Contra Costa County Biography

RALPH R. ARNOLD

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, December, 2006.

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On the roster of county officials of Contra Costa County is numbered  Ralph R. 
Arnold, who is serving with credit and ability as county surveyor. He is a 
native of Pennsylvania, and was born in Clearfield County on March 26, 1874. In 
1877 his parents removed to Kansas, where he received his public school 
education. Mr. Arnold began his independent career in Colorado, where he 
followed engineering and surveying. Since engaging in this vocation he has 
worked in California, Utah, Wyoming, and Nevada. During this time he established 
a record for honesty, reliability, and efficiency. In April, 1913, he came to 
Martinez, Contra Costa County, where he has met with gratifying success. He was 
chosen by the people of his county as county surveyor in the fall of 1914, and 
the voters of the county can rest assured that Mr. Arnold will conduct his 
office along the most approved and businesslike lines. He is affiliated with the 
Republican party. He was united in marriage to Miss Winifred Stuart on October 
3, 1907. To this union have been born Mary and Ralph James. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold 
are popular among a host of friends in Contra Costa County.
 
Source: "The History of Contra Costa County, California", Elms Publ. Co., 1917, 
pp. 513-514.