Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Arnold, John B. (Dr.) : 1775-1822

Dr. John B. Arnold (deceased) was born at Flatbush, Conn., January 9, 1775.

June 20, 1790, he married Rachel Weakly, in this county, whither he had come when a single man, and was at that time a graduate of medicine.  He died February 28, 1822; his widow was born July 27, 1773, and died November 8, 1851.

They had eight children:  Maria, born July 1, 1800, married Dr. Smith, a prominent physician, who died at Springfield, Ohio; Jane, born September 18, 1801; Charlotte, born March 9, 1807; Louisa, born November 23, 1808; Rebecca R., born March 27, 1811; John J. T., born September 29, 1812, was a natural artist and fine portrait painter; Harriet, born October 21, 1815, and Emily, born February 25, 1820.

Mrs. Harriet Gardner, mother of William H. Gardner, is the only one of this family now (1886) living.
~ History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886, Part III, History of Adams County, Page 467

 You can visit the memorial page for Dr. John B Arnold.

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