The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-03

John Arnold, born in England and
died at Hartford, Connecticut. 1854;
Joseph Arnold, born in England and
died at Haddam. Conn. October %, 1891;
Samuel Arnold was born in East Had
dam, 1868 and died at Haddam, March
goth, 1879: Enoch Arnold was born Sept.
9th, 1716, died April Sth, 1875; Jonothan
Arnold, born in East Haddam, Conn,
May 81, l754, died in New York, Oct.
16, 1928; his son, Jonothan, was born in
Massachusetts, Oct 30, 1902, and died in
Mass, May II, 1887; Emmons Arnold,
born lin Connecticut Dec. >, 1915, died
in Oregon February IL, 1873: his son, F.
X. Arnold, born July 10, 1874, who is
living at Portland, Oregon, is the auth
or Of the foregoing report. Some time
after the year 17i0 part of Enoch Arm
old's family emigrated from East Had
dom, Conn, to Pennsylvania. 1t is in this
line of generation that the subject OF
this sketch takes his place.
Peter Arnold was born in York coun-
ty, Pa, and in April, 1887, moved to
Luthersburg, Clearfield Co., Pa, with
his wife, five sons and three daughters,
our townsman, F. X. Arnold, being one
Of the sons. At that time the free
schools were yet in their infancy and
never were any benefit to the five boys,
so that common education was even
out of reach to only those that had
plenty OF means. In 1S41 F. X. Arnold
was apprenticed to G. d. Watson in
Clearfeld to learn the furniture bust-
ness. He afterwards started on his own
hook and followed this business several
years and succeeded quite we'll. In 1S4S
he quit the furniture business and en-
gagged in the mercantile business in con-
neetion with lumber. In 1864 he was
one Of the charter members Of the First
National Bank of Curwensville, and was
elected as one of its directors and serv-
ed during his connection with the bank.
In 1871, in partnership with Gen.
John Patton and Samuel Arnold, open
ed a bank in Luthersburg, Pa. with a
capital of forty thousand dollars and
continued with good success for nearly
four years. Seeing that banking would
he more permanent in Reynoldsville, F.
X, Arnold bought out Gen. Patton's and
s. Arnold's interest and brought his ef-
fects to Reynoldsville and opened the
bank known as F. X. Arnold & Co. The
stockholders of this bank consisted OF
F. X. Arnold, G. w. Arnold, l.. +.
Seeley and G. H. Gordon. In 1880 +. n.
Arnold built the business house known
as the Arnold Block. In 1888 he was
one of the stockholders OF the First Ma
tional Bank of Dubois, in which he was
elected President, and was reelected
from time to time, or whole time while
in connection with the concern. After
leaving Dubois he came back to Reyn-
oldsville, as he said one time, "to do all
he could TO improve his own town." The
water works struck his attention first,
and when the company was organized
he was its first president. AT the time
an effort was made to get an electric
railway, which was failure on account
of the hard times, he was elected presi-
dent of the affair and took an active
part in trying to make 1t go. After
the wooden mill was burned down sever
al years ago, he was active in soliciting
stock and getting the large woolen mil
built that is now credit to the town.
During Mr.. .Arnold's banking business
he never had run on his bank, his de
positors seemed to have confidence IL
his banking ability. He was in the
mercantile business about twenty years
His life has certainly been an active
one. He has retired from business ant
is taking life easy in his declining
years. Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold have thres
children living, Mrs. w. B. Alexander
Jas. B. Arnold and Miss Belle Arnold
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