Etowah County AlArchives Biographies.....Archer, B. L.  October 13, 1832 - 
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    B. L. ARCHER, one of the successful farmers of Gadsden, Ala., was born in
Talladega county, Ala., October 13, 1832, the son of Philip and Artemesia
(Maxwell) Archer. The early founders of the Archer family came to America in
1760 and settled in Virginia. Cornelius Archer, the grandfather of B. L., was
one of them. He was a Virginian and fought with Washington at the battle of
Yorktown. His son, Philip, came to Blount county, Ala., when a young man, and
lived at various points in the state until 1850, when he removed to Calhoun, now
Etowah county, where he died in 1869. He was a distinguished Baptist preacher,
and baptized many prominent people of the state. He was twice married and had
nine children, seven of whom are now living. B. L. Archer had a common school
education in his youth and has devoted nearly all his life to agriculture on the
old homestead at Gadsden. He was married December 20, 1865, to Lucinda J. Smith,
and to the union seven children were born, named as follows: Philip T.; Laura
V., wife of J. B. Usry; Walter, Lenora, Mira, Frank and Mandie. He enlisted,
August 19, 1861, in company D, Nineteenth Alabama infantry, and fought at
Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, where he was
captured and kept six months at Johnson's Island. He was twice wounded, once at
Murfreesboro and once before Atlanta, and was promoted to the captaincy of his
company for gallant and meritorious conduct. He has been elected and served one
term as a democratic member of the legislature. He is a successful farmer and
owns a large farm on the Coosa river. He is a Knight of Pythias, and a member of
the Baptist church.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1011
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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