Matthew T Arnold (abt. 1829 - 1915)

Born about May 1829 in Wayne, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Jane Arnold — married about 1873 in Izard, Arkansas, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 26 Dec 1915 at about age 86 in Iuka, Baxter, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

"Mathey" Matthew T Arnold was born in May of 1829 in Tennessee to Jefferson Arnold and his first wife.

He married Nancy about 1850 and they had four children, Sarah, Mary, Julia and George.

He married Jane Arnold in 1873. They were the parents of Nancy, Newt, Matthew, William and Minnie. According to family, Jane was his first cousin, the daughter of Reuben Arnold.^[1][2] They had a farm in Iuka near the Moody Cemetery.^[3][4][5]

Mathey died the day after Christmas in 1915.^[6] His grave was either not marked at the time of death or disappeared with time, but an obituary states he was buried at Moody Cemetery^[7] with other family members. The current marker at the cemetery was placed in recent years and based on census information.^[8]

Notes

There is misinformation being passed around the internet that this Matthew Arnold married Sarah Lindey. This is based on a 1890 marriage record in Crittenden County, Arkansas for an African-American couple from Alabama. If you examine the census records, absolutely nothing about this couple matches the information for Mathey and Jane Arnold of Baxter/Izard Co., Arkansas who were white, came from Wayne County, Tennessee and began having children in 1874.

Sources

1. ↑ Letter written by Mertie Arnold Harris to DTW in 1982, "your great grandfather Newton's father we called Uncle Mathey, a very kind, sweet person. He married his first cousin, my great aunt Jane Arnold, whose father was my great grandfather Reuben...."
2. ↑ Also from DTW: "I had notes from my grandmother Ella from back in the 70s where she had told me that Matthew married a cousin and they had some children that were messed up - I think she said one or two died and they assumed it was from the cousin relationship.
3. ↑ 1860 Izard Co., Arkansas census Medium: Book, #38/37
4. ↑ 1870 Izard Co., Arkansas census, Medium: Book, Rocky Bayou Twp. #97/98
5. ↑ 1850 Census Izard Co. Arkansas, #166
6. ↑ Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock, Arkansas) 29 December 1915, page 14 Genealogybank https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/image/v2:1123C1CC6D31C748@GB3OBIT-15A85101192DA7A3@2420861-15A80D80262FDB73@13-1763C05013057103 : accessed 31 January 2022
7. ↑ Newspapers.com - Batesville Guard - 7 Jan 1916 - Page 6 says he died last Sunday at son's house. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50815128/obituary-for-mathey-arnold-aged-98/?xid=637&_ga=2.182898214.1020392501.1612137447-1963790563.1586554366
8. ↑ 1. Little Rock Gazette Dec 29, 1915 - page 12 col 3, Mathie Arnold, Special to the Gazette, Calico Rock, Dec 27 - Mathie Arnold, aged 98, died at his home yesterday. Mr. Arnold was the oldest man in this part of the state. He served in the Mexican War. 2. He was also listed in 8 Jan 1916 under the heading: State Deaths and marriages: Matthew Arnold, near Iuka. (newspaper references were located by Vera Reeves )

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPT-YNB : 10 September 2017), Jefferson Arnold, Wayne, Tennessee, United States; citing 280, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 182; FHL microfilm 24,540. 1 m 20-30 (Jefferson), 1 m <5 (Mathey), 1 f 20-30, 1 f <5 (Celia).
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYM-9PB : 18 August 2017), Jefferson Arnold, Wayne, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 86, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 536; FHL microfilm 24,550. 1 m 30-40 (Jefferson), 1 m 10-15 (Mathey), 1 m 5-10 (James Henry), 1 f 30-40, 1 f 20-30, 1 f 10-15 (Celia), 1 f 5-10 (Lydia), 2 f <5 (Emaline and Levinia)
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWH-YNG : 26 August 2017), Mathew Arnold, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 80, sheet 318C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0047; FHL microfilm 1,254,047. Union, Izard, Arkansas.

Mathew Arnold Self M 53 Tennessee, United States

Jane Arnold Wife F 30 Arkansas, United States

Nancy A M Arnold Daughter F 6 Arkansas, United States

Thomas N Arnold Son M 4 Arkansas, United States

Mathew M Arnold Son M 2 Arkansas, United States

William D Arnold Son M 8/12 Arkansas, United States

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3XF-N79 : accessed 13 June 2019), Matthew Arnold, North Fork & Union Townships, Baxter, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 10A, family #179/180, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,050.

179/Matthew Arnold Head Male 82 May 1829 Tennessee

Jane Arnold Wife Female 55 Apr 1848 Arkansas

Minnie Arnold Daughter Female 19 Nov 1892 Arkansas

180/Nute F. Arnold 24 Feb 1876

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKJC-CMS : accessed 13 June 2019), Matthew Arnold, North Fork, Baxter, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 7B, family 132, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 43; FHL microfilm 1,374,056.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #36095591 This is a newer marker that was placed by the Izard County Cemetery Association in 2004.