Arnold was only 2yrs old when his mother died. It is told that after the mothe r's death MR. Sarner took his son, a very beautiful child with long hair, to a photographer to have a picture taken before the lad's curls were cut short. Y oung Arnold was taken to Sweden for a visit in 1907 by his uncle Albert. He la ter returned to the U> S. and was last heard from at age 21 by a letter from O maha to relatives in Sweden.