Descendants of
John Roofe MacArthur, b. 18 Feb 1803, Canajoharie, NY; d. 17 Feb 1870, Rochester, NY; m. 28 Dec 1822, Auburn, NY, Mary Miller, b. 26 Mar 1804, NY; d. 30 Nov 1864. John Roofe’s parents, Archibald MacArthur (d. 1843) and Eleanor Cameron (d. 1842), emigrated from Inverness, Scotland in approximately 1800. The MacArthur clan had supported the Stuarts and Bonny Prince Charlie and as a result lost much of their land to the Campbells. John Roofe’s wife, Mary Miller, was the daughter of William Miller (d. 1839) and Mary Van Winkle (d. 1804) from Rockaway, NJ. John Roofe and his wife settled in the Genesee Valley of New York at a location on Keshequa Creek approximately 7 miles south of Mt. Morris and 2 miles northeast of Tuscarora. There he became a very successful entrepreneur. Aside from farming, he built two saw mills and engaged in lumbering. The Genesee Valley Canal was subsequently constructed across his property. He obtained several large contracts for the construction of this canal as well as later contracts for the enlargement of the Erie Canal. Later in his life he acquired substantial timber holdings near Cheboygan, MI.
1. William M. MacArthur, b. 13 Apr 1825, Steuben Co., NY; d. 1 Jun 1894, Cheboygan, MI; m. Alice Horn, b. ca. 1834, NY. William together with his brothers Archibald and James formed a business to engage in lumbering and contracting. In 1873, William moved to Cheboygan, MI to focus on the extensive timberlands owned by the business in that area. He became a prominent citizen in Cheboygan and was a member of the Michigan legislature. After William died, Alice moved to Grand Rapids and adopted a young girl.
1.1 Lillian
2. Alexander MacArthur, b. 4 Apr 1827, NY; d. 19 Jul 1902, NY; m. Mary Wycoff, b. ca. 1832, NY. Unlike his other brothers, Alexander remained a farmer and had a farm near Conesus, NY.
2.1 William MacArthur, b. ca. 1865, NY
2.2 John A. MacArthur, b. ca. 1866, NY; m. Carrie. Lived on a 240 acre farm near Conesus, NY.
3. Sarah Catherine (“Kate”) MacArthur, b. 23 Sep 1829, NY; d. 7 Feb 1899, Chicago, IL; m. Xavier George (“George”) Schultz, b. 10 Feb 1828, Schlestadt, Alsace, France; d. 1874, Newark, NY. The couple lived in Rochester, NY and then in 1858 moved to a farm near the John R. MacArthur home. When George Xavier died at an early age, Sarah Catherine was left a widow with small children. The family first lived in Batavia, NY and then moved to Chicago in 1882.
3.1 William (“Will”) Ward Schultz, b. 15 Aug 1851, NY; m. 1st 1 Nov 1876, Cheboygan, MI, Elizabeth E. Leavitt (mother of 3.1.1), b. NH; m. 2nd Helen Clare Gibbon (mother of 3.1.2 – 4). Will preceded the family to Chicago. After the entire family arrived, all of the Schultz brothers formed a partnership and engaged in the retail lumber business in Chicago.
3.1.1 Jerome Archibald Schultz, b. ca. 1878, IL; m. 1st 2 Nov 1906, Chicago, IL, Nan M. Taylor; m. 2nd 14 Jan 1917, Schuyler, IL, Edna Bernice Dace
3.1.2 Helen Clare Schultz, b. 13 Mar 1917; d. 18 Dec 2005, Kansas City, MO. Helen lived in Kansas City, MO most of her life.
3.1.3 William Ward Schultz Jr., b. 24 Jul 1921; d. 20 Jun 1944, Germany. During WW II, Bill was a bombardier assigned to the 492nd Bomb Group. He was killed in action in a bombing raid over Politz, Germany.
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3.1.4 Robert Gibbon Schultz, b. 24 Jul 1921; d. 15 Sep 1989, Oak Park, IL; m. Vernette Smith. Robert was the twin brother of William Ward. He was also a bombardier in the same bomb group as his brother. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. After the War, he pursued a career in journalism and became city editor of the Chicago Daily News.
