James Newell Arnold
b. August 3, 1844, Cranston
d. September 18, 1927, Providence

Arnold was a collector of historical and genealogical data, and by the time of his death had published twenty-one volumes of The Vital Record of Rhode Island (1636-1850). His transcriptions of gravestones from 1,500 cemeteries are the basis of the Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database.
Arnold was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 2007.