Delaware County OhArchives Biographies.....Needles, Archibald August 5, 1800 - February 11, 1886
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Source: 1880 History of Delaware County Ohio
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Harlem Twp. - Archibald C. Needels[sic], Sr., farmer; P.O. Center Village; born 
Aug. 5, 1800, in the south part of Indiana; his father, John Needels[sic], was 
born in Sussex Co., Delaware, in September, 1779; from Delaware he went to 
Indiana when a young man, and there married Sarah Campbell in 1797, and, in 
1803, moved to Fairfield Co., Ohio, and bought fifty acres of land, on which he 
built a small cabin, and remained there several years; he then moved to 
Franklin; in 1812, while getting out timber to build a log house, he was hurt by 
a falling tree, from the effects of which he died in a short time, his death 
occurring during the total eclipse of the sun in the year 1812; he was a member 
of the M.E. Church; by his death, his wife was left alone with a number of small 
children (the oldest being only 14 years old), and in an almost destitute 
condition, though by hard work she raised her children, and lived to see them 
well settled; she died in 1847, in her 67th year; they had seven children, three 
of whom are still living - Nancy, born in July, 1802, and is now Mrs. Hudson, 
and lives in Auglaize Co., Ohio; Elijah, born in February, 1806, and living in 
Atchison Co., Mo. Our subject was the second child, and was 3 years old when his 
parents moved to Ohio, was 12 years old at his father's death, and worked for 
his mother until 1816; his work was mostly in timber, and, when 15 and 16 years 
old, would make his 200 rails a day from the stump; during his early life, wild 
game was plentiful, such as deer, turkeys, wolves, wild hogs, etc.; with one gun 
that he owned, he killed twenty-three deer, having killed as many as three a 
day, beside other game; when 16 years old, he commenced doing for himself, and, 
for seven years, he worked nine months during the year, and attended school 
three months. April 20, 1823, he was married to Nancy, daughter of J. and Rachel 
Kile, of Kentucky, where she was born in May, 1803; after his marriage, our 
subject remained in Franklin Co. two years, and then moved to Delaware Co.; 
March 23, 1825, he located on his present homestead, which was then covered with 
heavy timber; he bought 100 acres, and for it paid $150; he continued to add to 
it until he owned 400 acres, but during the panic of 1847, he lost about three 
quarters of his property, and, during the same year, he lost his wife; they had 
twelve children, three of whom died in childhood. Sept. 25, 1848, he married his 
present wife, Julia A., daughter of Benson and Annie E. Wilmoth, of Union Co., 
where Mrs. Needels[sic] was born Jan. 6, 1829; her mother died when she was 
quite young; her father married again, and at 10 years of age she left home and 
supported herself until her marriage to the subject; by his last wife he has had 
fourteen children; seven of them died in childhood; Mr. Needles is the father of 
twenty-six children; 12 of them are now living; though he lost the most of his 
property in 1847, he had accumulated until he now owns 325 acres of good land 
with a good farm, residence, barns, sheds, etc., also had several tenement 
houses on his land; he also has his farm well-stocked with cattle, hogs and 
sheep; in addition to what he now owns, he has given his first wife's children 
property, either in land or money, all of which he has made by hard work, never 
having had any money or property given him, and though 80 years old, he is yet 
as active in business and work as men usually at 60; Mr. Needels[sic] cast his 
first vote for Andrew Jackson, and continued to vote with the Democratic party 
until 1840; since that time has been with the Republican party; has held the 
position of Trustee and other Township offices, and was Supervisor at the time 
of locating and working many of the public roads; he was a member of the M.E. 
Church for eighteen years and was class-leader in that body.

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