Person:Elizah Arnold (1)

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Elizah Arnold
b.9 Mar 1791 Virginia, United States
d.18 Jul 1859 West River (township), Randolph, Indiana, United States
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  • H.  Elizah Arnold1791 - 1859
  • W.  Rhoda Fife1808 - 1867
m. 30 Sep 1824
  1. Sophia Arnold1826 - 1872
  2. Mariah Arnold1828 - 1914
  3. Sarah Arnold1830 - 1874
  4. Jane Arnold1831 - 1913
  5. Leni Arnold1834 -
  6. Oliver Arnold1835 - 1900
  7. Nancy Arnold1838 - 1860
  8. Leonana Arnold1840 -
  9. Mary Ellen Arnold1843 -
  10. William Arnold1845 - 1909
  11. Matthew Arnold1847 -
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Name[1][2][3] Elizah Arnold
Gender Male
Birth[2] 9 Mar 1791 Virginia, United States
Marriage 30 Sep 1824 Wayne County, Indianato Rhoda Fife
Residence[3] 1 Jun 1840 West River, Randolph, Indiana, United States
Residence[2] 1850 West River, Randolph, Indiana, United States
Death? 18 Jul 1859 West River (township), Randolph, Indiana, United States

Elijah was a Counterfieter, some of his legal documents show a Lewis Arnold, Thomas Poole and a David Moore all as replevin bail for him. Possibly they were family or good friends.

Elijah Arnold lived near the "Fallen Timbers" he and his comrades. This taken from page 57 History of Randolph County 1882......February, 1826, full bench. Two days, eight or ten cases. August, - 1826. Amos Lane, Prosecutor, full bench. Three days, nine pages of record. Elijah Arnold's name appears for the first time on the record (to keep the peace). It appears often after this, for, perhaps, twenty-five years. He has been dead some years. He was a wild, troublesome, reckless man. He was reckoned to belong to a gang of counterfeiters, thieves, etc., with headquarters in the "Fallen Timbers" in the south part of the county. Old residents of that region are full of tales of the reckless mischief of Arnold and his comrades in daring and crime. The gang was broken up after a long time. He and his wife are buried in Economy cemetery. His tombstone listing his date of death and age as 68 years 4 months 9 days. He went by an alias of Alijah at one time.

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  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941. (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Works Progress Administration, comp. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research, comp. Electroni)
    Title: , , ; Book: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT; Page: 1838642 - 1838643.

    Marriage date: 30 Sep 1824Marriage place: Wayne, Indiana

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
    Year: 1850; Census Place: West River, Randolph, Indiana; Roll: M432_168; Page: 175; Image: 344.

    Birth date: abt 1792Birth place: VirginiaResidence date: 1850Residence place: West River, Randolph, Indiana

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 United States. 1840 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704)
    Year: 1840; Census Place: , Randolph, Indiana; Roll: 92; Page: 32.

    Residence date: 1 June 1840Residence place: West River, Randolph, Indiana, USA

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