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William Francis Archer

Birth
Texas, USA
Death
13 Feb 1925 (aged 50)
Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Dyer, Gibson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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William Archer's grave is not on the Mt. Olive Cemetery reading so there is, more than likely, no stone in the cemetery. The memorial was created after a newspaper article about Will Archer's death was posted to the Life in Yorkville Facebook Page:

"Mr. Will Archer Dies In Blythesville, Ark.

Mr. Will Archer, age 50 years, died at this home in Blythesville, Ark. Feb. 13th, 1925, and was brought to Dyer for burial Sunday night. The body was laid to rest in the Mt. Olive Cemetery Monday, following funeral services conducted by Rev. J. M. Kendall.
Mr. Archer was a former resident of the Neboville community, having left there some seven years ago for Blythesville. He has many relatives and friends in this section who extend sympathy to the bereaved family.
He leaves a wife and two children besides a host of other relatives and friends.
He was related to Mrs. P. L. Draper of Dyer, in whose home the body remained Sunday night."
19 FEBRUARY 1925-DYER REPORTER

The date of Will's birth is from his WWI Draft registration. Other information given: William Francis Archer was farming in Douglas, Pemiscot, Missouri on 17 September 1918. He listed his wife as Lena Bell Archer. He was tall, slender, with light hair and brown eyes.

The only census thus far found is the 1 January 1920 Bythesville, Ward 1, Mississippi, Arkansas census that lists William F., age 44, Texas; Lena B, age 34, Tennessee; Gerald T, age 10, Tennessee; and Wilbur R, age 4 3/12 of Tennessee. William F. was listed as a house painter.

Will Archer and Lena Thomas were married in Gibson County, Tennessee on 13 January 1907 according to the Tennessee marriage records posted on Ancestry.

Notes: Mrs. P.L. Draper was Addie Thomas Draper the sister to Lena Bell Thomas Archer. The 1900 District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee census showed Lena living in the household of Addie.
Neboville is a small community in Gibson County, Tennessee.

William Archer's grave is not on the Mt. Olive Cemetery reading so there is, more than likely, no stone in the cemetery. The memorial was created after a newspaper article about Will Archer's death was posted to the Life in Yorkville Facebook Page:

"Mr. Will Archer Dies In Blythesville, Ark.

Mr. Will Archer, age 50 years, died at this home in Blythesville, Ark. Feb. 13th, 1925, and was brought to Dyer for burial Sunday night. The body was laid to rest in the Mt. Olive Cemetery Monday, following funeral services conducted by Rev. J. M. Kendall.
Mr. Archer was a former resident of the Neboville community, having left there some seven years ago for Blythesville. He has many relatives and friends in this section who extend sympathy to the bereaved family.
He leaves a wife and two children besides a host of other relatives and friends.
He was related to Mrs. P. L. Draper of Dyer, in whose home the body remained Sunday night."
19 FEBRUARY 1925-DYER REPORTER

The date of Will's birth is from his WWI Draft registration. Other information given: William Francis Archer was farming in Douglas, Pemiscot, Missouri on 17 September 1918. He listed his wife as Lena Bell Archer. He was tall, slender, with light hair and brown eyes.

The only census thus far found is the 1 January 1920 Bythesville, Ward 1, Mississippi, Arkansas census that lists William F., age 44, Texas; Lena B, age 34, Tennessee; Gerald T, age 10, Tennessee; and Wilbur R, age 4 3/12 of Tennessee. William F. was listed as a house painter.

Will Archer and Lena Thomas were married in Gibson County, Tennessee on 13 January 1907 according to the Tennessee marriage records posted on Ancestry.

Notes: Mrs. P.L. Draper was Addie Thomas Draper the sister to Lena Bell Thomas Archer. The 1900 District 8, Gibson County, Tennessee census showed Lena living in the household of Addie.
Neboville is a small community in Gibson County, Tennessee.

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