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3.2 Archibald Arthur Schultz, b. 10 Dec 1853, NY; d. 21 Dec 1886. Arch joined his older brother Will in the retail lumber business in Chicago. He died of “mountain fever” at the age of 33.
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3.3 James Milton Schultz, b. 15 Feb 1858, Rochester, NY; d. 26 Nov 1930, Oak Park, IL; m. 27 June 1899, Cleveland, OH, Margaret Elizabeth Gilliland, b. 3 Jan 1873, North Fairfield, OH; d. 1 May 1946, Pomona, CA. In order to help support his widowed mother and the small children, James, with the assistance of one of his MacArthur uncles, obtained a job in the timber industry in the South. There he contracted malaria, almost died from complications, and required several years of convalescence. He moved with the family to Chicago where he formed a partnership with his brothers. James, Alex, Georgia, and Eddith lived with their mother until she died in 1899. After she died, James married at the age of 41. James and his family lived in Oak Park, IL.
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3.3.1 Catherine (“Kay”) Elizabeth Schultz, b. 5 Jul 1900, Chicago, IL; d. 7 Jan 1987, Santa Barbara, CA; m. 25 Mar 1925, Seattle, WA, Earl Canute Anderson, b. 13 Dec 1896, Grantsburg, WI; d. 5 Sep 1960, Grantsburg, WI. Earl Anderson was engaged in foreign trade, particularly in the Orient. Immediately prior to Pearl Harbor, the family lived in Manila for seven years. Beginning in the 1950s, Catherine taught fourth grade in Menlo Park, CA and then retired in Santa Barbara, CA.
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3.3.2 Margaret (“Peg”) Isabel Schultz, b. 2 Jul 1904, Oak Park, IL; d. 18 Nov 1986, New Castle, IN; m. 27 Jun 1929, Oak Park, IL, George Thomas Rea, b. 25 May 1905, Urbana-Champaign, IL; d. 14 Feb 1988, New Castle, IN. The Rea family lived in New Castle, IN. George Rea became the treasurer of Perfect Circle Piston Rings.
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3.3.3 Dorothy (“Dottie”) Xaviere Schultz, b. 25 Mar 1912, Oak Park, IL; d. 21 Jul 1992, Richmond, IN; m. June 27, 1933, Riverside, IL, LeRoy Ware, b. 4 Sep 1908, Hagerman, NM; d. 14 Sep 1997, Richmond, IN. The couple spent most of their married life in Richmond, IN. LeRoy Ware was the nephew of Herbert Everett Reagan (5.7, infra).
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3.4 Alexander (“Alex”) Joseph Schultz, b. Jul 1862, Mt. Morris, NY; not married. The youngest brother remained a bachelor and was a partner with Will and James.
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3.5 Georgia (“George”) Xaviere Schultz, b. 18 Sep 1863, Mt. Morris, NY; d. 3 Aug 1955, Saratoga, CA; m. 6 Feb 1907, Chicago, IL, Dr. Thomas Stephen Green, b. 8 Jul 1868, Jacksonville, IL; d. 3 Feb 1949, Chicago, IL; no children. Georgia also delayed marriage to assist her mother. She married at the age of 43. She and her husband lived on the South Side of Chicago where Thomas Green practiced medicine.
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3.6 Catherine (“Kate”) Cameron Schultz, b. 1 Aug 1866, Mt. Morris, NY; d. 1957, Los Angeles, CA; m. Rev. Arthur Henry Armstrong, b. 27 Nov. 1866; d. 6 June 1938. Arthur Armstrong, a 1889 graduate of Beloit College, was a Congregational minister in St. Louis and Chicago and became the superintendent of the Missouri Congregational Conference. He also led many tours to Europe.
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3.6.1 Arthur Alexander Armstong, b. 4 Nov 1906; d. 13 Aug 2001, Solvang, CA; m. Frances Gray. Arthur Armstrong was a 1930 graduate of Harvard Law School and practiced tax law in Los Angeles for many years.
