Living

Notes:

Dr. Arnold interned at Hermann Hospital in Houston. He returned to Houston after the war. He retired in Sabine County, but moved to Lufkin prior to 2002.

According to Book Three A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS by Robert Cecil McDaniel, Captain Hiram Pinckney Arnold, Medical Corps, 1943 to 1946 served in England and France during World War II. He was with the 127th Army Hospital, which was formed in Austin, Texas.

The 14 March 1996 issue of the "San Augustine Tribune" included the following article:

Timber Growers to Honor Dr. Hiram Arnold

On Saturday, March 23, 1996 the Tri-County Timber Grower's Association will meet at the Community House in Center at 11 am.

Dr. Hiram Arnold of Hemphill will be honored for his many years of dedicated service to the Association and the timber industry.

SABINE COUNTY REPORTER 15 January 1997 "Back In Time--1996 One Year Ago"

Dr. Hiram P. Arnold of Six Miles was honored as Sabine County's "Citizen of the Year" by the Sabine County Chamber of Commerce. Linda Curtis Sparks delivered the keynote address at that annual awards and installation banquet.

DR. HIRAM P. ARNOLD

The son of a country doctor, Hiram Pinckney Arnold was to follow in the footsteps of his father. Born in the small East Texas town of Hemphill on August 17, 1917, Hiram was the third child of Dr. William Thomas Arnold Sr. and Hannah Pearl Fuller Arnold. The Arnold family included sister Doris and brothers Woodrow, Hugh, and Tom. Hiram graduated in 1933 from Hemphill High School. The Depression was on and Hiram was young, so he worked as a soda jerk at Hemphill Drug before moving to Nacogdoches in 1935 to attend Stephen F. Austin College. From SFA, Hiram transferred to the University of Texas at Austin. As is well known, he was a passionate lifelong Longhorn fan. Through wars, recessions and bouts of ill health, Hiram remained a realist as well as an optimist. The only thing that could lead him to real despair was the occasional loss on Thanksgiving Day of the traditional football game with Texas A&M.

From UT, Hiram moved to Galveston to attend the University of Texas Medical School from which he graduated in 1940. After medical school, Hiram moved to Houston where he did his internship and a residency at Hermann Hospital. It was at Hermann that Hiram met the beautiful young student nurse, Gloria Jean Rickabaugh. During the Second World War, Hiram joined the Army. As a Captain in the legendary 127th General Hospital, he was stationed in England and France. After returning from overseas, the young doctor married Gloria Rickabaugh on January 28, 1946. The couple recently celebrated their 60th Anniversary. Hiram and his young bride settled in Galveston, Texas where he did a residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Texas Medical School under Dr. Willard R. Cooke. While at UTMB, he had the opportunity to work with many of his close friends from the 127th General Hospital. In 1947, Hiram and his associate Dr. William R. Knight opened a medical practice in Obstetrics and Gynecology in what was then the fledgling Houston Medical Center. There he began his long-time association with The Methodist Hospital. He was for seventeen years the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology and served a term as President of the Staff. During this time, the Methodist Hospital saw tremendous growth and the development of an international reputation. In 2006, Hiram and Gloria established at Methodist the Hiram and Gloria Arnold Urogynecology Lecture Endowment Fund.

