Mr. Arnold was born September 2. 1853. where he now resides, the
homestead being one which his parents took up from the government
and is located in section 20 of Addison township. His father was
Edward Arnold and his mother was Miss Hannah Carleton prior to her
marriage, both natives of New York. Edward Arnold gave the whole
of his career to farming and spent the most of it in Oakland county,
Michigan, where he died on October 2, 1865. To his wife, who sur-
vived him many years and passed away on March 2, 1Q07, was left the
care of their four children: Eliza, now the widow of Daniel M. Alt-
house, of Oakland county; Lucinda, the wife of E. W. Porter, of
Addison township: Ami. the subject of this sketch; and John E.. a resi-
dent of Orion, Michigan. The early death of the father threw responsi-



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HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY 749

bility upon the shoulders of Ami while still a youth, as he was the
eldest son. At the age of fifteen he took charge of the home place and
continued to care and provide for his mother until her death in 1907,
at the advanced age of eighty-two years. To the old homestead, of
which he is now the owner, he has added by additional purchases of
land until today his holdings aggregate over four hundred acres of
Addison and Oxford township land. This showing represents tireless
industry upon the part of Mr. Arnold and good business acumen in the
management of his farm alTairs. Ilesides following the general lines
of farming, he has given much attention and that very successfully to
the raising of fine registered sheep, and through the energetic manner
in which he has conducted his agricultural pursuits he has amassed a
competency which places him among the most substantial men of Addi-
son township. Fine buildings complete the farmstead and provide for
comfort and convenience.
