2. William² Michael (Peter¹ Michel or Michael) was born in Berks Co., PA. March 14, 1794. William died March 19, 1871 in Claremont Twp., Richland Co., IL., at 77 years of age.

He married Sarah Arney or Erni in Zion Luthern Church, Harrisburg, PA., May 24, 1814.(487) Sarah was born in Berks Co., PA. December 4, 1795. She was the daughter of Conrad Arney or Erni and Elizabeth Unknown. Sarah died December 18, 1873 in Richland or Lawrence Co., IL. at 78 years of age. Sarah & William Michael are buried in Bryant Cemetery, of Lawrence County, IL.

William was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Laketown, Wayne Co., Ohio.⁽⁴⁸⁸⁾ William was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Wayne Co.,Ohio.⁽⁴⁸⁹⁾ William was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census in Lawrence Co.,IL.⁽⁴⁹⁰⁾ William & Sarah had at least seven children according to 1830 & 1840 census reports. We believe we've identified six. There is a daughter listed in 1840 that we haven't yet identified. By 1850, only daughter Sarah (age 28) was left at home.

From Richland County, IL Biographies
JACOB F. MICHAEL, one of the honored veterans of the late war, and a leading farmer of Bonpas Township, Richland County, residing on section 14, is a native of the Buckeye State. The place of his birth was near Loudonville, Wayne County, and the date on which he first opened his eyes to the light of day was July 27, 1835. His parents were William and Sarah (Army) Michael, both of whom were natives of Berks County, Pa. The family is of German origin, and was founded in America by the great-grandfather of our subject. The grandparents were Peter and Elizabeth Michael. William Michael emigrated to Ohio about 1827, and there resided until 1840, when he emigrated with his family to Lawrence County, Ill., settling near Sumner. He was a wheelwright by trade, but in this State followed agricultural pursuits. The latter years of his life were spent at the home of our subject in Claremont Township, where he died March 19, 1871, on his seventy-seventh birthday. His wife died December 18, 1873. She was born December 4, 1795, and was a daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth Army. The parents of our subject were interred in Bryant Cemetery, of Lawrence County.
Also mentioned in Jacob's biography is that when Jacob was about thirteen years of age, his father opened a country store, and Jacob engaged in clerking in the same until about nineteen years of age (1848-1854) in Lawrence Co., IL.

William Michael and Sarah Arney or Erni had the following children:

3 i. Marie Ann³ Michael was born in PA. about 1814. Marie's age is given as 36, b.PA. on the 1850 census. However, I think her age was actually a couple of years younger. If she is one of William Michael's daughters listed as 10-15 in 1830. She married William Collins in Lawrence Co., Il, July 12, 1848. William was born in Virginia 1810. He married an unknown person 1830. (See William Collins for the continuation of this line.) Marie Ann Michael was William & Sarah Amey Michael's daughter. Marie Michael married William Collins in Lawrence Co.,IL. William Collins had been married before and had at least one child, daughter Mary A. Collins. This daughter, Mary A. Collins, later married Marie Michael's brother, Samuel Michael. But they were not blood relatives. Marie was her brother's step-mother.

+ 4 ii. Samuel Michael was born March 25, 1815.

5 iii. Susan Michael was born in PA. about 1818. 1850 census gives age as 32. She married John Etzwiler in Wayne Co., Oh, November 9, 1836. John was born about 1816. John was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census in Lawrence Co.,IL.. I believe Susan is one of William & Sarah Amey Michael's daughters listed as 10-15 on 1830 census in Wayne Co.,OH.

+ 6 iv. John W. Michael was born 1819.

7 v. Sarah E. Michael was born in Pa/oh 1821. Sarah was still unmarried in 1850, when she is listed on census with her parents. Her age was given as 28 on that census.

+ 8 vi. Jacob F. Michael was born July 27, 1835.

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