Hiram and Gloria had their first son, Frank Rickabaugh in 1947 and in 1950 their second son, Forrest Douglas. Dr. Arnold practiced medicine in Houston for almost three decades. As a physician, he worked long hours but never lost his love for Obstetrics or his personal hostility to disease. He was a beloved physician, as attested to by the many patients who chose him to deliver all their children and by the willingness of his friends to entrust their wives and daughters to his care. He was a member of the Harris County Medical Society, the Texas Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and president for a term of the Texas Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Arnold was well known as a practical man and people often sought his advice when dealing with difficult problems. He was always ready to support projects he believed in. He and Gloria participated in the building of the J. R. Huffman Public Library in Hemphill and served on the Library Board for twelve years. Hiram was a mediocre golfer but became a much feared tennis opponent. Dr. Arnold enjoyed dealing in real estate and among his investments were properties he bought and leased out for cattle grazing along the two-lane, dirt shoulder road that was then called the Katy Highway and is now I-10 in the heart of Houston. In 1976, Dr. Arnold retired from medicine and devoted himself full time to his second career as a timber farmer in his beloved East Texas. He often said that a country boy had to move to the big city to make enough money to get back to the country. Hiram and Gloria were honored in 1991 as Tree Farmers of the Year. They contributed to the establishment of an Endowment Fund supporting a professorship in the Arthur Temple College of Forestry at Stephen F. Austin. Recently, Dr. Arnold sold most of his timber acreage but continued to operate the remaining tree farm until his death, Friday, November 28. He is survived by his wife Gloria, brother Tom, sons Rick and Forrest, and grandchildren Sam and Mason. Memorial services will be held Saturday, December 6, 2008 at the 1st Methodist Church of Lufkin, Henderson Chapel. Friends wishing to make a Memorial Donation may do so for the J. R. Huffman Memorial Library at Route 5 Box 2140 Hemphill, Texas, 75948.

http://www.legacy.com/houstonchronicle/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=120889187

Courtesy of Anne Ussery

His obituary was also published in the December 3, 2008 issue of the Sabine County Reporter, and the December 4, 2008 issue of the San Augustine Tribune.

Hiram married Gloria Rickabaugh on 28 Jan 1946 in Texas. Gloria was born about 1921 in Kelseyville, Lake County, California; died on 24 Jan 2018 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary

On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, Gloria Jean Arnold passed away in her home in Austin, Texas, at the age of 96.

Gloria was born in Kelseyville, California, the fourth daughter of Reuben B. Rickabaugh, an entrepreneur and fruit orchard farmer, and Emma Priscilla Harper Rickabaugh. When Gloria was only 13, Reuben died, leaving Emma to shepherd Gloria and her four sisters, Joyce, Jane, June, and Jasmine, through Depression Era life. Gloria enjoyed her school years. In 1939 she was elected Attendant to the Queen at the area Almond Blossom Festival. Though the family saw years of struggle, Gloria remembered fondly her small-town childhood in Northern California with her mother and sisters.

After graduating from high school, Gloria and a girlfriend traveled by Greyhound bus across the southwest to Houston, where she enrolled in the Hermann Hospital School of Nursing. In nursing school, Gloria was number one in her class for three years, and she graduated with highest honors. After graduation, Gloria worked as a surgical nurse for well-known Houston physician Dr. E. W. Bertner.

While a student at Hermann, she met Dr. Hiram Arnold, who was the instructor for her nursing class in pharmacology. Their developing relationship was interrupted by World War II when Hiram was deployed overseas as a Captain with the Army's 127th General Hospital Unit. At the end of the war, within days of his return from Europe, Hiram and Gloria were married, a union that was to continue for 62 years.

The newly married couple lived in Galveston, where Gloria worked as a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital, then moved to Houston, where Hiram entered private practice. They soon started a family with sons Frank Rickabaugh born in 1947 and Forrest Douglas in 1950.

Settling in southwest Houston, Hiram and Gloria raised their sons and participated for three decades in a large, close-knit extended family and in a large group of what would prove to be lifelong friends. They were for many years active members of Bethany Methodist Church.

Gloria was an untiring volunteer and devoted time to, among other organizations, the Harris County Medical Society Auxiliary, the Methodist Hospital Chaplain's Office, and the American Cancer Society.

When she was already 50, Gloria became an avid tennis player; she played tennis for 25 years.

Retiring to East Texas in the mid-1970s, Hiram and Gloria built a home on the Toledo Bend Reservoir near Hemphill, the small town where Hiram had grown up. Hiram and Gloria were principals in developing the J. R. Huffman Library in Hemphill. After the library opened in 1994, they served for years on its board of directors.

