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JOHN CLINTON ARNOLD
ARNOLD, JOHN CLINTON, lawyer, business man and legislator, was born
April 15, 1881, near Bass Station, Jackson County; son of James Clinton and Martha (Sells) Arnold, the
former lived for a time in Crow Creek Valley, and in Winchester, Tennessee, and served in the C. S. Army;
grandson of William and Elnor (Champion) Sells and of James Jordon Arnold and wife, a Miss McVay. The
Arnold family came from Virginia to Alabama.
He was educated in the schools near Winchester and Cowan, Tennessee; attended Winchester Normal College;
and graduated in February, 1904, from the commercial college of the University of Kentucky.
From 1904 to 1911, he followed different business pursuits; entered mining and mercantile business, 1912;
admitted to the bar, 1916; and elected, 1918, to the house of representatives from Jefferson County;
since 1909 he has been a Justice of the Peace. He is a Democrat; Methodist; Mason; and Woodman
of the World.
Married:
May, 1909, to Beatrice, daughter of Abner F. and Eula (Lee) Morton, of Mineral Springs, Jefferson County.
Children:
1. Frank C.;
2. John C., Jr.
Residence: Morris.
Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, by Thomas McAdory
Owen, LL. D., Volume III,
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1921
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