James Archbald
Encyclopedia
Beginnings
James Archbald was born 3 March 1793, on Little CumbraeLittle Cumbrae
Little Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The island is known locally as Wee Cumbrae.-Etymology:...
island, off the Ayrshire Coast
North Ayrshire
North Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland with a population of roughly 136,000 people. It is located in the south-west region of Scotland, and borders the areas of Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire to the north-east and East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the East and South...
of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Born to a family of shepherds, without any privileges, James Archbald had a bright future ahead of him. The agricultural lifestyle had its disadvantages, namely the treatment received from the wealthy land-lords of Scotland. The Clearances
Lowland Clearances
The Lowland Clearances in Scotland were one of the results of the British Agricultural Revolution, which changed the traditional system of agriculture which had existed in Lowland Scotland in the seventeenth century...
of Scotland were in effect at the time, and the pressure caused by them had caused the family to consider relocation. In this manner, and at the age of twelve, James' Father, family in tow, emigrated to America and purchased a farm in the Mohawk Valley
Mohawk Valley
The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York is the area surrounding the Mohawk River, sandwiched between the Adirondack Mountains and Catskill Mountains....
, in the state of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Later in his teenage years began the construction of the Erie Canal
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks and encompasses a total elevation differential of...
, the so-called "Clinton
DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt Clinton was an early American politician and naturalist who served as United States Senator and the sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal...
's Big Ditch."
Family
James in 1832 married Sarah Augusta Frothingham (born 1805), the daughter of Major Thomas and Elizabeth Frost Frothingham of Sand LakeSand Lake, New York
Sand Lake is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a population of 7,987. The Capital District Regional Planning Commission indicates it to be 8,336 as of September 2010. The town is in the south-central part of the county...
, N.Y.
The couple produced seven children: James, Mary W., Augusta, Thomas, Robert Wodrow Archbald, a son who died in infancy, and a daughter Elizabeth, who died at age 12.
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
James Archbald served as the General Superintendent of the D&H from years 1829 to 1854. He succeeded John B. JervisJohn B. Jervis
John Bloomfield Jervis was an American civil engineer. He was America's leading consulting engineer of the antebellum era . Jervis was a pioneer in the development of canals and railroads for the expanding United States...
.
Pennsylvania Coal Company
In 1847, the Pennsylvania Coal Company commenced building their railroad from Pittston to HawleyHawley, Pennsylvania
Hawley is a borough in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,211 at the 2010 census.- History :The borough was named for Irad Hawley, first president of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. Early industry centered around the transportation and support of nearby coal mining...
, and this, too was placed in charge of Mister Archbald, and constructed upon his plans.
Carbondale
James Archbald was elected as the first mayor of Carbondale, Pennsylvania, in 1851. He was elected not once, nor twice, but three times more, for a total of four terms. His last year of office was 1855.Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
1854, James Archbald was chosen Vice-President of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad. At this time, he dissolved his connection with the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company and took charge of the Western road.Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadDelaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadThe Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company was a railroad connecting Pennsylvania's Lackawanna Valley, rich in anthracite coal, to Hoboken, New Jersey, , Buffalo and Oswego, New York...
In 1856, James Archbald became the general manager and chief engineer of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadDelaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company was a railroad connecting Pennsylvania's Lackawanna Valley, rich in anthracite coal, to Hoboken, New Jersey, , Buffalo and Oswego, New York...
and relocated to Scranton where he lived until his death in 1870.
Congressional Politics
James Archbald, representing Scranton, was nominated to Congress at the Lackawanna CountyLackawanna County, Pennsylvania
As of the census of 2000, there were 213,295 people, 86,218 households, and 55,783 families residing in the county. The population density was 465 people per square mile . There were 95,362 housing units at an average density of 208 per square mile...
Convention held at Wilkes-Barre Tuesday, 4 September, 1866. He had no partisan affiliations, and was loved as a man of integrity and of an apolitical nature.