After their years of living on the lake, Hiram and Gloria moved to Lufkin, where they extended their circle of friends and were members of First United Methodist Church. Gloria volunteered as a literacy teacher and a mentor to young people. She was a member of Lufkin's History Club and the Literary Club.

After Hiram passed away, Gloria continued living in Lufkin, then moved to Austin where her sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and great grandchildren were living.

Gloria Jean Rickabaugh Arnold is survived by, and will be greatly missed by, her sister Jasmine Jorgenson; her sons Rick and his wife Linda and Forrest and his wife Cindy; her grandsons Sam and Mason; and her great grandchildren Daxton and Cecily.

A memorial service honoring the life of Gloria Arnold will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Lufkin on Saturday, March 24th, 2018, at 11 AM.
Those wishing to make a memorial donation should contact the J. R. Huffman Library at 375 Sabine St., Hemphill, Texas, 75948.

Downloaded from Legacy.com,
Published in Houston Chronicle on Feb. 11, 2018
Published in The Sabine County Reporter on February 21, 2018, Page 5

Notes:

Married:
Ann Ussery posted to the facebook group, "Farm Road 1 - From one end to the other" that the organic food "Cece's Veggie Co." of Austin, Texas was started by Mason Arnold, a grandson of Dr. Hiram Arnold of Sabine County.

Mason has founded several companies with Sustainability at the core, including EarthAction Landscaping, environmentally-responsible land care, which grew for 2 years and sold; Greenling.com, the first and largest Local/Organic grocery delivery service in Texas serving all major metros that sold in 2015; and his current venture, Veggie Noodle Co., a pioneer brand in making delicious pasta out of fresh vegetables. A longtime Organic activist, Mason drafted legislation and created the Organic Advisory Board to the Texas Department of Agriculture and formed the Organic Association of Texas, a legislative action and lobbying group for the Organic industry in Texas. He was crowned 'Eco Leader of the Year' by the Austin Business Journal in 2010. In fact, Mason and his businesses have received 25 different awards such as 'Best Local Food Company' 9 years in a row in the Austin Chronicle, and business innovation awards by PC Magazine, Dell, and more. Mason has received national attention for his companies including feature stories in New York Times, Business Week, Entrepreneur magazine, Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, radio appearances on NPR's On Point, and others. Mason is also an avid mentor and has served on numerous non-profit boards.

https://cecesveggieco.com/

https://www.andnowuknow.com/shop-talk/cecesr-veggie-co-unveils-first-fresh-organic-veggie-shells-cheese-Mason-Arnold/jessica-donnel/59769

http://www.foundingaustin.com/home/2016/10/4/oodles-of-business-insight-with-veggie-noodle-company-ceo-mason-arnolds

Notes:

His actual texas certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, shows him as a son of W. T. Arnold and Della Louise Alford. Both parents were shows as born in Georgia.

Wm. Thos. Arnold, Hemphill,was on a list of 11 members of the Sabine County Medical Society, June 1910, in the TEXA STATE JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, published in 1911. He was the Secretary.

According to "A Pictorial History of Sabine County, Texas" the Dr. W.T. Arnold Home was built circa 1912.

In his 2002 book, THE MYSTERY OF LADY BOUNTIFUL, Bob Bowman writes that a $5,000 bond was posted for Lillian Knox, accuses of murdering her husband, timber magnate Hiram Knox. The bond was singed by five Hemphill men, including Dr. Tom ARNOLD, a witness for the prosecution. The other four were E. P PADGETT, a lawyer; J.P. (sic) FULLER, who owned a drug store; L.E. PRATT, a merchant; and John W. MINTON, attorney for the Know family. Another press report listed S.R. Williams as surety. (Bowman, p. 105).

William married Sarah Pearl Fuller on 2 Dec 1906 in Sabine County, Texas. Sarah (daughter of James Easter "Bud" Fuller and Hannah Pinkney Deweese) was born on 13 Nov 1881 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 18 Jan 1957 in Harris County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Kay Parker McCary instead shows her date of birth as October 13, 1881, in her transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery.

