Member-Co A, 93rd Illinois Infantry
George Lester Archer, born August 1, 1844 (which is different from the date on the memorial) in Huron, Wayne Co., N.Y. was the son of John Archer an Irish Immigrant and Mary (Polly) Bouton, a descendant of French Huguenots who arrived in New England in 1635.
On August 1, 1866,George was married to Agusta Linnette Whitehead, daughter of Ira L. Whitehead and Mary S. Carpenter of Galena, Ohio.
They had two children, namely John L. Archer and Mary Louella (Mamie) Archer.
On October 27, 1895, George Lester Archer, Civil War veteran, homesteader, sod buster and Nebraska pioneer, died. He was laid to rest in Pleasant Plain Cemetery.
Mary Louella Archer (mother of the author of the article) married Frederick Dwight Chapin on March 29, 1887. They had four children- George, born 1888; William Calvin, born 1890; Grace Louella, born 1892 and Martha, born 1894. This made up a warm and happy family until 1897, when the diphtheria epidemic struck and Mary lost her husband, Frederick, and two children, namely George and Martha, to the dreaded disease.
In June, 1900, Mary met and married Charles Augustus Carpenter, who fathered the four Carpenter kids, namely: Archer Bernard, born in Bruning, 1901; Ruth Sarah, born in Minneapolis, 1903; Carl Augustus, born in Minneapolis, 1905 and Marion Sargent (Jack) born at Hebron, Nebraska on 23 November, 1907.
From an article written by M. S. "Jack" Carpenter, grandson of George Archer
George Lester Archer, born August 1, 1844 (which is different from the date on the memorial) in Huron, Wayne Co., N.Y. was the son of John Archer an Irish Immigrant and Mary (Polly) Bouton, a descendant of French Huguenots who arrived in New England in 1635.
On August 1, 1866,George was married to Agusta Linnette Whitehead, daughter of Ira L. Whitehead and Mary S. Carpenter of Galena, Ohio.
They had two children, namely John L. Archer and Mary Louella (Mamie) Archer.
On October 27, 1895, George Lester Archer, Civil War veteran, homesteader, sod buster and Nebraska pioneer, died. He was laid to rest in Pleasant Plain Cemetery.
Mary Louella Archer (mother of the author of the article) married Frederick Dwight Chapin on March 29, 1887. They had four children- George, born 1888; William Calvin, born 1890; Grace Louella, born 1892 and Martha, born 1894. This made up a warm and happy family until 1897, when the diphtheria epidemic struck and Mary lost her husband, Frederick, and two children, namely George and Martha, to the dreaded disease.
In June, 1900, Mary met and married Charles Augustus Carpenter, who fathered the four Carpenter kids, namely: Archer Bernard, born in Bruning, 1901; Ruth Sarah, born in Minneapolis, 1903; Carl Augustus, born in Minneapolis, 1905 and Marion Sargent (Jack) born at Hebron, Nebraska on 23 November, 1907.
From an article written by M. S. "Jack" Carpenter, grandson of George Archer
Member-Co A, 93rd Illinois Infantry
George Lester Archer, born August 1, 1844 (which is different from the date on the memorial) in Huron, Wayne Co., N.Y. was the son of John Archer an Irish Immigrant and Mary (Polly) Bouton, a descendant of French Huguenots who arrived in New England in 1635.
On August 1, 1866,George was married to Agusta Linnette Whitehead, daughter of Ira L. Whitehead and Mary S. Carpenter of Galena, Ohio.
They had two children, namely John L. Archer and Mary Louella (Mamie) Archer.
On October 27, 1895, George Lester Archer, Civil War veteran, homesteader, sod buster and Nebraska pioneer, died. He was laid to rest in Pleasant Plain Cemetery.
Mary Louella Archer (mother of the author of the article) married Frederick Dwight Chapin on March 29, 1887. They had four children- George, born 1888; William Calvin, born 1890; Grace Louella, born 1892 and Martha, born 1894. This made up a warm and happy family until 1897, when the diphtheria epidemic struck and Mary lost her husband, Frederick, and two children, namely George and Martha, to the dreaded disease.
In June, 1900, Mary met and married Charles Augustus Carpenter, who fathered the four Carpenter kids, namely: Archer Bernard, born in Bruning, 1901; Ruth Sarah, born in Minneapolis, 1903; Carl Augustus, born in Minneapolis, 1905 and Marion Sargent (Jack) born at Hebron, Nebraska on 23 November, 1907.
From an article written by M. S. "Jack" Carpenter, grandson of George Archer
George Lester Archer, born August 1, 1844 (which is different from the date on the memorial) in Huron, Wayne Co., N.Y. was the son of John Archer an Irish Immigrant and Mary (Polly) Bouton, a descendant of French Huguenots who arrived in New England in 1635.
On August 1, 1866,George was married to Agusta Linnette Whitehead, daughter of Ira L. Whitehead and Mary S. Carpenter of Galena, Ohio.
They had two children, namely John L. Archer and Mary Louella (Mamie) Archer.
On October 27, 1895, George Lester Archer, Civil War veteran, homesteader, sod buster and Nebraska pioneer, died. He was laid to rest in Pleasant Plain Cemetery.
Mary Louella Archer (mother of the author of the article) married Frederick Dwight Chapin on March 29, 1887. They had four children- George, born 1888; William Calvin, born 1890; Grace Louella, born 1892 and Martha, born 1894. This made up a warm and happy family until 1897, when the diphtheria epidemic struck and Mary lost her husband, Frederick, and two children, namely George and Martha, to the dreaded disease.
In June, 1900, Mary met and married Charles Augustus Carpenter, who fathered the four Carpenter kids, namely: Archer Bernard, born in Bruning, 1901; Ruth Sarah, born in Minneapolis, 1903; Carl Augustus, born in Minneapolis, 1905 and Marion Sargent (Jack) born at Hebron, Nebraska on 23 November, 1907.
From an article written by M. S. "Jack" Carpenter, grandson of George Archer
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