RTree - Person Sheet
NameIsrael Otto ARNEY 
Birth4 Mar 1869, Iowa
Death15 Apr 1943
FatherJacob Sylvester ARNEY (1839-1927)
MotherLinia Ann BARNES (1840-1880)
Misc. Notes
CENSUS 1940: J O Arney / b: abt 1873 in IA / Head / Living in Copley, Clearwater, Minnesota
CENSUS 1930: Israel O Arney / b: abt 1873 in IA / Head / Living in Holst, Clearwater, Minnesota
CENSUS 1920: Israel Arney / b: abt 1874 in IA / Head / Living in Holst, Clearwater, Minnesota
CENSUS 1910: Otto Arney / b: abt 1873 in IA / Head / Living in Holst, Clearwater, Minnesota
CENSUS 1880: Israel O. Arney / b: abt 1873 in IA / Son / Living in Center, Decatur, Iowa
Following written by Israel’s daughter, Winnie, in about 2002:
Resides Springerville, AZ
The information-about my family, is with the Israel Otto Arney family listing. he never did go by Israel, as he did not like the name. Used to sign his name 1.0. Arney. I am the only survivor or the Otto Arney family, as my twin sister and brother both passed away a year ago, just two weeks apart. Seems kind of funny to be the only one left, af a big family. I always wondered about my Dad's family. Never did meet any of them except Uncle Walter Arney who lived in Beaverton, Oregon, at that time. He came for a visit once but and my family was very poor, and living conditions were not what they were used to, I am sure. That is the only one I ever met, and I was very small at that time but I remember we thought he was great, as he gave my sister and I each a dime before he left.
My dad homesteaded in Northern Minnesota in the early 1900's. Worst place on earth he could have gone, as it was all timber. His health was very poor but he did clear 60 acres, and he managed to raise enough grain, to keep his live stock in shape. I had 4 brothers, and they had to leave home and work for room and board, so actually, they were not much help to him. He had to do everything the hard way and then of course the great depression when he lost it all. I am sure he would have lived longer if he had not had so many reversals, and the losing the homestead, just was too much. He did not live long after that. We moved off of the farm in 1938, and he passed away in 1942, at the age of 71.
He never did want to be a farmer. He wanted to work as a Depot agent, which would have been much easier for him, health-wise as he always did have a heart problem. But his Dad Jacob Sylvester Arney, told him he would set him up in farming. but would not help him at all if he went into the depot business. Well, he did help, I guess, but he did not understand that country was not farming country. There was not much money in the timber business, either, and I do not remember what they paid a cord, but it was not very much. He never kept very good track of his family, perhaps becouse of my mother. She was mindful of her own family ties, but not his; and we were known as the "missing link." until it all tied in when my granddaughter decided that I should know something about my family, and went to work on it. All the information I have, she found. It is interesting, and I will continue sending it, by degrees, until you have everything that I have.
This is long enough. I am not sorry for my childhood. We had a wonderful time on the farm, and never realized how poor we were, and never thought that we missed anything. Actually, I think we were richer in a lot of ways than a lot of the kids now days. They have everything except a loving family ties. Not all of them, but some of them. I had 3 brothers in the war, and they came home safe and sound. Thank god. Many were not so lucky. My oldest brother had very poor health and could not go to the service. He was very resentful about that. as he wanted to go. There was no work, and so he made what he could by cutting wood and selling, which did not pay much, but he existed. Mother went to work on a WPA sewing project, and bought 5 acres of land [from a friend]. Made payments of $5.00 a month. They built a small house 1 mile south of Bagley, Minn. where it was close enought so she could walk back and forth to work. She had been a school teacher, and she pushed education, but it bothered me that she had to work to keep us kids in school, and I quit when I was in the 10th grade and got married, which lightened the burden at home. against mothers wishes, of course. My sister and one brother did graduate. I had 6 children, and divorced after 31 years and 7 years later I met this wonderful man that I am married to now, for 23 years. He is a wonderful person, and a good provider, which the first one was not either of these things. I pretty much raised my 6 children. Thank god they turned out to be good, useful citizens for which I am very proud.
