Dodge County NeArchives Biographies.....Arnot, Charles 1864 - 
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Charles Arnot

Charles Arnot, son of Elisha Truesdel and Ruth Ann (Miller) Arnot, was born at
Greenville, November 3, 1864. The father, a farmer and stockman, was a Democrat
and a veteran of the Civil War, having served with the Confederate Army. Of
Scotch descent, his grandfather, Henry Arnot, served in the Revolution. He came
from Scotland and settled in Virginia, and was of the House of Balfour, and
descended from Mary Queen of Scots. Ruth Ann Miller was born in Wolf Creek, West
Virginia, May 7, 1831, and died at Red Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, October
29, 1903. Her husband died there on April 12, 1910. She was a teacher prior to
her marriage, and was a vocalist of considerable ability. Her mother came from
the north of Ireland and her father from Scotland.

Educated first in public and private schools of Virginia and West Virginia, Mr.
Arnot also attended Drake University at Des Moines, Danville College at
Danville, Indiana, Valparaiso College, and was graduated from Fremont Normal
College in 1891. He taught school in the rural districts of Virginia one year,
and in West Virginia one year. He came to Nebraska and taught in rural schools
three years, village schools 11 years; served as county superintendent of Dodge
County four years, city superintendent for Schuyler eight years, and on July 1,
1915, came to Scribner as cashier and manager of the First National Bank. He is
still holding that position, and in 1906 organized the Logan Valley Bank at
Uehling, and was its president until 1911, when he sold his interests. Mr. Arnot
held the first corn growing contest in the state and while county superintendent
devoted much time to organization.

A Democrat he has been active in every Democratic campaign but has held no
political offices, except as county superintendent of Schools of Dodge County,
as above. He was defeated for the same office in Colfax County by 16 votes in 1894.

On July 17, 1910, he was married to Mabel E. Johnson at Colorado Springs,
Colorado. Mrs. Arnot was born at Fremont, November 6, 1887, and is a former
teacher in city grade schools. They have three children: Ruth Elizabeth, born
December 14, 1911, who is a student at Doane College; Charles Pemberton, born
March 4, 1917, who has completed his first year in high school; and James
William, born July 25, 1927.

Mr. Arnot is the author of several articles of an educational nature, and for
fourteen years prior to 1915 was a member of the National Educational
Association. He is especially active in community affairs, and is president of
the board of directors of the Dodge County Red Cross chapter. He was a member of
the commission appointed by Governor Morehead to revise the school laws of
Nebraska, and represented the Third Congressional District in the Nebraska State
Teachers Association six years. He is a member of the Scribner Chamber of
Commerce, the Nebraskana Society and the Nebraska School Masters Club. His
fraternal organizations include the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Eastern Star,
Modern Woodmen of America and Woodmen of the World. He enjoys especially reading
history and fiction. Residence: Scribner.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932

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