Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia

JOHN ARNOLD 

     John Arnold was born September 28, 1843, in that part of Kanawha 
County, Virginia, which is now included in Calhoun County, West 
Virginia. His home has, therefore, always been in the locality in 
which he now resides, and his parents, Charles D. and Lucretia 
(Nichols) Arnold, were residents here before Calhoun was organized, 
and he may be reckoned among the pioneers of this section of country. 
     The wife of John Arnold was a daughter of George W., and Barbara 
(Jarvis) 
Hardway, named Diana, and her birth was on the 10th of February, 
1849, also in Kanawha County. Her father died November 27, 1882. 
     John Arnold and Diana Hardway were wedded in Calhoun County, 
July 25, 1866, and their children are six living and one deceased: 
Charles C., born March 3, 1868, Francis Marion, November 14, 1871; a 
son not named born February 20, 1873, died March 3, 1873; Rhoda J., 
September 3, 1875; John P., September 26, 1877; Louisa, December 28, 
1880; Arizona, September 27, 1882. 
     John Arnold served three years in Company E., 14th Virginia 
Cavalry, Confederate army, and was in a number of engagements. He was 
held a prisoner one year. His occupation is farming, and his address 
is Eden, Calhoun County, West Virginia. 

(Linda Fluharty)