Bartholomew-Hendricks County IN Archives Biographies.....Arnold, John W. 1852 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

JOHN W. ARNOLD, M. D.

   From no professional man do we expect or exact so many of the cardinal
virtues as from the physician. If the clergyman is austere, we imagine that his
mind is absorbed with the contemplation of things beyond our ken; if our lawyer
is brusque and crabbed, it is the mark of genius; but in the physician we expect
not only a superior mentality and comprehensive knowledge, but sympathy as wide
as the universe. Dr. Arnold in large measure meets all of these requirements and
is regarded by many as an ideal physician. Certainly if patronage is any
criterion of ability, he ranks high among the leading physicians and surgeons in
Columbus, where he is now enjoying a large and lucrative practice.

   The Doctor was born in Hendricks county, Indiana, on the 17th of November,
1852, and is the elder son in the family of Richard and Sarah (McLeod) Arnold.
His brother is a farmer of Hendricks county, and it was upon the home farm there
that the subject of this review spent his boyhood days, working in the fields
and meadows when not engaged with the duties of schoolroom. He pursued his
education in the district schools until he had mastered the elementary branches
of learning and later became a student in Wabash College, where he remained for
one year. Becoming interested in the methods of medical practice, he determined
to engage in that line of activity as a life work and entered the office of his
uncle, Dr. A. J. McLeod, of Burnesville, Indiana, in the year 1881. For two
years he pursued his reading under his preceptor and in 1883 he matriculated in
the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis, where on the
completion of the prescribed course he was graduated in the spring of 1885.
Being now well equipped for the practice of medicine, the Doctor sought a
location in the west, establishing his home in Bluff City, Kansas, where he
opened an office and practiced with success until 1896. He then returned to his
native state and, locating in Columbus, entered into partnership with his uncle,
Dr. A. J. McLeod, in 1896. This relation was maintained until the death of the
senior partner, in June, 1898, since which time the Doctor has been alone. He
has built up a large and lucrative patronage in this city and is now widely and
favorably known here.

   On the 23d of June, 1886, occurred the marriage of Dr. Arnold and Miss Clara
E. Bunker, of Topeka, Kansas, who was born in Hendricks county, Indiana. They
are members of the Christian church, take an active part in its work and the
Doctor is now serving as one of its deacons. He belongs to St. John's Lodge, No.
20, Free and Accepted Masons, and is also a Royal Arch Mason. The Republican
party has ever received his political allegiance and while in Kansas he served
as county coroner from 1892 until 1894. He has also served as medical examiner
for various insurance companies and lodges. In his profession he does not
consider himself bound by any set system of rules, but thinks and acts for
himself and his judgment is wise and his labors beneficial. With a nature that
could never content itself with mediocrity, he has so qualified that he has
steadily advanced to a prominent position among the most capable members of the
profession in Columbus, and the public and the medical fraternity acknowledge
his worth and merit.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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