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Lewis Potter Arnold

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Lewis Potter Arnold Veteran

Birth
Warren County, Kentucky, USA
Death
24 Dec 1910 (aged 86)
Anna, Warren County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Richardsville, Warren County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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LEWIS P. ARNOLD is a native of Warren County, where he now resides, and was born October 3, 1825. His father, Willis Arnold, was born in 1794, in Culpeper County, Va. He married a Miss Elizabeth Potter, a native of Virginia. She died in 1857, aged sixty-five years. She left seven sons and five daughters: John, William, George, Lewis, James, Elijah, Moses, Nancy, Polly, Frances, Martha and Elizabeth. Willis Arnold was a farmer. In his earlier days he was a soldier and served in the wars against the French and Indians on the Canadian border. He was a son of Benjamin Arnold, who was of Swiss parentage. But little is remembered of him by his descendants, further than he was through life a quiet and unassuming farmer, and died in his native State - Virginia. Lewis P. Arnold remained with his parents until he attained the age of twenty years; he then entered the United States Army as a volunteer, and served for a time in the Mexican War; assisted in the storming of Vera Cruz, and was also in the engagement at the famous Cerro Gordo pass, where he received a wound which disabled him for the United States service. He was soon discharged and returned to his home in Kentucky, where, on the 10th of February, 1848, he married Miss Julia A., a daughter of James Hendricks, of Warren County. She died October 26, 1881, leaving three children: America F., Lowring and Luther. After his marriage Mr. Arnold purchased 100 acres of land and engaged in farming, which he continued until 1861. In October, of that year, he, for the second time, joined the United States Army; was a member of Company A, of the Eleventh Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and for two years held the commission of chaplain of the regiment. He afterward, for one year, held the commission of lieutenant in Company I, of the Fifty-Second Mounted Infantry. Upon his being discharged from the army he returned to Kentucky, and again engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Arnold has been successful; his farm of 200 acres is well kept and improved and very productive; he raises some good stock, but is principally engaged in the culture of grain and tobacco. As a minister of the gospel Brother Arnold has not ceased to labor in the vineyard of his Master, and the flourishing little communities of Mount Zion, Mount Pleasant, New Hope and Bethlehem attest the efficacy of his zeal. He is a member of the K. of H., and is also a Master Mason in Bowling Green Lodge, No. 273. Politically he is a liberal Republican.

--Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren County.

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Lewis was born in Elk Spring, KY.


On December 9, 1861, during the Civil War, he enlisted with the Field & Staff, 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, of the Union Army, and served as its chaplain for two years. He was commissioned on August 10, 1863, as a first Lieutenant and assigned to Co. I, 52nd Kentucky Infantry, on 03 Mar 1864. It was during this time that his brother William was caught stealing back food from the Confederate Army. (Food that was originally stolen from William's farm). He was trying to help feed Lewis's starving unit, but was hung by the confederates. Lewis was mustered out on 12 Mar 1865 at Bowling Green, KY.

LEWIS P. ARNOLD is a native of Warren County, where he now resides, and was born October 3, 1825. His father, Willis Arnold, was born in 1794, in Culpeper County, Va. He married a Miss Elizabeth Potter, a native of Virginia. She died in 1857, aged sixty-five years. She left seven sons and five daughters: John, William, George, Lewis, James, Elijah, Moses, Nancy, Polly, Frances, Martha and Elizabeth. Willis Arnold was a farmer. In his earlier days he was a soldier and served in the wars against the French and Indians on the Canadian border. He was a son of Benjamin Arnold, who was of Swiss parentage. But little is remembered of him by his descendants, further than he was through life a quiet and unassuming farmer, and died in his native State - Virginia. Lewis P. Arnold remained with his parents until he attained the age of twenty years; he then entered the United States Army as a volunteer, and served for a time in the Mexican War; assisted in the storming of Vera Cruz, and was also in the engagement at the famous Cerro Gordo pass, where he received a wound which disabled him for the United States service. He was soon discharged and returned to his home in Kentucky, where, on the 10th of February, 1848, he married Miss Julia A., a daughter of James Hendricks, of Warren County. She died October 26, 1881, leaving three children: America F., Lowring and Luther. After his marriage Mr. Arnold purchased 100 acres of land and engaged in farming, which he continued until 1861. In October, of that year, he, for the second time, joined the United States Army; was a member of Company A, of the Eleventh Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, and for two years held the commission of chaplain of the regiment. He afterward, for one year, held the commission of lieutenant in Company I, of the Fifty-Second Mounted Infantry. Upon his being discharged from the army he returned to Kentucky, and again engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Arnold has been successful; his farm of 200 acres is well kept and improved and very productive; he raises some good stock, but is principally engaged in the culture of grain and tobacco. As a minister of the gospel Brother Arnold has not ceased to labor in the vineyard of his Master, and the flourishing little communities of Mount Zion, Mount Pleasant, New Hope and Bethlehem attest the efficacy of his zeal. He is a member of the K. of H., and is also a Master Mason in Bowling Green Lodge, No. 273. Politically he is a liberal Republican.

--Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Warren County.

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Lewis was born in Elk Spring, KY.


On December 9, 1861, during the Civil War, he enlisted with the Field & Staff, 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, of the Union Army, and served as its chaplain for two years. He was commissioned on August 10, 1863, as a first Lieutenant and assigned to Co. I, 52nd Kentucky Infantry, on 03 Mar 1864. It was during this time that his brother William was caught stealing back food from the Confederate Army. (Food that was originally stolen from William's farm). He was trying to help feed Lewis's starving unit, but was hung by the confederates. Lewis was mustered out on 12 Mar 1865 at Bowling Green, KY.



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