Philip Arnold
Philip Arnold was born in Lehigh County, Pa. He removed to Plain township in 1812, and settled upon what was known as the Gillis farm. Ater his arrival he purchased 320 acres of land from the Eagles, who had entered it. He had eleven children. For months they had no bread in the house, and were compelled to live on venison, honey and potatoes. His son, Thomas Arnold, a native of the same county, was born in 1802, and came West with his father. He was married in his twenty-fifth year to Sarah Hines. He cast his first vote in what was called "Blue school-house."
From History of Wayne County, Ohio, From the Days of the Pioneers and First Settlers to the Present Time, by Robert Douglass, 1878