160. Peter⁶ Anspach ((John) Jacob⁵, Michael Mathias⁴, Johan Jacob³, Johan George², Johannes Balthasar¹, Hans Jacob^A, Hans Henrich^B, Jacob^C, Jacob^D, Jacob^E, Ambrosius^F)⁽²⁰⁷⁾ was born in Ohio September 17, 1819. Peter died July 10, 1867 in Shasta Co.,CA., at 47 years of age. The following is the death notice from the Sacramento Bee: "At Shasta, July 10th (1867) , Peter ANSPACH, aged 48 years." Source: "Deaths"; Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California; Friday 19 July 1867, page 3, column 3; source located at Sacramento Public Library. Located through CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Gold Rush, Bee List The listing was taken from the Shasta Courier Newspaper, dated July 13,1867. The only information was Peter's name, age at time of death, and date of death. No cemetery was mentioned, and to date none has been found.

He married three times. He married Anne Lanning in Decatur County, Indiana, July 31, 1838.(208) Anne was born 8 OCT 1816. RI., Rhode Island, is given as Birthplace on 1850 census.

Anne died before 1854.⁽²⁰⁹⁾ He married Sarah Jane Rouze in Indiana, September 8, 1853.(210) Sarah was born in Decatur Co.,IN May 31, 1831.⁽²¹¹⁾ She was the daughter of Joseph Rouze and Susan Forsyth. Sarah died before September 1855 in IN.⁽²¹²⁾ I believe that Peter, son of Jacob & Elloner Israel Anspach, was married to Sarah Jane Rouze. He remarried in 1855, after Sarah Jane died. Arva Williams provided most of the info. on Sarah Jane's family. Her great-grandmother was Sarah Jane's sister. Arva can be contacted at for Rouze & related info. Arva says the book Genealogy of the Joseph Rouze Family by Ellan A.(Nellie) Sherman has this entry for Peter & Sarah Jane Rouze Anspach: Sarah Jane Rouze, the fifth child of Joseph and Susan Rouze, was born May 31,1831. In 1853 she married Peter Anspach. They moved near Flora in Clay County, Illinois. They made this their home until a few months after the birth of their daughter. Sarah Jane was in poor health, so they decided to return to the home of her parents in Indiana. The covered wagon was equipped with the necessary articles for traveling and also a bed to convey the sick mother and her baby in a comfortable way. It was a hazardous journey. On reaching the home of the parents (Joseph and Susan Rouze) the father and mother rushed out to greet their daughter and family. Sarah Jane raised up in her bed and placed her baby in the arms of her mother. " I have brought her home to you.' she said. "Will you keep her as your own?" In a few weeks she died. Sarah Jane was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and was loyal to its teaching. Interment was made in a little cemetery on the home farm. The baby was given the name of her mother, Sarah Jane, and was brought up in the home of her grandparents. She remained with them until her marriage to John Roberts.:IT)

He married Armilda or Amilda Barnett in Brown Co.,Indiana, September 16, 1855.(213) Armilda was born in IN 1830.⁽²¹⁴⁾ She was the daughter of Mr. Barnett and Sarah Hamblen. She married George Petro in Indiana, December 14, 1875.⁽²¹⁵⁾ Armilda died May 15, 1907 in Indiana?. Armilda was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Brown Co.,IN. Son John is 2 on this census & birthplace is given as IN. Armilda recieved Peter's part of inheritance payments when his father, Jacob, died. James Mann was executor of Jacob's estate. I am unsure how, when, or if Armilda was informed of Peter's death in California. She remarried in 1875. From "The Hamblen and Allied Families" by A. Porter Hamblen 1940 Armilda Barnett was born Dec 21, 1823. She was daughter of Sarah (Sally) Hamblen and Mr._ Barnett. Sarah Hamblen was dau of Job Hamblen, son of George Hamblen. Armilda was probably born in Haw Patch country, Bartholomew Co.. Armilda moved with mother in 1830 to Job Hamblen homestead where she grew up. Armilda was in Spencer & Sarah Barnett's household in Brown Co.,IN. in 1850. I am not sure if they were her parents or grandparents. BARNET, ARMILDA 25 IN; BARNET, SPENCER 61 KY; BARNET, SARAH 65 MD; BARNET, ANGELINE 20 IN. She and her son John Anspach were in Brown Co., IN. on the 1860 census also. Index says: ANSPACH, ARMILDA 30 IND; AMSPRAM, JOHN 02 IND.

Peter's occupation: blacksmith/mason/prospector in IN.,IL.,CA., 1838. Peter was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census in Decatur Co.,Indiana.⁽²¹⁶⁾ Peter was a Mason. He also did blacksmithing and prospecting in Plumis, Sierra, & Shasta Counties in California from 1860-1865. Letters were written to his daughters in Clay Co.,IL from this time period. Peter died in Shasta,CA. and is assumed to be buried there. In one letter, Peter tells his son-in-law to get the blacksmith books & a left-handed plow (he thought Michael might have) which belonged to Peter. He also told his children to get his livestock and divide up the money or animals. It seems that Armilda and baby were with her family and must have been provided for.

