Selected Families and Individuals

Notes


Andrew McEntee

According to the 1900 census, the father of Rose Archer McEntee's children was a native of Ohio. The 1920 census states that the father was Irish.


Rose Mary Archer

In 1900, 35 year old widowed Rosa Archer McEntee lived in her parents' home with her two sons Edward (10) and Thomas (8).

At the time of the 1920 census, Rose M. McCarter (sic) lived with her son Edward B. (29), and her widowed sister Lucy Danforth, in the home of their elderly father, Sebastian Archer (75) in Woodsfield Village, Monroe County, Ohio. The census states that Rose was a nurse who worked at home.

From the “Woodsfield Briefs” column of the Zanesville Times Recorder on 23 Jan 1926:
Mrs. Rose McEntee has returned from a three week’s visit
with her sister, Mrs. Thurman Smith at Caldwell.

Rosa Archer McEntee’s obituary was published in the Zanesville Signal on 11 Jun 1940:
McENTEE RITES WEDNESDAY
WOODSFIELD - Funeral services will be held Wednesday
morning at 9:30 o’clock at St. Sylvester Church in Woodsfield,
for Mrs. Rosa McEntee, who died at her home Sunday afternoon
following an extended illness. Rev. C. J. Finan of Burkhart will
be in charge of the services. Burial will be made in the church
cemetery.
Surviving are one son, Edward B. McEntee, a patient in the
Veterans hospital, Chillicothe; two sisters, Mrs. Lucy Danford of
the home and Mrs. Thurman Smith of Caldwell; four brothers,
Andrew Archer, Youngstown; Urban Archer Somerset, and
Thomas W. Archer of Wilmington, Del. There are also a num-
ber of nieces and nephews.
Mrs. McEntee was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Sebastian Archer. A son, Thomas, died several years ago.


Edward B. McEntee

In 1920, Edward B.McCarter (sic) lived with his widowed mother, aunt and grandparents in Woodsfield, Ohio. Edward, who was divorced, was employed as a stationery engineer.

From death certificate:
Name: Edward B. McEntee
Residence: Woodsfield, Monroe Co., OH
Age: 58 years 5 months 29 days
Occupation: Engineer
Birth: 3 May 1890. Ohio
Marital status: Single
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown
Informant: I. R. Bader, Vet. Admin Hosp. Chillicothe, O.

According to his death certificate, Edward McEntee was a veteran of World War I who had been a patient of the Veterans Hospital in Chillicothe for 20 years.


Edward Purcell Archer

In 1900, Purcell E. Archer (29 - Mar 1871) rented a home in Carlisle, Stock Twp., Noble Co., Ohio. Living with him were his wife, Teresa (25 - Feb 1875), infant daughter Clotilda E. (2 mos. - Mar 1900), and widowed mother-in-law, Amelia Raab (60 - Jan 1840). According to the census, everyone in the household was a native of Ohio except Amelia, who was German. Purcell was employed as a miller, like his brother and father who lived nearby.

By 1910, the family had moved to a home on Malaga Street in Lewisville in Summit Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. Members of the household were Edward P. Archer (39), his wife of 11 years, Teresa (34), their daughters, Clotilda (10), Amelia (8), Georgiana (6), Marcella (4), Magdeline (3), and Delores (2). The oldest two girls attended school. Also living in the house were Teresa's unmarried sister Philomena Raab (31) and their widowed mother, Amelia Raab (69). Everyone in the household was a native of Ohio except Amelia. The census states that Teresa Archer had given birth to 6 children, all of whom were still living in 1910. Edward Archer was a self-employed flour miller who owned his home free and clear. He had been out of work 20 weeks during the previous year.

At the time of the 1920 census, 48 year old Edward P. Aacrcher (sic) and his family still lived in the village of Lewisville. The household consisted of Edward, his wife Tricia (44), children Clostilda (19), Emelia (18), Georgeanna (16), Marcella (14), Magdaline (13), Dolores (11), Joseph A. (9), Lucy (7) and John E. (1 yr 11 mos.). Georgeanna, Marcella, Magdaline, Dolores, Joseph and Lucy attended school. Everyone in the home was a native of Ohio. According to the census, Edward's father and mother were from Ohio and Ireland, respectively. Teresa's parents were German. Edward was a self-employed miller.