Notes:

Served in the second Georgia regiment during the Civil War, and had been district or County Clerk of Sabine County, Texas for 10 or 12 years as of 1892.



(Research):Census Information:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill
Enumerated 1 July 1880
Page 19 SD 1 ED 85 Stamped 233
192-195
Arnold, William T W M 35 Deputy Sherrif Ga Ga
Arnold, Louisza W F 30 W Keeping House Ga Ala Ala
Arnold, William C W M 8 Son At School Texas
Arnold, Viola O W f 6 Dtr Tx
Arnold, Lula C W F 4 Dtr Tx
Page 20
Rhoads, Lucy W F 13 Dtr Tx
Rhoads, Florence W F 5 Dt Tx
Rhoads, Hamp Pratt W M 3 Son Tx
Adams, Williams W M 40 Farmer Laborer La

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated June 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 15A Stamped 196
247-246
Arnold, Wm T Head W M Mar 1845 55 Wd Ga Ga Ga Merchant
Arnold, Martha E Dtr W F Nov 1877 22 S Tx Ga Ala
Arnold, Wm T Jr Son W Ma May 1880 20 S Tx Ga Ala Teacher
Arnold, Henry B Son W M July 1883 17 S Tx Ga Ala At School
Arnold, Belva L Dtr W F Sept 1884 15 S Tx Ga Ala At School
Arnold, Cora L Dtr W F Aug 1887 12 S Tx Ga Ala At School
Arnold, Leonidas E Son W M Feb 1893 7 S Tx Ga Ala

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 7 May 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 17A Stamped 102
East Street
278-280
Arnold, William T Hd M W 65 Wd Ga Ga Ga Tax Collector Back Taxes
Arnold, Margaret E Dtr F W 31 S Tx Ga Ala
Arnold, Leon S M W 17 S Tx Ga Ala


The Sabine County Reporter
May 9, 2012

Myrtle Springs receives marker

An official Texas Historic Cemetery Marker was dedicated April 28, at Geneva Myrtle Springs Cemetery. The day was also the cemetery's annual homecoming......

The newly placed marker reads:
GENEVA MYRTLE SPRINGS CEMETERY

Situated North of the small, rural community of Geneva, the Geneva Myrtle Springs Cemetery serves as the primary resting place for pioneers, settlers of the area, and their descendants. Originally granted to Juan Ignatino Pifermo in 1794, the town of Geneva grew in the 1820s when pioneers began to settle there from the east. Geneva was first known as Shawnee village and later as Jimtown, after two early settlers of the are, Jim Halbert and Jim Willis. Originally surveyed for Daniel F. Renfro in 1838, the Geneva Myrtle Springs Cemetery is comprised of land granted by Levi T. ALLEN in 1879 for use as a church and cemetery. The Geneva Baptist Church was first located on the present day cemetery site, but later moved south of the area. In addition, a school was once located near the cemtery near Myrtle Springs, organized by William Thomas Arnold.

The general landscaping of the cemetery is traditional with brick, marble, sandstone, grantie, wood, and metal grave markers. The first marked grave is that of William J. JONE from 1888, but Bible records indicate that there were earlier unmarked graves, including that of Wiley William CROW (1845-1877). Among the many pioneer families interred at this cemetery, there are veterans of the Civil War, including Wiley CROW, Seth Marion LAYFIELD (1833-1906), and James T. MEADOR (1845-1933), as well as veterans of World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Iraq War. Burials for members of the fraternal organizations such as Woodmen of the World are present. Today, the Geneva Myrtle Springs Cemetery Association maintains and cares for the cemtery, while also serving the community of Geneva. Historic Texas Cemetery -2010.

William married Louisa Della Alford. Louisa (daughter of Isham Alford and Sylvia Ann Hodges) was born on 8 Oct 1849 in Alabama; died on 19 Nov 1900 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On the 1880 Sabine County Census, Sarah Dewees, Hannah's mother was living with the family. So was a 20 year old niece, Rebecca Delony, born in Texas circa 1860.