Peter Anspach and Anne Lanning had the following children:

285 i. Susan E.⁷ Anspach was born in Decatur Co.,IN. October 28, 1839. Susan died 1910 in Clay Co.,IL.. Her body was interred 1910 in Oak Mounds Cem.,Clay Co.,IL.. She married Stephen H. Colclasure in Clay County, Illinois, July 21, 1861. Stephen was born in Clay County, Illinois 24 MAY 1842. He was the son of Jacob Colclasure and Polly Trinkle. Stephen died 18 APR 1902 in Clay County, Illinois, at 59 years of age. His body was interred 1902 in Oak Mounds Cem.,Clay Co.,IL.. He was listed as a resident in the census report in Louisville Township, Clay County, Illinois Rec # 249, #D!. (See Stephen H. Colclasure for the continuation of this line.)

286 ii. America Ann Anspach was born in Shelby County, Indiana December 2, 1841. America died July 13, 1893 in Clay County, Illinois, at 51 years of age. Her body was interred July 15,1893 in Oak Mounds Cem.,Clay Co.,IL, Oak Mounds. She married twice. She married Jacob P. Colclasure in Clay County, Illinois, February 26, 1860. Jacob was born in Clay County, Illinois July 25, 1835. He was the son of Jacob Colclasure and Polly Trinkle. Jacob died January 9, 1864 in Clay County, Illinois, at 28 years of age. Jacob was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Clay Co.,IL.(217) (See Jacob P. Colclasure for the continuation of this line.) She married Thomas C. Jones in Clay Co Il, after January 9, 1864. Thomas was born WFT Est. 1822-1851. Thomas died WFT Est. 1876-1936.

287 iii. Lucretia Sarah Leticia Anspach was born in IN. 1846.⁽²¹⁸⁾ Lucretia died before 1872 in Clay Co.,IL.⁽²¹⁹⁾ Her body was interred before 1872 in probably Oak Mounds Cem.,Clay Co.,IL, Oak Mounds. There are several partially readable tombstones in Oak Mounds. One has only Colclasure,___ia-b._ readable. It is in the same vicinity as Lucretia's sister Susan and husband Stephen Colclasure. America is also buried in Oak Mounds. I believe Lucretia is there as well. She married Abraham Asten Colclasure in Clay County, Illinois, July 29, 1860.(220)

Austin was born in Orange Co.,Indiana ? about 1826. He was the son of Jacob Colclasure and Polly Trinkle. He married Caroline Briant in Clay Co.,IL, November 14, 1844.⁽²²¹⁾ He married Sarah E. Monical in Clay Co.,IL, March 2, 1872. Austin died after 1900 in prob. Lonoke Co.,AR. This info. is from Tricia Colclasure.

Austin was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Clay Co.,IL 3rd Ward Flora,Harter Twp..⁽²²²⁾ (See Abraham Asten Colclasure for the continuation of this line.) Father Peter Anspach addresses her as Lucretia, but census lists her as Sarah S. under husband Abram A. Colclasure in 1870 Clay Co.,IL census.

Peter Anspach and Sarah Jane Rouze had the following child:

288 iv. Sarah Jane Anspach was born in Flora,Clay Co.,IL June 5, 1854. She married John W. Roberts in Decatur Co.,IN., February 6, 1879.(223) John was born about 1854. Estimated from marriage record & wife's birth date. (See John W. Roberts for the continuation of this line.) Sarah Jane's mother, Sarah J. Rouze Anspach, died within a year of the daughter's birth. Daughter Sarah Jane was not in Clay Co., Illinois, where she was born, in 1860 census reports. According to a Genealogy of the Joseph Rouze Family by Ellan A. (Nellie) Sherman, Sarah Jane was taken back to Indiana to her mother's parents. By 1860, her father, Peter Anspach, had lost both his parents and two wives. His older children by his first wife were in Clay Co., Illinois in 1860. But Peter's third wife and only living son were living in Indiana with her parents. Peter and his brother Thomas had gone to California to try gold prospecting. Peter never returned, as far as we know.

Peter Anspach and Armilda or Amilda Barnett had the following children:

289 v. William F. Anspach was born in Clay Co.,IL. November 26, 1856. Twin of Charles T. William died December 28, 1856 in Clay Co.,IL?, at less than one year of age.

290 vi. Charles T. Anspach was born in Clay Co., IL. November 26, 1856. Twin of William F. Charles died September 13, 1858 in Clay Co., IL?, at 1 years of age.

291 vii. John Laurey Anspach was born in Clay Co.,IL. June 7, 1858. John died May 5, 1907 at 48 years of age.⁽²²⁴⁾ He married Rachel H. Pitcher February 26, 1902. Date provided by Michael Spaulding. Bride's name from Joel Kenderine's Anspach Webpage.

He resided in Brown Co.,IN 1860.(225) Online Brown Co.,IN 1860 Census lists John as Amspram and age 2, born IN. Individual record in LDS library - film no.453745, ordinance no. 62049, Manti Temple.

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