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Submitted: 4/14/10 • Approved: 12/7/15 • Last Updated: 12/10/15 • R51039-G0-S3
Birth: Feb. 12, 1838
Death: May 16, 1902
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ARCHER, THOMAS E., is a native of Staffordshire, England, and was born February 12, 1837; attended the public schools, worked on a farm and in the butcher business until he emigrated to this country with his parents in 1851, and settled in Iowa; engaged in farming until 1881, when he went to Brule County, Dakota, and opened a meat market, and also engaged in farming until April 12, 1888, when he came to Sioux Falls and opened a meat market in the Waples block. In 1890 went to Rowena, and opened a meat market there, but returned to Sioux Falls, and for several years has been established on Main Avenue in the meat business. He is a good citizen.
History of Minnehaha County South Dakota
D.R. Bailey 1899, page 434
Contributed on 4/14/10 by jackpotcook2
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