Jacob Arney

23 June 1800–20 July 1868 (Age 68)
Wythe, Virginia, United States

The Life Summary of Jacob

When Jacob Arney was born on 23 June 1800, in Wythe, Virginia, United States, his father, Sebastian Boston Arney, was 25 and his mother, Anna Maria Phillippi, was 23. He married Sarah Salome Litz about 1830, in Wythe, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 20 July 1868, in Cripple Creek, Wythe, Virginia, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Arney
1800–1868
Sarah Salome Litz
1802–1892
Marriage: about 1830
Nancy Arney
1825–1861
Elizabeth Arney
1833–1891
Elizabeth Frances Arney
1850–
Anne Arney
1830–
William Franklin Arney
1835–1896
John Jacob Arney
1840–1914
Amanda Arney
1841–1884
Sarah Catherine Arney
1848–1929

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1830Wythe, Virginia, United States
    • Children

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1803
    Age 3
    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
    1812 · Monumental Church Built
    Age 12
    The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 19
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    Name Meaning

    English: perhaps from the Middle English personal name Ernwi (Old English Earnwīg, composed of the elements earn ‘eagle’ + wīg ‘battle’). If so, the surname shows the unexceptional loss of -w- in the unstressed syllable following -n-.In some cases an Americanized form of German or Swedish Arne .In some cases also an Americanized form of Norwegian Arnøy: habitational name from any of a number of farmsteads named for the islands on which they stand; the original derivation of such names being either from the Old Norse personal name Arni, or from ǫrn ‘eagle’ + øy ‘island’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Arne

    Sources (20)

    • Jacob Arney in entry for Elizabeth Evens, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
    • Jacob Arney, "United States Census, 1830"
    • Jacob Arney in entry for Martin Price, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"

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