In 1930, Albert Archer lived with his elderly parents and two siblings on the family farm near Sumemrfield in Stock Twp., Noble County, Ohio. Albert worked outside the home as an engineer in a lumber mill.
Albert and his wife had no children.
Obituary Source: Marietta Times . . Marietta OH . . Jan 2002
ZANESVILLE - Eunice Horton Archer, 99, of The Helen Purcell Home, formerly of Carlisle, Ohio, died Saturday (Jan. 5, 2002) at the home.
She was born Dec. 28, 1902, near Carlisle, Stock Township, to Richard W. and Mary Ida Spangler Horton. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church in Carlisle.She is survived by four nieces, Dorothea Upshaw and Hilda P. Swick, both of Carlisle, Loretta Jo Adams of Willowick, Ohio, and Margy Kunesh of Dayton; and one nephew, Richard Horton of Dayton.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert Archer, who died Feb. 19, 1983; her parents; two brothers, M. Paul Horton and Joseph E. Horton; and two nephews, Richard W. Horton and Charles E. Horton.
Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Michael Catholic Church in Carlisle with the Rev. Samuel R. Saprano as celebrant. Burial is in Archer Cemetery near Carlisle. Friends will be received at the church for one hour prior to the service.
Arrangements by Brubach-Watters Funeral Home in Summerfield
From death certificate:
Name: Richard Wales Horton
Residence: Berne, Noble County, Ohio
Age: 83 years 2 months 16 days
Birth: 09 Nov 1860, Noble Co., Ohio
Occupation: Lawyer
Marital status: Married
Spouse: Mary Ida Horton
Father: Moses Ireland Horton, Noble Co., Ohio
Mother: Elizabeth Oshel, Monroe Co., Ohio
Informant: Eunice Horton, Berne, Ohio [daughter]
From The Zanesville Times Recorder, 7 Jul 1939:
Mrs. Ida Harton and daughter Eunice and granddaughter Rita Joe Harton were
dinner guests Tuesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Warner [of Berne].
Clyde Archer was a resident of Parkersburg, WV at the time of his father's death in 1931.
Walter Archer was a resident of Marietta, Ohio at the time of his mother's death in 1933.
Abraham and Mary (Stottsberry) Archer moved to Rockport, Wood Co., West Virginia.
Sources conflict on surname: Mary's great-grand-niece says that the name was Stottsberry. Dolores Snider, citing church records, give the name as Stotteberry.
The 1860 census lists a 5 year old Cynthia J. Bates in the household of Joseph and Emily (?) Bates in Stock Twp., Noble County, Ohio (page 126, lines 25-34). It is not known if this is the same person as the wife of Michael Archer.
Records conflict on spelling of surname.
Stow -- 1880 census
Stowe -- Caldwell Citizens' Press, 29 Dec 1881In 1880, James (30) and Emeline (29) Stow lived in Center Twp., Noble Co., OH with their son Simon (2), and an unmarried farm hand named Tucker Keller (26). No occupation is listed for either James or Emeline. (For most other households on the page, the husband is "farmer" and the wife "keeps house.") The census states that James Stow's parents were born in Pennsylvania. Adjacent farms in the census were those of Peter Kirkbride and William Brothers. James' father-in-law, Simon Archer, lived four households away.
The following notice appeared in the "Fulda Locals" section of The Caldwell Citizens' Press on 29 Dec 1881:
Emmeline Stowe, of Center township, was adjuuged insane December 20th,
upon the testimony of W. Stowe. B. F. Young, and David Donaldson and
the medical certificate of Dr. D. H. Taylor. She is the daughter of Simon
Archer. The papers were transmitted.