(p. 60) Thos. N. ARNOLD was born in Covington, Ky., in 1828, his father being one of the founders of his native town. His mother was a Virginian, and she and her husband were the first Disciples of Christ who founded a church in the infant city, living a lot and building a house of worship, which, for a long time, was known as the First Street Christian Church. Mr. Arnold graduated at Bethany College in 1847. He spent two years at Transylvania Law School, at Lexington, Ky., and one year at Louisville, and at the age of twenty-one began the practice of law in Covington. He was married in 1853 to Frances Pugh, of Cynthiana. Four of their children are living. At the age of twenty-eight, Mr. Arnold became a minister of the gospel in the Christian Church. It was his good luck to know and be associated with several of the great preachers of the early century-Walter Scott, David Burnett, Benjamin Franklin, and Samuel Rogers. His early work was confined to churches located on or near the Ohio River. At Madison and Columbus, Indiana, he held successful meetings, which resulted in much good to both places, and led to building a house of worship at the former. (p. 63) He was pastor of the Cynthialia Church two years, 1859-1861, and for several years had charge of churches in the county. He preached for the Church at Falmouth, and succeeded in building a new church. For two years, before the Civil War, he was State Evangelist for Mississippi. In 1866 he moved from Covington to Frankfort, having charge of the Church at that place three years, till he went to Louisville, in answer to a call from the Fourth and Walnut Streets Church. In 1873 he went to Lexington to preach for the Main Street Church, intending to make his home there, so that he might educate his sons at the Kentucky University. Unhappily the university trouble, that had been brewing for some time, culminated during the year and developed bitter party strife in the Church. Desiring to stand aloof from the conflict, at the end of the year Mr. Arnold returned to his home at Frankfort, and has since devoted his time to preaching in his own and adjoining counties. This part of the State is, to a great extent, a missionary field, and he has done much work here, often preaching in schoolhouses, and holding congregations together until they were able to build churches. During his work in the Church, Mr. Arnold has brought not less than two thousand people to Christ, has helped to establish fourteen Churches, and (p. 64) aided eleven young men in fitting themselves for the ministry. As a preacher, he is yet vigorous and forcible, and, as he expresses it, like an old warrior, eager for warfare. NOTE: Thomas Arnold's wife, Fannie Pugh, was the daughter of Augustus Pugh and Sarah "Sallie" Cantrill. Sallie Cantrill's second husband was Henry Ewalt Shawhan. The Shawhans were active members of he Cynthiana Christian Church. -- Bob Francis 1920A Butner St. Ft. Eustis, VA 23604 My Homepage is: http://www.shawhan.com Ruddell's Fort Page: http://www.shawhan.com/ruddlesfort.html Early Bourbon County Families Page: http://www.shawhan.com/bourbonfamilies.html