He served as Mayor of Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas; worked as a cattleman and ranch owner; worked as a real estate agent in Kentucky and Texas; got divorced from his first wife Mary Birdwell Arnold, daughter of a Texas cattleman and ranch owner; took as a second wife his widowed cousin Maggie King Arnold Gulley; and ended up as resident of the Palo Pinto County Poor Farm.
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ARNOLD, H. D.
H D. Arnold is by birth a Kentuckian, but only the first few years of his life were spent east of the Mississippi. He first saw light September 8, 1853, in Garrard County, where his father, A. B. Arnold, was born twenty-seven years before. The mother of H. D. Arnold, formerly Miss Margaret Brown, died at his birth, and three years later his father married again, to Miss Sarah Bishop, who is still living. There were in all eight children, five of them by the second marriage. The elder Arnold was brought up to agricultural pursuits, and his life, for a good many years, was that of the average "Blue grass" farmer. He served through the Mexican war, and at the outbreak of the Civil conflict, fifteen years later, took up arms again, under the leadership of that dashing Confederate, General John Morgan. He afterward moved to Missouri, and, in 1880, to Texas, first locating in Johnson County, but subsequently in Palo Pinto County, where he is still living and actively engaged in farming.
H. D. Arnold received some little schooling in Lancaster, Kentucky, but at the beginning of the war he went North to Missouri, where he resided for some time with his grandmother in Ray and Clay Counties. Upon the arrival of his father's family in Missouri, in 1867, H. D. joined them, but in 1876 decided to start out for himself, and in course of time found himself in Fort Worth, Texas, with only ten cents in his pocket, but possessed of a stock of pluck capable of carrying him through, until his finances should brighten. Looking around for employment, he naturally took up farming, as that was his former occupation, and he found his first work on the farms of Captain Sam Evans, near the city. People who are looking for work can usually find it in Texas, and commendable personal traits are here readily recognized and properly rated. So it was with the case of Mr. Arnold. He made friends readily, and his genial disposition and earnestness of purpose held all he gained.
In 1877 he found employment on a farm at Caddo, Johnson County, and during the next two years learned a great deal about the cultivation of Texas crops and the care of Texas cattle. In 1879 he was married to Miss Mary Birdwell, and two years afterward they moved to Keechi Valley, in Palo Pinto County, where Mr. Arnold engaged all his energies in stock raising. When the price of cattle was running high, and many stockmen were holding to every hoof and horn on their ranches, Mr. Arnold sold his cattle, and, investing the proceeds of the sale in a merchandising enterprise, increased his capital by judicious handling, and in 1885 again took up the stock business. Circumstances attending the cattle industry had changed in the meantime, and from the highest point prices dropped to the lowest. Mr. Arnold bought his cattle at a low figure, and found himself, by this transaction, lifted far toward ultimate success in the characteristic Southwestern pursuit.
Mr. Arnold owns about 5,000 acres of good ranch and farming land, and usually carries 500 head of cattle during the summer, increasing that number to from 1,500 to 2,000 in the winter months. All his cattle suitable for the purpose are shipped to the Indian Territory in the spring and held to fatten for the summer market. He sells, each year, from 1,000 to 1,600 head, shipping only those in the best condition and usually getting satisfactory prices. Mr. Arnold has recently built a very tasteful and commodious dwelling at Mineral Wells, where his time, when not absent on business matters, is spent in the society of his charming wife and daughter, the latter a beautiful girl just on the threshold of womanhood. A man of strong and vigorous physique, Mr. Arnold has stood the strain of years of hard labor, and is possessed of more life and energy than many young warriors who are just donning the harness. His character for honesty and straightforward dealings is unimpeachable. (Source: Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas by James Cox, Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St Louis, 1895
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ARNOLD, H. D.
H D. Arnold is by birth a Kentuckian, but only the first few years of his life were spent east of the Mississippi. He first saw light September 8, 1853, in Garrard County, where his father, A. B. Arnold, was born twenty-seven years before. The mother of H. D. Arnold, formerly Miss Margaret Brown, died at his birth, and three years later his father married again, to Miss Sarah Bishop, who is still living. There were in all eight children, five of them by the second marriage. The elder Arnold was brought up to agricultural pursuits, and his life, for a good many years, was that of the average "Blue grass" farmer. He served through the Mexican war, and at the outbreak of the Civil conflict, fifteen years later, took up arms again, under the leadership of that dashing Confederate, General John Morgan. He afterward moved to Missouri, and, in 1880, to Texas, first locating in Johnson County, but subsequently in Palo Pinto County, where he is still living and actively engaged in farming.