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3.7 Eddith Isabel Schultz, b. 15 Aug 1872, NY; d. 3 Oct 1947, Cheboygan, MI; m. 1st 1904, William Stuart MacArthur, b. 15 Mar 1868; d. 13 Oct 1906, Cheboygan, MI; m. 2nd Miles Edward Riggs, b. 1871; no children. Eddith Schultz spent her married life in Cheboygan, MI. Her first husband, a distant MacArthur relative, died at age 38 from diabetes. Her second husband was a druggist in Cheboygan and for a period of time was mayor of Cheboygan.
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4. James MacArthur, b. 5 Feb 1832; d. Mar 1893; m. 20 Sep 1853, Rebecca B. Bliss, b. 21 Sep 1832. James moved to Chicago and was a principal in the MacArthur Bros. firm. When he died, he had one of the largest private libraries in Chicago.
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4.1 Mary R. MacArthur, b. 22 Nov 1855
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5. Archibald MacArthur, b. 15 Jun 1834, Mt. Morris, NY; d. 3 Oct 1907, Chicago, IL; m. 1856 Keturah (“Kittie”) Ann Pratt, b. 26 Sep 1837, Oramel, NY; d. 22 Oct 1909. Archibald moved to Chicago in 1873 and became the driving force in the growth of MacArthur Bros. Co. The engineering firm became one of the largest railroad contracting firms in the west. The firm had large contracts for the construction of buildings and preparation of grounds at the World’s Columbia Exposition and for other major projects. Archibald had a family home in Riverside, IL.
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5.1 Georgie MacArthur, b. 20 Feb 1857; d. 12 May 1859
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5.2 Alice Maud MacArthur, b. ca. 1858, NY; m. 1 Jan 1884, Cook Co., IL, Robert Sommerville, d. 12 Nov 1886
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5.2.1 Dorothea Sommerville, m. Henry Faurot
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5.2.2 Marian Sommerville
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5.3 Arthur Frederick (“Fred”) MacArthur, b. 24 Oct 1860, Oramel, NY; d. 1 Dec 1926, Salt Lake City, UT; m. 24 June 1889, New York, NY, Mary (“Mamie”) Seymour Barnum, b. New York, NY; no children. After graduating from Harvard in 1882, Fred joined his father’s engineering firm of MacArthur Bros. Co. He eventually assumed the leadership of the company. Mamie was the cousin of Pauline Arnoux (5.4).
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5.4 John Roofe MacArthur II, b. 24 July 1862, Mt. Morris, NY; d. 1940, New York, NY; m. 1st 27 Jun 1889, New York, NY, Corfu Pauline Arnoux (mother of 5.4.1 – 3) b. Brownville, NY; m. 2nd Angele (“Muriel”) Laure Fanget (mother of 5.4.4 – 7), b. 1898, Paris, France; d. 1989. John graduated from Harvard in 1885 and entered the Foreign Service. He spent much of his adult life in Europe. He was knighted by the King of Italy, who was extremely pleased with the work done by MacArthur Bros. Co. in constructing the harbor of Palermo. His gravestone has the inscription, “Lawyer, Statesman, Civil Engineer.”
5.4.1 Arnaud MacArthur, d. infancy
5.4.2 Arthur Paul MacArthur, b. 14 June 1901
5.4.3 William MacArthur, b. 25 Mar. 1906; d. 4 Nov. 1980
5.4.4 John Roofe MacArthur III, b. 1922, Lausanne, Switzerland; d. 1965, Pakistan; m. Alicia. John was an engineer and was killed in a mountaineering accident in the Hindu Kush in Pakistan.
5.4.5 Robert Stuart MacArthur, b. 1925, Lausanne, Switzerland
5.4.6 Archibald Gordon MacArthur, b. 1926, Lausanne, Switzerland; d. 7 Jul 2006, Fairfax, VA; m. Annerose. Gordon graduated from Harvard in 1949 and subsequently did graduate work at Paris, Oxford, the Hague, and John Hopkins. From 1962 to 1991, he was in the Foreign Service with assignments in Africa, at the State Department, and at the United Nations.
