Joe Arnold's 1920 Information shows that he married "Anna Claxton"
Source: Published 1920, “Franklin County, Illinois, War History, 1832-1919. West Frankfort etc." Pub. by H.W. Trovillion for the Franklin County War History Society Page 208Pvt Joe Arnold of Royalton
Coal Miner Age 31 b in Parrish
Son of James and Rebecca Arnold of Herrin
Married Anna Claxton
Entrained Apr 27, 1918 in Benton; went overseas May 20, 1918
Fought in the Battles of St Mihie, Ligny, and Meuse-Argonne
He was gassed October 20, 1918
Attached to Company A, 308th M.G.B., 78th Division
Discharged May 22, 1919
Source: Published 1920, “Franklin County, Illinois, War History, 1832-1919. West Frankfort etc." Pub. by H.W. Trovillion for the Franklin County War History Society Page 208
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In the 1920 & 1930 Census years, Joe was a Coal Miner and married to Anna. Daughters: Pearl and Sadie.
1917 WW l Draft Registration Card
Joe Arnold of Royalton
Age 30 b 7 Jun 1886 in Parrish, IL
Occupation: Timber Worker for Tom Snider of Royalton
Single Medium Ht and Build; Blue Eyes; Dark Hair
Exemption? “Yes, Weak Eyes”
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1942 WW ll Draft Registration Card
Joe Arnold of Royalton
Age 55 b 7 June 1886 in Franklin, IL
Relative: Gracie Bennett of Royalton
Employer: Boyle & Healy or Ordell, IL
IL Ordance Plant, Williamson, IL
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Application for Headstone (Sister: Grace Bennett, Royalton, IL)
Pvt Joe Arnold of Company A, 308th M G Bn US Army, 78th Div
Medal: P H
(Dates of Service: 27 Apr 1918 – 22 May 1919)
Born 7 Jun 1886 and Died 5 Feb 1959
Cemetery: Royalton Miner’s, Royalton, IL
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OBIT
A Franklin County Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of death by suffocation and exposure in the case of a Royalton man found lying in a ditch Friday morning.
Joe Arnold, 73, was found about 8:15am lying face down in three inches of water. He was found by Thurlow Coulson of Royalton. Arnold fell from a concrete bridge about five feet above the ditch on North Main Street. Coroner Jess Britton said he will recommend that the Royalton City Council install a railing on the unprotected concrete bridge across the ditch.
Arnold was born in Franklin County June 7, 1886. A retired Miner, he was a World War l Veteran.
He leaves brothers, John Arnold, Rt2, Mulkeytown; Ben Arnold, Zeigler; Sisters, Mrs Cora Canada, Hilton, GA and Mrs Richard Bennett, Royalton, with whom Mr Arnold live.
Burial in Miners Cemetery, Royalton.
Source: Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, IL) 8 Feb 1959, Sun
Source: Published 1920, “Franklin County, Illinois, War History, 1832-1919. West Frankfort etc." Pub. by H.W. Trovillion for the Franklin County War History Society Page 208Pvt Joe Arnold of Royalton
Coal Miner Age 31 b in Parrish
Son of James and Rebecca Arnold of Herrin
Married Anna Claxton
Entrained Apr 27, 1918 in Benton; went overseas May 20, 1918
Fought in the Battles of St Mihie, Ligny, and Meuse-Argonne
He was gassed October 20, 1918
Attached to Company A, 308th M.G.B., 78th Division
Discharged May 22, 1919
Source: Published 1920, “Franklin County, Illinois, War History, 1832-1919. West Frankfort etc." Pub. by H.W. Trovillion for the Franklin County War History Society Page 208
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In the 1920 & 1930 Census years, Joe was a Coal Miner and married to Anna. Daughters: Pearl and Sadie.
1917 WW l Draft Registration Card
Joe Arnold of Royalton
Age 30 b 7 Jun 1886 in Parrish, IL
Occupation: Timber Worker for Tom Snider of Royalton
Single Medium Ht and Build; Blue Eyes; Dark Hair
Exemption? “Yes, Weak Eyes”
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1942 WW ll Draft Registration Card
Joe Arnold of Royalton
Age 55 b 7 June 1886 in Franklin, IL
Relative: Gracie Bennett of Royalton
Employer: Boyle & Healy or Ordell, IL
IL Ordance Plant, Williamson, IL
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Application for Headstone (Sister: Grace Bennett, Royalton, IL)
Pvt Joe Arnold of Company A, 308th M G Bn US Army, 78th Div
Medal: P H
(Dates of Service: 27 Apr 1918 – 22 May 1919)
Born 7 Jun 1886 and Died 5 Feb 1959
Cemetery: Royalton Miner’s, Royalton, IL
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OBIT
A Franklin County Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of death by suffocation and exposure in the case of a Royalton man found lying in a ditch Friday morning.
Joe Arnold, 73, was found about 8:15am lying face down in three inches of water. He was found by Thurlow Coulson of Royalton. Arnold fell from a concrete bridge about five feet above the ditch on North Main Street. Coroner Jess Britton said he will recommend that the Royalton City Council install a railing on the unprotected concrete bridge across the ditch.
Arnold was born in Franklin County June 7, 1886. A retired Miner, he was a World War l Veteran.
He leaves brothers, John Arnold, Rt2, Mulkeytown; Ben Arnold, Zeigler; Sisters, Mrs Cora Canada, Hilton, GA and Mrs Richard Bennett, Royalton, with whom Mr Arnold live.
Burial in Miners Cemetery, Royalton.
