(1) Name: Thomas ARNOLD
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Birth: 1828 Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky
Father: James ARNOLD
Mother: Margaret DAULTON

Misc. Notes
Thos. N. ARNOLD [1] was born in Covington, Ky., in 1828, his father being one of the founders of his native town. His mother was a Virginian, and she and her husband were the first Disciples of Christ who founded a church in the infant city, living a lot and building a house of worship, which, for a long time, was known as the First Street Christian Church.

Mr. Arnold graduated at Bethany College in 1847. He spent two years at Transylvania Law School, at Lexington, Ky., and one year at Louisville, and at the age of twenty-one began the practice of law in Covington.

He was married in 1853 to Frances Pugh, of Cynthiana. Four of their children are living.

At the age of twenty-eight, Mr. Arnold became a minister of the gospel in the Christian Church. It was his good luck to know and be associated with several of the great preachers of the early century-Walter Scott, David Burnett, Benjamin Franklin, and Samuel Rogers.

His early work was confined to churches located on or near the Ohio River. At Madison and Columbus, Indiana, he held successful meetings, which resulted in much good to both places, and led to building a house of worship at the former.

He was pastor of the Cynthialia Church two years, 1859-1861, and for several years had charge of churches in the county. He preached for the Church at Falmouth, and succeeded in building a new church. For two years, before the Civil War, he was State Evangelist for Mississippi. In 1866 he moved from Covington to Frankfort, having charge of the Church at that place three years, till he went to Louisville, in answer to a call from the Fourth and Walnut Streets Church. In 1873 he went to Lexington to preach for the Main Street Church, intending to make his home there, so that he might educate his sons at the Kentucky University. Unhappily the university trouble, that had been brewing for some time, culminated during the year and developed bitter party strife in the Church. Desiring to stand aloof from the conflict, at the end of the year Mr. Arnold returned to his home at Frankfort, and has since devoted his time to preaching in his own and adjoining counties. This part of the State is, to a great extent, a missionary field, and he has done much work here, often preaching in schoolhouses, and holding congregations together until they were able to build churches.

During his work in the Church, Mr. Arnold has brought not less than two thousand people to Christ, has helped to establish fourteen Churches, and aided eleven young men in fitting themselves for the ministry.

As a preacher, he is yet vigorous and forcible, and, as he expresses it, like an old warrior, eager for warfare.

Notes for Thomas N. Arnold: [2]
1. 1850 Census of Kenton Co., Kentucky - roll 208, page 263. Living in a Hotel in Covington.
Thomas Arnold, 22, Lawyer.

Marriage Notes for Marium Pugh and Thomas Arnold:
1. Marriage Records, 1794-1893, Harrison County Clerk of the County Court. LDS Microfilm #0216877 - Bond #4600, Thomas N. Arnold, Fannie M. Pugh, License 7/10/1853, Married 7/11/1853, Married by Ed F. Berkley.
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The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky, Cincinnati, Ohio: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878; New Material Copyright by the Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Southern Historical Press, 1980, pp. 105-106.

ARNOLD, REV. THOMAS N., Lawyer and Clergyman, was born February io, 1828, in Covington, Kentucky, and is the son of James G. and Margaret (Dalton) Arnold. His grandfather, and some other members of his family, were distinguished Baptist preachers in Vir. ginia. His father was one of the most useful and successful business men who ever flourished in Covington, and was, in fact, one of the founders of that city; he built the first Christian Church ever erected there; made some large donations to Kentucky University, and various other institutions; and died, in Covington, at the great age of eighty-four years. (See sketch of James G. Arnold). Thomas N. Arnold graduated at Bethany College, Virginia, in 1847; attended law lectures at Lexington; graduated in the Law School at Louisville, in 1852; and practiced his profession for several years in Covington. In 1856, he entered the ministry of the Christian or Disciples' Church, and has been pastor of the Churches in Covington, Frankfort, Lexington, Louisville, Kentucky, and Richmond, Virginia; his Church in Louisville probably being the largest of this denomination in the world; and his present charge, in Midway, is one of the most flourishing Churches in the State. He is one of the most active, earnest, and enterprising workers, and one of the most successful, able, and valuable ministers, in his Church. Mr. Arnold was married, in 1853, to Miss M. Frances Pugh, of Bourbon County, daughter of Gustavus Pugh, and granddaughter of Col. Joseph Cantrill. They have seven children.


Spouses
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1: Marium Frances “Fannie” PUGH
Birth: 1830
Father: Gustavus PUGH (1801-1833)
Mother: Sarah “Sallie” CANTRILL (1807-1857)

Research
Sallie Pugh's daughter from a previous marriage.

Marriage: July 11, 1853 Harrison County, Kentucky
Children: Margaret (1855-)
James (1857-)
Hugh (1859-)


Sources
1. A Souvenir History of the Christian Church in Cynthiana, Ky., by W. S. Cason, Lily Webster, Maude Smith and Bettie M. Cromwell.
2. Michael Bayless, “Joseph Pugh Genealogy,” March, 2000, Spydermyk@aol.com.

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Last Modified: August 12, 2000
Created: February 26, 2003