Beginnings
James Archbald was born 3 March 1793, on Little CumbraeLittle Cumbrae
Little Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The island is known locally as Wee Cumbrae.-Etymology:...
island, off the Ayrshire Coast
North Ayrshire
North Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland with a population of roughly 136,000 people. It is located in the south-west region of Scotland, and borders the areas of Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire to the north-east and East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the East and South...
of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Born to a family of shepherds, without any privileges, James Archbald had a bright future ahead of him. The agricultural lifestyle had its disadvantages, namely the treatment received from the wealthy land-lords of Scotland. The Clearances
Lowland Clearances
The Lowland Clearances in Scotland were one of the results of the British Agricultural Revolution, which changed the traditional system of agriculture which had existed in Lowland Scotland in the seventeenth century...
of Scotland were in effect at the time, and the pressure caused by them had caused the family to consider relocation. In this manner, and at the age of twelve, James' Father, family in tow, emigrated to America and purchased a farm in the Mohawk Valley
Mohawk Valley
The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York is the area surrounding the Mohawk River, sandwiched between the Adirondack Mountains and Catskill Mountains....
, in the state of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Later in his teenage years began the construction of the Erie Canal
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks and encompasses a total elevation differential of...
, the so-called "Clinton
DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt Clinton was an early American politician and naturalist who served as United States Senator and the sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal...
's Big Ditch."
Family
James in 1832 married Sarah Augusta Frothingham (born 1805), the daughter of Major Thomas and Elizabeth Frost Frothingham of Sand LakeSand Lake, New York
Sand Lake is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a population of 7,987. The Capital District Regional Planning Commission indicates it to be 8,336 as of September 2010. The town is in the south-central part of the county...
, N.Y.The Lackawanna Historical Society Bulletin, May 1981, "James Archbald And his Family," Volume 14, No. 2,
The couple produced seven children: James, Mary W., Augusta, Thomas, Robert Wodrow Archbald, a son who died in infancy, and a daughter Elizabeth, who died at age 12.The Lackawanna Historical Society Bulletin, May 1981, "James Archbald And his Family," Volume 14, No. 2,
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
James Archbald served as the General Superintendent of the D&H from years 1829 to 1854. He succeeded John B. JervisJohn B. Jervis
John Bloomfield Jervis was an American civil engineer. He was America's leading consulting engineer of the antebellum era . Jervis was a pioneer in the development of canals and railroads for the expanding United States...
.
Pennsylvania Coal Company
In 1847, the Pennsylvania Coal Company commenced building their railroad from Pittston to HawleyHawley, Pennsylvania
Hawley is a borough in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,211 at the 2010 census.- History :The borough was named for Irad Hawley, first president of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. Early industry centered around the transportation and support of nearby coal mining...
, and this, too was placed in charge of Mister Archbald, and constructed upon his plans.
Carbondale
James Archbald was elected as the first mayor of Carbondale, Pennsylvania, in 1851. He was elected not once, nor twice, but three times more, for a total of four terms. His last year of office was 1855.Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
1854, James Archbald was chosen Vice-President of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad. At this time, he dissolved his connection with the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company and took charge of the Western road.Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadDelaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadThe Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company was a railroad connecting Pennsylvania's Lackawanna Valley, rich in anthracite coal, to Hoboken, New Jersey, , Buffalo and Oswego, New York...
In 1856, James Archbald became the general manager and chief engineer of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadDelaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company was a railroad connecting Pennsylvania's Lackawanna Valley, rich in anthracite coal, to Hoboken, New Jersey, , Buffalo and Oswego, New York...
and relocated to Scranton where he lived until his death in 1870.The Sunday Times, 14 January 2001, "Scranton Then . . . . . .Scranton Now," Scranton
Congressional Politics
James Archbald, representing Scranton, was nominated to Congress at the Lackawanna CountyLackawanna County, Pennsylvania
As of the census of 2000, there were 213,295 people, 86,218 households, and 55,783 families residing in the county. The population density was 465 people per square mile . There were 95,362 housing units at an average density of 208 per square mile...
Convention held at Wilkes-Barre Tuesday, 4 September, 1866. He had no partisan affiliations, and was loved as a man of integrity and of an apolitical nature.