Source: Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, IL) 8 Feb 1959, Sun
Joe Arnold's 1920 Information shows that he married "Anna Claxton"
Source: Published 1920, “Franklin County, Illinois, War History, 1832-1919. West Frankfort etc." Pub. by H.W. Trovillion for the Franklin County War History Society Page 208Pvt Joe Arnold of Royalton
Coal Miner Age 31 b in Parrish
Son of James and Rebecca Arnold of Herrin
Married Anna Claxton
Entrained Apr 27, 1918 in Benton; went overseas May 20, 1918
Fought in the Battles of St Mihie, Ligny, and Meuse-Argonne
He was gassed October 20, 1918
Attached to Company A, 308th M.G.B., 78th Division
Discharged May 22, 1919
Source: Published 1920, “Franklin County, Illinois, War History, 1832-1919. West Frankfort etc." Pub. by H.W. Trovillion for the Franklin County War History Society Page 208
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In the 1920 & 1930 Census years, Joe was a Coal Miner and married to Anna. Daughters: Pearl and Sadie.
1917 WW l Draft Registration Card
Joe Arnold of Royalton
Age 30 b 7 Jun 1886 in Parrish, IL
Occupation: Timber Worker for Tom Snider of Royalton
Single Medium Ht and Build; Blue Eyes; Dark Hair
Exemption? “Yes, Weak Eyes”
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1942 WW ll Draft Registration Card
Joe Arnold of Royalton
Age 55 b 7 June 1886 in Franklin, IL
Relative: Gracie Bennett of Royalton
Employer: Boyle & Healy or Ordell, IL
IL Ordance Plant, Williamson, IL
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Application for Headstone (Sister: Grace Bennett, Royalton, IL)
Pvt Joe Arnold of Company A, 308th M G Bn US Army, 78th Div
Medal: P H
(Dates of Service: 27 Apr 1918 – 22 May 1919)
Born 7 Jun 1886 and Died 5 Feb 1959
Cemetery: Royalton Miner’s, Royalton, IL
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OBIT
A Franklin County Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of death by suffocation and exposure in the case of a Royalton man found lying in a ditch Friday morning.
Joe Arnold, 73, was found about 8:15am lying face down in three inches of water. He was found by Thurlow Coulson of Royalton. Arnold fell from a concrete bridge about five feet above the ditch on North Main Street. Coroner Jess Britton said he will recommend that the Royalton City Council install a railing on the unprotected concrete bridge across the ditch.
Arnold was born in Franklin County June 7, 1886. A retired Miner, he was a World War l Veteran.
He leaves brothers, John Arnold, Rt2, Mulkeytown; Ben Arnold, Zeigler; Sisters, Mrs Cora Canada, Hilton, GA and Mrs Richard Bennett, Royalton, with whom Mr Arnold live.
Burial in Miners Cemetery, Royalton.
Source: Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, IL) 8 Feb 1959, Sun
Source: Published 1920, “Franklin County, Illinois, War History, 1832-1919. West Frankfort etc." Pub. by H.W. Trovillion for the Franklin County War History Society Page 208Pvt Joe Arnold of Royalton
Coal Miner Age 31 b in Parrish
Son of James and Rebecca Arnold of Herrin
Married Anna Claxton
Entrained Apr 27, 1918 in Benton; went overseas May 20, 1918
Fought in the Battles of St Mihie, Ligny, and Meuse-Argonne
He was gassed October 20, 1918
Attached to Company A, 308th M.G.B., 78th Division
Discharged May 22, 1919
Source: Published 1920, “Franklin County, Illinois, War History, 1832-1919. West Frankfort etc." Pub. by H.W. Trovillion for the Franklin County War History Society Page 208
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In the 1920 & 1930 Census years, Joe was a Coal Miner and married to Anna. Daughters: Pearl and Sadie.
1917 WW l Draft Registration Card
Joe Arnold of Royalton
Age 30 b 7 Jun 1886 in Parrish, IL
Occupation: Timber Worker for Tom Snider of Royalton
Single Medium Ht and Build; Blue Eyes; Dark Hair
Exemption? “Yes, Weak Eyes”
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1942 WW ll Draft Registration Card
Joe Arnold of Royalton
Age 55 b 7 June 1886 in Franklin, IL
Relative: Gracie Bennett of Royalton
Employer: Boyle & Healy or Ordell, IL
IL Ordance Plant, Williamson, IL
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Application for Headstone (Sister: Grace Bennett, Royalton, IL)
Pvt Joe Arnold of Company A, 308th M G Bn US Army, 78th Div
Medal: P H
(Dates of Service: 27 Apr 1918 – 22 May 1919)
Born 7 Jun 1886 and Died 5 Feb 1959
Cemetery: Royalton Miner’s, Royalton, IL
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OBIT
A Franklin County Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of death by suffocation and exposure in the case of a Royalton man found lying in a ditch Friday morning.
Joe Arnold, 73, was found about 8:15am lying face down in three inches of water. He was found by Thurlow Coulson of Royalton. Arnold fell from a concrete bridge about five feet above the ditch on North Main Street. Coroner Jess Britton said he will recommend that the Royalton City Council install a railing on the unprotected concrete bridge across the ditch.
Arnold was born in Franklin County June 7, 1886. A retired Miner, he was a World War l Veteran.
He leaves brothers, John Arnold, Rt2, Mulkeytown; Ben Arnold, Zeigler; Sisters, Mrs Cora Canada, Hilton, GA and Mrs Richard Bennett, Royalton, with whom Mr Arnold live.
Burial in Miners Cemetery, Royalton.
Source: Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale, IL) 8 Feb 1959, Sun
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