Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Arnold, Pierce H. December 31, 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. M. shabodeho@aol.com March 15, 2011, 1:00 am Lebanon Daily Times 1/1/1910 Pierce H. Arnold Lebanon Daily Times 1/1/1910 WAS 55 YEARS OLD Born in North Lebanon Township and Worked on Farm Born in North Lebanon Township and Worked on Farm Pierce H. Arnold, for many years engaged in the freight hauling and general dray business in Lebanon, died at county hospital Friday morning at 11 o'clock. Deceased had been ailing for some years and several months ago mental weakness contributed to his complicated infirmities. Several days before Christmas, he left the home of a brother in North Lebanon township, where he had lately been making his home, and came to this city to pay a short visit to relatives and friends. LOST HIS WAY. Shadows wore already stealing over the landscape, when he started for his home the same evening. He had only gone as far as Forneydale, however, when John A. Arnold, a neighbor, met him on the road and took him the rest of the way in his milk wagon. When Pierce Arnold alighted from the wagon, he was almost in sight of his brother's place and he started off in that direction. He must have lost the road for the next morning, he was found wandering along the Berks and Dauphin pike not far from Annville. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. He was then brought to Lebanon, and close relatives and friends decided that the best interests of the patient demanded that he placed in the almshouse hospital, the only local place to which he could be admitted for proper care. Ha was tenderly nursed there, but the treatment was unavailing. In his long tramp in the night, he had lost both shoes and one stocking, and as a result, his feet were badly frozen, and this together with exposure and his other physical ills caused his death. John Allwein, a cousin, and for many years a next door neighbor, was at his bedside, on Friday morning when the end came. The remains were taken in charge by Undertaker James F. McGovern, and the funeral will be held from the home of a nephew, Sylvester Arnold, an employee of Mr. McGovern. WAS 55 YEARS OLD Mr. Arnold was one of the most widely-known men in Lebanon, probably, through his long association with the drayage business. He was born nearly fifty-five years ago in North Lebanon township, the son of Joseph Arnold, a farmer. His father died about sixteen years ago, and his mother some six or seven years ago. As a young man, Pierce worked on the farm and then come to Lebanon to work in the furniture store of Bowman & Allwein, now conducted by James F. McGovern. After several years there, he entered the drayage business and it proved to be a prosperous enterprise. FINANCIAL REVERSES. Two years ago, however, he suffered financial reverses, and ill health and mental derangement followed. He was well liked in his business dealings, and he was generous to a fault. He was twice married. There are no surviving children, however. MEMBER OF ST. MARY'S Mr. Arnold was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church and also a number of church beneficial and social societies. Father Huygen, assistant rector of St. Mary's, was also at the bedside when the end came, and he administered final rites as the spirit left the body. He was never lacking in friends, who looked alter his welfare, and after the financial crisis came several years ago, they were instrumental in saving a part of his estate. Joseph and Adam Arnold, farmers of North Lebanon township, are only surviving brothers. Aaron, another brother, prominently connected with Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart's store at Reading, died about a year ago. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb