Robert Lee Arnold (1879 - 1945)

Born 9 Jul 1879 in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Minnie (Torrance) Arnold — married 15 Dec 1900 in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Apr 1945 at age 65 in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Robert Arnold was an Arkansan.

'Bobby' Robert Lee Arnold was born on 9 July 1879 in Baxter County, Arkansas, United States, son of Jefferson Arnold (1839–1907) and Rebecca J. Knight (1837–1914). He was their youngest child.^[1][2]

Robert married Minnie Torrance on 15 December 1900 in Baxter County. He and Minnie would eventually separate and Minnie went to Little Rock with some of the kids as they left to pursue careers and education. Their children were:

1. Obra Lee Arnold (1901–1983) .
2. Lucy Jane Arnold (1904–>1987) .
3. Ruth Irene Arnold (1906–1972) .
4. Thelma Nadine Arnold (1909–2001) .^[3]
5. Lillie Gladys Arnold (1912–1987) .
6. Edith May Arnold (1915–1916) .
7. Mary Earnestine Arnold (1917–2013)^[4][5][6]

He was a blacksmith. In 1917 he is described as being of medium height and build with black hair and brown eyes. ^[7]

He died in 1945 and is buried at Norfork Cemetery in Baxter County. ^[8]

Research Notes

Robert's birth year has been reported differently on different documents and his grave marker. But he does appear as an 11 month old baby on the 1880 census meaning he had to have been born in 1879. This will disagree with FAG. The Bible transcript below has 1881. Baxter Co., Arkansas. World War I Draft Card gives year of birth as 1880.

"Geneva just called and she says that Ruth and Thelma married Sneed [Note:this has been corrected based on a Bible and other records to GRUBBS brothers. The 1st name of one of the brothers was Smead] brothers Ruth married Horace Sneed and they did not have any children. She couldn't recall the name of Thelma's husband, she could remember it was a shorter name than Horace. Thelma had two sons. She recalled how good looking the Sneed men were. Lucy's son that was born out of wedlock was Marlin Arnold. They all moved to L.R. except Uncle Bob, and she can't remember if Lucy married down there or not. After Thelma was Lilly, not Berniece, and Mary was the baby. She married a Langhammer from L.R. He left Mary with three sons to raise, and one of them drown. Uncle Bob was the blacksmith in Norfork, and she isn't sure if Aunt Minnie ever came back to him or not. Orby, oldest, had three or four sons. They were good looking, too. The oldest was Maurice and I think there was a Billy".--email from Jaydine Morton on Jun. 21, 1999.

Obituary

The Baxter Bulletin
Mountain Home, Arkansas
May 4, 1945

ROBERT LEE ARNOLD

Funeral services for Robert Lee Arnold, 64, who died April 28, were held at the Norfork Methodist Church April 30, by the Rev. Clarence Wilcox. Burial was at Norfork by the Roller Funeral Service. He was a member of the Methodist church.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Arnold of Little Rock; one son, Orby Arnold of Norfork; five daughters, Mrs. Lucy Emerson of Athens, Texas; Miss Ruth Arnold of Richmond, Calif.; Mrs. S. R. Grubbs of Fort Smith; Mrs. W. L. Brown of Little Rock; Mrs. C. W. Langhammer, Little Rock; one sister, Mrs. Sarah Jane Smith; two brothers, Joe and John Arnold of Norfork and thirteen grandchildren.

Notes: He and Orby's wife Gladys N. Arnold are the only Arnolds buried in Norfork Cemetrey. Or they are the only ones with marked stones when we (Vera) made the survey.

Orby and Glady's children listed in her obituary are: 4 sons: Maurice Dale, Donald J., Billy B., Eulon Carroll. Nine grandchildren.

Alice Torrance's Bible

Alice Arnold Torrance was a first cousin to Bobby Arnold. Her husband was, Joseph W. Torrance, brother to Minnie Torrance Arnold, the wife of Bobby. A third Torrance sibling, May, married Newt Arnold, another cousin to Bobby. Transcript was sent to me by Vera Reeves who was well known amongst Baxter and Izard County researchers for her efforts on local cemetery surveys and pulling up newspaper clippings greatly aided the genealogical efforts. Though she had that it came from Alice, the list of names included seems to be more about Bob and Minnie's family and less on Alice's. It is notably missing references to Alice's husband and two of her children. It may have belonged to Minnie and ended up in Alice's care after her passing. Or perhaps it was Robert's. The marriage of the youngest daughter, which was two years after his death, is not listed. And from there the information has been passed around.Morton-7125 01:48, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

1/18/2000 LaMyra, I was looking for some information in my files when I ran across this Arnold file. When I was running around asking people if they had old obituaries I could copy I ran across copies of a bible. I can't remember for sure but I think these copies came from Hazel Torrence [wife of Rudolph Torrence ]. On one page I've written Alice Torrance's bible. I found a marriage record for Alice Arnold 19 m. J. W. Torrance 24 on 13 Mar 1905.

