Source: Unknown, I bought this book on Ebay, it has no cover, no index, I have just the insides. Typed by Lora Radiches



Surnames in this biography are: Arndt, Cain, Gladdin, Stockhouse, Lizenby,




WILLIAM M. ARNDT, whose farm in Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, a half-mile east of Stockwell, is widely known for its production of purebred Duroc hogs, is the type of farmer and citizen who makes headway in spite of financial and business depression. He has relied on the principle of hard work since boyhood, and has always utilized the resources and opportunities at hand to get something better. Mr. Arndt began his career with only his native intelligence and the skill of his hands, and today owns a fine farm of 240 acres and has a statewide reputation as a hog man. He was born in Pulaski County, Indiana, September 7, 1882, son of Ludwig and Julia (Cain) Arndt. Ludwig Arndt came from Germany after the death of his first wife, bringing four children, Louise, Fred, Gustave and Henry. By his second marriage he had a large family, including Charles, Louis, Hulda, William M., Jacob, Edward, Emil, Julius and John. Ludwig Arndt spent a short time in New York State and then came to Pulaski County, Indiana. He was without capital, and worked to earn the money for the purchase of his first land, beginning with eighty acres and before his death had developed a property of about 340 acres. He was a member of the Evangelical Church. William Arndt had the advantages of the country schools and from early boyhood was accustomed to the practical routine of farm labor. He was sixteen years old when his father died. At the age of eleven he came to Tippecanoe County to live with a brother. He worked by the month, carefully saved his wages, started out as a renter on the old Gladdin farm and finally acquired a place of his own. Since 1920 he has been in the purebred hog business. He specializes in the Duroc, has twenty pure bred sows and has produced many prizewinners, getting first honors on his herd at the State Fair. Mr. Arndt and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married, January 1, 1906, Miss Margaret Stockhouse, daughter of Hugh and Alice (Lizenby) Stockhouse. Her father came from England and was an Indiana farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Arndt have four children, Elbert, Delphia, Violet and Everett. The three younger children are in high school. Elbert after graduating from high school enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and is now with the Marines in Nicaragua.