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LAWRENCE ARZENO, watchmaker and jeweler, Georgetown, was born in Italy December 23, 1845. He is a son of Joseph Arzeno, a native of Italy, and a small farmer of that country. He came to America in 1847, locating at Cincinnati, where his wife and only son (our subject) joined him the year following. Mrs. Arzeno died in 1865. Mr. Arzeno is still living in Cincinnati, and engaged in the confectionery business When fifteen years of age, Mr. Arzeno learned the jeweler’s trade, serving an apprenticeship of three and one-half years. He worked as a “jour” two years and after the death of his mother assisted his father in business for six months. In the fall of 1865, he commenced business for himself at Laurel, Ind., and in December, 1867, came to Georgetown, where he has since resided. In 1872-73, he was engaged in the stove and tin trade, which did not prove a financial success. With this exception Mr Arzsno has been very successful in his line of trade, and enjoys the largest trade of any in the village. Mr. Arzeno is a member of both lodge and Encampment in the Odd Fellow fraternity. He is also Republican in politics and a member of the M. E. Church, these two latter positions being almost without precedent in a person of like nativity. His parents were members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Arzeno was married in June, 1866, to Emma Green, a native of Indiana. They have been blessed with four daughters — Zoe, Ada, Ora L. and Iona. Mrs. Arzeno and daughter Zoe are also members of the M. E. denomination.