clerk, James Crosson: Assessor and J. L. Arbogast: Collector. ** That is out of a book called the History of McLean County. The next thing that mentions this surname and I have to apologize on this one because I just copied the pages I needed instead of writing down the source BUT, we will blame it on my husband because he is the one who found and copied these!!!!! It was some kind of Directory of the past 100 years. It has a paragraph on the Organizations of this town and in this article, it states " The Anerican Legion Charter for the Witt-Webber-Carrell Post at Arrowsmith was issued April 28, 1920, with 23 members." It goes on to list the members of this post and one of the members was a Frank E. Arbogast. **Source was at the McLean County Historical Museum. The next one is from a Biographical Sketch Book of Mclean County Residents and I actually do not have the beginning of this paragraph because I only copied the one page because my info was in the middle of it but I did notice the name at the top and maybe you can put two and two together. Sorry! >From the top of my page it starts: "Mr Arbogast held the office of School Director six years, Collector one term (probably the J.L mentioned earlier) and is at present School trustee: he also held, for four years, the office of Constable in this township. He was married to Katie O. Henderson Dec 27, 1866; She was born in Lewis Co., Ky., Dec 11, 1847. The fruit of this marriage is five children, four of whom are living and one dead---Mary E., William H., Anna B., Sarah E., and Birdie, died May 15, 1875. Mrs. Arbogasts mother's father was in the war of 1812." The last thing is a page out of the 1920 census and let me say again, this page is awful to read, so... the first names may be off a little! 1920: Looks like Darwin L. Arbogast: Head of household--Male, white, age38, married Wife: Looks like Lena age 34 then Hazel B. daughter age 14 then another daughter - name illegible- something D. (almost looks like Amy ) age was 12 another daughter Ruth M. age 8 Another Daughter: name pretty illegible - something M. (Maybe Erin??) age 6 and a son age 11 months. Possibly Darwin again and the middle initial is L. Sorry I cant be more clear on those. Hope this helps you guys. Let me know! Leslie