Elijah Arnold^{[1, 2]}

1791 - 1859  (68 years)

• Name	Elijah Arnold
  Born	Mar 09, 1791	Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Jul 18, 1859	West River, Randolph county, Indiana, USA
  Notes	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, perhap0s, 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.
  Person ID	I127461	mykindred
  Last Modified	Jan 22, 2007

  
  

  Family	Rhoda Fife,   b. Oct 11, 1808, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Nov 23, 1867, Randolph county, Indiana, USA  (Age 59 years)
  Married	Sep 30, 1824	Wayne county, Indiana, USA
  Children	1. Sophia Arnold,   b. circa 1826, Indiana, USA ,   d. Y   2. Mariah Arnold,   b. Jun 1828, Indiana, USA ,   d. 1914, Indiana, USA  (Age ~ 85 years)   3. Sarah Arnold,   b. circa 1830, Indiana, USA ,   d. Between 1874 and 1880, Indiana, USA  (Age ~ 44 years)   4. Jane Arnold,   b. circa 1831, Albemarle, Chesterfield county, Virginia, USA ,   d. Jan 17, 1913, Randolph county, Indiana, USA  (Age ~ 82 years)   5. Leni Arnold,   b. circa 1834, Albemarle, Chesterfield county, Virginia, USA ,   d. Y   6. Oliver Arnold,   b. circa 1836, Albemarle, Chesterfield county, Virginia, USA ,   d. Y   7. Nancy Arnold,   b. circa 1838, Albemarle, Chesterfield county, Virginia, USA ,   d. Y   8. Leonana Arnold,   b. circa 1840, Albemarle, Chesterfield county, Virginia, USA ,   d. Y   9. Mary Ellen Arnold,   b. circa 1843, Albemarle, Chesterfield county, Virginia, USA ,   d. Y   10. William Arnold,   b. circa 1845, Albemarle, Chesterfield county, Virginia, USA ,   d. Y   11. Matthew Arnold,   b. circa 1847, Albemarle, Chesterfield county, Virginia, USA ,   d. Y
  Family ID	F41329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2017] Gedcom - Creamer, Karen. [S2022] Gedcom - Moistner, Wilbur Leon.