Arnold, Alexander C – Arnold, Samuel Greene
Arnold, Alexander C
educator, lawyer, legislator, railroad president, was born Oct. 20, 1833, at Rhinebeck, N. Y.
He received an academic education; graduated from the law school; and practiced law in Wisconsin until 1862. He served with distinction in company C, thirtieth regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry, and was promoted to captain.
He has been county superintendent of schools; district attorney; member of the state senate of Wisconsin, and also of the assembly. He has been president of the Wisconsin State Agricultural society; president of the Galesville and Mississippi Railroad company, and filled various other offices of honor.
Arnold, Benedict
soldier, congressman, was a member of the assembly of New York from Amsterdam, Montgomery county, in 1816 and 1817; and was a representative in congress from that state from 1829 to 1831. of
Arnold, Benedict
governor Rhode Island, was born Dec. 21, 1615, in England. He lived for some time in Providence, and in 1637 was one of thirteen who signed a compact agreeing to subject themselves to any agreements made by a majority of the masters of families. In 1645 his knowledge of the native tongues gained him the office of messenger to negotiate with the Indians, and on one occasion they accused him of misrepresentation. In 1653 he moved to Newport, and in 1654 was elected assistant for that town. In 1657 he was one of the purchasers of the island of Conanicut.
On May 19, 1657, Roger Williams having retired from the presidency of the colony, Arnold was elected to the office, and he was again assistant in 1660. On May 22, 1662, he was again elected president, and under the royal charter given in 1663 he was the first governor of the colony. To this office he was re-elected in May, 1664, and in 1669, 1677, and 1678. Gov. Arnold was instrumental in bringing about the reconciliation and union of the two colonies of Rhode Island and Providence plantations. He died June 20, 1678. was
Arnold, Benedict
soldier, born in January, 1740, in Norwich, Conn.
He fought nobly for freedom until 1778, when his passions got the better of his judgment and conscience, and he became a traitor and joined the British army. He went to England after the war, and died June 14, 1801, in London.
Arnold, George
journalist, poet, was born June 24, 1834, in New York city.
He was a journalist and poet of New York city, whose verse is musical without being especially strong. He was the author of Drift and Other Poems; and Poems Grave and Gay. He died Nov. 3, 1865, in Strawberry Farm, N. J.
Arnold, Harriet Eudora Pritchard
poet, was born Dec. 24, 1858, in Killingly, Conn. She is the author of a number of meritorious poems and sketches which have appeared in various magazines and periodicals under the signature of H. E. P. She is the wife of Ernest Warner Arnold of Providence, R. I.
Arnold, Henry F
lawyer, educator, was born Dec. 2, 1855, in Newport, Iowa.
He attended the Western college of Iowa and State university of Iowa, from which he graduated in classical course in 1881; and from the law school of the same university in 1884, receiving the degree of A. M. He was superintendent of city schools of Manchester, Iowa, and has served three terms as county attorney.
Arnold, Horace F
farmer, state senator, was born June 19, 1857. He was educated at the Caledonia academy and the North Dakota university, and has served as state senator in four legislatures of North Dakota. He entered journalistic work in 1890, and is president of the Dakota Lake Chautauqua association.
Arnold, Isaac Newton
lawyer, congressman, author, was born Nov. 30, 1815, in Hartwick, N. J. He was a prominent Chicago lawyer and politician, and member of congress in 1861-65. He was the author of Life of Abraham Lincoln; Life of Benedict Arnold; and Recollections of the Early Chicago and Illinois Bar. He died April 24, 1884, in Chicago, Ill.
Arnold, John
physician, surgeon, was born Jan. 15, 1815, in England. In 1877 he moved to Rushville, Ind. He is a member of the Rush Medical society, the Union District Medical society, the Indiana State Medical society, and the American Medical association.
Arnold, John H
business man, legislator, was born July 9, 1846, in Warwick, N. J. He received his education in the public schools; has been a member of the common council of Pawtucket; and a representative in the Rhode Island state legislature since 1896.
Arnold, John Motte
clergyman, author, was born in 1824, in Acra, N. Y.
In 1839 he moved to Michigan, residing in Detroit from 1861 until his death on Dec. 8, 1884. He filled several methodist episcopal pulpits in Detroit, Mich.; assisted in founding the Michigan Christian Advocate, which he edited until his death; and founded the Detroit Methodist Book concern. Dr. Arnold was the author of Doctrines of Sanctification; and was a learned and versatile writer.
