ARNOLD, David (1851-1930)

ARNOLD

Posted By: DOROTHY WILLIAMSON (email)
Date: 1/28/2019 at 12:12:04

David Arnold
(March 19, 1851 - December 11, 1930)

[from a newspaper in Warren County, 1930]
Word was received here Thursday of the death of David Arnold early Thursday at his home in Chariton at the age of 80 years. He is survived by his wife, four sons, Bert, Hal, Chalmers and Guy and two daughters, Stella and Daisy

Chariton Herald Patriot, Chariton, IA., Thurs., Dec 11, 1930, p.1, col.3
David Arnold Died Today Following Extended Illness
David Arnold died his home in southeast Chariton this morning about eight o’clock, at the age of eighty years, after an extended illness with asthma. He is survived by his wife and several grown children. Funeral services have not been arranged for at present, word from relatives at a distance being awaited.
Chariton Herald Patriot, Chariton, IA., Thurs., Dec 18, 1930, p.10, col.3
David Arnold
With deep regret we note the death of one of Lucas County’s pioneer citizens, Mr. David Arnold, who passes away December 11th, 1930, at his home in southeast Chariton, after an extended illness of six weeks. During that time everything that loving hands could do was done to prolong his life, but owing to advanced age all that was done was unavailing and death came as a blessed release at the age of 79 years, 8 months and 23 days.
He was the son of Thomas and Julia Arnold, well known residents of Lucas County, and was born on March 19, 1851. His early life was spent in Lucas County and on March 14, 1871, he was united in marriage to Sarah Emma Davis. To this union were born eight children, of whom six survive, Mrs. Stella Ginn, of Mapleview, New York; Bert, of Ten Sleep, Wyoming; Hal, of near Woodburn; Chalmer and Guy and Mrs. Grace Wilkinson, of Chariton. Two, Augusta and Milly, died in infancy. About twenty-five years ago he united with the Christian Union church at Bethel Chapel. After leaving Lucas County the family home was established in Clarke County, where they lived for about twenty-five years. On July 29th, 1919, he moved to the home in Chariton and there resided until death.
Besides the children he leaves thirty-seven grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. He was the last of a family of eleven children. He was a devoted husband, a loving father, a friendly neighbor, a faithful friend, and greatly beloved by all who knew him. The following verse from the poem, “Will it be you or I,” was often quoted by him to his wife: “I would not know which of us, darling, will be first to go; I only wish the space may not be long between the parting and the greeting song; but when, or where, or how we’re called to go.”
Funeral services were held in the Chariton U. B. [United Brethren] Church at 1:30 p. m. Sunday, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. L. A. Stangle, after which interment took place in the Newbern Cemetery.