When LeRoy Archibald was born on 15 March 1893, in Clarkston, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, James Mark Archibald, was 30 and his mother, Rosetta Sophronia Eliza Myler, was 29. He married Susan Johnson Alder on 5 June 1919, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Dayton Election Precinct, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Dayton, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 9 February 1975, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Dayton Cemetery, Dayton, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
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Possible Related NamesEvents in the Life of LeRoy Archibald Memories of Yovonne Archibald (Pendleton) as told to Jannette Pendleton (Slama) As a young man on his own LeRoy worked hard enough and saved enough to buy a far …
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