He was still living in Lewisville, Ohio at the time of his father's death in 1922.

In 1930, Purcell Archer (59) and his wife Thresa (58) owned a home worth $1900 in Lewisville, where they lived with their children Joseph A. (19), Lucy (17) and John E. (12). Lucy and John attended school. Purcell was the proprietor of a feed store, and Joseph was a salesman in a feed store. Everyone in the home was born in Ohio, as were Purcell's parents. Thresa's parents natives of Germany, according to the census. Like most of their neighbors, the Archer family did not own a radio set.

The following note appeared in an article about goings-on in Lewisville published in the Zanesville Signal on 14 May 1942:
VISIT HERE
LEWISVILLE - Those spending Mother’s day with Mr. and Mrs. E. P.
Archer and son Joe were Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Burkhardt, Nancy, Camilla,
Sara, and Mollie Kay Burkhardt, Mr. and Mrs. Forest Stiers, Dolly Ann
and Danny Burkhart (sic), all of Zanesville, Mrs. Pete Burkhardt, Sue, Clara,
Patricia, Regina and Larry Burkhardt, of Woodsfield.

Edward Archer’s obituary appeared in the Zanesville Times Recorder on 11 Apr 1944:
E. P. ARCHER, IS SUMMONED
E. P. Archer, 73, died at 8 o’clock Monday morning at his home in Lewisville.
He had been in poor health for about one year.
Mr. Archer had been in a miller in Summerfield and Lewisville for 40 years.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Theresa Archer of the home; seven daughters,
Mrs. Clo Wagner of Eastman street, Zanesville, Mrs. Amelia Burkhart, Neil avenue,
Zanesville; Mrs. Georgiana Stiers, Forest avenue, Zanesville; Mrs. Marcella Burk-
hard, Woodsfield; Miss Madge Archer, Miami, Fla.; Mrs. Delores McIlvoy, New
Lexington; and Mrs. Lucy Block of Youngstown; two sons, Joseph Archer an
instructor in the air force, Terre haute, Ind., and John Archer, who is serving with
the army in the South Pacific; two brothers, Andrew of Youngstown, and Thomas
of Wilmington, Del.; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Lucy Danford of
Caldwell.
Funeral services will be held at 10 o’clock thursday morning at St. Joseph church
in Burkhart, with Fr. Joseph Finan officiating. The Brubaugh (sic) funeral home of
Summerfield is in charge of the arrangements.


Magdelene Philomena Archer

Madge lived in Miami, FL at the time of her father's death in 1944, and in Burbank, CA in 1966. She was not married.


John Edward Archer

John Archer’s obituary was published in the Zanesville Times Recorder on 30 Jul 1966:
John E. Archer, 48, of 7418 Pearl road, Cleveland, died at 11:15 a.m. Friday (July 29) at Good Samaritan hospital where he had been a patient three weeks. He was the brother of two Zanesville women.
Born in Lewisville, Monroe County, on Jan 26, 1918, he was a son of Edward P. and Theresa Raab Archer. He was an engineer at a Standard Oil Co. refinery in Cleveland. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Cleveland, and served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Surviving are six sisters, Mrs. Dale Wagner of 1246 Eastman street, Mrs. A. W. Burkhard of 2015 Neil avenue, Mrs. Forest Stiers of Dayton, Mrs. P. A. Burkhard of Woodsfield, Miss Nagdalin (sic) Archer of Burbank, Calif., and Mrs. J. C. Block of Springfield Ore.; a brother, J. A. Archer of Greencastle, Ind. and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call after 7 p.m. Saturday at Hillis Funeral Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. (EST) Monday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church at Lewisville in Monroe County. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Lewisville. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.


Charles W. Danford

Sources conflict on date of birth:
Nov 1871 -- 1900 census
12 Mar 1872 -- death certificate

Charles Danford poisoned himself with carbolic acid. His death certificate lists his occupation as "merchant."


