Benjamin Walworth Arnold (April 30, 1865 – November 8, 1932) was an American lumber businessman from New York.
Benjamin W. Arnold | |
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| Born | Benjamin Walworth Arnold April 30, 1865 Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 8, 1932 (aged 67) Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Hamilton College (AB, AM) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse |
Sarah Elizabeth Van Rensselaer
(m. 1903) |
Early life
editBenjamin Walworth Arnold was born on April 30, 1865, in Albany, New York, to Jane Treat (née Avery) and Benjamin W. Arnold.[1][2] He attended Albany Academy and the Clinton Grammar School.[3] His father ran a lumber operation in Albany with Alexander Folsom until 1890.[4] He graduated from Hamilton College in 1886 with a Bachelor of Arts and later in 1898 with a Master of Arts. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi.[3][5]
Career
editAfter graduating, Arnold worked in the lumber business in Michigan and in Canada. After his father's death in 1891, he succeeded him in the family's lumber business.[3] He was a partner in Alger, Smith and Company. He was head of the Spanish River Lumber Company based in Spanish Mills, Ontario. He retired in 1925.[1] He owned timber lands in Minnesota and Michigan.[5] He was president of the Duluth and Northern Minnesota Railroad.[3]
Arnold was elected a trustee of Hamilton College in 1901.[6] In 1904, he served as a presidential elector for Theodore Roosevelt.[1][3] He was a member of the New York State Board of Charities for a number of years. He served as honorary curator of ornithology at the New York State Museum.[1] He served as president of the Dudley Observatory and trustee of the Albany Hospital. He was a director of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank and trustee of the Albany Savings Bank and the Fourth Presbyterian Church.[1]
During World War I, Arnold was chairman of the home defense committee of Albany County.[7]
Personal life
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Arnold married Sarah Elizabeth Van Rensselaer, daughter of Killiaen Van Rensselaer, in Albany in 1903.[5][8] He was an elder of the Fourth Presbyterian Church.[1]
Arnold lived at 465 State Street in Albany.[3] He owned the Benjamin Walworth Arnold House and Carriage House.[9] He died on November 8, 1932, in Albany.[1][10]
Legacy
editArnold collected more than one hundred Philippine, Bahamian and American woods. These were donated to the Yale School of Forestry and were named the Benjamin Walworth Arnold Memorial Collection.[1] He donated a collection of North American, South American, European, Falkland Island and African bird eggs to the New York State Museum.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Yale Installs Important Wood Collection". Paper Trade Journal. 106 (13): 46. 1938. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Archive.org.
- ^ Hall, Henry, ed. (1896). America's Successful Men of Affairs: An Encyclopedia of Contemporaneous Biography. Vol. 2. The New York Tribune. p. 33. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Archive.org.
- ^ a b c d e f Hills, Frederick S. (1910). New York State Men: Biographic Studies and Character Portraits. The Argue Company. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "Benjamin W. Arnold". The New-York Evangelist. 1891-02-05. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Archive.org.
- ^ a b c "Arnold-Van Rensselaer". American Lumberman. 1903-11-14. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Archive.org.
- ^ Hamilton College Catalogue. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Archive.org.
- ^ The World War: Selective Service in the County of Albany in the State of New York. J. B. Lyon Company. 1922. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Archive.org.
- ^ "The Van Rensselaer Family". American Historical Magazine. 1906. p. 134. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Archive.org.
- ^ Neil G. Larson (May 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Benjamin Walworth Arnold House and Carriage House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-10-13. See also: "Accompanying 10 photos".
- ^ "Obituary". Buffalo Courier. 1891-01-25. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ New York State Museum Bulletin. New York State Museum. 1916. pp. 88, 91. Retrieved 2024-08-18 – via Archive.org.
External links
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Media related to Benjamin W. Arnold at Wikimedia Commons- Albany Institute of History & Art: Benjamin Walworth Arnold (1865-1932) by Fritz Winold Reiss
- Biodiversity Heritage Library: Arnold, Benjamin Walworth