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5.4.7 Mary-Muriel MacArthur, b. Lausanne, Switzerland; not married
5.5 Jennibel MacArthur, b. ca. 1867, NY; d. 12 Nov 1886 at age 19
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5.6 Florence (“Flossie”) Blanche MacArthur, b. 26 Nov 1871, Montclair, NJ; d. 25 Jan 1945, Salt Lake City, UT; m. 3 Feb 1903, William Olin Story, b. 31 Oct 1874, Denver, CO; d. 9 Dec 1929, Salt Lake City, UT. Florence married William Story, an attorney and the son of a lieutenant governor of Colorado (1891-93). William Story first joined his father’s law practice in Ouray, CO and then moved with his family in approximately 1913 to Salt Lake City, UT, where he practiced law with his father in the law firm of Story & Steigmeyer.
5.6.1 William MacArthur (“Mac”) Story, b. 14 Nov 1904, Ouray, CO; d. 16 Jan 1972, Salt Lake City, UT; m. 28 Nov 1939, Catherine Nutter, b. 2 Dec 1909; d. 27 Mar 1966, Salt Lake City, UT.
5.6.2 Marian Belle (“MB”) Story, b. 16 Jun 1906, Ouray, CO; d. 30 Jun 1984, Salt Lake City, UT; m. 31 Dec 1929, Francis Boydel Goeltz, b. 6 Sep 1903, Erie, PA; d. Aug 1966, Palm Beach, FL.
5.6.3 Florence “Tudie” MacArthur Story, b. 23 Jan 1909, Ouray, CO; d. 27 Sep 1964, Salt Lake City, UT; m. Nov 1935, Lewis Marshall Haines, b. 5 Sep 1904; d. 5 Jan 1956, Salt Lake City, UT.
5.6.4 Eleanor “Tiny” Story, b. 10 Jan 1911, Ouray, CO; d. 17 Nov 1995, Boise, ID; m. 4 Jan 1934, Salt Lake City, Utah, Allison Leroy Nowels, b. 6 Jan 1909, Omaha, NE; d. 17 Jun 1988, Salt Lake City, UT.
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5.7 Marion Ethel MacArthur, b. 1880, IL; d. 1917; m. Herbert Everett Reagan, b. 19 Mar 1877; d. 6 Apr 1922
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5.7.1 Archibald MacArthur Reagan, b. 21 Sep 1904, Riverside, IL; d. 21 May 1965; m. 25 Nov 1934, Chicago, IL, Agnes Erickson, b. 22 Jun 1907; d. 21 Jul 1988, LaGrange, IL
5.7.2 Keturah MacArthur Reagan, b. 26 Sep 1906, Riverside, IL; d. 22 Oct 1995, Asheville, NC; m. 19 Oct 1929, Riverside, IL, George Silverthorne Faurot, b. 3 May 1901, Riverside, IL; d. 17 Jan 1968, Asheville, NC
5.7.3 Ethel (“Babbie”) MacArthur Reagan, b. 3 May 1909, Riverside, IL; d. 26 Sep 1997, Chelan, WA; m. 20 Jun 1931, Riverside, IL, George Maclean Hellyer, b. 28 Feb 1912; dv. 1952; d. 12 Feb 1988, Seattle, WA
5.7.4 Barbara Reagan, b. 5 Oct 1910, Riverside, IL; d. 15 Mar 1990; m. 18 June 1938, Brookline, MA, Arthur Falkerson Toole, Jr., b. 1 Jul 1911, Birmingham, AL
5.7.5 Ruth Reagan, b. 21 Dec 1911, Riverside, IL; d. 15 Mar 1972, Talladega, AL
5.7.6 Irene Reagan, b/d inf. 1916, Riverside, IL
6. John M. MacArthur, b. 29 Oct 1836, NY; m. Sarah, b. ca. 1843, OH. As a teenager, John ran away from home for the goldfields of California. He subsequently was involved in mining operations in the Southwest and Mexico. For a period of time, the family lived in Oakland, CA in the home built and furnished by the famous Gold Rush actress Lotta Crabtree.
