Bio of Arnold, Charles A. (b.1840) Wabasha Co., MN
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Arnold, Charles A., (page 1137), farmer, was born in 1840, in the town of 
Rush, Jo Daviess county, Illinois. His parents were Adam and Anna M. 
Arnold of Pennsylvania, and were among the pioneer settlers of that state. 
He was reared on a farm there, and married Helena Black, daughter of Elam, 
elsewhere sketched, January 25, 1862. On the 5th of August, same year, he 
enlisted in the 96th Ill. regt., and joined the army of the Tennessee, 
serving till June 28, 1865. Was in the following battles: Chickamauga, 
Buzzard's Roost, Rocky Ford Bridge, Resaca, New Oak Church, Pine Mountain, 
Kennesaw Mountain, Pearl Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Franklin, 
Nashville. Although he received no wounds, his health was permanently 
injured, the effects being more apparent as time goes by. In the winter of 
1860-1 he was here and bought land, which he afterward sold. After the war 
closed he took up his residence in Mazeppa, where he owns a house and two 
lots. He is an enthusiastic republican. Orthodox in faith. Has seven 
children, christened this: Julia A. (Mrs. James Stull), lives in town of 
Mazeppa; Charles E., Edith M., Freddie H., Bertie Freeman, Wayne and 
Glenn.