Arnold, Jonathan
surgeon, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 14, 1741, in Providence, R. I. He was a member of the state assembly in 1776; and was the author of the act of May, 1776, repealing the laws providing for the oath of allegiance to the mother country. He was a surgeon in the revolutionary army; after the war removed to St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he was appointed judge of the Orange county court in 1782, holding that office during the remainder of his life.
He was a member of the continental congress from 1782 to 1784. He died Feb. 2, 1798, in St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Arnold, Joseph Mitchell
educator, was born Dec. 14, 1863, in New Buffalo, Pa. He attended the Bloomfield academy, and in 1887 graduated from the Lafayette college. The succeeding five years he was principal of the Bloomfield academy, and since 1893 has been superintendent of schools of Perry county, Pa., and has attained prominence in the field of education for his progressive improvements of the school system under his charge.
Arnold, Lauren Briggs
agriculturist, author, was born in 1841, in New York. He was an agriculturist of western New York who lectured frequently upon dairy husbandry and was the author of American Dairying. He died in 1888.
Arnold, Lemuel H
merchant, congressman, governor, was born Jan. 29, 1792, in St. Johnsbury, Vt. He was removed to Rhode Island at an early age; graduated at Dartmouth college, in 1811; and was educated for the bar, but turned his attention to mercantile pursuits. In 1831 was elected governor of Rhode Island, and re-elected in 1832; was a member of the governor's council during the Dorr rebellion in 1842; and a representative in congress from 1845 to 1847. He died June 27, 1852, in Kingston, R. I.
Arnold, Lewis G
general, was born in December, 1815, in New Jersey. In 1862 he was placed in command of the forces at New Orleans and Algiers, La., which command he retained until he was disabled by a stroke of paralysis, from which he never recovered.
Arnold, Lynn J
lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 28, 1864, in Burlington Flats, N. Y. In 1884 he graduated from the State Normal college of Albany, N. Y.
He then engaged in educational work; and was admitted to the bar in 1889. He has attained success in the profession of law at Cooperstown, N. Y.; and in 1894 was elected surrogate of his county.
Arnold, Marshall
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 21, 1845, in St. Francois county, Mo. He was educated in the common schools; was professor in Arcadia college in 1870-71; has been deputy clerk of the circuit, county, and probate courts in St. Francois county, Mo; was prosecuting attorney of Scott county, Mo.; served two terms in the legislature of Missouri; and was presidential elector on the Hancock ticket. He was elected as a democrat to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses.
Arnold, Peleg
jurist, congressman, was born in 1752, in Smithfield, R. I. He was a member of the assembly of Rhode Island; was for many years chief justice of the supreme court of that state; was a delegate to the continental congress from 1786 to 1788, when he was appointed judge. He died Feb. 13, 1820, in Smithfield, R. I.
Arnold, Reuben
soldier, lawyer, was born Aug. 7, 1833, in Greeneville, Tenn.
He served in the civil war, and was tendered recommendation for brigadier-general, which he declined. Col. Arnold was elected city attorney of Atlanta in 1867, and has since been a very prominent figure in politics and law.
Arnold, Richard
general, was born April 12, 1828, in Providence, R. I. He was a son of Gov. L. H. Arnold, was graduated at West Point in 1850. For his services through the war he was, on March 13, 1865, brevetted colonel, brigadier-general, and major-general in the regular army. After the close of the war he commanded various posts, and on Dec. 5, 1877, was made acting assistant inspector-general of the department of the east. At the time of his death he was major in the fifth artillery. He died Nov. 8, 1882, on Governor's Island, New York harbor.
Arnold, Samuel
business man, congressman, was born June 1, 1806, in Haddam, Conn. He received his education at Plainfield academy, in Connecticut, and Westfield academy, in Massachusetts; devoted the most of his life to agricultural pursuits, and to various interests of commerce. For many years he carried on one of the most extensive stone quarries in the union; was, for a number of years, president of the bank of East Haddam; served his native county in the legislature during the years 1839, 1842, 1844, and 1851; and was elected to the thirty-fifth congress. was
Arnold, Samuel Greene
born April 12, 1821, in Providence, R. I. In 1862 he was again elected lieutenant-governor of Rhode Island, and was soon afterwards chosen senator in congress to fill a vacancy. He was the author of a History of Rhode Island; and Life of Patrick Henry. He died Feb. 12, 1880, in Providence, R. I.