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Robert Arnold

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Robert Arnold

Birth
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
4 Feb 1863 (aged 60–61)
Mehoopany, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Epitaph engraved in script toward bottom of stone "Gone but not forgotten"

Robert Arnold was married twice. First wife unknown, but she was the mother of his children Willis Arnold (b. abt. 1835), Phoebe Arnold (b. abt. 1837), Wesley Arnold (b. abt. 1839), and daughter Hyliann Arnold (b. 1842). Robert Arnold's second wife was Elizabeth Morehouse. Morehouse was her maiden name; she also had been previously married to Jacob? Benninger prior to her marriage with Robert Arnold. Elizabeth was the mother of Robert's children Charles Arnold (b. 1848) and Rachel Arnold (b. 1853). Robert and Elizabeth appear to have separated and/or divorced as he was found in the 1860 census for Mehoopany, Wyoming Co., PA with two of his grown children from his first marriage, son Willis and daughter Phoebe, while Elizabeth Arnold appears as the head of her household in the next entry on the census with her 12 year old son Charles Arnold and her 7 year old daughter Rachel Arnold.
Epitaph engraved in script toward bottom of stone "Gone but not forgotten"

Robert Arnold was married twice. First wife unknown, but she was the mother of his children Willis Arnold (b. abt. 1835), Phoebe Arnold (b. abt. 1837), Wesley Arnold (b. abt. 1839), and daughter Hyliann Arnold (b. 1842). Robert Arnold's second wife was Elizabeth Morehouse. Morehouse was her maiden name; she also had been previously married to Jacob? Benninger prior to her marriage with Robert Arnold. Elizabeth was the mother of Robert's children Charles Arnold (b. 1848) and Rachel Arnold (b. 1853). Robert and Elizabeth appear to have separated and/or divorced as he was found in the 1860 census for Mehoopany, Wyoming Co., PA with two of his grown children from his first marriage, son Willis and daughter Phoebe, while Elizabeth Arnold appears as the head of her household in the next entry on the census with her 12 year old son Charles Arnold and her 7 year old daughter Rachel Arnold.

Gravesite Details

BIRTH YEAR IS ESTIMATED FROM AGE AT DEATH (61 yrs) GIVEN ON HIS GRAVE MARKER.



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