Arnold - David
DAVID ARNOLD
Source: Beckwith, H.W. History of Montgomery County Indiana. Chicago: HH Hill, 1881 p 424.
David ARNOLD, farmer, Ladoga, is a son of David (sic - Daniel) and Nancy ( Myers ) Arnold, and was born in Scott Twp in 1837, and like his father was reared a farmer. His advantages for education were rather limited, yet such as was to be obtained in the pioneer log cabin schools, carried on the subscription principle, he received. In 1862 he married Miss Rebecca Ann GRIDER who died in 1872. For his second wife he married Martha GISH, a native of Virginia, who is one of those excellent ladies who always contribute to home's happiness. He has six children: Thomas and William by his first wife and Daniel, Charlie, Henry and Homer by his second. He owns a very neat and beautiful little farm of 80 acres two miles north of Ladoga. His father came here from Virginia far back in this county's history. He owns 320 acres of land. Mr. Arnold is educating his family as becomes a faithful parent. - typed by kbz