Background
Arnold, John Himes was born on April 4, 1839 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Edmund and Sally Jenks (Greene) Arnold.
Arnold, John Himes was born on April 4, 1839 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Edmund and Sally Jenks (Greene) Arnold.
Educated State Normal schools at Providence and Bristol, and Lyons University Grammar School, Providence. (honorary Master of Arts, Harvard, 1902).
Teacher in various public schools, Rhode Island, 8 years, and afterward associated with Joshua Kendall in conducting private school for boys at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 7 years. Librarian Harvard Law School, 1872-1913, since librarian emeritus.
Member Free Trade League. Club: Harvard (Boston).
Married Lois Anthony, of Portsmouth, October 30, 1860.