Individual Details

Parents were William Mitchell & Dorcas (Hankins) Arnold

1850 Census. Scott Co, IL, Hh 879
William M. Arnold, 35, b. TN
Dorcas, 26, b. TN
Children all born in Illinois
Benjn. F., 7
Saml. L., 6
Dewitt C., 4
Julia A., 2

1860 Census. Glasgow, Scott, IL, Hh 1336
Mitchell Arnold, 46,b TN
Dorcas, 36, b. TN
Benjn. F., 17,
Samuel L., 16
Dewitt P., 13
Julia A., 12
Olate, 8, (male)
Verment, 7 (male)
Jane, 5
Stephen, 2
George, 7 months

Civil War Draft - Scott Co, IL
Capt. H. M. Fry, Provost Marshal
Benjamin Arnold, age 20, unmarried, Residence, Glasgow

Civil War Soldier Records & Profiles; Ancestry.com
Benjamin F. Arnold, age 21 at enlistment on 2 May 1864. Mustered in 14 May 1864 in Ohio, Company G, 131st Infantry. Mustered out 25 Aug 1864 at Camp Chase, Ohio.

1880 Census. Glasgow, Scott, IL, Hh 192
Benjamin Arnold, 37, Farmer, b. IL, parents b. Tenn.
Dasey E., 11, daughter
William O., 18, brother, works on farm, b. IL
Dorcas, 55, mother, b. TN

Is this the same man? Age slightly different and parents born different places? Suspect it is not the same!
1900 Census. Union Twp, Furnas Co, Nebraska, Hh 86 - living alone
Benjamin F. Arnold, b. May 1840, age 60, b. IL, father b. KY, mother b. VA,
Farmer

Birth	1842	Illinois
Marriage	21 Nov 1866	Scott County, Illinois - Sarah B Ashley

Spouse	Sarah B Ashley (1843 - 1880)
Child	Daisy Arnold (1869 - )