The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-28
A VERY SAD STORY
RECALLED BY The RECENT DEATH
OF jonathan Arnold, of Randolph COunty--Th.
LOad Of e,luapy Hsspsd UpSa His Wifs. the
Sister Of .estossw.In JasE,op-asr 10y.
atty uudsr rrJIpr Clrcun,tsnss.

The death OF Jonathan Arnold, Of
Beverly, Randolph county, on the Goth inst.
hiss been thought by at lest one newspaper,
afHieg OCCASION for thy revival Of q scandal
and SANDER, involving the name of the dead
man vile. the only sisterof 'stonewalr'
Lcks6a. tAnsoGicer Of the old eecond Viz
ginia infantry, said to n representative OF the
IxrEuGESCER yesterday: "FouIeF calunpy
was never uttered against a pure and noble
woman 1nenmRety wtbpthsr Union OIL
Gers, j! was . constant visitor al Mra. Arnold's
IhonSe during the early dSys OF the war
The homestead was q large aud we'll appoint
ed mansion such az extensive land owner Of
Virginia uSsdsit0r dwslt Ia, Arnold had u
large Estate, raised o great deal Of dns stock
Ind wssldneo of the hest known mep In his
Vicinity. HIS rebel sentiments wers well
known; II was also known that his vile was
The sister olthe rebel general, 1acksUu.n q
NM. 4RSoLp's LOYALTY. g1
'cFor7 these reasons Mrs. AruoldS ptoies-
lions OF loyalty were for some time discred.
ited, but. she ,oon gays. ample proof OF her
sincerity. FSle was attentiye to the soldiers
IL de hospital After her husbandS arrest
kadiefnoYalto Ru0klI9nnon, her, ::lotse be:
came, l nights d & hospital for sick officers.
The kindly, charitable ueods Of this good
woman In, that time OF war are remembefgd
withigtattlde'by many q Virginia and QHio
soidieHsnIt was hotlcsd that Arnold would
getbnl his lhor4e, ride, of and he gone four or
Ave days ut s'time. Nothing was said about
this at first, but II began to bs suspected
that JonSthan Arnold was giving iutormR,
don II mot aid and comfort TO t%heenemys
l .laI akNIk .nats ma Ian tlaN Ma q q V,Ianatt as
DEF atteat and confined at Buokbannoa. He
declared that hiSwiie had lnstiRAted his arrest
which wss not true. When lie was released
lofecoufse there was. trouble between them.
WHITTIER be refused to live with her, or she
ret1ssd,to live With him, do not know, but
lthey separated. She sued for HlimoDy and
was awarded the pitful sum OF $500. This,
supplemented with the helpOia faithful son,
OF ,Upsbnr comfy, has since been Mrs. Al
nolats support
esl8r .aRA ARSoLDs DAUGHTER.
"Mrs. ArIoldhad a daughtsr-A bright, beau
Etiful girl, who Inherited her mothers g'aces
lof character. Even che did not escape cal
lutiny. - She came here and attended the
tWheeIing Female College and here she on
dS4fed herself TO all who knew her. Before
coming to school she had fallen in love
with q Lieutenant In tho Union army, sui.
stquentiy pfi5oipal OF the Cincinnati high
Isc6ool. they were married; later her health
began 10 fail and she and her hus' and went
to Chi leston, s.. @, where she died.
."rHe death OF Jonathan ArEold,n con
tinued the narrator, recalls II my mind, an
Incident of the war Of which I wss an eye.
witness. You remember the battle Of Rich
| Mountain. where General Rosecrans by q
rapid and brilliant movement, threw himself
between andc offfrom each other, Pegram
and rorterfeldH / saw Pe2ram's flag OF truce
Igolup, and was present when he surrender.
ed to Rosecrans, compelled 10 that step be.
cause no had been complete Isolated aud
his ttoopJ would have starved. Now, I'm
coming 10 the point, This discontinue de-
ranged Pegtam. for the time, and he was
taken care Of In jonathan Arnold1s house
where I saw him. Ptgram was a dashipR,
brilliant fellow, Afterwards killed"
Jonathan Arnold was born near Browns
willie, Fayette county, Pa, on March 27,lS02,
and was conseq lently In hls eighty second
year. He went TO Randolph county when
twenty-one years OF age and engsged work on
a farm, and by industry aud close attention
to business soon became known as ayonng
man OF promise. Daring his life he was en-
gagged In various business enterprises; ut one
lime having a tanueiy; then a moneysiender.
and then becoming u farmer, he gradually
added TO his acres until at his death he was
one OF the wealthlest landed proprietors in
the county.