Josephine Davidson and Archibald S. Stinson

ARCHIBALD S. STINSON was born August 21, 1847 in Ross County, Ohio,⁴⁹³¹ and died May 13, 1917 in Athens, Fulton, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ He is buried in IOOF Cemetery, Rochester, Fulton, Indiana.^{267, 25, 4931}

He married JOSEPHINE DAVIDSON on April 10, 1878 in Fulton County, Indiana,¹⁶⁷⁵ daughter of CATHARINE BROWN and STEPHEN DAVIDSON. She was born April 21, 1850 in Fulton County, Indiana,⁴⁹³¹ and died April 27, 1932 in Athens, Fulton, Indiana.^{25, 4931} She is buried in IOOF Cemetery, Rochester, Fulton, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹

Obituaries

Rochester Sentinel, May 14, 1917²⁶⁷

Archibald STINSON, 69, died Sunday evening at his home in Athens after an illness lasting two years, due to an organic heart trouble and other complications. Mr. and Mrs. Stinson had returned recently from Biloxi, Miss., where they spent the winter. He leaves a wife, a son, Dr. A. E. STINSON of Athens, two brothers, George STINSON of Colorado, John STINSON of Washington and one sister, Mrs. Helen HUFF of Ohio.

Mr. Stinson was one of the best known farmers in the county. He was born in Ross county, Ohio, August 21 [or 31?], 1847, the youngest of 12 children. After his marriage to Josephine DAVIDSON, he located on a farm in Newcastle township in 1882, where he lived until five years ago, when he moved to a home in Athens. He always took an active interest in politics as a member of the republican party and served several years as a director of the Fulton County Fair Association.

Funeral Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the house.

Rochester Sentinel, May 16, 1917²⁶⁷

Among those here to attend the [Archibald] STINSON funeral today were: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest BROWN, Tom STINSON and Miss Edna STINSON of Indianapolis, Palmer STINSON of Deniston, Texas, and Mrs. M. B. RITCHIE and Mrs. RAE and Miss Nannie MOORE of Lafayette.

Funeral services for Arch STINSON were held at the home in Athens at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon, Rev. A. S. WARRANER officiating. Interment at I.O.O.F. cemetery, Masons in charge.

Logansport Pharos-Tribune, April 28, 1932⁵⁹⁶⁶

JOSEPHINE STINSON EXPIRES AT ATHENS

ATHENS, Ind. April 28—Mrs. Josephine Stinson, 82, died at her home here Wednesday night after a brief illness. Mrs. Stinson, a life long resident of Fulton county, returned only last week from Florida where she had spent the winter.

Surviving are a son, Dr. A. E. Stinson of Athens and a grandson D. Dean Stinson of Rochester.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clcok at the home with Rev. Wallenburg of Rochester and Rev. Minor of Athens in charge. Burial will be made int he Rochester I. O. O. F. cemetery.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
1900	Newcastle Township, Fulton, Indiana	Archibald S. Stinson