Gladwin County MI Archives Obituaries.....AREHART, RUSSELL B.  July 23, 1920
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Gladwin County Record dated 08-12/1920 Column - 5 Page - 5 
Russel Arehart was born in Ridgeway, Harden county, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1858, and 
departed this life at Highwood, July 23, 1920, aged 62 years, 10 months and 27 
days. He was the father of 15 children, of whom nine are living; Charlie of 
Johnstown, Pa., Ira, David, Joseph, Anna, Ruby, Carrie, Merl and Zelva, all at 
home. He had a son who was lost on the Battleship Cyclops. Mr. Arehart came to 
Michigan from Johnstown, Pa. selling his home there and coming to Gladwin 
county to get a bigger farm so as to have his children all near him, but he 
was only here a little over a year before he fell a victim of the dreadful 
disease, cancer of the stomach. He was the youngest son of 14 children, of 
whom of only four are living; David of Otter Lake, Burris in Ohio, and two 
sisters, Mrs. R.M. Gregg of Pine Stump and Lizzie Westcott of Ohio. He leaves 
one niece, Mrs. Emma Bird and one nephew, Frank Crumpacker of Pine Stump.
   Mr. Arehart was a man of high morals, beloved by all who knew him. Rev. 
Perry Arnold preached the funeral sermon, and he was laid to rest in the Dale 
Cemetery. He was taken to his Nephew's home at Pine Stump where the funeral 
was held at the house. Pall Bearers were W. H. Snyder, Andrew Snyder, Phillip 
Ottegen, Henry Schaffer, James Dundas, and Wm. Rhodes. 

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