Jonathan Arnold possessed one of the largest and most carefully selected libraries in his section of the State. Endowed with an unusually retentive memory, he read his books, and between the lines, the result being that he was a man of unusual information. In the year 1827 he united in marriage with Miss Thursa, daughter of Ely Butcher, a prominent merchant and resident of Beverly. He lost his wife within a few years, one child only surviving the mother, but dying in infancy. In 1841 he married Miss Phoebe Ann, daughter of Solomon Collett, and was again unfortunate, his wife dying in a few months. In September, 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Laura Ann, daughter of Jonathan and Julia Neale Jackson of Clarksburg, W. Va., and the only sister of Thomas J., afterwards General Stonewall Jackson.* By this marriage there were four children, the youngest dying in infancy, the three eldest being Thomas Jonathan, Anna Grace and Stark W. , recently deceased. Anna Grace became the wife of Major C. H. Evans, of Springfield, O., and died in 1878, having previously lost her two little children.
Jonathan Arnold possessed one of the largest and most carefully selected libraries in his section of the State. Endowed with an unusually retentive memory, he read his books, and between the lines, the result being that he was a man of unusual information. In the year 1827 he united in marriage with Miss Thursa, daughter of Ely Butcher, a prominent merchant and resident of Beverly. He lost his wife within a few years, one child only surviving the mother, but dying in infancy. In 1841 he married Miss Phoebe Ann, daughter of Solomon Collett, and was again unfortunate, his wife dying in a few months. In September, 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Laura Ann, daughter of Jonathan and Julia Neale Jackson of Clarksburg, W. Va., and the only sister of Thomas J., afterwards General Stonewall Jackson.* By this marriage there were four children, the youngest dying in infancy, the three eldest being Thomas Jonathan, Anna Grace and Stark W. , recently deceased. Anna Grace became the wife of Major C. H. Evans, of Springfield, O., and died in 1878, having previously lost her two little children.
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