Articles

Some interesting articles I gleaned from newspapers.com relating to Johnson and Beckie (Zwig) Arnold.

--Paxton Record.  11 December 1919.  Page 7.

This article leads me to believe they lived somewhere else prior to the corner of Adda and Locust Streets location. It states "They will reside in the residence property which they purchased some time ago . . ."  They must have been renting out this home to the Forster/Foster family.  I saw an article that said Johnson lived on North Street (but I can't find it now of course.)  More research. 
They must not have lived in the North Street home very long, as the next two articles are their purchase of the Locust Street home in
1920.  

--Roberts Herald.  1 September 1920.  Page 5.



--Paxton Record.  25 November 1920.  Page 1.

--Map of Lyman Township.  1916.

The Burn's Addition is to the west of the High School Gym in Roberts, across Locust Street.  I believe Johnson and Beckie lived in the little yellow home on the corner of Adda and Locust.  We remember it as the home where the Bob Hoover family lived.  I thought my great grandparents built this home, but the above article states it was the residence property of the Baylers.   

I found the following article about the North Street home, but not sure it
makes sense.  The wording in the article is very confusing (as some of these older newspapers obviously had no proofreaders.)
More research.  What home on North Street did Johnson own? 
 

--The Pantagraph.  Bloomington, Illinois.  14 January 1922.  Page 12.

 

 --Paxton Record.  29 September 1938.  Page 7.

 

So Johnson and Beckie purchase a home in Roberts some time prior to 1919 (several years prior) on North Street.  They move into this home in 1919.  Then the next year, they purchase the home on Locust Street (above photo.)  Here they will live out their lives.  Both Johnson and Beckie died in 1938.  And the above article talks of the sale in 1938 to Mr. Fred Sturm.

 

No Arnolds here, but a nice shot from the front yard of the home on Locust Street.  Some Roberts ladies. 

Jerry Sturm identified some of them when I posted this photo on the Roberts History Group Facebook page:  "Starting on right, first lady not sure, next is my Grandma Ida Sturm, not sure, sure, Mrs Seng or Schuler?, Gerty Sturm, not sure last two. Picture was taken at Fred and Ida Sturm's front yard across from high school."

Johnson & Beckie Arnold Stone

--Buried Lyman Township Cemetery. Roberts, Ford County, Illinois.

This stone is maybe 5-7 rows from Route 115 and rather to the middle, but a little more to the south.  And as you can see from the photo not far in from one of the cemetery gravel roads.  The stone engravings face the west.

Beckie O.

--1900 United States Federal Census.  Lyman Township.  Ford County.  Illinois.

A middle initial for Beckie and all family members.  I wonder what her middle name is?  I checked 1910, 1920, and 1930 census also.  No middle initials for anyone listed. More research needed.

Beckie (Zwig) Arnold Obit 1938

 

 

--Roberts Herald.  30 March 1938.  Page 1.

Johnson David Arnold Obit 1938

 

 

--Roberts Herald.  10 August 1938.  Page 1.

Mrs. Beckie Arnold Funeral Notice

--Grandma Mildred Arnold has written a birth date.

Some Dates

AMOS ARNOLD COMES TO ILLINOIS --PART 2--

Continuing . . .

Johnson Arnold married Rebecca Swigg (Zwig, Zwieg).  They had eight children:  Amos - died in infancy, Clyde, Roger, Michael, David, Henry, Ernest, and Samantha. 

I have yet to find an adult photo of Johnson Arnold, but Beckie Zwig Arnold appears in many Arnold family photos.  If any family member has a photo of Johnson Arnold, please email me jandowell@hotmail.com

Johnson Arnold

Becky (Zwig) Arnold

 

--From the History of Ford County, Illinois.  1985. 

Johnson D. Arnold (1862-1938) was born in Schuyler Falls, New York, the second child and first born son of Amos and Lora.  He married Beckie Swig (1869-1938) April 6, 1886.  Her parents, Carl and Ernstine Swig, were both born near Piro in North Germany as was Beckie.  Johnson and his wife set up housekeeping in a small home on the land given to them by Amos and Lora.  This home was later moved to the present site where the home still stands with additions made through the years.

 

This would be the location where the home stood when I lived there and what it looked like when I lived there.  My dad, mom and I moved into this home shortly after my dad was discharged from the Army.

My Grandma Mildred Arnold's address book has in Grandma's handwriting recorded the date of their moving into town and our moving on to the farm. September 1955.  I assume we moved in to the home shortly after Grandma and Grandpa moved to town. 

 

And as I suspicioned the home had additions and alterations over the years.  Mom thinks possibly the far west end of the home may have been the original as it had a small attic above this room and a door toward that faced the north, but really opened to nowhere (just the middle of the back yard.)

 

 

 

 

They also built a small home on the North East corner of the North 80 for Beckies' parents to live out their lives. 

 

I was in this small home that Beckie and Carl lived in.  I always envisioned it sitting at the end of the primary lane at the farm, but this document states the home was on the North East corner of the North 80, putting the home on the hill at the end of the lane over the ditch to the north of the main home.  This two room framed home sat just to the south of the main house when I lived on the farm.  A sidewalk ran from our home and extended past the "cob shed." We called it the cob shed.  I did enter it on a few occasions, but it was very dilapidated by the late 1950's.  I so wish I had a photo of this small home.  For more details and pics of the buildings on the farm see this post:  https://amosarnoldgenealogy.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Farm

This previous post details the wedding of Johnson David Arnold and Beckie O. Zwig:  https://amosarnoldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/04/mr-and-mrs-johnson-arnold.html

Johnson and Beckie Arnold had 8 children, I will document all info separate for them and add the link here as I complete each.