Oral Rea Arnold (1897 - 1974)

Born 20 Aug 1897 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Clyde L (Smithers) Arnold — married 27 Feb 1923 in Perry County, Ohio, United States

Died 3 May 1974 at age 76 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

Biography

Oral Arnold is a part of US Black heritage.

Private Oral Arnold served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 25 Sep 1918
Unit(s): Co K, 63rd Pioneer Infantry
Service ended: 13 Dec 1918

Oral was born on 20 Aug 1897 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio. He was the son of Frank Arnold and Josephine Williams.^[1] The family lived in Gallipolis in 1900^[2] and Oral's mother died that year. By 1910, they had moved to Rendville, Perry County, Ohio, a small mining town.^[3]

Oral served in the United States Army in World War I. He was a private in Company K of the 63rd Pioneer Infantry, He enlisted on 25 Sep 1918 and was discharged on 13 Dec 1918.^[4]

Oral married Clyde L Smithers on 27 Feb 1923 in Perry County, Ohio.^[5] They moved to the Cleveland, Ohio area, living in Miles Heights in 1930 and Garfield Heights in 1940. Oral worked for a stove manufacturer. Their census records don't list any children, but they did have a 12 year old ward in 1940.^[6][7]

Oral died on 3 May 1974 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.^[8] He was buried in Highland Park Cemetery in Highland Hills, Cuyahoga County, Ohio.^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ Ohio, Gallia County, Corrected Birth Records, 1942 volume 2, page 376, case 493, Oral R Arnold, 20 Aug 1897; "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q236-8LL2 : accessed 15 Jan 2023).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," ED 29, Gallipolis Ward 3, Gallia County, Ohio, USA; sheet 4B, family 104, dwelling 96, Oral Rea Arnold household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM89-WZJ.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", ED 135, Rendville Village, Monroe Township, Perry County, Ohio, USA; sheet 1B, family 17, Oral R Arnold in Frank Arnold household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML6Z-JR9.
4. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCP-T54T : accessed 15 Jan 2023), Oral Rea Arnold, born 20 Aug 1897, discharged 13 Dec 1918, Pvt Co K 63 Pion Inf; citing NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985).
5. ↑ Ohio, Perry County, Marriage Records, 1921-1923 Volume 16, page 304, #2848, Oral R Arnold and Clyde L Smithers, 27 Feb 1923; "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QWL-HXY : accessed 15 Jan 2023).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", ED 672, Miles Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; sheet 4B, family 97, Oral Arnold household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4Q6-5R7
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940", ED 18-141, Garfield Heights ward 4, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; sheet 4B, family 72, Oral Arnold household; FamilySearch, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW6G-RN2.
8. ↑ "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKYV-HWK : accessed 15 Jan 2023), Oral R Arnold, 3 May 1974.
9. ↑ "Ohio, Cleveland Cemetery Interment Records, 1824-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6WN-PXL : 23 February 2021), Oral Rhea Arnold, 7 May 1974; citing p. 93, vol. 8, Highland Park Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, East Cuyahoga County Genealogical Society, Lyndhurst.
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/85616125/oral-rhea-arnold: accessed 15 January 2023), memorial page for Oral Rhea Arnold (20 Aug 1897–3 May 1974), Find A Grave: Memorial #85616125, citing Highland Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by CindyS (contributor 18484625).