Arnold Family - Notable Family Members - Surname Arnold (New England Families)

Surname Arnold (New England Families)

• Benedict Arnold (1615-1678), the first colonial governor of Rhode Island
• Benedict Arnold (1741-1801), American traitor and British general during the American Revolutionary War
• Isaac Newton Arnold (1815-1884), member of U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and President of the Chicago Historical Society, wrote biographies of Abraham Lincoln and Gen. Benedict Arnold.
• James N. Arnold, compiled and published a massive collection of Rhode Island vital records.
• Jonathan Arnold (1741–1793), member of the Rhode Island Legislature 1776, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Rhode Island 1782-1784, Vermont Governor's Councilman, Vermont State Court Judge.
• Kelley Arnold (1910-2003), Brigadier General, Assistant Division Commander, Adjutant General & Chief of Staff of the 49th Armored Division 1965-1970, Texas Military Forces Hall of Honor, Camp Mabry, TX
• Henry H. Arnold (1886-1950), the only US Air Force General to be given the five-star rank (General of the Air Force); he learned to fly from the Wright Brothers.
• Lemuel H. Arnold (1792-1852), Rhode Island State Representative 1826, Governor of Rhode Island 1831-1833, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Son of Jonathan Arnold.
• Richard Arnold (1828-1882), US Army General during the Civil War
• Richard Dennis Arnold, M.D., physician, charter member of the American Medical Society, 5-term mayor and 4-term alderman of Savannah, Georgia, charter member of the Georgia Historical Society, and newspaper editor of The Georgian with partner William H. Bulloch. Arnold was mayor of Savannah during American Civil War (surrendering the City of Savannah to Union General William T. Sherman), and charter member of the first Board of Education.
• Samuel G. Arnold (1821-1880), Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island 1852-1853 1861-1862, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1862-1863. Granduncle of Theodore F. Green.
• William Arnold (1587 - 1675/76), one of the founding settlers of Rhode Island, appeared on the initial deed for Providence signed by Roger Williams in 1638; established the settlement of Pawtuxet, becoming the first settler in what is now Cranston, Rhode Island. He was the father of Governor Benedict Arnold.