Archibald Mccravy Lavender (1813 - 1864)

Born 18 May 1813 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

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Died 18 Sep 1864 at age 51 in Lancaster, Dallas, Texas, United States

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Biography

Narrative found on Findagrave.com:
Archibald McCravy Lavender, son of Simeon and Mary McCravy Lavender, grandson of Revolutionary War soldier, Charles Lavender, Jr., was born May 18, 1813 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, on his father's plantation. He was taught to work on the farm even though the family owned slaves. He had two brothers, William and Charles, and was known to be a scholar of Greek and Latin.

In 1845 Archibald moved his family and slaves to Texas. They came in wagons drawn by ox teams and homesteaded 640 acres of land out of the Peters Colony near the present town of Red Oak in Ellis County, arriving on Christmas Day, 1846.

A rugged individual, he teamed up with Norvell (Norval) R. Winniford, William J. Winniford, Will Morgan and Harmon P. Crum, his brother-in-law, joining a wagon train of gold seekers headed for California in 1850. After two years in the gold fields, he returned by way of Panama to Galveston, bought a wagon and team, and went home to his family in Ellis County. Archibald was called the "Squire" and served several times as Justice of the Peace of Lancaster.

Arch & Sarah were the parents of ten children, six sons, who all served the Confederacy during the War Between the States, and four daughters listed as follows:

1) James Irvin born 23 December 1833, married Lillis Elender Douglas December, 1859

2) Mary E. born 1835, married Harmon P. Crum, Jr. January, 1858

3) Charles H. born 1836, married Martha Ann Virginia Tucker Kirk May, 1865

4) Susan E. born 1838, single

5) Virgil Gerome born 8 January 1841, married Eveline Lewis July, 1867

6) William Albert born 4 January 1844, married Margaret E. Crum December, 1865

7) Walter S. born 9 April 1845, married Lucy Jane Miller December, 1866

8) Cecil E. "Buddy" born 1846, married Mary Frances Holloway February, 1873

9) Almeda Ellafare born 20 March 1849, married Edwin Miller White January, 1866

10) Sarah Anna born 1 March 1853, married James Densley Hall December, 1873

There are approximately 30 Lavender descendants buried in the Pioneer Section of Edgewood Cemetery, Lancaster, Texas.

By June Anderson Shipley
Mrs. Jo Wall, Dallas, Texas

BURIAL^[1]
Edgewood Cemetery
Lancaster, Dallas County, Texas

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35688103/archibald-mccravy-lavender

• Ancestry. Com