Beginnings
James Archbald was born 3 March 1793, on Little CumbraeLittle Cumbrae
Little Cumbrae is an island in the Firth of Clyde, in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The island is known locally as Wee Cumbrae.-Etymology:...
island, off the Ayrshire Coast
North Ayrshire
North Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland with a population of roughly 136,000 people. It is located in the south-west region of Scotland, and borders the areas of Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire to the north-east and East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the East and South...
of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Born to a family of shepherds, without any privileges, James Archbald had a bright future ahead of him. The agricultural lifestyle had its disadvantages, namely the treatment received from the wealthy land-lords of Scotland. The Clearances
Lowland Clearances
The Lowland Clearances in Scotland were one of the results of the British Agricultural Revolution, which changed the traditional system of agriculture which had existed in Lowland Scotland in the seventeenth century...
of Scotland were in effect at the time, and the pressure caused by them had caused the family to consider relocation. In this manner, and at the age of twelve, James' Father, family in tow, emigrated to America and purchased a farm in the Mohawk Valley
Mohawk Valley
The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York is the area surrounding the Mohawk River, sandwiched between the Adirondack Mountains and Catskill Mountains....
, in the state of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Later in his teenage years began the construction of the Erie Canal
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a waterway in New York that runs about from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, New York, at Lake Erie, completing a navigable water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. The canal contains 36 locks and encompasses a total elevation differential of...
, the so-called "Clinton
DeWitt Clinton
DeWitt Clinton was an early American politician and naturalist who served as United States Senator and the sixth Governor of New York. In this last capacity he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal...
's Big Ditch."
Family
James in 1832 married Sarah Augusta Frothingham (born 1805), the daughter of Major Thomas and Elizabeth Frost Frothingham of Sand LakeSand Lake, New York
Sand Lake is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a population of 7,987. The Capital District Regional Planning Commission indicates it to be 8,336 as of September 2010. The town is in the south-central part of the county...
, N.Y.The Lackawanna Historical Society Bulletin, May 1981, "James Archbald And his Family," Volume 14, No. 2,
The couple produced seven children: James, Mary W., Augusta, Thomas, Robert Wodrow Archbald, a son who died in infancy, and a daughter Elizabeth, who died at age 12.The Lackawanna Historical Society Bulletin, May 1981, "James Archbald And his Family," Volume 14, No. 2,
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
James Archbald served as the General Superintendent of the D&H from years 1829 to 1854. He succeeded John B. JervisJohn B. Jervis
John Bloomfield Jervis was an American civil engineer. He was America's leading consulting engineer of the antebellum era . Jervis was a pioneer in the development of canals and railroads for the expanding United States...
.
Pennsylvania Coal Company
In 1847, the Pennsylvania Coal Company commenced building their railroad from Pittston to HawleyHawley, Pennsylvania
Hawley is a borough in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,211 at the 2010 census.- History :The borough was named for Irad Hawley, first president of the Pennsylvania Coal Company. Early industry centered around the transportation and support of nearby coal mining...
, and this, too was placed in charge of Mister Archbald, and constructed upon his plans.
Carbondale
James Archbald was elected as the first mayor of Carbondale, Pennsylvania, in 1851. He was elected not once, nor twice, but three times more, for a total of four terms. His last year of office was 1855.Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad
1854, James Archbald was chosen Vice-President of the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad. At this time, he dissolved his connection with the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company and took charge of the Western road.Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadDelaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadThe Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company was a railroad connecting Pennsylvania's Lackawanna Valley, rich in anthracite coal, to Hoboken, New Jersey, , Buffalo and Oswego, New York...
In 1856, James Archbald became the general manager and chief engineer of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RailroadDelaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company was a railroad connecting Pennsylvania's Lackawanna Valley, rich in anthracite coal, to Hoboken, New Jersey, , Buffalo and Oswego, New York...
and relocated to Scranton where he lived until his death in 1870.The Sunday Times, 14 January 2001, "Scranton Then . . . . . .Scranton Now," Scranton
Congressional Politics
James Archbald, representing Scranton, was nominated to Congress at the Lackawanna CountyLackawanna County, Pennsylvania
As of the census of 2000, there were 213,295 people, 86,218 households, and 55,783 families residing in the county. The population density was 465 people per square mile . There were 95,362 housing units at an average density of 208 per square mile...
Convention held at Wilkes-Barre Tuesday, 4 September, 1866. He had no partisan affiliations, and was loved as a man of integrity and of an apolitical nature.Carbondale Advance, 8 September 1866, "James Archbald," Page Two