WV Blue Book (1924), p. 116:
[ARNOLD, GOHEN C. (Republican).
Address: Buckhannon, West Virginia. Born in Buckhannon, January 5, 1885; primary education obtained in the public schools: attended West Virginia Conference Seminary and the West Virginia University; graduated from the latter with the degrees of A. B. and LL. B.; since leaving the University has practiced law in the Federal and State Courts of West Virginia: elected to the Senate in 1914 and served in the sessions of 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921 and 1923: in 1919 was chairman of the Finance Committee; president of the Senate in 1921; again chairman of the Finance Committee in 1923; is a member of the Capitol Commission, the West Virginia Stadium Commission and the "United States Ship West Virginia" Silver Service Committee: in the session of 1923, in addition to being chairman of the committee on Finance-one of the most important and responsible positions in the Senate-served also on the committees on Roads and Navigation and Medicine and Sanitation.]
History of WV, Old and New (1923), Vol. 3, pp. 439 and 440:
[Hon. Gohen Clarke Arnold, who represents the Thirteenth District in the State Senate, is one of the able lawyers of the Buckhannon bar, and he achieved his political success in a community where the people have known him all his life.
Senator Arnold was born at Buckhannon, January 5, 1885, son of Stark W. and Elizabeth E. (Gohen) Arnold. His father was born at Beverly, Randolph County, West Virginia, December 20, 1850, while his mother was born at Cincinnati, January 10, 1851. Stark Arnold was reared at Beverly, was educated in private schools and graduated in law at Columbia College. He practiced law for a number of years and then removed to New York State and joined the Methodist Conference, and was active in the ministry the rest of his life. He was affiliated with the Masonic order, and was a republican in politics. At one time he was prosecuting attorney of Upshur County, and also represented Upshur and Randolph counties as a member of the State Senate. There were four children: Grace, who lives at home and is a graduate of the seminary at Buckhannon; Mary J., wife of Dr. J. L. Pifer; Gohen C.; and Beatrice, wife of James V. Griffin, of Columbus, Ohio.
Gohen C. Arnold was born in Upshur County, was educated in the West Virginia Conference Seminary, and graduated A. B. and LL. B. from West Virginia University. Since then he has been engaged in active practice at Buckhannon, and is one of the directors of the Buckhannon Bank.
He was elected a member of the State Senate in 1916, and is now on his second term. In the session of 1919 he served with distinction as chairman of the finance committee, and was an active member of a number of other important committees. In the session of 1921 he was elected president of the Senate, which office he now occupies. He was appointed a member of the State Capitol Building Commission by Governor Morgan in 1921. Senator Arnold is a republican, a member of the Masonic Lodge, is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with the Delta Chi and Delta Tau Delta college fraternities. His principal hobby and recreation is hunting.]
History of Upshur County, WV (1907), p. 181:
[Col. Edward Jackson was perhaps the first surveyor in Upshur county. He also married a Miss Hadden and moved to the West Fork river where he built a grist mill which is still known as Jackson's Mill, near the mouth of Hacker's creek. Their children were, Mrs. Polly Brake, Mrs. Rachel Brake, Mrs. Laura Arnold, the mother of Stark W. Arnold, and the grandmother of Gohen Arnold; and Jonathan Jackson who was the father of Stonewall Jackson, the pride of the army of the southern Confederacy. His second wife was a Miss Brake. The most important issue of this marriage was Cummins Jackson, the notorious widely known counterfeiter. They had other children.]
[ARNOLD, GOHEN C. (Republican).
Address: Buckhannon, West Virginia. Born in Buckhannon, January 5, 1885; primary education obtained in the public schools: attended West Virginia Conference Seminary and the West Virginia University; graduated from the latter with the degrees of A. B. and LL. B.; since leaving the University has practiced law in the Federal and State Courts of West Virginia: elected to the Senate in 1914 and served in the sessions of 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921 and 1923: in 1919 was chairman of the Finance Committee; president of the Senate in 1921; again chairman of the Finance Committee in 1923; is a member of the Capitol Commission, the West Virginia Stadium Commission and the "United States Ship West Virginia" Silver Service Committee: in the session of 1923, in addition to being chairman of the committee on Finance-one of the most important and responsible positions in the Senate-served also on the committees on Roads and Navigation and Medicine and Sanitation.]
History of WV, Old and New (1923), Vol. 3, pp. 439 and 440:
[Hon. Gohen Clarke Arnold, who represents the Thirteenth District in the State Senate, is one of the able lawyers of the Buckhannon bar, and he achieved his political success in a community where the people have known him all his life.
