Arthur is still a single freeman in 1806.

Arthur is found in Woodward Township in 1850 at age 44 living with Eliza and James Morgan. Eliza is 18 (1832) and may be a sixth child of Arthur and Sarah. Two doors away is his son, George Hockenberry at age 21. (1829) Also in Woodward Township three doors away is Thomas Hockenberry age 14 (1836) and living with Reed and Rosanna Alexander.

By 1852/3 Arthur was married to a young lady named Elizabeth with whom he had five more children. On the 1860 census the family still lives in Woodward Township and are listed as; Arthur 53 a cooper, Elizabeth 30 and the children are Sarah age 7, Martin age 3 and John 8 months. In 1870 he and Elizabeth are in Madera Woodward Township with two additional children Reed and Joseph.

Arthur Hockenberry died in April 1880 of heart disease (dropsy).

In June of 1880 Elizabeth is shown as a widow with four children at home John, Reed, Joseph and Nathan M. age 9.


*A Cooper is someone who makes or repairs vessels comprised of large wooden sticks, known as staves, bound together by hoops and possessing flat ends or heads. They include wooden casks, barrels, kegs, bucket tubs and butter churns.


†Dropsy is an old term for the swelling of soft tissues due to the accumulation of excess water. In years gone by, a person might have been said to have dropsy. Today one would be more descriptive and specify the cause. Thus, the person might have edema due to congestive heart failure.