H. D. Arnold received some little schooling in Lancaster, Kentucky, but at the beginning of the war he went North to Missouri, where he resided for some time with his grandmother in Ray and Clay Counties. Upon the arrival of his father's family in Missouri, in 1867, H. D. joined them, but in 1876 decided to start out for himself, and in course of time found himself in Fort Worth, Texas, with only ten cents in his pocket, but possessed of a stock of pluck capable of carrying him through, until his finances should brighten. Looking around for employment, he naturally took up farming, as that was his former occupation, and he found his first work on the farms of Captain Sam Evans, near the city. People who are looking for work can usually find it in Texas, and commendable personal traits are here readily recognized and properly rated. So it was with the case of Mr. Arnold. He made friends readily, and his genial disposition and earnestness of purpose held all he gained.
In 1877 he found employment on a farm at Caddo, Johnson County, and during the next two years learned a great deal about the cultivation of Texas crops and the care of Texas cattle. In 1879 he was married to Miss Mary Birdwell, and two years afterward they moved to Keechi Valley, in Palo Pinto County, where Mr. Arnold engaged all his energies in stock raising. When the price of cattle was running high, and many stockmen were holding to every hoof and horn on their ranches, Mr. Arnold sold his cattle, and, investing the proceeds of the sale in a merchandising enterprise, increased his capital by judicious handling, and in 1885 again took up the stock business. Circumstances attending the cattle industry had changed in the meantime, and from the highest point prices dropped to the lowest. Mr. Arnold bought his cattle at a low figure, and found himself, by this transaction, lifted far toward ultimate success in the characteristic Southwestern pursuit.
Mr. Arnold owns about 5,000 acres of good ranch and farming land, and usually carries 500 head of cattle during the summer, increasing that number to from 1,500 to 2,000 in the winter months. All his cattle suitable for the purpose are shipped to the Indian Territory in the spring and held to fatten for the summer market. He sells, each year, from 1,000 to 1,600 head, shipping only those in the best condition and usually getting satisfactory prices. Mr. Arnold has recently built a very tasteful and commodious dwelling at Mineral Wells, where his time, when not absent on business matters, is spent in the society of his charming wife and daughter, the latter a beautiful girl just on the threshold of womanhood. A man of strong and vigorous physique, Mr. Arnold has stood the strain of years of hard labor, and is possessed of more life and energy than many young warriors who are just donning the harness. His character for honesty and straightforward dealings is unimpeachable. (Source: Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas by James Cox, Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St Louis, 1895
He served as Mayor of Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas; worked as a cattleman and ranch owner; worked as a real estate agent in Kentucky and Texas; got divorced from his first wife Mary Birdwell Arnold, daughter of a Texas cattleman and ranch owner; took as a second wife his widowed cousin Maggie King Arnold Gulley; and ended up as resident of the Palo Pinto County Poor Farm.
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ARNOLD, H. D.
H D. Arnold is by birth a Kentuckian, but only the first few years of his life were spent east of the Mississippi. He first saw light September 8, 1853, in Garrard County, where his father, A. B. Arnold, was born twenty-seven years before. The mother of H. D. Arnold, formerly Miss Margaret Brown, died at his birth, and three years later his father married again, to Miss Sarah Bishop, who is still living. There were in all eight children, five of them by the second marriage. The elder Arnold was brought up to agricultural pursuits, and his life, for a good many years, was that of the average "Blue grass" farmer. He served through the Mexican war, and at the outbreak of the Civil conflict, fifteen years later, took up arms again, under the leadership of that dashing Confederate, General John Morgan. He afterward moved to Missouri, and, in 1880, to Texas, first locating in Johnson County, but subsequently in Palo Pinto County, where he is still living and actively engaged in farming.
H. D. Arnold received some little schooling in Lancaster, Kentucky, but at the beginning of the war he went North to Missouri, where he resided for some time with his grandmother in Ray and Clay Counties. Upon the arrival of his father's family in Missouri, in 1867, H. D. joined them, but in 1876 decided to start out for himself, and in course of time found himself in Fort Worth, Texas, with only ten cents in his pocket, but possessed of a stock of pluck capable of carrying him through, until his finances should brighten. Looking around for employment, he naturally took up farming, as that was his former occupation, and he found his first work on the farms of Captain Sam Evans, near the city. People who are looking for work can usually find it in Texas, and commendable personal traits are here readily recognized and properly rated. So it was with the case of Mr. Arnold. He made friends readily, and his genial disposition and earnestness of purpose held all he gained.
