William Hayes Arnold (1848 - 1916)

Born 5 Sep 1848 in Brown, Ohio, United States

Husband of Matilda Adelia (Olmsted) Arnold — married 6 Apr 1886 in Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, United States

Died 21 Jan 1916 at age 67 in Riverside Township, Adams, Illinois, United States

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Biography

William Arnold served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 25 Feb 1864
Mustered out: 22 Oct 1864
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co I, 50th Illinois Infantry

William was born in 1848.

He served eight months during the Civil War. He enlisted in the Army February 25, 1864. He mustered in as a Private in Company I, 50th Illinois Infantry. He mustered out October 22, 1864 discharged on disability. In 1890, he was suffering with a lung disease (tuberculosis). ^{[1] [2]}

In 1886, he married Matilda (Olmsted) Beebe and they had two daughters

1. Musa Marie, b. 1887
2. Lucy Ellen, b. 1891

It is likely that he had been married before as he was 38 when they married and she had four children by her first husband, Alberto Beebe.

The children are carried forward in the Olmsted genealogy.

William died in 1916 and is buried with his wife in the Sunset Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ U. S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
2. ↑ 1890 Veterans Schedules, Washington, Harrison Co., Missouri.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #88703407

• Olmste(a)d files of Walt Steesy
• Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare, New York, 1912); pgs. 275, 341, #6363