Arvil is listed on the 1930 McClain Co. OK Census, page 10B, living in the Colbert Township. He is listed as a boarder in the household of Lemuel Grisham, his wife Maudie, and son James R. Also living in the household is Arvil's grandmother, Nauvice Dunham, listed as the mother-in-law of Lemuel Grisham.