Newton Co., IN Biography

Newton County, Washington Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper and Newton Counties, 1883

   JAMES ARCHIBALD was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, January 22,
1819. He is the son of Robert and Elizabeth (McCormick) Archibald, who
were born in Pennsylvania.  His grandfather on his father's side was a 
Revolutionary soldier.  In 1832, he came with his parents to Tippecanoe
County, Indiana, where his father bought a farm, upon which James was 
employed part of the time, attending school until about seventeen, when
he worked steadily at farming until March 1845, when he married Sallie
Johnson, a native of Clinton County, Ohio.  Her parents were early
settlers of Tippecanoe County, Indiana. 
   Ten children were born to them--Mary F. (deceased), Amanda, Zella,
Pierce, Jasper, Floriene, Laura, Mira, and an infant girl, deceased.
   He had purchased several hundred acres of land from the Government 
in Section 6, Washington Township, and in 1854 took up his residence
there, farming and raising stock.  He has been Township Trustee.
   At present he has about 500 acres under cultivation, and 600 mostly
in pasture.  He keeps about sixty head of cattle, some hogs, and is 
a general farmer and stock dealer.  In politics, he is a Republican.  
He has been a member of the Christian Church since 1842.



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