Born: 17 Dec 1832, Hawkleymuir, Dysart, Fife, Scotland

Parents: William and Margaret McCormick McFarland

Died: 14 Dec 1915, West Weber, Utah

Arrived in Valley: 25 Sep 1855, Richard Ballantyne Co.

Married 1st: Isabella Mitchell

Date: 3 Aug 1854, Boness, West Othian, Scotland

Born: 5 Mar 1837, Little Mill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland

Parents: William and Isabella Nimmo Mitchell

Died: 10 Apr 1925, West Weber, Utah

Married 2nd: Janet Mitchell

Date: 8 Dec 1866, Utah. (Div)

Born: 14 Dec 1844, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Parents: William and Isabella Nimmo Mitchell

Married 3rd: Catherine Elizabeth Jones

Date: 10 Oct 1870,

Born: 28 Jun 1853, Kaysville, Utah

Parents: Thomas E. and Mary Ann Miles Jones

Died: 27 Apr 1924, Birch Creek, Bingham Co., Idaho

Married 4th: Elizabeth Hay

Date: Abt 1875

Born: 18 Aug 1856, Scremerston, Northumberland, England

Parents: George and Catherine Fox Hay

Died: 1 Jun 1923, Manhattan Beach, California

Archibald was baptized a member of the Church at the age of 11, not long after the baptism of his parents. Six months after his marriage to Isabella, they left Scotland for America.

After their arrival in Salt Lake, Archibald found work quarrying rocks in Red Butte Canyon for the foundation of the temple. The next fall, they joined his parents in American Fork.

He and his brothers worked at Camp Floyd making adobe bricks and helping construct the barracks. They made good money but felt they wanted more ground of their own, so they moved to a farm west of Ogden on the Weber River, later called West Weber.

Archibald was called on a mission to Great Britain in 1873. Upon his return after two years, he was a teacher and home missionary. He served a second mission to Great Britain in 1886-1887. Upon his return, he served three months at the territorial prison for polygamy.

Archibald made his living in agriculture, horticulture and livestock. He was a member of the school board, Justice of the Peace, juror, census taker, county appraiser, and water master. He was on the Hooper Irrigation Board of Directors. He contracted to construct several miles of grade and do rock work on the Central Pacific Line. He served in the Legislature.

He loved genealogical research work and kept detailed records of his work. He died of apoplexy.

Children of 1st wife:

WILLIAM, b. 25 Jan 1856, Salt Lake City, Utah. D. 26 Aug 1856, Salt Lake City, Utah.

ROBERT, b. 2 Jan 1858, American Fork, Utah. D. l3 Dec 1862, W. Weber, Utah.

JAMES RANKIN, b. 20 Dec 18 59, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 13 Apr. 1882, Mary Eliza Etherington. D. 15 Feb 1932, W. Weber, Utah.

CHARLES BLAIR, b. 8 Apr 1862, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 17 Aug 1882, Susan Adelia Etherington. D. 16 Oct 1909, W. Weber, Utah.

ISABELLA, b. 25 Sep 1864, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 19 Jun 1881, Joseph Hogge. D. 31 Oct 1955, Ogden, Utah.

ARCHIBALD, b. 15 Jan 1867, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 1st, 20 Oct 1886, Emeline H. Nelson. Md. 2nd, 25 Nov 1921, Corey F. Albritton, Md. 3rd, Mamie McClelland. D. 25 Dec 1936, Salt Lake, Utah.

JOHN, b. 31 Dec 1868, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 17 Oct 1889, Catherine Grace McKay. D. 3 Jun 1956, Ogden, Utah.

ALBERT RAE, b. 1 May 1871, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 25 Jun 1891, Elizabeth Ann Greenwell. D. 6 Oct 1934, Hansen Idaho.

MARGARET ELIZABETH, b. 13 Oct 1873, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 14 Nov 1893, Joseph Nelson. D. 30 Jun 1921.

MARY ANN, b. 6 Mar 1877, W. Weber, Utah. D. 28 Mar 1877. Infant.

JANET, b. 29 Jun 1879, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 26 May 1899, Thomas Russell Faddis. D. 18 Nov 1905, Stirling, Alberta, Canada.

DANIEL, b. 17 May 1882, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 28 Nov 1901, Esther Greenwell. D. 21 Jul 1914, Ogden, Utah.

Children of 2nd wife:

MARY SHEPARD, b. 20 Mar 1868, Salt Lake City, Utah. D. 1870. Child.

Children of 3rd wife:

THOMAS JONES, b. 10 Sep 1873, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 14 Sep 1901, Mary Ann Wetzel. D. 20 Sep 1907, Poplar, Idaho.

DAVID JOHNSTONE, b. 14 Sep 1876, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 14 Sep 1898, Rosa Clegg. D. 14 Mar 1901, Shelton, Idaho.

MARY ELIZABETH, b. 21 Jan 1 879, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 1st, 5 Jul 1896, Samuel Hammer. Md. 2nd, 30 Jul 1912, James Campbell O'Bryan. D . 16 Dec 1943, prob. Spokane, Washington.

PETER MITCHELL, b. 25 Jul 1881, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 23 Dec 1903, Gudrun Johannesen. D. 4 Nov 1940, Salmon, Idaho.

ALVA RETTA, b. 8 Jun 1884, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 26 Nov 1902, Charles F. Nowlin. D. 23 Mar 1946, Spokane, Washington.

HANS PETTERSON, b. 10 Aug 1889, Birch Creek, Idaho. Unmarried. D. 20 Jul 1908.

Children of 4th wife:

ELIZABETH, b. 26 Jan 1877, W. Weber, Utah. D. 14 Mar 1879. Child.

ANN, b. 20 May 1878, W. Weber, Utah. Md. Martin Alois Petersen. D. 17 Nov 1913.

GEORGE HAY, b. 6 Feb 1880, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 13 Jul 1898, Anetta Burt. D. 9 Nov 1912, Ogden, Utah.

JASPER, b. and died in 1882, W. Weber, Utah. Infant.

CATHERINE, b. 22 Oct 1883, W. Weber, Utah. Md. George H. Swain.

CHRISTINE, b. 15 Dec 1885, W. Weber, Utah. Md. Royal Daugherty. D. 1 Apr 1940.

DORA, b. 8 May 1889, W. Weber, Utah. Md. 1st, Eugene Breslin. Md. 2nd, Vernon Reed.