James Madison Arnold
COL. JAMES M. ARNOLD ANSWERS DEATH SUMMONS
Died 11 April 1917 in Covington Ky.
Colonel James Madison Arnold, life member of the Chamber of Commerce,
Cincinnati, and veteran of the Confederate Army, and native of Bourbon county
died of apoplexy at noon on Wednesday, at his residence, 525 Garrard avenue,
Covington. He was stricken at 6 o’clock when in a bathroom, where he was found
by a member of his family.
Colonel Arnold was widely known throughout Kentucky. He was born in Paris, Ky.,
in 1840. He was one of General Kirby Smith’s army, which frightened residents of
Covington in 1862 when orders were received to take Cincinnati. He was then
First Lieutenant of E Company, First Arkansas Infantry.
He was educated in Covington and Cincinnati. He was in Arkansas when that State
seceded, and followed his State in the war. First as a private, he progressed to
a Captaincy. His first engagement was at Shiloh, and joining Smith, took part in
the battle at Perryville, Ky., which was lost to them. He was wounded seven
times and was captured in the battle at Arkansas Pas in “65. Only a few days
ago, when serving on a jury in the Federal Court, he spoke of the present
conditions, saying: “The ex-Confederate soldier is the most loyal American.”
Colonel Arnold also was Captain of A Company, Carlton’s Cavalry, Cleburn’s
brigade, and at the time of his demise a Brigadier General of United Confederate
Veterans, on General Bennet Young’s staff. Recently he was appointed by Governor
A. O. Stanley, Trustee of the Confederate Home at Pewee Valley, Ky. For many
years he was President of the Newport Board of Education, one of the schools
being named in his honor.
For a score of years he was an official of the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad Company until he was retired by that company.
Colonel Arnold was an excellent horseman and was conspicuous in all pageants in
Covington upon his black charger with snow-white saddle, bridle and martingales,
and often made Deceration [sic] Day addresses at the graves of Confederate
soldiers in Kentucky.
Colonel Arnold was a brother of Colonel Brent Arnold, Superintendent of
Cincinnati Terminals of the L & N, and General Freight Agent of Kentucky
division of the same road. He is survived by his widow, Eleanor Hart Talbott
Arnold, Miss Lucy Brent, Sophie Hart, G. T., E. C. and J. M. A. Arnold.
The body of Col. Arnold will arrive on the 9:45 L&N train from Covington this
morning, accompanied by a deputation from the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and
other organizations. It will be taken directly to St. Peter’s Episcopal church,
where services will be conducted by Rev. Geo. H. Harris.
The pall-bearers will be : J. Harry Holt, Capt. James R. Rogers, Amos Turney,
Sr., D.C. Parrish, Dr. C.G. Daugherty, James McDonald, Charles Meng and Gano
Hildreth. The burial will follow on the family lot in the Paris Cemetery.
At the grave in the Paris Cemetery, the committal services will be in the charge
of John H. Morgan Camp, United Confederate Veterans of Bourbon county.