In 1877 he found employment on a farm at Caddo, Johnson County, and during the next two years learned a great deal about the cultivation of Texas crops and the care of Texas cattle. In 1879 he was married to Miss Mary Birdwell, and two years afterward they moved to Keechi Valley, in Palo Pinto County, where Mr. Arnold engaged all his energies in stock raising. When the price of cattle was running high, and many stockmen were holding to every hoof and horn on their ranches, Mr. Arnold sold his cattle, and, investing the proceeds of the sale in a merchandising enterprise, increased his capital by judicious handling, and in 1885 again took up the stock business. Circumstances attending the cattle industry had changed in the meantime, and from the highest point prices dropped to the lowest. Mr. Arnold bought his cattle at a low figure, and found himself, by this transaction, lifted far toward ultimate success in the characteristic Southwestern pursuit.
Mr. Arnold owns about 5,000 acres of good ranch and farming land, and usually carries 500 head of cattle during the summer, increasing that number to from 1,500 to 2,000 in the winter months. All his cattle suitable for the purpose are shipped to the Indian Territory in the spring and held to fatten for the summer market. He sells, each year, from 1,000 to 1,600 head, shipping only those in the best condition and usually getting satisfactory prices. Mr. Arnold has recently built a very tasteful and commodious dwelling at Mineral Wells, where his time, when not absent on business matters, is spent in the society of his charming wife and daughter, the latter a beautiful girl just on the threshold of womanhood. A man of strong and vigorous physique, Mr. Arnold has stood the strain of years of hard labor, and is possessed of more life and energy than many young warriors who are just donning the harness. His character for honesty and straightforward dealings is unimpeachable. (Source: Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas by James Cox, Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St Louis, 1895
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ARNOLD, H. D.
H D. Arnold is by birth a Kentuckian, but only the first few years of his life were spent east of the Mississippi. He first saw light September 8, 1853, in Garrard County, where his father, A. B. Arnold, was born twenty-seven years before. The mother of H. D. Arnold, formerly Miss Margaret Brown, died at his birth, and three years later his father married again, to Miss Sarah Bishop, who is still living. There were in all eight children, five of them by the second marriage. The elder Arnold was brought up to agricultural pursuits, and his life, for a good many years, was that of the average "Blue grass" farmer. He served through the Mexican war, and at the outbreak of the Civil conflict, fifteen years later, took up arms again, under the leadership of that dashing Confederate, General John Morgan. He afterward moved to Missouri, and, in 1880, to Texas, first locating in Johnson County, but subsequently in Palo Pinto County, where he is still living and actively engaged in farming.
H. D. Arnold received some little schooling in Lancaster, Kentucky, but at the beginning of the war he went North to Missouri, where he resided for some time with his grandmother in Ray and Clay Counties. Upon the arrival of his father's family in Missouri, in 1867, H. D. joined them, but in 1876 decided to start out for himself, and in course of time found himself in Fort Worth, Texas, with only ten cents in his pocket, but possessed of a stock of pluck capable of carrying him through, until his finances should brighten. Looking around for employment, he naturally took up farming, as that was his former occupation, and he found his first work on the farms of Captain Sam Evans, near the city. People who are looking for work can usually find it in Texas, and commendable personal traits are here readily recognized and properly rated. So it was with the case of Mr. Arnold. He made friends readily, and his genial disposition and earnestness of purpose held all he gained.
In 1877 he found employment on a farm at Caddo, Johnson County, and during the next two years learned a great deal about the cultivation of Texas crops and the care of Texas cattle. In 1879 he was married to Miss Mary Birdwell, and two years afterward they moved to Keechi Valley, in Palo Pinto County, where Mr. Arnold engaged all his energies in stock raising. When the price of cattle was running high, and many stockmen were holding to every hoof and horn on their ranches, Mr. Arnold sold his cattle, and, investing the proceeds of the sale in a merchandising enterprise, increased his capital by judicious handling, and in 1885 again took up the stock business. Circumstances attending the cattle industry had changed in the meantime, and from the highest point prices dropped to the lowest. Mr. Arnold bought his cattle at a low figure, and found himself, by this transaction, lifted far toward ultimate success in the characteristic Southwestern pursuit.
Mr. Arnold owns about 5,000 acres of good ranch and farming land, and usually carries 500 head of cattle during the summer, increasing that number to from 1,500 to 2,000 in the winter months. All his cattle suitable for the purpose are shipped to the Indian Territory in the spring and held to fatten for the summer market. He sells, each year, from 1,000 to 1,600 head, shipping only those in the best condition and usually getting satisfactory prices. Mr. Arnold has recently built a very tasteful and commodious dwelling at Mineral Wells, where his time, when not absent on business matters, is spent in the society of his charming wife and daughter, the latter a beautiful girl just on the threshold of womanhood. A man of strong and vigorous physique, Mr. Arnold has stood the strain of years of hard labor, and is possessed of more life and energy than many young warriors who are just donning the harness. His character for honesty and straightforward dealings is unimpeachable. (Source: Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas by James Cox, Published by Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co, St Louis, 1895
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