Brief Life History of Peterson Clack
When Peterson Clack Archer was born on 22 November 1833, in Amelia, Virginia, United States, his father, Richard Henry Archer, was 56 and his mother, Judith Ann Proudfit, was 31. He married Sarah Jane Loutissa Guerrant on 19 December 1871, in Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Brownsville, Haywood, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Justice Precinct 2, Walker, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 December 1911, in Huntsville, Walker, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in McAdams Cemetery, Crabbs Prairie, Walker, Texas, United States.
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- P C Archer, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Peterson Clack Archer - Government record: birth-name: Peterson Clack Archer
- P C Archer, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1837
Historical Boundaries 1835: Province of Texas, Mexico 1836: Washington, Republic of Texas 1837: Montgomery, Republic of Texas 1845: Montgomery, Texas, United States 1846: Walker, Texas, United States
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
English and French: from Middle English archere, Anglo-Norman French archer, Old French archier ‘bowman’, hence an occupational name for an archer. This Norman French word partially replaced the native English word bowman in the 14th century. In North America, this surname may have absorbed some cases of European cognates such as French Archier. Compare Larcher .
German: from an agent derivative of Old High German archa ‘mill-race’ (from Latin arca ‘chest, box’). This surname is rare in Germany.
Germanized form of Slovenian Arhar: German-influenced patronymic from the personal name Arh (see Arch 3), an old vernacular equivalent of Henry . Alternatively, perhaps a topographic name derived from Old High German archa ‘mill-race’ (see 2 above), hence a cognate of Slovenian Rakar (see Raker 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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