Lucy Archer

In 1920, widow Lucy Archer (46) lived with her widowed sister, Rose, at the home of her father, Sebastian Archer in Woodsfield Village. Lucy was not employed outside the home.

Living in Caldwell, OH in 1944.

Lucy Archer Danford’s obituary was published in the Zanesville Times Recorder on 28 Mar 1961:
CALDWELL - Mrs. Lucy Danford, 88, of Caldwell died at 8 a.m.
Monday [27 Mar 1961] at the home of a niece, Mrs. Carolyn Wycoff
of Belford street. She had been ill several weeks.
She was born Oct. 3, 1872 at East Union, a daughter of Sebastian
and Ellen McGovern Archer. Her husband, Charles, died in 1913. She
was a member of St. Philomena Catholic Church.
Surviving are several nieces and nephews. Five brothers and two
sisters are deceased.
Friends may call the Estadt funeral home 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Tuesday.
The Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The body will be taken
to the St. Sylvester Catholic Church at Woodsfield for services at 10 a.m.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.


Urban William Archer

Twenty-three year old Urban Archer lived with several siblings in his parents' household at the time of the 1900 census. He was employed as a teacher.

In 1910, Urban W. Archer (33) and his wife Bernice (30) rented a home at 142 E. Sixth St., Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. Living with them were their children Raphael H. (7), Carolin E. (5) and Ellen C. (2). Bernice had also given birth to a child who died before 1910. Only Raphael attended school. Urban was employed as a retail furniture merchant.

On 12 Sep 1918, 41 year old Urban William Archer of Somerset, Perry County, Ohio registered for the US military draft. He gave his date of birth as Jan. 6, 1877. He was a self-employed furniture dealer. His nearest relative was Bernice H. Archer, also of Somerset. Urban was described as being tall and slender with blue eyes and black hair.

At the time of the 1920 census, Urban W. Archer (43) pwned a home on Columbus St. in Reading Twp., Perry County, Ohio with his wife Bernice (40) and children Raphael (17), Carolyn (14), Ellen (12), Meribah R. (9), Phillip (6), and David W. (1 yr 2 mos.). All of the children except David attended school. Urban worked as a retail furniture merchant.

Urban lived in Somerset, Ohio at the time of his father's death in 1922.

In 1930, Urban W. Archer (53) owned a home worth $7500 on South Columbus Street in Reading Twp. Urban was a self-employed furniture merchant. Other members of the household were his wife, Bernice A. (50), sons J. Philip (16) and Danie W. (11) and daughter Mary A. (9).

Urban Archer’s obituary appeared in the Zanesville Times Recorder on 9 Feb 1944:
U. W. ARCHER OF SOMERSET CALLED
U. W. Archer, 67, of Somerset, prominent Perry county civic leader,
died suddenly Tuesday afternoon of a heart attack.
The deceased, a funeral director of Somerset and owner of a furniture
store there, was well known throughout this entire community. He served
as a member of the Perry county ration board and was a director of the
New Somerset bank. He was a native of Caldwell.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Bernice Archer; three sons, Daniel, who is
serving with the marines in the South Pacific; Raphael and Phillip of Cleve-
land; four daughters, Sister Mary Urban of Buffalo, N.Y., Sister Marilyn of
Stella Niagara, N.Y., Mrs. Joseph Weiland of Cleveland and Mrs. Ed Miller
of Zanesville; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Smith and Mrs. Lucy Danford of Caldwell;
three brothers, Thomas of Wilmington, Delaware, Andrew of Youngstown,
and Purcel of Lewisville.
The body was removed to the Birkimer funeral home in New Lexington.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.


Bernice A. Harris

In 1900, the census taker visited the Harris household on June 15, but the questions were asked regarding the people who lived in the home on June 1. According, Bernice Harris -- who married Urban Archer on June 6 of that year -- is enumerated in her parents' household, not her husbands'. Bernice was employed as a schoolteacher.

