OMAR J. ARNOLD, farmer, Sec. 27; P. O. Fennimore; born in 1844 in Fulton Co., Ill.; removed with his parents to California when 8 years old; came to Grant Co., Wis., in 1856. Married Marcia J. Anderson Sept. 16, 1869; she was born in Hancock Co., Ohio, May 3, 1853, and came to Wisconsin in 1854. Mr. Arnold received a common school education; attended the Bloomington Seminary; also took a select course at the State University in 1864-65; followed teaching for several years. He is the inventor of the Eureka Corn Cultivator, on which he received a United States Patent. Has three children - Bessie, Bertha, Cora P. Has always been identified with the Republican party; was elected Chairman of the Board of Supervisors in 1879, and re-elected in 1880; was enumerator of the tenth census of his town, and owns a valuable farm of 160 acres.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.