BIO:  George P. ARNOLD, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Carroll Township, Pg 83

GEORGE P. ARNOLD, son of Micah and Mary Arnold, of this township, was born June 
30, 1826, and is of German descent.  He was reared on a farm, but in 1861 entered 
upon the study of medicine under Dr. Michael Frees, of Mechanicsburg, with whom 
he remained one year, then attended the New York Home Medical College five 
months, and also received private instruction at Bellevue Hospital.  He became a 
very successful practitioner, and was particularly so during the epidemic of 
diphtheria of 1865 and 1870.  He carried on farming for ten years in connection 
with his practice, owning two farms, one of sixty-six acres near Dillsburg, on 
which he resides, and one of seventy-five acres, three miles distant.  In 1850 he 
married Sarah, daughter of David and Catherine Law, of Franklin Township, and 
became the father of nine children, six of whom are living – four boys and two 
girls.  Of the boys, two are farmers, one is a carpenter, and one is in business 
in New York; three are married.  The Doctor and his wife are members of the 
Franklin Lutheran Church.  The Doctor is a school director, and is a stockholder 
in the Dillsburg & Mechanicsburg Railroad, and in the smelting furnace.