Linda Fuller of Cleveland, Texas found the following deed:

Filed for record in my office January 16, 1888 W.T. Arnold Clk Co Ct Sabine Co Texas

S.H. Oliphant, Sheriff to J.E. Fuller

Know all men by these presents That whereas by virtue of a certain writ of execution issued out of the Justice Court of the County of Denton precinct No one in favor of C.L. Herbert Sr. vs. Jessee McGee on a certain judgment rendered on the 20th day of June AD 1883 and directed and delivered to me as sheriff of Sabine County Commanding me of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of the said Jessee McGee to make certain moneys in said writ mentioned. I, S.H. Oliphant Sheriff as aforesaid did on the 12th day of December AD 1887 levy on and seize two hundred acres of the Jessee McGee league of land the wright and title of which was in the said Jessee McGee, on the 12th day of December 1887, and on the 3rd day of January 1888, the same being the first Tuesday in January 1888, within the hours prescribed by law sold the said two hundred acres of land as public Vendue in the County of Sabine at the door of the Court House thereof, having first given public notice of the time and place of sale, by causing an advertisement thereof to be posted up at three public places in the County aforesaid one of which was the Court House door of said County for twenty days previous to said sale. And wheras, at said sale, the said land was stricken off to J.E. Fuller for the sum of sixteen dollars, he the said J.E. Fuller being the highest bidder therefor, and that being the highest secure bid for the same. Now therefore in consideration of the premises aforesaid, and of the payment of the said sum of sixteen dollars, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, I S.H. Oliphant Sheriff as afresiad have by these presents sold granted and conveyed unto the said J.E. Fuller, all of the estate, wright, title and interest which the said Jessee McGee had on the 3rd day of January 1888 or at any time afterwards, in and to the following described premises, viz: One tract or parcel of land containing two hundred acres apart of the Jessee McGee league survey in Sabine County, Texas. And bounded as floows Commencing at the S.W. corner of a seven hundred acre tract of D.J. Henderson's land sold to him by Jessee McGee, hence East with said Hendersons South line to the S.E. corner of said Henderson's ??? acre tract on the league line. Thence Sounth along said line to a supposed corner of said Henderson's. Thence West to Huntington's East line to another supposed corner. Thence North with Huntington's line to the place of beginning containing two hundred acres. To have and hold the above described land unto the said J.E. Fuller, his heirs and assigns ??? as fully and absolutely as I, Sheriff, as aforesaid can convey by virtue of the writ in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of January, 1888.

S.H. Oliphant Sheriff of Sabine Co, Texas

On the 1890 Sabine County Scholastic Census, James and Hannah's oldest daughters, Maggie, 11 and Pearl, 8 were shown as enrolled in School No. 15, Hemphill. W.T. Arnold was on of the trustees of this school.

James married Hannah Pinkney Deweese on 5 Dec 1877 in Sabine County, Texas. Hannah was born on 24 Jul 1856 in Texas; died on 24 Feb 1918 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She was the daughter of John T. b Oct 18, 1819, d Mar 10, 1878, and Sarah Deweese, b Aug 5, 1829, d Jan 3, 1888. (White and Toole, p 74).

On the 1900 Sabine County census, Hanna was the head of household after the death of her husband the prior year. She was running the family farm. By 1910, her oldest three children had left home. Sons James, Clyde and Thomas still lived at home, but only Clyde worked on the farm. James was a merchant, running a department store. Thomas was listed as a hack driver.

In 1900, two servant (John Duffee and Chas. Smiley) were living with the Fullers, as well as a boarder, Edward Watson, age 32 born in Texas. All three did Farm Labor.

Living with the Fuller's in 1910 was a 23 year old boarder named Moses Cole. He was a farm laborer and did odd jobs.

Her Texas Death certificate, viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, does not list her parents.