Biographies:   Wilhelm ARNOLD, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Wilhelm Arnold, born in 1841 at Michelstadt, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany.  
Came to Eau Claire county in 1864.  Lived in the city of Eau Claire ever 
since, following his trade as a mason.  Married to Susanne Schuhmacher, 
who was born in 1843 and died at Eau Claire, May, 1914.  They had five 
children, of which three are living.  A son, Fred Arnold, is a veteran 
of the Spanish-American War of 1898.  Is a lawyer and practicing his 
profession in the city of Eau Claire and has held the office of district 
attorney for ten years.  He belongs to the F. R. A. and Free Masons and 
also is a member of the German singing society "Germania" in the city of 
Eau Claire.  In 1905 he married Miss Louise Moessner.  In 1913 he was 
elected president of the Eau Claire county branch of the German-American 
National Alliance.


--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 557