Upshur County, West Virginia Biography of HON. GOHEN CLARKE ARNOLD This file was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 439-440 Upshur HON. GOHEN CLARKE ARNOLD, who represents the Thir- teenth District in the State Senate, is one of the able lawyers of the Buckhannon bar, and he achieved his po- litical success in a community where the people have known him all his life. Senator Arnold was born at Buckhannon, January 5, 1885, son of Stark W. and Elizabeth E. (Gohen) Arnold. His father was born at Beverly, Randolph County, West Virginia, December 20, 1850, while his mother was born at Cincinnati, January 10, 1851. Stark Arnold was reared at Beverly, was educated in private schools and graduated in law at Columbia College. He practiced law for a num- ber of years and then removed to New York State and joined the Methodist Conference, and was active in the ministry the rest of his life. He was affiliated with the Masonic order, and was a republican in politics. At one time he was prosecuting attorney of Upshur County, and also represented Upshur and Randolph counties as a mem- ber of the State Senate. There were four children: Grace, who lives at home and is a graduate of the seminary at Buckhannon; Mary J., wife of Dr. J. L. Pifer; Gohen C.; and Beatrice, wife of James V. Griffin, of Columbus, Ohio. Gohen C. Arnold was born in Upshur County, was edu- cated in the West Virginia Conference Seminary, and grad- uated A. B. and LL. B. from West Virginia University. Since then he has been engaged in active practice at Buck- hannon, and is one of the directors of the Buckhannon Bank. He was elected a member of the State Senate in 1916, and is now on his second term. In the session of 1919 he served with distinction as chairman of the finance com- mittee, and was an active member of a number of other important committees. In the session of 1921 he was elected president of the Senate, which office he now oc- cupies. He was appointed a member of the State Capitol Building Commission by Governor Morgan in 1921. Sen- ator Arnold is a republican, a member of the Masonic Lodge, is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with the Delta Chi and Delta Tau Delta col- lege fraternities. His principal hobby and recreation is hunting.