Bertha Harris Archer’s obituary appeared in the Zanesville Times Recorder on 14 Feb 1962:
MRS. URBAN ARCHER DIES AT AGE 82; WIDOW OF
SOMERSET FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Mrs. Urban W. Archer, 82, of Somerset, mother of Mrs.
Ed. Miller of 3215 Hilltop road, died in St. Anthony’s Hospital,
Columbus Tuesday morning following a long illness.
Mrs. Archer had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in
December 1956 and had been a patient at St. Anthony’s
for the past 32 months.
Her husband, who preceded her in death on Feb 8,
1944, was a longtime furniture store owner and funeral
director in Somerset.
The former Bernice Harris, Mrs. Archer was born in
Caldwell Sept. 5, 1879, a daughter of Samson and
Caroline Brown Harris.
She lived in Somerset for 50 years where she was a
member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church and its Altar Society.
Mrs. Archer was also a member of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, a charter member of the Catholic
Ladies of Columbus at Lancaster and held membership
in the Somerset chapter of the CLC.
She is survived in addition to the daughter Ellen, of
Hilltop road, but three other daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Carol)
Wesland of Strongsville, O., Sister Mary Urban of St. Louis,
Mo., and Sister Mary Marilyn of Buffalo, both member s of
the Sisters of St. Francis of Stella of Niagara N.Y.; three sons,
Raphael and Philip, both of Cleveland, and Daniel of Newark,
Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Daisy Martin of the Masonic Home at
Springfield and Mrs. Margaret McClarey of Leona, N.J., 14
grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
Two sisters and three brothers are deceased.
The body is at the Eagan-Ryan funeral home in Columbus.
On Thursday, the body will be taken to the Thomas funeral
home in Somerset where friends may call after noon.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday from Holy Trinity
Church with Burial will be in the church cemetery.


Meribah Archer

Entered the convent.


Daniel W. Archer

Called David in the 1920 census, Daniel in the 1930 census.


Mary A. Archer

Entered the convent.


Thomas Rosecrans Archer

Records conflict on date of birth: 1879 (Snider) vs. Jan 1880 (1900 census). In 1900, 20 year old Thomas Archer lived with his parents and several siblings. Thomas was employed as a salesman.

In 1920, unmarried Thomas R. Archer (40) was a lodger in a rooming house in Columbus, Ohio. He worked as a steam engineer for the State of Ohio.

Thomas Archer lived in Columbus, OH in 1922, according to his father's obituary.

At the time of the 1930 census, Thomas R. Archer (50) owned a home worth $9000 at 621 West 26th Street in the 9th Ward of Wilmington, Delaware. Living with him was his wife, Ethel B. (42). There were no children in the household. Thomas worked as a boiler inspector for the state of Delaware. He and Ethel were both natives of Ohio, as were Thomas' parents and Ethel's mother. Her father was English. Thomas and Ethel had been married about five years, according to the census.

On 27 Apr 1942, 62 year old Thomas Rosecrans Archer of 621 W. 26th St., Wilmington, Del. registered for the U.S. military draft. He stated that he was born in East Union, Noble Co., Ohio on Jan. 7, 1880. Thomas was an employee of the State of Delaware. The "person who will always know your address" was listed as Mrs. Ethel B. Archer of the same address. Thomas was described as being 5' 5", 140 lbs, bald, with brown eyes, a ruddy complexion and a mastoid scar near his right ear.

He was a resident of Wilmington, DE at the time of his brother Edward's death in 1944.


Thurman H. Smith

In 1910, Thurman Smith (32) and his wife Mary (28) rented a home on Armstrong (?) Mill Road in Beallsville Village, Sunsbury Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. The couple had been married for four years. Living with them were their two daughters, Pauline (3) and Margareite (1 yr 11 mos). Everyone in the household was a native of Ohio, as were their parents. Thurman was employed as a public school teacher.

By 1920, the family had moved to a rented house on South High St. in Woodsfield, in Center Twp., Monroe County, Ohio. The household consisted of Thurman H. Smith (40), his wife Mary A. (37), and children Pauline E. (13), Margaret B. (11), Dorothy C. (9), Caroline (7), Terrance (3)Thurman (3) and Mary K. (2). The four oldest girls attended school. Thurman was a public school teacher. Mary's father, Sebastian Archer, lived nearby.