Senator Arnold was born at Buckhannon, January 5, 1885, son of Stark W. and Elizabeth E. (Gohen) Arnold. His father was born at Beverly, Randolph County, West Virginia, December 20, 1850, while his mother was born at Cincinnati, January 10, 1851. Stark Arnold was reared at Beverly, was educated in private schools and graduated in law at Columbia College. He practiced law for a number of years and then removed to New York State and joined the Methodist Conference, and was active in the ministry the rest of his life. He was affiliated with the Masonic order, and was a republican in politics. At one time he was prosecuting attorney of Upshur County, and also represented Upshur and Randolph counties as a member of the State Senate. There were four children: Grace, who lives at home and is a graduate of the seminary at Buckhannon; Mary J., wife of Dr. J. L. Pifer; Gohen C.; and Beatrice, wife of James V. Griffin, of Columbus, Ohio.
Gohen C. Arnold was born in Upshur County, was educated in the West Virginia Conference Seminary, and graduated A. B. and LL. B. from West Virginia University. Since then he has been engaged in active practice at Buckhannon, and is one of the directors of the Buckhannon Bank.
He was elected a member of the State Senate in 1916, and is now on his second term. In the session of 1919 he served with distinction as chairman of the finance committee, and was an active member of a number of other important committees. In the session of 1921 he was elected president of the Senate, which office he now occupies. He was appointed a member of the State Capitol Building Commission by Governor Morgan in 1921. Senator Arnold is a republican, a member of the Masonic Lodge, is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with the Delta Chi and Delta Tau Delta college fraternities. His principal hobby and recreation is hunting.]
History of Upshur County, WV (1907), p. 181:
[Col. Edward Jackson was perhaps the first surveyor in Upshur county. He also married a Miss Hadden and moved to the West Fork river where he built a grist mill which is still known as Jackson's Mill, near the mouth of Hacker's creek. Their children were, Mrs. Polly Brake, Mrs. Rachel Brake, Mrs. Laura Arnold, the mother of Stark W. Arnold, and the grandmother of Gohen Arnold; and Jonathan Jackson who was the father of Stonewall Jackson, the pride of the army of the southern Confederacy. His second wife was a Miss Brake. The most important issue of this marriage was Cummins Jackson, the notorious widely known counterfeiter. They had other children.]
WV Blue Book (1924), p. 116:
[ARNOLD, GOHEN C. (Republican).
Address: Buckhannon, West Virginia. Born in Buckhannon, January 5, 1885; primary education obtained in the public schools: attended West Virginia Conference Seminary and the West Virginia University; graduated from the latter with the degrees of A. B. and LL. B.; since leaving the University has practiced law in the Federal and State Courts of West Virginia: elected to the Senate in 1914 and served in the sessions of 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921 and 1923: in 1919 was chairman of the Finance Committee; president of the Senate in 1921; again chairman of the Finance Committee in 1923; is a member of the Capitol Commission, the West Virginia Stadium Commission and the "United States Ship West Virginia" Silver Service Committee: in the session of 1923, in addition to being chairman of the committee on Finance-one of the most important and responsible positions in the Senate-served also on the committees on Roads and Navigation and Medicine and Sanitation.]
History of WV, Old and New (1923), Vol. 3, pp. 439 and 440:
[Hon. Gohen Clarke Arnold, who represents the Thirteenth District in the State Senate, is one of the able lawyers of the Buckhannon bar, and he achieved his political success in a community where the people have known him all his life.
Senator Arnold was born at Buckhannon, January 5, 1885, son of Stark W. and Elizabeth E. (Gohen) Arnold. His father was born at Beverly, Randolph County, West Virginia, December 20, 1850, while his mother was born at Cincinnati, January 10, 1851. Stark Arnold was reared at Beverly, was educated in private schools and graduated in law at Columbia College. He practiced law for a number of years and then removed to New York State and joined the Methodist Conference, and was active in the ministry the rest of his life. He was affiliated with the Masonic order, and was a republican in politics. At one time he was prosecuting attorney of Upshur County, and also represented Upshur and Randolph counties as a member of the State Senate. There were four children: Grace, who lives at home and is a graduate of the seminary at Buckhannon; Mary J., wife of Dr. J. L. Pifer; Gohen C.; and Beatrice, wife of James V. Griffin, of Columbus, Ohio.
Gohen C. Arnold was born in Upshur County, was educated in the West Virginia Conference Seminary, and graduated A. B. and LL. B. from West Virginia University. Since then he has been engaged in active practice at Buckhannon, and is one of the directors of the Buckhannon Bank.
