• Born: 12 January 1850, Grandview, Edgar County, Illinois, USA ^{2 3 4 5}
• Marriage (1): Mary Elizabeth CENTER on 7 January 1871 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA
• Died: 31 March 1892, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA at age 42
• Buried: 1892, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA

   Another name for John was John ARTERBURN.⁵

  General Notes

Confusion regarding Pink and Pearl Arterburn:

Family tree information posted on FamilySearch.org regarding the family of John F. Arterburn and Mary Elizabeth Center cite two children, both born and died in the mid-1880s in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA. In the family tree, they are listed as two daughters, Pink Arterburn and Pearl Arterburn. Both are given the same birthdate — 12 Nov 1886 in Mattoon, and both died in 1888 in Mattoon. Pink died 27 Feb 1888 per family tree information, and Pearl died 12 Aug 1888 per this same source.  This information appears in other family trees as well.

However, according to burial records in Dodge Grove Cemetery in Mattoon (as input from cemetery and/or funeral home records and as listed on FindAGrave), there is an unnamed Arterburn infant born 1886 and died 12 Aug 1888 (Age 2; Lot Owner: Arterburn; Funeral Home:Peers) and an infant son Arterburn born 1888 and died 27 Feb 1888 (Son of John; Age not listed; Lot Owner: Arterburn, Robert; Funeral Home:Schilling).  It seems to me that these two records must refer to Pink (unnamed Arterburn infant) and Pearl (infant son Arterburn), and the original family tree information got the deaths of the two twins reversed.  Perhaps the genealogist who submitted the tree to FamilySearch.org also did not know that "Pearl" was a common name for men in the late 1800s (it did not become primarily a female given name until later in the 1900s) and that is why Pearl Arterburn was given female gender.

My best interpretation of the data from family tree sources and burial records is that John and Mary Arterburn had twin children born 12 Nov 1886 in Mattoon. The son was named Pearl, and he died 27 Feb 1888 (at the age of 1 year 3 months) and he was buried in Dodge Grove Cemetery. Pearl's twin sister was Pink Arterburn, who lived a few months longer, but she died on 12 Aug 1888 at nearly the age of 2 and she also was buried in Dodge Grove Cemetery.

Oct 2013, kmh.

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  Burial Notes

Dodge Grove Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the 1850 US Federal Census on 6 December 1850 in Grandview and Embarrass Precincts, Edgar County, Illinois, USA. ²
  

James Arterburn   31      M   Tailar   180   Jefferson  Ky
Elizabeth " "     25      F                   " "       "
Taylor    " "      3      M                  Edgar  Ill
John F    " "      4/12   M                   " "    "

• He appeared on the 1860 US Federal Census on 24 June 1860 in Humboldt Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA. ³ Jas H Arterbon       41
  Elizabeth Arterbon       36
  Taylor Arterbon       13
  John Arterbon       11
  Belle Arterbon       9
  Jas Arterbon       7
  Chas Arterbon       5
  Edward Arterbon       1

• He worked as a farm laborer on 22 July 1870 in Mattoon Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA. ⁴

• He appeared on the 1870 US Federal Census on 22 July 1870 in Mattoon Township, Coles County, Illinois, USA. ⁴ James Andobon       52
  Elizabeth Andobon       46
  Taylor Andobon       23
  John Andobon       20
  Joseph Andobon       17
  Charles Andobon       15
  Clay Andobon       11
  Lillie Andobon       8
  Elmer Andobon       5

• He worked as a farmer on 19 June 1880 in Tuscola Township, Douglas County, Illinois, USA. ⁵

• He appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census on 19 June 1880 in Tuscola Township, Douglas County, Illinois, USA. ⁵
  

Arterburn John        W  M  30              Married   Farmer                     Ills   Ky     Ky
          Mary        W  F  29   Wife       Married   Keeping House   childbed   Ills   N.Y.   Ky
          Henry       W  M   6   Son        Single                               Ills   Ills   Ills
          Ida         W  F   3   Daughter   Single                               Ills   Ills   Ills
          Frederick   W  M   2   Son                                             Ills   Ills   Ills

John married Mary Elizabeth CENTER, daughter of Willard CENTER and Eliza E. HOWELL, on 7 January 1871 in Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois, USA. (Mary Elizabeth CENTER was born on 6 April 1851 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA,^{6 7 8} died on 3 December 1932 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA and was buried on 5 December 1932 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA.). The cause of her death was Hemoplegia.