When Philip Arnholt was born on 31 January 1850, in Samara, Samara, Russia, his father, Jacob Arnhold, was 35 and his mother, Margaretha Katherine Faller, was 26. He married Katherine Margaret Dreiling about 1875, in Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died on 14 September 1917, in Lott, Falls, Texas, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Lott, Falls, Texas, United States.