Biographical Sketch of D. L. Arnold, Platte Township, Buchanan 
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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D. L. Arnold, farmer, has 178 acres of land on section 28.  He was born
in Logan County, Ohio, June 4, 1836, and with his parents came to Buch-
anan County in October, 1838, and settled in Platte Township.  He grew
up here on a farm and received a fair common school education, though
the advantages were very limited at that time.  He went to work with
his father, who was a carpenter, and learned the trade, and worked at 
it for some years.  In 1865 he purchased the farm he now owns and occu-
pies, and which he greatly improved.  He married Miss Mary Ann Lillie,
July 26, 1857.  They have two children living: Loma and Henry W., in
Halleck.  Eli Arnold, the father of D. L. was born in Pennsylvania in
1791.  At an early day he removed to Ohio, where he became a carpenter
and millwright, and also learned the tanner's trade.  He had charge of
the construction of many large mills and other buildings and some of 
which were of considerable importance.  He moved to Buchanan County, 
Missouri in October, 1838.  He very soon built a flouring mill on Bee
Creek, two miles east of Taos.  This was the first mill with a bolt,
put up in the county.  He then fitted up Turner's Mill, on Bee Creek,
and afterwards constructed a mill on Platte River, where Matney's Mill
now stands.  In 1844 he started a tannery near Arnoldsville, which per-
haps was the first established in the county.  He then put up a mill at
Arnoldsville.  After a few years he sold out his property and purchased
a place two miles from this city, where he continued to reside up to 
the time of his death, which occurred in January, 1866.  Arnoldsville 
was named in honor of him.  He married Miss Saloma Chesround, in Penn-
sylvania.  They have five children living: Jerome, Durang L., Reubin,
Fannie and Lillie.

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