Mary "Polly" S. Arnold ^{3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Another name for Polly was Molly Arnold.

  Notes:

http://www.obcgs.com/bibles.html
Contributed by: John Allison <mailto:jya@ix.netcom.com>

ARNOLD FAMILY BIBLE
There is a very poor copy of this old Bible in the OBCGS vertical files. First name is illegible, born Dec,22, 1801 William Arnold, born May 28, 1806 Pansy Arnold, born August 1818 Polly Arnold, born March 1821 Walter M. Arnold, born July - rest illegible. John J. Arnold, born July 20, 1826 James Harrison Arnold, born August 30, 1830 Richard Bennet Arnold, born January 2, 1832 (?) The last page of this document states "William Arnold this book cost 27 cents June 24, 1821 The last entry looks like George Washington Arnold was born the 13th day of??? And then the date Oct the 5, 18?4, W?A (initials)

Could this be our Polly Arnold. This would make Polly's birth March of 1821:

  Details of her life include:

• She appeared on the 1850 U. S. Federal census in Second District, Warren County, Kentucky

Listed in Samuel B. Greathouse household
Mary 27 female, b.Ky, cannot read and write
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• She appeared on the 1860 U. S. Federal census in Bowling Green, Warren County, Kentucky
In the household of Saml Greathouse,
Polly S. 36 F, KY
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• She appeared on the 1870 U. S. Federal census in Smith's Grove - Elk Sprngs District, Warren County, Kentucky
In the household of Gratehouse, Samuel B.
-Mary S, 46 FW Keeping House, cannot write, KY
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• She appeared on the 1880 U. S. Federal census in , Warren County, Kentucky
in the household of Greathouse, S. B.
M.S. , wife WF, 56, married, Warren, Virginia, Kentucky
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• Mary S. Arnold Greathouse Tombstone photo Greathouse Cemetery (Friendship Church), Warren County, Kentucky
Mary S. Wife of S. B. Greathouse
Born May 23, 1824 Died Jan 14, 1892
photo by J. Eric Thomason
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Polly married Samuel Brown Greathouse Jr., son of Samuel Brown Greathouse Sr. and Susannah Greathouse, on 12 Nov 1840 in , Warren County, Kentucky.^{1 2 3} (Samuel Brown Greathouse Jr. was born on 15 Jan 1812 in , Warren County, Kentucky,¹⁰ died on 12 Aug 1881 in Bowling Green -Rector Farm - Polkville Road, Warren County, Kentucky and was buried in Greathouse Cemetery (Friendship Church), Warren County, Kentucky.)

  Items of interest in their marriage were:

• The marriage was solemnized by: Y. Witherspoon.

  Marriage Notes:

Warren County, Kentucky, Marriages (Contributed by Col. Lloyd M. Raymer, our member in Bowling Green, who has been abstracting records in Warren for us)
A 93 Polly Arnold Samuel Greathouse Nov 12, 1840

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