The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1855-02-16
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Benedict Atnola's T hiiy.
Lieut.. Gen. James Robertson ArnolI died
in London on December 9th. lie was sec
ond son of fBenedictA Arneld, by Margaret his
wife. daughter of Chief Justice Shippen, OF
PENNSYLVANIA, lie entered the corps of Roy-
a! Engineers in 1898, aud served more ..!!::;:.:
saa!fa century. He married Virginia, datighL
ter of Bartlett Goodrich, Esq, Of Isle o;
Wight, and for his military services was
created 4 kuight of IIanoyer, was appointed
aid-Ge-campto William ~, and was presca-
ted with costly sword .". ,""'.'' -'
9, The above named officer was The oldest
Of four children which Arnolds second wife.
Miss Shipper, Of Philadelphia, bore him, viz:
James Robertson, Edward, George and So
phia. His first wife bore three sons, VIZ {:
Behedict, Richard and Henry BereCict,
the oldest, was an officer of artillery in the
British army, and, it is believed, was com
PEELED to quit the service he died Young.
in the West, Indies. Henry entered the
Kings service after his fathers detection, and
was II lieutenantcf cavalry in the American
Legion. lie accompanied his father to st.
John, snd was employed in his, business. He
,sIept.in the warehouse near the Lower Cove
IN that city, and lodged there the night the
building was burned. lie lived, afterwards
at Troy, New York, with his aunt Hannah,
and was engaged inGmercantile pursuits; Af
subsequent period he removed'to Canada,
where ie;is now a man Of property. lie re-
ceived hal fpay and grant of lands from the
Briti$h Government. Richard, in 1882, was
also lieutenant OF cavalry in the American
Legion, then commanded by his father. In
almost every particular. his history is iden-
teal with that of his, brother Henry. Per
Sous arc still living at St. John who resided
there when General A:Uold's store was burn
ed. The impression was, at the mor!ent
and stills, that thefire was cansed bv de-
sign, and for the purpose Of defraudiar, a
company i'll England, that had underwr.tten
upon the merchandise which it contained, 70
ansamoupt far eXceepipg is worth. These
persons differ as TO the fact whether Arnold
himsclfwas at st. John, or abscntin England.
at the time of'the fire and hence the derree
Of blame which shodid be attached to the
two sons may be uncertain. That both
Henry and, Richard slSpt in the. store. on the
night OF the contlagration, and that neither
could give a satisfactory account of its cause
seems, however, to be certain Z ".'ad,' "r
James dtobe'tson; whose recent death is
mentioned above, was the onl y ore, of the
tpnT chlldren which the traitors second wife
bore him. that was born in America. At
the time OF treason he a child, and lad just
reached West Point from Philadelphia, with
ms mother. lie entered the British army
IN i9S, and rqsejt to the rank Of Colonel OF
Engineers. lie was stationed at bermuda
fro'pslSlG TO- 1913, aud tfom the last nam
cd year until 1923, was at Halifax, and the
commanding officer of engineers in Nova
Scotia and New brunswick. While thus in
command he WAS at st. John, and on going
INTO the house built by his father, in King
SIree', (Which Is st!i stan!lng,) he wept
were Of remarkable sharpness, and in features
bore a striking resemblance to his father, A
gentleman who had been in service with
him, and was intimately acquainted with
him, sieaksof him in terms If high com.
mendation, and relates that he has often
heard him express strong desire to visit
the United States. Since the accession of
Queen Victoria, he has been one of her Maj
eStys aids camp In 1871. he whs trans
ferred from the engineer corps, and appoin-
ted Major General, and Knight of the Roy
al Hanoverian Guclphic Order. 10 =" 'a-f &
Edward, the next son, was some years ago