In 1930, Thurman worked as a teacher in the penitentiary. The family owned a home worth $4500 at 527 Belford Street in Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio. The household consisted of Thurman (51), Mary J. (48), Marguerite (21), Carolyn (17), Thurman Jr. (14), Terance (14), and Kathleen (12). All of the children attended school except Marguerite, who was a public school teacher. The next house in the census belong to Amos W. Archer (47). The relationship (if any) between Mary Archer Smith and Amos Archer is not known.

From the Zanesville Signal, 25 Jan 1933:
PROBATE JUDGE GETS SCHOOL JOB
Caldwell, O., Jan 25 - At a meeting of the school board of
Dexter City, Frank Cox, Caldwell, whose term expires February
9, was hired to fill the vacancy in the Dexter City schools caused
by the resignation of Thurman Smith, Caldwell.
Judge Cox is a former school teacher and is highly qualified
to fill the position.

The following note appeared in the Personals column of the Zanesville Signal on 3 Jul 1933:
Caldwell - Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wycoff and daughter,
Zanesville, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Thurman Smith, Belford street.


Mary Jane Archer

From the “Woodsfield Briefs” column of the Zanesville Times Recorder on 23 Jan 1926:
Mrs. Rose McEntee has returned from a three week’s visit
with her sister, Mrs. Thurman Smith at Caldwell.

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Living in Caldwell, OH in 1944.


Marguerite B. Smith

From the Zanesville Signal, 7 Sep 1938:
NEW TEACHER IS HIRED AT CALDWELL
CALDWELL - Miss Marguerite Smith of Detroit, Mich., daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Smith of Caldwell, was hired by the Caldwell
board of education to teach in the Maple Heights school.
Miss Smith is a former teacher of the local schools but for the past
two years has been employed in Detroit.


Thurman Smith Jr.

A brief note from Caldwell in the Zanesville Times Recorder titled "Boy Scouts Organize" listed Thurman Smith as a member of the local Boy Scout organization.

From in the Zanesville Signal, 20 May 1941:
RETURNS GUILTY VERDICT
WOODSFIELD - The jury for the April term of Monroe county
common pleas court convened in the court house at Woodsfield
recently to hear the paternity case entitled Virginia Litman against
Thurman Smith. Judge J. G. Devaul presided. The jury returned
a verdict in favor of the plaintiff.

Thurman Smith was reported seriously wounded in Korea in September 1950, according to the Zanesville Times Recorder.


Sampson Harris

From http://www.geocities.com/theshawz_33/Harris3.html

Sampson Harris was born in Enoch Twp, Morgan Co. OH on August 19,
1841. He served in the Civil War and distinguished himself by winning a Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry at Vicksburg. There is a tree planted in his honor at Gettysburg. He enlisted in 1861, in Company K, Thirtieth Ohio volunteer infantry, where he served three years. He was in the Army of the Potomac until after the second battle of Bull Run and in the East participated in the battles of Second Bull Run, South Mountain, and Antietam. He was then transferred to the southwest, and there participated in the siege of Vicksburg, in which he was a member of the "forlorn party," a detachment detailed to build a bridge; eighty-five per cent of the hundred and fifty losing their lives; also in the battle at Jackson, Miss. He married Caroline Brown in Noble Co., OH, June 17,1866. Caroline was born c 1845. She was the daughter of James Brown and Hannah Marquis. After the war he farmed, having inherited the family homestead from his father George. Sampson and Caroline had 8 children: George, James, Meribah, Daisy, Eve, Bernice, Maggie & DeWitt. In 1900, Sampson Harris (58) owned a farm in Enoch Twp., Noble County, Ohio. He lived with his wife, Catherine (54), children Bernice (20), Maggie (18), and DeWitt (16); a boarder, Steven M. Archer (15), and a farm hand, Owen (?) Armstrong (21). Maggie, DeWitt and Steven attended school. The relationship between Steven Archer and Bernice Harris's future husband, Urban Archer, is not known. Sampson's father and mother were born in Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. Adjacent farms in the census belonged to William Scheetz and Joseph Heddleson.


Catherine Brown

Both of Catherine's parents were born in Ohio. By 1900, Catherine had given borth to 8 children, all of whom were still living at the time of the census.