Aaron Arnold, a native of Connecticut, came to Genesee County about 1815, being one of the early settlers. He died at the age of 70 years, and his children were Charles, 1st (deceased). Charles, 2d, George, and Orpha. Charles, 2d, who married Irene, daughter of Linus Beecher, of Bergen, settled on the home farm in Bergen, where he died in 1841, aged 34 years. His children were Aaron, Eliza, Rialto, John B., and Seth J. John B. Arnold married Fanny, daughter of John and Fanny Carmel, and they had one child, E. Lena, who married Fred Sutherland. She had one son, John C. and died August 22, 1882; her husband died in 1881. John B Arnold served in Co. I, 129th N. Y. Inf, and was transferred to the 8th N. Y. H. A. He was two years and 10 months in the service, and is now the proprietor of the Olcott House in Oakfield village.

FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890