6.1 Archibald MacArthur, b. ca. 1861, CA
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6.2 Willliam MacArthur, b. ca. 1863, CA
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6.3 Arthur MacArthur, b. ca. 1865, CA
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6.4 Augustus MacArthur, b. ca. 1868, CA
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6.5 Gertrude MacArthur, b. ca. 1871, CA
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7. Mary Jane (“Jennie”) MacArthur, b. 25 Dec 1838, NY; d. 5 Aug 1932; m. 1st John E. Rittenhouse, b. 31 Jul 1829, NY; d. 10 Mar 1910, Cheboygan, MI; m. 2nd 27 Feb 1895, Cheboygan, MI, Capt. Orange Ball, b. ca. 1834, VT. In 1868, John Rittenhouse purchased the John R. MacArthur home and farm and engaged in wheat farming. The family suffered a great tragedy when four of their seven children died of diphtheria in a short period of time. In approximately 1890, the couple sold the John R. MacArthur farm and moved to a farm on Mullet Lake near Cheboygan, MI.
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7.1 MacArthur (“Arthur”) Rittenhouse, Arthur married, had a child, and moved to Michigan.
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7.2 Nellie Rittenhouse, d. 31 Mar 1880, Cheboygan, MI. Nellie died of diphtheria at age 18 when visiting MacArthur relatives in Cheboygan.
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7.3 Edward A. Rittenhouse, b. ca. 1865, NY; d. 22 Dec 1882, Mt. Morris, NY. Died at age 17; one of three siblings to die of diphtheria within 3 weeks.
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7.4 Mary J. Rittenhouse, b. ca. 1867, NY; d. 1 Dec 1882, Mt. Morris, NY. Died of diphtheria at age 15.
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7.5 Jessie Belle Rittenhouse, b. 8 Dec. 1869, Mt. Morris, NY; d. 28 Sep. 1948, Detroit, MI; m. 1924, Clinton Scollard, 18 Sep 1860, Clinton, CN; d. 19 Nov 1932, Kent, CN. Jessie Rittenhouse’s college education was a gift from her Uncle Archibald MacArthur, who was impressed by her talent. She became a recognized poet and was perhaps most noted for her anthologies of modern poetry. She was the only woman involved in the founding of the Poetry Society of America and was its secretary for ten years. She received an honorary doctorate degree from Rollins College with which she was closely associated. Her published autobiography, “My House of Life” (Houghton Miffin Co. 1934), has frequent references to her MacArthur relatives. Her husband, Clinton Scollard, was also a famous poet who issued 35 different publications including 11 books of poetry. Wikipedia Page
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7.6 Hattie G. Rittenhouse, b. ca. 1873, NY; d. 7 Dec 1882, Mt. Morris, NY. Died of diphtheria at age 10.
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7.7 John C. Rittenhouse, b. 1877, NY; m. 10 Nov 1902, Cheboygan, MI, Louise Brady, b. 1880. John became a well-known maker of fine furniture. Cheboygan history book
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7.7.1 Nellie Rittenhouse, m. Harrigan
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7.7.2 Louise Rittenhouse, Louise lived in Detroit.
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8. Cornelia (“Nell”) Cox MacArthur, b. 10 Mar 1841, NY; m. Jacob J. Post, b. 20 Feb 1839, NY; d. 27 Jul 1912, Cheboygan, MI. Nell became the second MacArthur sibling to move to Cheboygan, MI. Her husband, Jacob Post, had a retail hardware business in Cheboygan.
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8.1 Sadie Post, adopted; m. Frank Shepherd
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8.1.1 Cornelia Shepherd
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8.1.2 Helen Shepherd
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8.1.3 Patricia Shepherd
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9. Harriet (“Hattie”) Melissa MacArthur, b. 19 May 1843; m. Bergen Suydam
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9.1 Belle Suydam
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9.2 Mary Suydam
10. Isabel (“Belle”) Eddith MacArthur, b. 18 Feb 1848; d. 1915; m. 12 Oct 1876, Conesus, NY, William Harrison Mills, b. 24 Feb 1845, Groveland, NY; d. 21 Jan 1934, Jackson, MI; no children. After the death of her mother, Belle lived with her brother Alexander in Conesus, NY. Belle’s husband became a very successful lumberman. The couple lived in Conesus and then Rochester, NY.