Tulare County Biographies

JUDGE E. C. ARCHER

Transcribed by Jeannie Miyama

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The biography of a man is of importance and interest to other men just to the 
degree that his life and work touches and influences the lives of his fellow 
individuals.  The story is best told as it is written on the hearts of men and 
women, and the man himself does the writing.  Judge E. C. Archer, has so lived 
among his fellowmen that to an unusual degree he commands the confidence and 
esteem of the entire community, and has for eleven years served ably and 
impartially as justice of the peace in Cutler.  He was born on his father�s 
ranch near Visalia, on the 16th day of July, 1877.  His parents were Andrew J. 
and Martha E. (Van Tassell) Archer, the former of whom is deceased, while his 
widow still resides in Dinuba.  Andrew J. Archer, who was a native of Missouri, 
crossed the plains by ox teams at the age of six years.  The family first 
located in Sonoma county, where they remained until 1870, when they came to 
Tulare county, locating near Visalia, where Andrew J. Archer engaged in farming 
and stock raising.  Later he also homesteaded near Dinuba, but before that town 
was founded.  Grandfather Van Tassell was a native of New York state, later 
lived for a time in Indiana, and in 1849 joined the host which crossed the great 
western plains to California.  In this state his daughter, Martha E. Van 
Tassell, was born.
 
E. C. Archer acquired a good practical education, graduating from high school, 
and remained on his father�s farm until he had attained his majority.  He then 
engaged in ranching near Orosi, also followed dairy farming, and is now in 
partnership with his brother, R. C. Archer, in the mercantile business in 
Cutler.  He is progressive and enterprising in his business methods, which are 
in accordance with the highest principles of business honor, and the business 
has been successful to a very gratifying degree.  Mr. Archer still owns a 
splendid vineyard of twenty-five acres.
 
Judge Archer has been a lifelong supporter of the democratic party and has given 
loyal service as a member of the county central committee.  He has been three 
times elected justice of the peace and his record during the eleven years of his 
incumbency of that position has been such as to reflect in the highest possible 
degree his fidelity, ability and fairness as a judicial officer.  His 
qualifications for the office of judge are unquestionable, for his possesses to 
a marked degree the acumen of the judicial temperament.
 
Judge Archer was married to Miss S. Elizabeth Minter, a native of Missouri, who 
came to California in 1911.  They are the parents of a son:  Ralph Minter.  
Judge Archer is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Fraternal 
Brotherhood, and he is a past president of the Cutler Chamber of Commerce.
 
History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen Edwards Small & 
J. Larry Smith, Vol. I, Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926, Page 
334