Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Archer, James 1827 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   James Archer, farmer, Newtown, was born where he lives, in Richland township,
February 9, 1827, and was the youngest child and only son of his parents. These,
Samuel and. Jane (Elliott) Archer, were married December 16, 1824. His father
was first married to Elizabeth Griffith, by whom he had three daughters. His
mother's first husband was James Steele. In 1826 his parents left Dayton, Ohio,
and, coming here, entered the land upon which Mr. Archer now resides. This
comprised three tracts, aggregating 240 acres, described as follows: N. E. 1/4
Sec. 18 and E. 1/2 S. W. 1/4 Sec. 19, T. 20, R. 6. The paternal head of the
family did not long survive his settlement and brief period of usefulness, for
in August, 1830, he was stricken by disease and died. He was a man whom the
community could ill afford to lose in its early infancy. He surveyed nearly all
this region of country. He was the second justice of the peace in Richland
township, and county commissioner at his death. Mr. Archer's mother died in
1867. He has always lived on his native homestead. He was first married to Ann
Rivers, September 19, 1850. She had two infants, which lived but a little time,
and she herself departed this life September 21, 1853. On May 25, 1854, he was
again married, this time to Miss Harriet Ray. The fruit of this union is one
child, Charles, born December 13, 1857. They have raised William A. Lawson, son
of other parents, since he was fifteen months old. He was born November 27,
1854. Mr. and Mrs. Archer are members of the New Light church of ten years'
standing. He owns 181 acres, about half being plow-land and the rest woodland
and pasture, worth $7,000. He is a republican.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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