Frank Arnold

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, 1902
Transcribed by Diane Minor!

Grand Secretary and Treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen; born at Columbus, Ohio October 5, 1851; son of Thomas and Angeline E. (Gabriel) Arnold native respectively of St. Davids Pembrokeshire South Wales and of Zanesville, OH. Henry Arnold, his great-grandfather and Joshua Arnold his grandfather were born at St. Davids and the former’s wife (Elizabeth) was a native of St. Davids and the latter’s wife (Abra) was born at Haverford in the same Shire. Jonathan Gabriel his great-grandfather in the maternal line and his wife Susan were natives of Hagerstown, Maryland. John Gabriel his grandfather was born at Hagerstown and his grandmother Abigail at Rutland Vermont. Mr. Arnold gained a public education and at sixteen years of age entered the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Columbus, Ohio where he remained eight years during which time he was elected Grand Master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. He was admitted to the Bar in Ohio in February, 1879 and practiced law five years. After serving six years as Grand Mater of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen he entered the commercial world at Chicago as the Western Manager and representative of the Lorain Manufacturing Company at Cleveland, Ohio. He was elected to his present position in 1892. Mr. Arnold is a Protestant and a Republican. He married Henrietta Cox at Columbus, Ohio, January 25, 1882 and they have one child Florence Carpenter Arnold.

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