Francis Marion Arnold1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 18992, (1844 - )
FatherRussell Arnold4,5,6 (abt 1819 - )
MotherJemina [surname unknown]4,5,7 (abt 1825 - )

Key Events:

Birth: Mar 1844, Ohio8,9,10
Marriage: 16 May 1872, Page Co., Iowa, Mary Lavina Smalley (28 Jul 1855 - 10 Jun 1904)11,12,13
Burial: Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa14

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Francis Marion Arnold was born in Mar 1844 in Ohio.8,9,10 He appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Warren Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents, Russell Arnold and Jemina [surname unknown].15 He appeared on the 1860 Federal Census of Knox Twp., Clarke Co., Iowa, in the household of his parents.16 He appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Avon, Fulton Co., Illinois, in the household of his parents, reporting real estate valued at $600.17
     Francis married Mary Lavina Smalley, daughter of William J. Smalley and Hannah Jane Logan, on 16 May 1872 in Page Co., Iowa.11,12,13
     He appeared with Mary and their children Emma, Joseph and Cora on the 1880 Federal Census of Independence Twp., Montgomery Co., Kansas, in the household of his parents.6
     Francis and Mary appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa, enumerated 14 Jun 1900. Their children Charles and Ethel were listed as living with them, as was Otis P. Conlkin, a 22-year nursery laborer shown as a boarder.18
     His wife died on 10 Jun 1904 in Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa.19,20,21
     In Aug 1906 shortly after the death of his wife, he went to Wewoka, Indian Territory, to visit with his daughter Cora and her husband.22
     Francis appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa, at 605 West Lowell Ave., enumerated 6 May 1910, rooming in the home of Edward J. Tranabarger and his wife, with three other men.23
     Francis appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Rockford Twp., Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, enumerated 20 Jan 1920, boarding in the home of Clarance G. Cram and his wife and two children.24
     He was a farm laborer by age 16, and by 1870 had adopted his father's trade as a stone mason. He apparently left that trade to operate the family farm for a time about 1880, but later returned to it. By 1910 he became a carpenter.25,26,27,28,29,30
     Francis was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Shenandoah, Page Co., Iowa.14
     
Research Note, 23 Sep 2014:
Francis has been reported to have died 4 May 1933 in Phoenix, Arizona. However the death certificated for the Francis Marion Arnold who died there shows his birth date as 25 Oct 1846, shows his parents as Benjamin Arnold and Mary Ann Peak, and his buial at Forest Lawn Cemetery, presumable the one in Phoenix. Either the details on this death certificate are terribly wrong, or this was a different person.31

Children:
     Children with Mary Lavina Smalley

Francis and Mary apparently had an additional child whose name is not known.37
  • Emma L. Arnold32 (abt 1874 - )
  • Joseph A. Arnold33 (10 Oct 1876 - 25 Apr 1899)
  • Cora J. Arnold14,32 (2 Feb 1880 - 25 Jan 1909)
  • Bertha May Arnold34 (14 May 1881 - May 1904)
  • Charles Willard Arnold18,35 (Feb 1885 - )
  • Ethel Aurilla Arnold18,36 (11 Oct 1888 - Jul 1979)

Citations

  1. [S4801] Russell Arnold household, 1850 U.S. Census, Warren Co., Illinois, shows name as Francis M. Arnold.
  2. [S4807] Clarance G. Cram household, 1920 U.S. Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, shows name as Francis Marian Arnold.
  3. [S4746] "County Marriages, 1838-1934," FamilySearch.org, record for George Varanous Greenway and Ethel Orrilla Arnold, shows name as Francis Marion Arnold.
  4. [S4801] Russell Arnold household, 1850 U.S. Census, Warren Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S4802] R. Arnold household, 1860 U.S. Census, Clarke Co., Iowa, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  6. [S4804] Russell Arnold household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Kansas.
  7. [S4803] Russell Arnold household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Illinois, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  8. [S4805] Francis M. Arnold household, 1900 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows month, year, age 56, and state.
  9. [S4801] Russell Arnold household, 1850 U.S. Census, Warren Co., Illinois, shows age 6 and state.
  10. [S4802] R. Arnold household, 1860 U.S. Census, Clarke Co., Iowa, shows age 16 and state.
  11. [S3682] "Iowa, Marriages, 1780-1992," FamilySearch.org, record for Francis M. Arnold and Mary L. Smalley, citing FHL # 1035209, shows date, county, and state.
  12. [S4804] Russell Arnold household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Kansas, shows them apparently living as husband and wife, though she is shown as daughter of his father.
  13. [S4805] Francis M. Arnold household, 1900 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows married 27 years.
  14. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 135822835, Pvt Francis M. Arnold.
  15. [S4801] Russell Arnold household, 1850 U.S. Census, Warren Co., Illinois.
  16. [S4802] R. Arnold household, 1860 U.S. Census, Clarke Co., Iowa.
  17. [S4803] Russell Arnold household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Illinois.
  18. [S4805] Francis M. Arnold household, 1900 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa.
  19. [S5238] "Local & Personel," The Seminole Capital, 16 Jun 1904, shows that her daughter "received word last Saturday that her mother had died Friday."
  20. [S4751] O'Dell, Abstracted Newspaper Index of Southwest Iowa and Northwest Missouri, obituary extract for Mary L. Arnold, citing Shenandoah World 7 Jun 1904, shows died, town, no date.
  21. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 135823487, Mary L. Smalley Arnold.
  22. [S4799] "Local News Notes and Personals," The Wewoka Herald, 24 Aug 1906.
  23. [S4806] Edward J. Tronabarger household, 1910 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa.
  24. [S4807] Clarance G. Cram household, 1920 U.S. Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa.
  25. [S4802] R. Arnold household, 1860 U.S. Census, Clarke Co., Iowa, shows occupation as farm laborer.
  26. [S4803] Russell Arnold household, 1870 U.S. Census, Fulton Co., Illinois, shows occupation as stone mason.
  27. [S4804] Russell Arnold household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Kansas, shows occupation as farmer.
  28. [S4805] Francis M. Arnold household, 1900 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows occupation as stone mason.
  29. [S4806] Edward J. Tronabarger household, 1910 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows occupation as carpenter, industry as home.
  30. [S4807] Clarance G. Cram household, 1920 U.S. Census, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, shows occupation as carpenter, industry as general work.
  31. [S4847] Francis Marion Arnold, Standard Certificate of Death.
  32. [S4804] Russell Arnold household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Kansas, shows them apparently living as parent and child although the child is shown as daughter of his father.
  33. [S4804] Russell Arnold household, 1880 U.S. Census, Montgomery Co., Kansas, shows them apparently living as parent and child although the child is shown as son of his father.
  34. [S4751] O'Dell, Abstracted Newspaper Index of Southwest Iowa and Northwest Missouri, obituary extract for Mary L. Arnold, citing Shenandoah World 7 Jun 1904, shows Mrs Roy Davis as her daughter.
  35. [S4746] "County Marriages, 1838-1934," FamilySearch.org, record for Charles Willard Arnold and Ella Francis Gibson, citing FHL # 1035214.
  36. [S4746] "County Marriages, 1838-1934," FamilySearch.org, record for George Varanous Greenway and Ethel Orrilla Arnold.
  37. [S4805] Francis M. Arnold household, 1900 U.S. Census, Page Co., Iowa, shows her as the mother of seven, with five living.