Quincy Moran Archer was born March 9, 1879 near Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas to his parents, Thomas Jefferson Archer and Martha Jane Stewart Archer. He was a very brilliant youth who was predicted to go far in life. When his father, entered the ministry, he and his brothers helped their mother carry on with the farm work. In 1900, he filed for homestead in Rogers Mills County, Oklahoma. He was very proud of his own 160 acres and the farm pond he had built to provide stock water for his herd. Yet, it was the farm pond and the livestock that turned the fortune of this enterprising young man to one of disaster. The winters were cold in western Oklahoma and the pond would freeze over so that Quincy had to go and chop the ice to enable the livestock to drink.
It was on one of these errands when a covey of quails flew up, frightened the horse that Quincy was riding. The horse threw Quincy against the frozen ice and his head hit a tree stump. He suffered with head injuries and was in a coma for a period of time. A few years later, Quincy became violent and was committed to the state hospital for the mentally ill. He was admitted to Central State Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma and then transferred to Fort Supply. He was very strong and the supervisors at Fort Supply commented on his manners and willingness to work hard.
His brother-in-law, Albert Wayland went to see him in 1942 after his mother died. Quincy was chopping wood. He recognized Albert and they visited some little time. Albert said he did not tell him his mother was dead but he sensed that Quincy knew it or he would have inquired about her. Throughout his stay at the institution, Quincy periodically came home to see his mother. He never left the institution after that time. Quincy died at the sanitarium on the 29th of January 1961 and is interred in a burial plot there.
(excerpt from Descendants of Josh Stewart and Polly Stutzman, Leila Evett)
It was on one of these errands when a covey of quails flew up, frightened the horse that Quincy was riding. The horse threw Quincy against the frozen ice and his head hit a tree stump. He suffered with head injuries and was in a coma for a period of time. A few years later, Quincy became violent and was committed to the state hospital for the mentally ill. He was admitted to Central State Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma and then transferred to Fort Supply. He was very strong and the supervisors at Fort Supply commented on his manners and willingness to work hard.
His brother-in-law, Albert Wayland went to see him in 1942 after his mother died. Quincy was chopping wood. He recognized Albert and they visited some little time. Albert said he did not tell him his mother was dead but he sensed that Quincy knew it or he would have inquired about her. Throughout his stay at the institution, Quincy periodically came home to see his mother. He never left the institution after that time. Quincy died at the sanitarium on the 29th of January 1961 and is interred in a burial plot there.
(excerpt from Descendants of Josh Stewart and Polly Stutzman, Leila Evett)
Quincy Moran Archer was born March 9, 1879 near Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas to his parents, Thomas Jefferson Archer and Martha Jane Stewart Archer. He was a very brilliant youth who was predicted to go far in life. When his father, entered the ministry, he and his brothers helped their mother carry on with the farm work. In 1900, he filed for homestead in Rogers Mills County, Oklahoma. He was very proud of his own 160 acres and the farm pond he had built to provide stock water for his herd. Yet, it was the farm pond and the livestock that turned the fortune of this enterprising young man to one of disaster. The winters were cold in western Oklahoma and the pond would freeze over so that Quincy had to go and chop the ice to enable the livestock to drink.
It was on one of these errands when a covey of quails flew up, frightened the horse that Quincy was riding. The horse threw Quincy against the frozen ice and his head hit a tree stump. He suffered with head injuries and was in a coma for a period of time. A few years later, Quincy became violent and was committed to the state hospital for the mentally ill. He was admitted to Central State Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma and then transferred to Fort Supply. He was very strong and the supervisors at Fort Supply commented on his manners and willingness to work hard.
His brother-in-law, Albert Wayland went to see him in 1942 after his mother died. Quincy was chopping wood. He recognized Albert and they visited some little time. Albert said he did not tell him his mother was dead but he sensed that Quincy knew it or he would have inquired about her. Throughout his stay at the institution, Quincy periodically came home to see his mother. He never left the institution after that time. Quincy died at the sanitarium on the 29th of January 1961 and is interred in a burial plot there.
(excerpt from Descendants of Josh Stewart and Polly Stutzman, Leila Evett)
It was on one of these errands when a covey of quails flew up, frightened the horse that Quincy was riding. The horse threw Quincy against the frozen ice and his head hit a tree stump. He suffered with head injuries and was in a coma for a period of time. A few years later, Quincy became violent and was committed to the state hospital for the mentally ill. He was admitted to Central State Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma and then transferred to Fort Supply. He was very strong and the supervisors at Fort Supply commented on his manners and willingness to work hard.
His brother-in-law, Albert Wayland went to see him in 1942 after his mother died. Quincy was chopping wood. He recognized Albert and they visited some little time. Albert said he did not tell him his mother was dead but he sensed that Quincy knew it or he would have inquired about her. Throughout his stay at the institution, Quincy periodically came home to see his mother. He never left the institution after that time. Quincy died at the sanitarium on the 29th of January 1961 and is interred in a burial plot there.
(excerpt from Descendants of Josh Stewart and Polly Stutzman, Leila Evett)
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