Born in Chenango Co., N. Y., July 21, 1830; received his education in that State, and was a graduate of the Law Department of the Albany State University, in the Spring of 1853, and came to Iowa in the Fall of the same year; the day following his arrival in Marshall Co., he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney. He being the only attorney in the county at that time; he held that office four years. After practicing his profession seven or eight years, he was obliged to give it up on account of his health. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1856, and again in 1869; was elected to the State Senate in 1874, and still fills that position. He was appointed by President Lincoln the first Assessor of Internal Revenue of the Sixth District, embracing about one-third of the area of the State, and held the office four years and was removed by Andrew Johnson; for political reasons, and was succeeded by Hon. Thos. II. Benton. Mr. Arnold had nothing when he came here, and few citizens of this State have been more successful. Married Miss Hannah R. Mercer Nov. 28, 1855, at Marietta she was of the Order of Friends, and was from Columbiana Co., Ohio. They have three children-Theresa, Delos, Jr., and Ralph; they have lost three children in infancy.

Born in Chenango County, N. Y., July 21, 1830; received his education in that State, and was a graduate of the Law Department of the Albany State University, in the Spring of 1853, and came to Iowa in the Fall of the same year; the day following his arrival in Marshall Co., he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney. He being the only attorney in the county at that time; he held that office four years. After practicing his profession seven or eight years, he was obliged to give it up on account of his health. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1856, and again in 1869; was elected to the State Senate in 1874, and still fills that position. He was appointed by President Lincoln the first Assessor of Internal Revenue of the Sixth District, embracing about one-third of the area of the State, and held the office four years and was removed by Andrew Johnson; for political reasons, and was succeeded by Hon. Thos. II. Benton. Mr. Arnold had nothing when he came here, and few citizens of this State have been more successful. Married Miss Hannah R. Mercer Nov. 28, 1855, at Marietta she was of the Order of Friends, and was from Columbiana County, Ohio. They have three children-Theresa, Delos, Jr., and Ralph; they have lost three children in infancy.

Born in Chenango Co., N. Y., July 21, 1830; received his education in that State, and was a graduate of the Law Department of the Albany State University, in the Spring of 1853, and came to Iowa in the Fall of the same year; the day following his arrival in Marshall Co., he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney. He being the only attorney in the county at that time; he held that office four years. After practicing his profession seven or eight years, he was obliged to give it up on account of his health. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1856, and again in 1869; was elected to the State Senate in 1874, and still fills that position. He was appointed by President Lincoln the first Assessor of Internal Revenue of the Sixth District, embracing about one-third of the area of the State, and held the office four years and was removed by Andrew Johnson; for political reasons, and was succeeded by Hon. Thos. II. Benton. Mr. Arnold had nothing when he came here, and few citizens of this State have been more successful. Married Miss Hannah R. Mercer Nov. 28, 1855, at Marietta she was of the Order of Friends, and was from Columbiana Co., Ohio. They have three children-Theresa, Delos, Jr., and Ralph; they have lost three children in infancy.

Born in Chenango Co., N. Y., July 21, 1830; received his education in that State, and was a graduate of the Law Department of the Albany State University, in the Spring of 1853, and came to Iowa in the Fall of the same year; the day following his arrival in Marshall Co., he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney. He being the only attorney in the county at that time; he held that office four years. After practicing his profession seven or eight years, he was obliged to give it up on account of his health. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1856, and again in 1869; was elected to the State Senate in 1874, and still fills that position. He was appointed by President Lincoln the first Assessor of Internal Revenue of the Sixth District, embracing about one-third of the area of the State, and held the office four years and was removed by Andrew Johnson; for political reasons, and was succeeded by Hon. Thos. II. Benton. Mr. Arnold had nothing when he came here, and few citizens of this State have been more successful. Married Miss Hannah R. Mercer Nov. 28, 1855, at Marietta she was of the Order of Friends, and was from Columbiana Co., Ohio. They have three children-Theresa, Delos, Jr., and Ralph; they have lost three children in infancy.

Born in Chenango Co., N. Y., July 21, 1830; received his education in that State, and was a graduate of the Law Department of the Albany State University, in the Spring of 1853, and came to Iowa in the Fall of the same year; the day following his arrival in Marshall Co., he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney. He being the only attorney in the county at that time; he held that office four years. After practicing his profession seven or eight years, he was obliged to give it up on account of his health. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1856, and again in 1869; was elected to the State Senate in 1874, and still fills that position. He was appointed by President Lincoln the first Assessor of Internal Revenue of the Sixth District, embracing about one-third of the area of the State, and held the office four years and was removed by Andrew Johnson; for political reasons, and was succeeded by Hon. Thos. II. Benton. Mr. Arnold had nothing when he came here, and few citizens of this State have been more successful. Married Miss Hannah R. Mercer Nov. 28, 1855, at Marietta she was of the Order of Friends, and was from Columbiana Co., Ohio. They have three children-Theresa, Delos, Jr., and Ralph; they have lost three children in infancy.

Born in Chenango County, N. Y., July 21, 1830; received his education in that State, and was a graduate of the Law Department of the Albany State University, in the Spring of 1853, and came to Iowa in the Fall of the same year; the day following his arrival in Marshall Co., he was appointed Prosecuting Attorney. He being the only attorney in the county at that time; he held that office four years. After practicing his profession seven or eight years, he was obliged to give it up on account of his health. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1856, and again in 1869; was elected to the State Senate in 1874, and still fills that position. He was appointed by President Lincoln the first Assessor of Internal Revenue of the Sixth District, embracing about one-third of the area of the State, and held the office four years and was removed by Andrew Johnson; for political reasons, and was succeeded by Hon. Thos. II. Benton. Mr. Arnold had nothing when he came here, and few citizens of this State have been more successful. Married Miss Hannah R. Mercer Nov. 28, 1855, at Marietta she was of the Order of Friends, and was from Columbiana Co., Ohio. They have three children-Theresa, Delos, Jr., and Ralph; they have lost three children in infancy.