Will County IL Archives Biographies.....ARNOLD, GEORGE 
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Author: GENEALOGICAL AND  BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD

GEORGE M. ARNOLD, deceased, formerly a merchant of Lockport, was born and 

reared in New York state, and came to Will County with his brother, John W. 

Arnold.  For several years he was connected with the dry-goods house of George 

Fish & Co., Lockport, but severed his connection with that firm on being 

elected sheriff, and for two terms gave his attention to the duties of that 

office.  He was a well-known public man and had acquaintances and friends in 

every part of the county.  His death was mourned by many as a personal 

bereavement.   Mr. Arnold married Miss Mary Mess, a native of Scotland, and a 

daughter of George and Catherine Mess.  Her father was born near Aberdeen, 

Scotland, and came to the United States in 1840, settling at first in Chicago, 

where he made his home for several years.  He then came to Yankee Settlement, 

Will County, and for several years successfully carried on farm pursuits and 

stock-raising.  In later years he bought a farm near Lockport and there he 

continued to reside until his death at about seventy years.  In politics he 

was a Republican, and in religion an Episcopalian.  He was a member of a very 

aristocratic and cultured family of Scotland.  His wife died one year after 

his demise.  They were the parents of four children, namely: George, who died 

at twenty years of age; Louisa and Mrs. Arnold, who live in Lockport; and 

William T., who resides in Tennessee.  Mr. and Mrs. Arnold had two children, 

of whom the son, George M., is an engineer in Chicago, and the daughter, 

Minnie L., is at home. 


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Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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