Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-08-09
EMPORIUM, PA. THURSDAY AUGUST 9, 1906.
Death of MIR. Arnold.
Ridgway Daily Record.

Ridgway Daily Record.
Norman Theodore Arnold Lassed
peacefully out of this life on Saturday
afternoon last, at 4:30 O'Clock. at
| ''Bonifels," the beautiful home on the
hill just west of Ridgway, in which he
had taken 80 much pleasure during the
few years he had been spared to enjoy
| it. Mr.. Arnold has been suffering for
several months, andin fact had never
quite recovered from a very long and
severe attack of typhoid fever, which
came near causing his death a few
| years ago. He was able, however, to
be at his office in Ridgway and attend
| to his large business interests until
about three months prior to his death,
and even after he quit coming to the
| office he directed the most important
of his business through his confidential
Secretary, Mr. M. p. Whiting, until
| recently. Some weeks ago Mr.. Arnold
made trip to Buffalo to confer with
| DR.. Jones, an eminent physician, in re-
gard to his case, and later DIR. Jones
came here and consulted with an emf
nent specialist from New York City.
They pronounced the case one of post
abdominal sarcoma, or cancer, the case
| being such that it could not be operated
| for, the only hope was in special
serum or new treatment for such cases,
and the new remedy was used. AS
| time wore on friends and relatives be
gan to hope that the treatment might
| effect cure but their hopes were vain,
and the dreaded disease took from us
| one of the most enterprising, liberal
and philanthropic citizens Ridgway
| has ever known When death came
Mr.. Arnold was surrounded by all his
! near relatives, his faithful and devoted
| pastor, Rev. j. H. Clemens, his former
pastor and close friend, Rev. j. G.
| Mcdonald, and others near and close to
| him.
The funeral services were held from
| the family residence on Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock, the service being
conducted by Rev. j. Fl Clemens, who
was assisted by a number of other
| ministers who were close friends of the
deceased. Interment was made in
the family lot in Pine Grove Cemetery,
at this place.
| N. T. Arnold was born at STANDARDS,
Alegany county, N. Y, on July s,
1857, and he was therefore aged 40
years and 80 days. He was the only
son of William W., and Margaret Ann
Arnold, and his father lived until about
year ago, the old gentleman's last
years being spent with his son here and
with his daughter at Elmira, N. Y.
When Mr.. Arnold was aged about one
year, his parents moved to Potter Co
where he was reared to young man
hood and educated in the lower branch
es Then the family moved to Ster-
ling Run, Cameron county, where Mr..
Arnold was convicted and united with
the M E. Church, under the ministry
of Rev. Mr.. Chilcott, q years ago.
Mr.. Arnold was married August "a,
1881, at Cedar Springs Clinton county
his bride being young lady who had
been his schoolmate at the normal
school and who had taught with him in
the public schools, of Wilcox, this
county Miss Hanna Francis Thomp-
son, daughter of Robinson and Cynthia
j. Thompson, of Cedar Springs. Four
children were born to them, as follows
Miss Laura, who has just graduated
from Wellesley College; Robbie, who
died at the age of six months; Paul
Thompson Arnold, who graduated
from the Ridgway High School in 1905,
and is now student at Yale College;
and William B., the youngest who is a
student in the Ridgway borough public
schools. Besides his faithful and de-
voted wife and children, Mr.. Arnold is
survived by four sisters, as follows:
Mrs j. E. Smith, of Sterling Run,
Cameron county; Mrs, NJ P. Whiting,
of Ridgway; Miss Elizabeth Arnold, Of
Elmira, N. Y, and Mrs. N. T. Fulton,
of Williamsport, Pa.
Mr.. Arnold located in Ridgway
shortly after being admitted to the
bar, coming here from Wilcox, where
he and Mrs. Arnold both taught the
winter before in the public schools.
He began the practice of law here with
Dyson Rishell, under the firm name of
Rishell & Arnold, and when Mr.. Rish-
ell left Ridgway in 1866, Mr.. Arnold
took into partnership with him w. w.
Barbour, ESQ.,, who had studied law
with the firm, and they practiced law
together for almost ten years, dissolv-
ing by mutual consent, but remaining
fast friends until Mr. Arnold's death.
Though the large wealth that came
to Mr.. Arnold throu yh his fine talent,
business ability, and indefatigable en-
ergy enabled Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold to
build their beautiful home and enjoy it
in luxury, yet it never made them i'm
the least proud or naughty, and they
were just as accessible and as sociabie
and pleasant as they had been in their
younger days.