Here is what was on these pages, you can sort it out. On one page under NOTES.

parents names
Husband-Robert Lee Arnold born-July 9, 1881
Wife-Minnie Lea Arnold born August 15, 1884
December 16, 1900, [the born before Dec was crossed out. There is a marriage for: Robert Arnold 21 m. Minnie Torrence 16 on 15 Dec 1900.]

another page under NOTES.
Childrens names
Orby Lee Arnold b. 1901.
Lucy Jane Arnold b. 1904.
Ruth Irene Arnold b. 1906.
Thelma Nadine Arnold b. 1909.
Lilly Gladys Arnold b. 1912.
Edith Mae Arnold b. 1915.
Mary Ernestine Arnold b. 1917.

under MARRIAGES.
Orby Lee Arnold m. Gladys Arnold on Mar 1, 1922.
Lucy Jane Arnold m. Harry E. Tilly on Mar 21, 1925.
Ruth Irene Grubbs m. Horace Cliffton Grubbs on Aug 6, 1926.
Thelma Nadine Grubbs m. Smead Roy Grubbs on Jun 27, 1926.
Lilly Gladys Brown m. William Lea Brown on Jul 12, 1929.

under DEATHS.
Edith Mae Arnold d. Apr 25, 1916.
Robert Lee Arnold d. is blank.

under another page of NOTES.
Lee Arnold b. Dec 3, 1888.
Walter Arnold b. Dec 5, 1891.
Calvin Arnold b. Nov 20, 1894.
J. J. Arnold b. Jan 13, 1896.
Alice Arnold b. Jun 12, 1886.
Ellen Arnold b. Jul 14, 1882.
[The ones above are James and Millie Moody Arnold's children, including Alice.] Myrtle Arnold b. Aug 17, 1901.
Johnie Arnold b. Jan 28, 1910.
Vernie Arnold b. Dec 7, 1911.
[Johnie and Vernie are Lee Arnold's sons. Myrtle may be Alice Arnold's (born out of wedlock), though the date differs from the one in my database(?)]

I'm sure this is in different hand writing, some of the above may have been too.
Marie Lynn Forance b. Jun 9, 1945.
Navello Torrance b. Aug 12, 1937.
Nina Sue Torrance b. Sep 10, 1940.
Betty Quinn Torrance b. Jan 18, 1947.
Gwenda Lea Torrance b. Oct 23, 1935.
[Above are grandchildren of Alice Arnold Torrance]
Rudalph J. Torrance b. Nov 26, 1912.
[Alice's son and Hazel, below, is his wife]
Hazel Lorene Torrance b. May 24, 1918.

Sources

1. ↑ June 10, 1880 US Census, North Fork twp., Baxter Co., AR, written page number 9, stamped page 218, SD 2, ED 2, C. M. Newton, enumerator.

   41/42 Arnold, Thomas J. WM 37 Farmer, KY GA TN. (This is Jeff Arnold. He has a brother named Thomas. This is the only record for Jeff that had his name as Thomas?)

   Rebecca J. WF 38 wife KHouse TN GA TN.

   Joseph W. WM 16 son Assists on farm AR KY TN.

   James A. WM 12 son AR KY TN.

   John M. WM 9 son AR KY TN.

   Sarah J. WF 7 dau AR KY TN.

   Martha A. WF 4 dau AR KY TN.

   Robt Lee WM 11/12 Jul son AR KY TN.

2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3FW-6DW : accessed 11 July 2021), Robert L Arnold in household of William D Torrance, Bryan & Guthrie Townships, Izard, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 158, sheet 1B, family 11, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,062. He is living with the Dave Torrance's family. Dave is Minnie's oldest brother. He married my grandparents.Morton-7125 03:03, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKJH-BKM : accessed 15 June 2019), Minnie L Arnold in household of Robert L Arnold, North Fork, Baxter, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 6A, family 107, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 43; FHL microfilm 1,374,056.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDNM-MX7 : accessed 15 June 2019), Robert L Arnold, North Fork, Baxter, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 8, sheet 1A, line 34, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 53; FHL microfilm 1,820,053.

   Robert L Arnold Head Male 38 Arkansas

   Bessie L Arnold Wife Female 36 Arkansas

   Orbra Arnold Son Male 18 Arkansas

   Luce J Arnold Daughter Female 16 Arkansas

   Ruth I Arnold Daughter Female 13 Arkansas

   Thelma Arnold Daughter Female 10 Arkansas

   Lillie G Arnold Daughter Female 7 Arkansas

   Mary Arnold Daughter Female 2 Arkansas

5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XM28-N1X : accessed 15 June 2019), Minnie Arnold in household of Robert L Arnold, Norfork, Baxter, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 2A, line 8, family 29, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 65; FHL microfilm 2,339,800.

   Robert and Minnie are separated with him still living at Norfork and her living in Little Rock:

6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQVM-2VH : 14 March 2018), Robert L Arnold, Norfork, North Fork Township, Baxter, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-14, sheet 1A, line 4, family 2, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 118.
7. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3PT-3TQ : 13 March 2018), Robert Lee Arnold, 1917-1918; citing Baxter County, Arkansas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,522,778.
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Robert Lee Arnold (1880–30 Apr 1945), Find A Grave: Memorial #34941161, citing Norfork Cemetery, Norfork, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Max (contributor 47071037)

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ2S-VR3 : 14 March 2018), Minnie Arnold, Big Rock Township, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-88B, sheet 3B, line 64, family 62, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 168.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J4MJ-28V : 13 October 2017), Robert Lee Arnold, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).