Bio of Emil C. ARNOLD (b.1876), Wright Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Glen Pettit ========================================================================= This Bio is from the HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY, Volumes I and II, Published in 1915 by Franklin Curtiss - Wedge. Surname Index for The HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY can be found at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/wright/wright.html Under HISTORY. NOTE: This file was scanned and changed to text so there may be some typos. 504 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY Emil C. Arnold, farmer and stock raiser, Monticello Township, was born in the township, where he still lives, June 4, 1876, son of John and Tena (Salden) Arnold, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Belgium. Both are still living. In the family there ""~re eight children: two who died in infancy; Lena, wife of William Rose, of Vernal, Utah; Annie (deceased); Emil C.; Alice (deceased); Adelia, wife of Willis Knight, of Monticello; and Henry George, of Monticello. Emil C. Arnold farmed with his father until about thirty years of age. Then he and his brother, Henry George, took charge of the home place. To the original 120 acres in section 24 they have added until they now own about 179 acres, on which they conduct general farming and stock raising. Mr. Arnold is an independent voter. He was married, June 8, 1910, to Edna Harbel, daughter of Conrad and Charlotte (Haefer) Harbel, the former a native of France and the latter of Germany. Mr. Harbel is dead. Mrs. Harbel still lives in Monticello Township. In the Harbel family there were three children: Laura, wife of Don McCormick, of Monticello; a girl who died in infancy, and Edna, the wife of Emil C. Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold have two children: Evelyn Charlotte, born July 19, 1911; and Vernon Emil, born June 12, 1913.