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• m. Mary "Mollie" Ludwick*; b. Sep. 23, 1771; d. July 17, 1851, Beaver Run WV. This marriage occurred on April 15, 1788.
• Samuel and Mary had 12 Children, where the order of birth for John and Jacob is uncertain:
  • Susan Arnold; b. Feb. 26, 1789, Hampshire County WV; d. Sep. 27, 1878, Beaver Run WV.
    • m. Nicholas Biser; in 1821, in Hampshire County WV
  • Christiana Arnold; b. c1792, may be a twin to Catherine.
    • m. Daniel Livengood; in Fay County PA.
  • Catherine Arnold; b. c1792, may be a twin to Christina.
    • m. John Long.
  • Magdalene Arnold* (1796-1883).
    • m. Peter Fike* (1794-1871).
  • Rebecca Arnold; b. c1797; d. Oct. 8, 1842
    • m. on Sep. 20, 1818 to John Leatherman; b. May 27, 1800; d. Apr. 20, 1884.
  • Lydia Arnold; b. Jan 5, 1798, Frederick County MD; d. Mar. 7, 18, 1885, Frederick County MD.
    • m1. John A. Ausherman; in 1816
    • m2. George High.
  • William Arnold; b. Sep. 25, 1799, at Beaver Run PA; d. Mar. 5, 1865, at Eglon WV.
    • m. Elizabeth Sharps; b. Jul. 22, 1802; d. Mar. 19, 1869, at Eglon WV.
  • Elizabeth "Betsy" Arnold; b. Aug. 30, 1800, in MD; d. July 10, 1880, Bristol Twp. Fillmore County MN.
    • m. John Ogg; on Mar. 17, 1822. He was b. Sep. 26, 1799; d. Jan. 17, 1868
  • Hannah Arnold; b. 1802; d. Nov. 17, 1883.
    • m. Jacob Biser; b. Nov. 14, 1798; d. Nov. 15, 1855.
  • Nancy Arnold; b. Apr. 12, 1805; d. Feb 29, 1868.
    • m. on Mar. 10, 1823 to: Jacob Garber; b. Oct. 28, 1797; d. Sep. 25, 1876.
  • John Arnold; died young.
  • Jacob Arnold.
    • m1. Sarah Wise. (some say: Sarah Wine)
    • m2. Sarah Ogg.
  • Mary "Mollie" Arnold; b. Jan 12, 1813; d. Mar. 15, 1905
    • m. John Fleming; b. Jan. 5, 1809; d. Mar. 5, 1881.

Brief Biography:

Samuel Arnold's father was passed down through the family as "John" Arnold. A search for a Samuel Arnold's (1765-1831) father in Frederick County MD in a Census of that county in 1773 found two persons named John Arnold. One John Arnold was found who was born in 1766-7, to a William and Ann Arnold. Another was born in 1772 to Christopher and Mary Arnold. Both of these are probably of English descent and are a generation too young to have fathered Samuel's birth in 1765. Thus, John was probably not born in Frederick County MD. One record states that he was born in eastern PA, although this may be in reference to a brother of Samuel's, also named John (see the paragraph below).

It is most likely that the John Arnold who fathered Samuel Arnold was a son of Johann George Arnold, born in Epfenbach, Zuzenhausen, located S.W. of Heidelburg Germany in about 1726. In this most likely case, John would have been also born in Zuzenhausen.

John Arnold's will, dated Aug. 25, 1785, is found on pages 357-358 of the Will Book GM-2 for Frederick County MD. John gives his son, Samuel, "one gray horse going on two years" in addition to his equally-divided share of the proceeds of sale of the "balance of real and personal property" to be sold. John's will was read in Court on Oct. 16, 1790, implying that he died before that date.

Samuel Arnold owned a farm in Beaver Run VA (now WV). His daughter, Magdalene Arnold and Peter Fike were married on Samuel Arnold's farm on Mar. 12, 1818.

Samuel Arnold was killed in a buggy wreck on Mar. 29, 1831, when a team of colts ran off with him. He is buried in the Arnold Cemetery, just east of the Mineral County - Hampshire County line in WV. It is on the north side of Rt. 50 on top of a hill, 400 yards from the road. There are two engraved stones marking his grave.

References:

• Genealogical work of Maurice Neverman of Watertown WI.
• Odenkirk Family History
• Arnold - Luckey Family Ties, by L.W. Arnold & E. Z. Luckey, pub. by the Rev. Leonard W. A. Luckey, Ph.D., D.D., New York, NY, 1931.
• Arnold family genealogy.
• Amish and Amish Mennonite Genealogies by H.F. Gingerich & R.W. Kreider, 1986.