Sam Archer and Grace Upshaw both came to Hutchinson County with their parents about 1900. They were married January 2, 1905 at Plemons, Texas. Judge Whiteside performed the ceremony. After going to the dance at the courthouse, they went to the Billy Dixon hotel in Plemons.

Soon afterward Sam and Grace went by covered wagon to Barstow, Texas in Ward County. It took a month for them to make the trip. Their wagon was pulled by two horses, and one horse trailer.

They bought lumber for their one-room house and their housekeeping supplies for less than $20.00. After a couple of years that returend to land in northeastern Hutchinson County. All three of their children were born in Hutchinson County.

Johnnie, who married Ruby Callihan, lives at Plainview and is now retired. They had two daughters: Delores Anne and Linda.

Fancer Archer married Evelyn Lincoln and had one child, Sammy Lincoln. Fancher later married Liston Coleman, and they live at Hale Center.

Blanche married Guy Fuller and resides in Spearman.

Sam Archer was a farmer-rancher and continued this interest in cattle throughout his entire life. In 1926 he started development of oil and gas properties.

All who knew Sam remember how generous and responsive he was to the needs of individuals and to his community.

Sam Archer died October 1965 in Amarillo, where he had lived since 1926. He is buried in the Holt Cemetery in Hutchinson County.

Grace Archer now lived in Spearman, Texas.

Submitted by Mrs. Sam Archer for for inclusion in 'History of Hutchinson County Texas, 104 Years, 1876-1980' Copyright 1980 by the Hutchinson County Historical Commission.
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Sam B. Archer, a Panhandle pioneer who came to Hutchinson County at the turn of the century, died Monday morning in Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo after a long illness. He was 82.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church of Amarillo with Pastor Newton J. Robison officiating, assisted by associate pastor Ernest W. Miller.

Burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Holt Cemetery, 10 miles south of Spearman, by Blackburn Shaw Funeral Directors.

Archer had been a Panhandle resident for 65 years. A native of Bell County, he moved to Hutchinson County in 1900 with his parents.

In 1905 he married Grace Upshaw, also of Hutchinson County. The couple celebrated their 60th anniversary last January. The Archers made their home on a ranch near Spearman before moving to Amarillo in 1926 after Archer entered the oil business.

Besides his wife, Archer is survived by sons Johnie of Plainview and Fanchette of Austin, daughter, Mrs. Blanche Fuller of Spearman, brothers, Roy of Austin and Ben of Sunray, sister, Mrs. Nannie Sheets of Spearman, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The family has asked that memorials be in the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society.

Pallbearers will be Joe E. Whittenburg, Tommy Lovett, J.J. Kiem, Roy Martin, Eddie Bob Stone and Dennis Kern.

(Published in Borger News Herald, October 12, 1965)