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Jocephus Cephus Archer

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Jocephus Cephus Archer

Birth
Summerfield, Noble County, Ohio, USA
Death
4 Dec 1922 (aged 74)
Hemlock, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Silverton, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA
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J. Cephus Archer, aged seventy-four years, a native of Noble County and a veteran of the Civil War, died December 5th at his home at Ravenswood, W. Va. He was born on a farm in the eastern part of Noble County in the year 1848. The deceased was the oldest of six children and when he was thirteen years of age his mother died and at the age of fifteen years he ran away from home and entered the Union army, becoming a member of Company I, 20th O. V. I., which was one of General Sherman's fighting companies. He was in the engagements at Kenesaw Mountain and at Atlanta, Georgia. He was close to where General James. B. McPherson was killed and saw the General's horse running back with the empty saddle after he had fallen. He was with Sherman on his famous march from Atlanta to the sea and up through the Carolinas and was in the grand review of Washington City in May 1865. He was a member of the United Brethren church and was a man of an exemplary character. The deceased will be remembered by many of the older residents of Noble County.

Journal Leader (Caldwell, Ohio) Dec. 27, 1922


1st wife Pearcy Elizabeth Capell

married Dec. 24, 1876, Noble Co., OH


2nd wife Jemina Murphy

married July 7, 1888, Roane Co., WV

J. Cephus Archer, aged seventy-four years, a native of Noble County and a veteran of the Civil War, died December 5th at his home at Ravenswood, W. Va. He was born on a farm in the eastern part of Noble County in the year 1848. The deceased was the oldest of six children and when he was thirteen years of age his mother died and at the age of fifteen years he ran away from home and entered the Union army, becoming a member of Company I, 20th O. V. I., which was one of General Sherman's fighting companies. He was in the engagements at Kenesaw Mountain and at Atlanta, Georgia. He was close to where General James. B. McPherson was killed and saw the General's horse running back with the empty saddle after he had fallen. He was with Sherman on his famous march from Atlanta to the sea and up through the Carolinas and was in the grand review of Washington City in May 1865. He was a member of the United Brethren church and was a man of an exemplary character. The deceased will be remembered by many of the older residents of Noble County.

Journal Leader (Caldwell, Ohio) Dec. 27, 1922


1st wife Pearcy Elizabeth Capell

married Dec. 24, 1876, Noble Co., OH


2nd wife Jemina Murphy

married July 7, 1888, Roane Co., WV

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