Notes for Archibald Hamilton Rutherford

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Notes for Archibald Hamilton Rutherford

!SOURCE: Page 19 in Stillwell Heritage Book # 30 page 20 husband of # 30

!NOTES:
Archibald Rutherford was a well educated man from Virginia who
camo to Arkansas after a short stop in Tennessee. After another short
stay around Arkansas Post with a brother, Samuel Rutherford, he went to
Clark Coounty and lived at Greeneville (now Hollywood) for nine years.
He learned merchandising and studied law with a Mr. Barkman.
He held a number of positions such as, Postmaster, Coloel of Clark County
Regiment of Arkansas Militia, and Commissioner of Real Estate Bank.
Then he was elected to represent Clark County in the state House of
Representatives for three terms. While on this stay was when he married
Mary Ann Lewis. His first and previoous marriage had been to Eliza
Stroud on August 18, 1836. There was son and daughter by the first wife
who died.
In 1842 Rutherford was admitted to the bar as a licensed
attorney. In 1845 he was made editor of the Arkansas Banner, a newspaper
sponsored by the Arkansas Democratic Party. In 1848, he returned to
Greeneville as Postmaster and clerk of the Choctaw Indian Agency. In
December 1850 he moved to Fort Smith, Ark., to practice law with Colonel
Ben F. DuVall. There the Rutherford home was considered a gracious
hostess and accomplished in the arts. Her husband had a library of more
than 1,000 volumes representing literature, science, politics, history
and mathematics Amelia died November 17, 1854. Rutherford went on to be
State Treasurer in 1855, Supt. of the Arkansas Penitentiary in 1859 and
Received of the Eastern Judicial District in 1861 through the Civil War.
In 1868 he settled at Collegeville in Saline County and lived until
1788. The source of the material for remarks on Rutherford was Arkansas
Historical Review, Volume 5 page 370.