Jefferson County IA Archives Biographies.....Archibald, Isaac October 24, 1836 - 
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Source: History of Jefferson County, Iowa
Author: Charles J. Fulton

From 'History of Jefferson County, Iowa' by Charles J. Fulton 1912

     ISAAC ARCHIBALD, a retired farmer now living in Glasgow, belongs to the 
rapidly thinning ranks of those who donned the blue and so valiantly defended 
the Union during the early '60s.  He was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, on 
the 24th of October, 1836, and is a son of Benjamin and Nancy (HALL) 
ARCHIBALD.  The parents were also natives of Ohio, where the father was 
employed on the river boats until 1847 when he removed to Iowa, locating in 
Jefferson county.  Upon his arrival here he settled on a hundred and sixty 
acres of land at Coal Port, Lockridge township, that he had subsequently 
purchased. But fifteen acres of this was cleared and after erecting such 
buildings as were essential for the immediate comfort of the family, he 
applied himself to clearing and operating his land.  He resided here for some 
time, then disposing of his property purchased an eighty-acre tract in Round 
Prairie township that he operated for a time.  This he also subsequently sold 
and went to Birmingham, where he lived for a year.  At the expiration of that 
time he bought a farm in Davis county, this state, that he improved and 
cultivated until his death in 1875.  The mother passed away in 1837, while the 
family were residents of Ohio.
     His introduction to the rudiments of English learning Isaac ARCHIBALD 
obtained in the common schools of his native state, where he spent the first 
eleven years of his life.  This was later supplemented by further study in the 
district schools of Jefferson county, which he attended until it was 
considered he had sufficient knowledge to enalbe him to assume the heavier 
responsibilities of life.  As he was a youth of eleven when he removed to the 
farm with his father, he was sufficiently developed to assist in the work of 
the fields and care of the stock, so by the time he had attained his maturity 
he was well qualified for the duties of an agriculturist.  He left home when 
he was twenty-one and went to work in a sawmill, remaining there one year.  At 
the end of that time he returned to country life in the capacity of a farm 
hand, following that occupation until 1862, when he enlisted in Company D, 
Thirty-sixth Iowa Volunteer Infantry.  He remained at the front from the 
period of his enlistment until the close of hostilities, then returned to Iowa 
and went to work on the railroad.  This work promised but a vague and 
unsatisfactory future, so he once more returned to agricultural pursuits, this 
time as a renter.  He continued to follow farming in this county until 1891, 
meeting with such lucrative returns form the tilling of his fields and stock-
raising that he was able to retire.  Removing to Glasgow he purchased a nice 
residence and an acre of ground, and is now enjoying the well earned rest made 
possible by the thrift and industry of his earlier years.
     On the 1st of January, 1868, Mr. ARCHIBALD was united in marriage to Miss 
Elizabeth PAXTON, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (FARLEY) PAXTON, the father 
a native of Indiana and the mother of Pennsylvania.  Mr. PAXTON came to Henry 
county, Iowa, in the early '50s and bought and improved a farm that he 
operated for a good many years.  The latter years of his life were spent in 
retirement in Rome, where he passed away in 1872.  The mother survived him 
until 1891.  Mr. PAXTON was another of those who responded to this country's 
call during the Civil war, by enlisting and going to the front where he 
remained until the restoration of peace.  Mr. and Mrs. ARCHIBALD were the 
parents of four children:  Cora B., the widow of Charles ANDERSON, who is 
living in Fairfield; Ross, who is now forty-one years of age and a resident of 
Burlington; Minnie L., twenty-seven years of age, the wife of Henry BARTIN, a 
farmer of Henry county; and Jesse M., who is thirty-two years of age, a 
resident of Oskaloosa, where he is following the barber trade.
     In matters of faith both Mr. and Mrs. ARCHIBALD are Methodist and 
politically he is a republican.......


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