Arthur Lefferson was also known as Arthur Lefferts. Arthur Lefferson was born on 13. Dec. 1787 at Monmouth County, New Jersey. He was the son of
Auke Lefferts and
Sarah Schenck. Arthur Lefferson married
Elizabeth Lane Barkalow, daughter of
Tobias Polhemus Barkalow and
Elizabeth M. James, on 24. Sep. 1812. Arthur Lefferson married
Sarah Stout on 4. Dec. 1856. Arthur Lefferson was shown in the census on 5. Jun. 1860 as a farmer.
Arthur Lefferson and
Sarah Stout appeared on the census of 5. Jun. 1860 at Lemon Twp., Butler County, Ohio; real estate value 26,900.00, personal property 4,545.00. Arthur Lefferson died on 6. Jun. 1869 at Lemon Twp., Butler County, Ohio, at age 81. Arthur, son of Auke and Sarah Schenck Lefferson married Eliza Barcolo (daughter of Tobias Barkalow) on September 24, 1812 by the Rev. Stephen Gard. He and his brothers and sisters were all born in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Eliza was born February 19, 1795 and died August 26, 1825. Arthur migrated to Warren County, Ohio a little before 1810. In 1810 he secured a large tract of land in Lemon Township, Butler County, Ohio on which he passed the remainder of his life in agricultureal pursuits. He was a man of good business ability and sound integrity, merited the respect in whcih he was held by his fellow citizens, and was accounted a helpful and public spirited man in his community. On December 4, 1856 he married Sarah Stout. He died at the age of 83.
From George Crout's 'Middletown Diary: The Leffersons ...While the Lefferson family had its beginning in Holland, its Revolutionary forefather, Auke Lefferso, was born in 1747, and in 1774 married Sarah Schenck. They resided on a farm near Freehold, N.J. One of their children, Arthur, born in 1786, migrated to Ohio, settling in Loemon Township in 1810. He purchased a farm next to Daniel Doty, Middltown's pioneer. Arthur Lefferson's first home in Middletown, like Doty's, was a log cabin. His original log cabin stood behind the present house, a little closer to the Miami River, with the Prairie road running past its door. This road was blazed in 1795 and follows the same route as the present Hamilton-Middletown Road (Route 4) up to a point in South Middletown, where it originally veered westward following more closely the bandks of the Miami River. This section was rerouted around 1828.Lefferson built the cabin and later his house on an elliptical hill overlooking the Great Miami River. Perhaps his neighbor, Daniel Doty, had warned him of the flooding of the river, for there had been a serious flood in 1805. In 1814 another flood certainly confirmed Lefferson's judgement, as did other in 1828 and 1832. When Arthur married Eliza Barkalow in 1812, the log cabin was a comfortble home, but it wasn't long until the family began to grow, with Garret arriving in 1814; Tobias, 1816; Benjamin 1818; Elizabeth, 1820; Sarah, 1821; and Rebecca in 1823. In 1825 his wife died, and an unmarried sister, Anna, moved to Ohio from New Jersey to help Arthur rear
the children. Arthur did not remarry until 1856, taking Sarah Stout as a second wife to be hostess of his home....
1850 Federal Census for Butler County, Ohio Lemon Township - 21 Sep - page 454
1232 Lefferson, Arthur 63 NJ Farmer $6000
Ann 60 NJ
Shank, Louisa 13 OH
McMans, John 20 Ire
Obituary from Middletown News Signal - Friday, June 25, 1926
OLD CITIZEN DIES AT HOME, LINDEN AVE.
Arthur D. Lefferson, an invalid for several years, born March 28, 1847 on the lower Blue Ball road, and a well known farmer of this vicinity most of his life, gave up life's struggle at 5:20 Thursday evening, passing away at his home, 2307 Linden Avenue, where he has resided since retiring from active farm work a number of years ago.The deceased, a member of one of Butler County's pioneer families, was held in highest esteem by all who knew him and his death will bring deepest sorrow into many homes throughout, not only Middletown, but the county. Besides the widow, Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Lefferson, brother William of this city, John of Liberty, Indiana, sister, Mrs. Alice Bailey of Middletown, survive, and to all of these the heartfelt sympathy of an exceptionally wide circle of friends, old and new, is being extended during the hours following their sad bereavement.Funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon from the Blue Ball Presbyterian church, Rev. Allison officiating, and interment at Woodside cemetery, this city.