1914 Delaware Co., IA History pgs. 478-481 (picture on pg.
480)
Henry F. Arnold
is a well known lawyer of Manchester,
where he has practiced his profession for many years, and he is respected not
only for his ability and success as an attorney, but also for his integrity and
uprightness of life. He was born in Newport,
Johnson county, Iowa, December 2, 1855, a son of Cornelius
and Margaret Arnold, both of whom were natives of Germany.
They came to the United States
in 1839 and located near Dayton, Ohio,
where they remained until 1845, when they removed to Johnson county,
Iowa. The father was a farmer by
occupation and was highly esteemed in his community. He died July 13, 1896, after he had survived
his wife for a number of years, as she died in September, 1883. To their union
were born eleven children. Magdalena B., who became the wife of C. J. Cisne, died at Fort Dodge
about 1906, leaving her husband and three children, one son and two daughters.
Margaret married Will Kosky and resides at Northfield,
Minnesota. Mary A. is the widow of Major C.
C. Graham and makes her home at San Luis Obispo,
California. Louisa M. is the widow of D. K.
Hastings, of West Branch, Iowa,
and lives at San Luis Obispo, California.
The subject of this review is the next in order of birth. Sarah M. is the widow
of Adam Wassen, of Eagle Grove,
Iowa. Minnie E. Kenyan passed away in 1910
at Holstein, Iowa,
leaving her husband and one child, Austin A. Kenyan, who resides at Des
Moines, Iowa. Cornelius is engaged
in the lumber business in Cedar Rapids,
this state. The remaining three children died in infancy.
Henry F. Arnold was educated in the common schools of his
home neighborhood, walking a mile and a half to the school house, and he prided
himself upon the regularity of his attendance. He later went to the Western
College, now Leander
Clark College,
at Toledo, Iowa,
for one term and then to Chariton, Lucas county, where
he taught for one year. He saved as much of his salary as possible and used
this money to attend another year at Western
College. In the fall of 1876 he
entered the University of Iowa
at Iowa City and remained a student
in that institution until June, 1881, when he was graduated from the classical
course. He then secured the position of superintendent of the public schools of
Manchester, Iowa, and held this place for two years, after which he again attended
the State University, this time taking the law course, which he completed by
graduation in June, 1884. At that time he received the degrees of Master of
Arts and Bachelor of Laws.
Mr. Arnold located at Manchester
for the practice of his profession and formed a partnership with Calvin Yoran, which association was continued until 1908, when by common
consent it was dissolved, the subject of this review retaining the offices in
which he had begun practice. He was alone until 1910, when his son, who had in
the meantime graduated from the law department of the State
University, became associated with
him in a law firm which has continued until the present time. Father and son
are counted among the leaders of the bar of Delaware county and their wide knowledge
of statute and precedent, as well as of the principles of justice which underly all law, combined with a careful preparation of
cases and all matters intrusted to their care has
built up for them a successful and lucrative business. Moreover, it is greatly
to their honor that they accept only those cases which they believe to be just,
as they hold the legal profession to be a means for securing right dealing
between men rather than for gaining a desired end by questionable methods. The
high standard of ethics which they follow in the practice of their profession
has gained them the confidence and sincere respect of the public and of their
brother attorneys.
Mr. Arnold of this review has been for the past twenty years director of the Delaware County State Bank and he and
his brother own the Cedar Rapids Lumber Company in Cedar
Rapids, of which the brother is manager. The subject
of this review has also invested heavily in real estate. He owns extensive
tracts of farming land in Iowa, Minnesota,
Arkansas, Louisiana,
Oregon, the Dakotas,
Mississippi and Texas,
and valuable rice plantations in Louisiana
and also in Arkansas.
Mr. Arnold was married on the 25th of June, 1884, to Miss
Alice Shimmin, of Pecatonica,
Illinois, born July 17, 1856, a daughter of John and Wilhelmina (Love) Shimmin. To Mr. and Mrs. Arnold has been born one son, Floyd
H., who graduated from the liberal arts college of the Iowa
State University
in 1907 and from the law department of the same school in 1910. He then became
his father's partner in the practice of law. Floyd H. Arnold was married October 22, 1914, to Ruth V. Billingsley,
daughter of Rev. A. M. Billingsley, D.
D., of Manchester.
Henry F. Arnold is a republican in his political belief and
for six years served acceptably as county attorney. His religious faith is
indicated by his membership in the Methodist church and he is always ready to
do his share in furthering the work of that organization. Fraternally he
belongs to the Knights of Pythias and he has many friends,
not only in that order, but among all classes of people, who hold him in high
regard because of his many admirable traits of character.
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