CENSUS 1930: Israel O Arney / b: abt 1873 in IA / Head / Living in Holst, Clearwater, Minnesota
CENSUS 1920: Israel Arney / b: abt 1874 in IA / Head / Living in Holst, Clearwater, Minnesota
CENSUS 1910: Otto Arney / b: abt 1873 in IA / Head / Living in Holst, Clearwater, Minnesota
CENSUS 1880: Israel O. Arney / b: abt 1873 in IA / Son / Living in Center, Decatur, Iowa
Following written by Israel’s daughter, Winnie, in about 2002:
Resides Springerville, AZ
The information-about my family, is with the Israel Otto Arney family listing. he never did go by Israel, as he did not like the name. Used to sign his name 1.0. Arney. I am the only survivor or the Otto Arney family, as my twin sister and brother both passed away a year ago, just two weeks apart. Seems kind of funny to be the only one left, af a big family. I always wondered about my Dad's family. Never did meet any of them except Uncle Walter Arney who lived in Beaverton, Oregon, at that time. He came for a visit once but and my family was very poor, and living conditions were not what they were used to, I am sure. That is the only one I ever met, and I was very small at that time but I remember we thought he was great, as he gave my sister and I each a dime before he left.
My dad homesteaded in Northern Minnesota in the early 1900's. Worst place on earth he could have gone, as it was all timber. His health was very poor but he did clear 60 acres, and he managed to raise enough grain, to keep his live stock in shape. I had 4 brothers, and they had to leave home and work for room and board, so actually, they were not much help to him. He had to do everything the hard way and then of course the great depression when he lost it all. I am sure he would have lived longer if he had not had so many reversals, and the losing the homestead, just was too much. He did not live long after that. We moved off of the farm in 1938, and he passed away in 1942, at the age of 71.
He never did want to be a farmer. He wanted to work as a Depot agent, which would have been much easier for him, health-wise as he always did have a heart problem. But his Dad Jacob Sylvester Arney, told him he would set him up in farming. but would not help him at all if he went into the depot business. Well, he did help, I guess, but he did not understand that country was not farming country. There was not much money in the timber business, either, and I do not remember what they paid a cord, but it was not very much. He never kept very good track of his family, perhaps becouse of my mother. She was mindful of her own family ties, but not his; and we were known as the "missing link." until it all tied in when my granddaughter decided that I should know something about my family, and went to work on it. All the information I have, she found. It is interesting, and I will continue sending it, by degrees, until you have everything that I have.
This is long enough. I am not sorry for my childhood. We had a wonderful time on the farm, and never realized how poor we were, and never thought that we missed anything. Actually, I think we were richer in a lot of ways than a lot of the kids now days. They have everything except a loving family ties. Not all of them, but some of them. I had 3 brothers in the war, and they came home safe and sound. Thank god. Many were not so lucky. My oldest brother had very poor health and could not go to the service. He was very resentful about that. as he wanted to go. There was no work, and so he made what he could by cutting wood and selling, which did not pay much, but he existed. Mother went to work on a WPA sewing project, and bought 5 acres of land [from a friend]. Made payments of $5.00 a month. They built a small house 1 mile south of Bagley, Minn. where it was close enought so she could walk back and forth to work. She had been a school teacher, and she pushed education, but it bothered me that she had to work to keep us kids in school, and I quit when I was in the 10th grade and got married, which lightened the burden at home. against mothers wishes, of course. My sister and one brother did graduate. I had 6 children, and divorced after 31 years and 7 years later I met this wonderful man that I am married to now, for 23 years. He is a wonderful person, and a good provider, which the first one was not either of these things. I pretty much raised my 6 children. Thank god they turned out to be good, useful citizens for which I am very proud.
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