Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Arnold, Richard James, was born in Providence, R. I., Oct. 5, 1796

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Admin  · 3h  · Daily Baptist Encyclopedia Arnold, Richard James, was born in Providence, R. I., Oct. 5, 1796. He came from an illustri- ous ancestry on the side of both father and mother. Having graduated at Brown University, in the class of 1814, he studied law for a short time in the office of the celebrated Hon. Tristam Burgess. Not find- ing the study of this profession congenial to his tastes, he became a merchant, in connection with an elder brother, and was especially interested in the China trade. In 1823, having married a lady living in the South, he made a home on his planta- tion in Georgia, in Bryan County, near Savannah, spending his winters there, and his summers in Rhode Island. Mr. Arnold took a deep interest in the First Baptist church in his native city, where he always worshiped when he was at his Provi- dence home. He was a trustee of Brown Univer- sity for nearly forty-seven years. His death oc- curred March 10, 1873.From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart