Archibald Howard Waddle (1817 - 1899)

Born 11 Nov 1817 in Maury, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1899 at age 81 in Nevada, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Archibald was born in 1817. He passed away in 1899. Son of John Smith Waddle and Peggy Potts, according to his FindAGrave profile. Son of James Wilson Waddle and Peggy Hill according to his FamilySearch profile.^[1]

He married Martha Elizabeth Kelso about 1837.

Archibald married Martha Elizabeth Kelso November 11, 1817. They had four sons, Joseph Kelso, John Smith, James Montgomery and Milton Marcus, six daughters, Mary Jane, Nancy Ann Hines, Emma Augusta, Martha Elizabeth " Lizzie", Elizabeth Cornelia and Henrietta Polk "Etta.

They made their home in Haywood County until around 1847, they moved to Shelby County, Tennessee, only to returned to Haywood Co. December 1856 the family moved from Haywood County to Nevada County, Arkansas near Hope.

Arch and Martha crossed the Mississippi River on a raft with 6 children aboard, the oldest being 14, and the youngest less than a year. They brought a cotton gin and it was ran with one horse. They bought or homesteaded a large farm and built a huge two room log house with a wide hall between the two. " a dog-trot" Later added more to the home.

Arch ginned two bales a day while Martha ran a spinning wheel, made the thread and knitted the socks for her family. Arch made a few shoes

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KC1M-C1K

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDJ-9JC : 23 December 2020), Martha Waddle in household of Archibald Waddle, Haywood, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WQ-ZYB : 18 February 2021), Martha E Waddle in entry for A H Waddle, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWN-X8H : 13 January 2022), Martha E. Wadley in household of Archebald Wadley, Albany Township, Nevada, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36213271/archibald-howard-waddle

Acknowledgments

unsourced family tree handed down to Jason Stewart.