1908 Arvilla V. Blough and Albert A. Rieth were married on September 30, 1908, in Elkhart County, Indiana. Arvilla V. Blough was a child of William D. Blough and Mary Hoover. (FHL film 1845559). [1]
1920 Mary Hoover Blough died on September 17 and was buried at Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. Mary Hoover Blough was born on July 31, 1858. [2] [3]
1921 William D Blough died on February 20 and was buried at Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. William D Blough was born on December 23, 1846. [4] [5]
A biosketch reported [6]:
William D. Blough has been a resident of Harrison township, Elkhart Co., Ind., since 1873, but was born in Summit township, Somerset Co., Penn., on December 19, 1845, the eldest child born to David J. and Matilda (Griffith) Blough, which family is descended from a fine race that originated in Germany. The founder of the family in America came from Blackforest, Germany, and settled in Lebanon county, Penn., where he married and reared a family of five children, two being sons. From these two sons are descended those of the name in this country and Canada. The two sons, Christian and Jacob, moved to Summit, Somerset Co., Penn., and settled in a valley between a range of the Alleghany and Laurelhill Mountains, where they both became well-known citizens and reared families. Christian was the great-great-grandfather of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He reared a family of six sons and one daughter: Jacob, John, Christian, Peter, Henry, David and Martin; Christian, the third child, being the great-grandfather of William D. He became a man of influence in Summit, Somerset county, and reared a good old-fashioned family of six daughters and four sons: Jacob, John, Benjamin, Joseph, Nancy, Sally, Susan, Polly, Rachel and Frances, all of whom became well-to-do and highly respected people of Somerset county. The eldest of these children, Jacob, was the grandfather of William, and his family consisted of seven sons and four daughters: Daniel, Michael, David J., Jacob, Solomon, John, Levi, Sarah, Catherine, Elizabeth and Nancy. The most of these children married and reared families in Somerset county, where they occupied prominent positions and were held in high esteem. David J., the third son, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in 1822 and in his native county of Somerset, Penn., grew to manhood on a farm, and almost from his cradle learned habits of industry, honesty and thrift, which were his stepping stones to success in later years and remained with him throughout life. He was married in his native county to Miss Matilda Griffith, a native of that county also and a daughter of David and Mary (Hensil) Griffith, the former of whom was a descendant of one of the old-time English families of Pennsylvania. To David J. Blough and his wife six sons and four daughters were born: William D., Nelson D., Henry, David, Josiah D., Elmore, Catherine, Sarah M., Anna M. and Mary. The father and mother still reside on the old homestead in Summit, Somerset county, and are in the enjoyment of a hale old age and are held in high esteem by the many who know them. They reared a large family to industrious and honorable manhood and womanhood, and only one is deceased—Mary—who was drowned when about one year old. All are married but Elmore and Sarah, who are still living with their father and mother. David J. Blough served nine months in the Union Army during the Civil war and in politics is independent, voting for whom he considers the best man. The Bloughs belong to one of the old-time families of the country, for they settled here in colonial days and were patriots during the Revolution. Sarah, the daughter of David J. Blough, was at Johnstown at the time of the great flood and the house in which she was staying was swept away and she nearly drowned. She was swept downward about three-quarters of a mile and by a miracle was saved. William D. Blough has been familiar with farming from his boyhood, but while occupied in the duties of a farmer's boy he found time to attend the district school near his home, in which he acquired a good practical education. He started out to do for himself by making a trip westward, taking a boat down the Ohio, and up the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers to St. Joseph and Omaha, and while in the West worked on a farm. From that point he hired out to cross the plains but at the end of about a year returned to his old home with a sick comrade, who had been with him in his wanderings, and there remained for two years. At the end of this time he went to Illinois, and settled in Washington county, but one year later went to Franklin county, Kan., and until 1873 was a resident of Ottawa. In the fall of that year he came to Elkhart county, Ind., but was not a permanent resident of the place until 1877. Since then he has made his influence felt in his section, and is considered a substantial, prosperous and public-spirited citizen. He is the owner of a good farm of eighty acres, besides a number of houses and lots in Elkhart. He has shown much discernment as a business man, and as a result has acquired a good property. What he has in the way of worldly goods has been acquired by his own efforts and he has every reason to be proud of his achievements. He has always been strongly opposed to the liquor traffic, is a strict temperance man and in politics is a Prohibitionist. He is interested in the improvement of country roads. He is a member of the Evangelical Church, in which he is trustee, and is a worker for the Christian cause. November 29, 1877, he was married to Mary R. Hoover, daughter of David L. Hoover (see sketch). She was born July 31, 1858, in Elkhart county, and is the mother of five children: Laura Belle, born May 23, 1879; Rosa May, born October 27, 1881; Arvilla Matilda, born October 6, 1884; David F., born December 9, 1877, and Nelson H., born June 17, 1891. This family is one of the most substantial of the county and is an influence for good in the section in which they reside.
Notes about their children:
1899 David F Blough died on October 31 and was buried at Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. David F Blough was born in 1887. [7] [8]
1938 Arvilla Virginia Blough Rieth died on August 14 and was buried at Violett Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana. Arvilla Virginia Blough Rieth was born on October 6, 1884. [9] [10]
1950 Laura Blough Leer was buried at Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. Laura Blough Leer was born in 1879. [11] [12]
1951 Warren W Blough was buried at Yellow Creek Brick Cemetery, Southwest, Elkhart County, Indiana. Warren W Blough was born in 1894. [13] [14] [15]
1956 Nelson H. Blough died on May 26 and was buried at Riverside Cemetery, Clinton, Lenawee County, Michigan. Nelson H. Blough was born on June 17, 1891. [16] [17]
1967 Rosa May “Rose” Blough Rood died on November 8 and was buried at Union Center Cemetery, Nappanee, Elkhart County, Indiana. Rosa May “Rose” Blough Rood was born on October 27, 1881. [18] [19]
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[2] Find A Grave Memorial 79124443, [FindAGrave].
[3] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[4] Find A Grave Memorial 79124189, [FindAGrave].
[5] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[6] Goodspeed Brothers, publishers, Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph counties (1893), 572, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial 79124139, [FindAGrave].
[8] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[9] Find A Grave Memorial 155449023, [FindAGrave].
[10] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[11] Find A Grave Memorial 79955153, [FindAGrave].
[12] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[13] Find A Grave Memorial 79124166, [FindAGrave].
[14] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[15] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, [AncestryRecord].
[16] Find A Grave Memorial 80619328, [FindAGrave].
[17] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[18] Find A Grave Memorial 55630177, [FindAGrave].
[19] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].