Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Arthur, Albanus C. July 13, 1859 - 
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Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904
Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor

  ALBANUS C. ARTHUR, one of the best known farmers of 
Montgomery township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, was 
born in Philadelphia, July 13, 1859. He is the son of Albert 
and Eliza Jane (Redifer) Arthur.

  The Arthur family are of Scotch origin. According to 
family tradition the great-grandfather of Albanus C. Arthur 
emigrated from Scotland and settled in the state of New 
Jersey prior to the Revolutionary war. The ancestor of this 
branch of the family removed at an early date to 
Pennsylvania. 

  Albert Arthur (father) was born at Chestnut Hill, in 
Philadelphia county, and spent his entire life in that 
vicinity. He was a blacksmith by occupation and labored at 
his trade throughout life. He served for a time in the 
Mexican war. 

  In 1849 he crossed the plains to California, where he 
prospected and operated gold mines. He subsequently worked 
in silver mines in Mexico, and in 1879 returned to 
Pennsylvania. In the fall of that year he purchased the farm 
of 125 acres now occupied by Albanus C. Arthur, situated on 
the state road, in Montgomery township, where he spent the 
remainder of his life, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He 
was an honorable and highly esteemed citizen, and in 
religious faith affiliated with the Society of Friends.  

  Albanus C. Arthur acquired his early education at Mount 
Airy public school. After leaving school he became an 
apprentice to the carpenter trade, at which he remained 
three years. He worked for a time at his trade, and, 
removing with his father to the farm, has spent the 
remainder of his life there. He is unmarried. In his 
political views he is a Democrat, and has never sought or 
held office.

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