ARNOLD, General Thomas D[1]
1798 - 1870 (72 years)
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Name ARNOLD, Thomas D Prefix General Birth 3 May 1798 Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States 
[2] Gender Male Death 26 May 1870 Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, United States [2] Burial Aft 26 May 1870 Oak Grove Cemetery, Greenville, Greene, Tennessee, United States [2] Person ID I6314 Pickel_Bartlett Last Modified 21 Mar 2009
Family ROSE, Leah Loretta, b. Abt 1813, Tennessee, United States d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Abt 1830 Tennessee, United States [3] Residence 7 Jan 1851 Division 9, Greene, Tennessee, United States [3] Attorney Children 1. ARNOLD, Elizabeth Douglas, b. 22 Apr 1838, Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States d. 10 Oct 1883, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States (Age 45 years)Family ID F1808 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
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Notes - Thomas Dickens Arnold (3 May 1798 - 26 May 1870) was an American politician that represented Tennessee's second and first districts in the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia on May 3, 1798. He moved with his parents to Knox County, Tennessee in 1808. At the age of fourteen, he enlisted as a drummer boy in the War of 1812. He taught school in Knox and Grainger Counties. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1820, and commenced practice in Knoxville, Tennessee.
He was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian by Tennessee's 2nd district to the Twenty-second United States Congress, which had lasted from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1833. In 1836, he was made a brigadier general of the Tennessee Militia. He moved to Greeneville, Tennessee and was elected as a Whig by Tennessee's 1st district to the Twenty-seventh Congress, which lasted from March 4, 1841 to March 3, 1843. During the Twenty-seventh Congress, he served as chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Claims. He was not a candidate for re-election to the Twenty-eighth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Greeneville and died while attending court in Jonesborough, Tennessee on May 26, 1870. He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery in Greeneville.
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Source: Thomas Dickens Arnold. (2009, January 30). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:37, March 21, 2009, from <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Dickens_Arnold&oldid=267329642>
- Thomas Dickens Arnold (3 May 1798 - 26 May 1870) was an American politician that represented Tennessee's second and first districts in the United States House of Representatives. He was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia on May 3, 1798. He moved with his parents to Knox County, Tennessee in 1808. At the age of fourteen, he enlisted as a drummer boy in the War of 1812. He taught school in Knox and Grainger Counties. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1820, and commenced practice in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Sources - [S368] A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians, Page 1850.
- [S369] Wikipedia, "Thomas Dickens Arnold." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 30 Jan 2009, 02:58 UTC. 21 Mar 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Dickens_Arnold&oldid=267329642>. .
- [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Division 9, Greene County, Tennessee Ancestry pg 295 of 296, Dwelling 2277.
- [S368] A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians, Page 1850.