WILLIAM A. ARCHER
William A. Archer was born in Stark county, Ohio, December 14, 1847, and is a son of Henry and Anna (Long) Archer, who were the parents of three sons and two daughters, all living. In 1853 they removed to Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, and afterward returned to Ohio, where Mr. Archer's father died in 1883, and his mother in 1884. When sixteen years of age, he was an apprentice for three years at Canton, Ohio, under Stebbins and Werts. In 1871 he came to Iowa, where he followed his trade, painting, in various places. He was married at Monticello, Jones county, Iowa, to Louisa Young, a daughter of John Young. In 1876 Mr. Archer came to Atlantic, where he has since followed his trade, and is considered one of the best painters of Atlantic. He is a Master Mason, of Pymosa Lodge, No. 271, and is secretary of Atlantic Lodge, No. 175, I. O. O. F. Mr. and Mrs. Archer are the parents of one child--Mabel.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex, from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 875-876.
