BIO:  Lewis 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, Franklin Township, Pg 105

LEWIS ARNOLD was born in Warrington Township, York County, Penn., September 30, 
1844, and is a son of Daniel and Anna (Straley) Arnold.  His grandfather was a 
native of York County, and engaged in farming in Washington Township, having a 
farm of 150 acres.  His father was a miller by trade, and followed it and farming 
in Dover and Warrington Townships.  In 1869 he purchased twenty-three acres of 
land in Adams County, which he farmed till his death in January, 1872.  He had 
seventeen children:  Rebecca, William (killed in the battle of the Wilderness in 
1864), Solomon, Samuel, Stephen, Sarah, Frank, Lewis, Jacob (deceased), Henry, 
Louisa (deceased), Maria, George, Aaron, Mary A., Amanda and Daniel L.  Lewis 
Arnold, when eighteen years old, began learning the tanner’s trade, which he 
followed six months, when he enlisted, in September, 1863, in Company G, One 
Hundred and Forth-third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Gen. Warren, and 
took part in the following engagements:  Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Laurel Hill 
and North Ann River.  In the last engagement he was wounded in the leg, May 23, 
1864.  On the following day his leg was amputated, and he was removed to Mt. 
Pleasant Hospital, at Washington, where he remained until April 25, 1865; he then 
returned home and engaged in the cigar manufacturing business in Cumberland 
County, Penn.  In 1866 he came to Franklintown, and in 1868 began learning the 
shoe-maker’s trade which he still follows.  He has a fine home in Franklintown.  
In 1870 he married Lydia M. Ditmer, daughter of Henry and Mary (Wierman) Ditmer, 
of Franklin Township.  By this union they have had five children:  Mary E., James 
D., Henry D., Clayton S. and Richard L.  Mr. and Mrs. Arnold are members of the 
Union Baptist Church.