John Penn Arndt
John Penn Arndt (November 25, 1780 – June 10, 1861) was an American merchant, shipbuilder, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was an early settler at what is now Green Bay, Wisconsin, and served in the 1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly. He was responsible for the first dam on the Fox River and for building some of Wisconsin's first sailing ships. His son Charles was infamously killed during a session of the Wisconsin Territorial Council in 1842.
John Penn Arndt | |
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Portrait by Samuel Marsden Brookes, ca.1856 | |
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Brown County, Wisconsin | |
In office April 1856 – April 1857 | |
Preceded by | Daniel W. King |
Succeeded by | Lorenzo Brown |
In office April 1853 – April 1854 | |
Preceded by | Johnathan Wheelock |
Succeeded by | Johnathan Wheelock |
County Judge of Brown County, Wisconsin | |
In office September 1848 – September 1849 | |
Preceded by | John Last |
Succeeded by | David Agry |
In office April 30, 1842 – August 7, 1843 | |
Preceded by | Charles C. P. Arndt |
Succeeded by | Charles Chapman |
Member of the Council of the Wisconsin Territory for Brown County | |
In office October 25, 1836 – November 5, 1838 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Alexander J. Irwin & Morgan Lewis Martin |
Personal details | |
Born | Bucks County, Pennsylvania | November 25, 1780
Died | June 10, 1861 80) Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S. | (aged
Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery, Allouez, Wisconsin |
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Spouse |
Elizabeth Carpenter
(m. 1803; died 1860) |
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Occupation | Merchant, shipbuilder |
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