Obit for Laura Jackson Arnold, age 85, died September 25, 1911

Laura J. Arnold

 

BUCKHANNON, W. Va., Sept. 25. Mrs. Laura J.[Jackson] Arnold, the only sister of the late Gen. Stonewall Jackson, died yesterday at the city hospital here from diseases incident to old age. Mrs. Arnold was 85 years old and was active until within a few weeks of her death.

 

She was born in Clarksburg, Va., now West Virginia, in 1826 and was married in 1843 to the late Jonathan Arnold, of Beverly, Randolph county.

 

[Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA)Tuesday, September 26, 1911; transcribed by FoFG mz]

 

Submitted by Nancy A. Jackson

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