He was elected a member of the State Senate in 1916, and is now on his second term. In the session of 1919 he served with distinction as chairman of the finance committee, and was an active member of a number of other important committees. In the session of 1921 he was elected president of the Senate, which office he now occupies. He was appointed a member of the State Capitol Building Commission by Governor Morgan in 1921. Senator Arnold is a republican, a member of the Masonic Lodge, is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with the Delta Chi and Delta Tau Delta college fraternities. His principal hobby and recreation is hunting.]
History of Upshur County, WV (1907), p. 181:
[Col. Edward Jackson was perhaps the first surveyor in Upshur county. He also married a Miss Hadden and moved to the West Fork river where he built a grist mill which is still known as Jackson's Mill, near the mouth of Hacker's creek. Their children were, Mrs. Polly Brake, Mrs. Rachel Brake, Mrs. Laura Arnold, the mother of Stark W. Arnold, and the grandmother of Gohen Arnold; and Jonathan Jackson who was the father of Stonewall Jackson, the pride of the army of the southern Confederacy. His second wife was a Miss Brake. The most important issue of this marriage was Cummins Jackson, the notorious widely known counterfeiter. They had other children.]
[ARNOLD, GOHEN C. (Republican).
Address: Buckhannon, West Virginia. Born in Buckhannon, January 5, 1885; primary education obtained in the public schools: attended West Virginia Conference Seminary and the West Virginia University; graduated from the latter with the degrees of A. B. and LL. B.; since leaving the University has practiced law in the Federal and State Courts of West Virginia: elected to the Senate in 1914 and served in the sessions of 1915, 1917, 1919, 1921 and 1923: in 1919 was chairman of the Finance Committee; president of the Senate in 1921; again chairman of the Finance Committee in 1923; is a member of the Capitol Commission, the West Virginia Stadium Commission and the "United States Ship West Virginia" Silver Service Committee: in the session of 1923, in addition to being chairman of the committee on Finance-one of the most important and responsible positions in the Senate-served also on the committees on Roads and Navigation and Medicine and Sanitation.]
History of WV, Old and New (1923), Vol. 3, pp. 439 and 440:
[Hon. Gohen Clarke Arnold, who represents the Thirteenth District in the State Senate, is one of the able lawyers of the Buckhannon bar, and he achieved his political success in a community where the people have known him all his life.
Senator Arnold was born at Buckhannon, January 5, 1885, son of Stark W. and Elizabeth E. (Gohen) Arnold. His father was born at Beverly, Randolph County, West Virginia, December 20, 1850, while his mother was born at Cincinnati, January 10, 1851. Stark Arnold was reared at Beverly, was educated in private schools and graduated in law at Columbia College. He practiced law for a number of years and then removed to New York State and joined the Methodist Conference, and was active in the ministry the rest of his life. He was affiliated with the Masonic order, and was a republican in politics. At one time he was prosecuting attorney of Upshur County, and also represented Upshur and Randolph counties as a member of the State Senate. There were four children: Grace, who lives at home and is a graduate of the seminary at Buckhannon; Mary J., wife of Dr. J. L. Pifer; Gohen C.; and Beatrice, wife of James V. Griffin, of Columbus, Ohio.
Gohen C. Arnold was born in Upshur County, was educated in the West Virginia Conference Seminary, and graduated A. B. and LL. B. from West Virginia University. Since then he has been engaged in active practice at Buckhannon, and is one of the directors of the Buckhannon Bank.
He was elected a member of the State Senate in 1916, and is now on his second term. In the session of 1919 he served with distinction as chairman of the finance committee, and was an active member of a number of other important committees. In the session of 1921 he was elected president of the Senate, which office he now occupies. He was appointed a member of the State Capitol Building Commission by Governor Morgan in 1921. Senator Arnold is a republican, a member of the Masonic Lodge, is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with the Delta Chi and Delta Tau Delta college fraternities. His principal hobby and recreation is hunting.]
History of Upshur County, WV (1907), p. 181:
[Col. Edward Jackson was perhaps the first surveyor in Upshur county. He also married a Miss Hadden and moved to the West Fork river where he built a grist mill which is still known as Jackson's Mill, near the mouth of Hacker's creek. Their children were, Mrs. Polly Brake, Mrs. Rachel Brake, Mrs. Laura Arnold, the mother of Stark W. Arnold, and the grandmother of Gohen Arnold; and Jonathan Jackson who was the father of Stonewall Jackson, the pride of the army of the southern Confederacy. His second wife was a Miss Brake. The most important issue of this marriage was Cummins Jackson, the notorious widely known counterfeiter. They had other children.]
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