Yolo-Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Archer, John T. 1849 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 10, 2005, 2:22 pm Author: Tom Gregory JOHN T. ARCHER Among the most extensive ranchers of Yolo county are Mr. Archer and his son Byron, who by their sterling qualities and excellent business ability have won the highest regard of their fellow citizens. Born in Devonshire, England, August 12, 1849, John T. Archer, when six months old, came to the United States with his parents, Daniel and Ann (Hutton) Archer, who settled Middleton, Dane county, Wis. At the age of twenty-three, in 1873, the son accompanied his father to Albany, Ore., where he remained a year prior to locating in Healdsburg, Sonoma county, in October, 1874. A year later the family permanently settled in Yolo county, where Daniel Archer purchased on Cache creek a partially improved tract of four hundred acres, which adjoins Madison. Subsequently Daniel Archer sold forty acres of this to the railroad for a town site. Upon completion of the Vacaville and Clear Lake Railroad through that section in 1876 land values rose rapidly and Madison soon became a commercial center of importance. Cottonwood being devoid of shipping facilities Madison secured the business which had formerly gone to Woodland. The Archers replaced their original buildings by more substantial structures, improving two places, one of which was occupied by John T. Archer, the other by his son Byron. Daniel Archer having retired from active duties in 1878 he lived retired from that time until his death, in 1902. In partnership John T. Archer and his son Byron are extensively engaged in raising hay and grain, using their own as well as rented land, besides which they have ninety acres in alfalfa. The land is well watered from the Consolidated ditch. They gather their crops with a Haines-Hauser combined harvester which has been operated by the family since 1892. Prior to this, in 1879, they purchased a portable barley roller, the first mill of that character ever operated in the county, and with this they ground their own as well as their neighbors' grain for feed. They own forty mules and thirty horses, and are extensively engaged in raising cattle and sheep. The marriage of John T. Archer, September 25, 1879, at Cacheville, united him with Miss Carrie Lippincott, who was born near Knights Landing, the daughter of Josiah R. and Sarah (Bower) Lippincott. The latter were natives of Ohio, from which state they came to California via Panama in 1858. On the farm on which they located near Knights Landing the father subsequently died, and the mother died at Cacheville. Of the eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Archer we mention the following: Daniel A. died when five months old; John Byron married Miss Lela Chinn, of Capay, and they have one child, Irma A.; Elwood is on the home place; Clayton H. married Adelphia Chandler, and they have two children, Herbert C. and John T.; Lowell Lippincott and Frank Edward, who are graduates of the Madison grammar school and the Capital City Commercial College, are interested in raising mules and hogs and are also working with the older brothers in their business; Ethel S. is now Mrs. D. H. Gilliam, and they reside near Madison with their, three children, Leona A., Mary C. and John Archer; Edna Mae is now Mrs. D. D. Russell, of Madison; Etoil E. is the wife of Aubrey Howard, of Woodland, and the mother of one child, Joyce B.; Ruth and Venus, who complete the family, are both at home. Elwood and Clayton H. Archer have been engaged in the butcher business for the past four years in partnership with their father, operating stores in Winters, Esparto, Madison, Guinda and Capay, and in connection with operating their stores they also buy and sell livestock extensively. As citizens of progressive spirit and exceptional business ability Mr. Archer and his sons fully merit the wide esteem which they enjoy. The elder Mr. Archer has always been a stanch Republican and he and his family are active members of the Christian Church at Madison and liberal supporters of all movements that tend to uplift the morals and enhance the interests of the county in which they live. John T. Archer's brother, Edward H. Archer, is serving efficiently as surveyor general of the port of San Francisco, to which office he was appointed by President Taft and is known as a man of honor and high principles. Additional Comments: Extracted from HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA WITH Biographical Sketches OF The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development From the Early Days to the Present HISTORY BY TOM GREGORY AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913] File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/yolo/bios/archer137gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 5.2 Kb