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James Archbald (1793–1870) was a Scottish-American railroad executive and politician. After immigrating to the United States with his family in 1805, he later was elected as Pennsylvania state representative and as the first mayor of Carbondale, Pennsylvania. Early life and familyArchbald was born March 3, 1793, on Little Cumbrae island, off the Ayrshire coast of Scotland, to a family of shepherds. His family was one of many displaced by the Lowland Clearances; they emigrated to the United States when he was 12. They purchased a farm in the Mohawk Valley in New York. In 1832 he married Sarah Augusta Frothingham (born 1805), the daughter of Major Thomas and Elizabeth Frost Frothingham of Sand Lake, New York. They had seven children: James, Mary, Augusta, Thomas, Robert, a son who died in infancy, and a daughter Elizabeth, who died at age 12.[1] Railroad careerFrom his location in the Mohawk Valley, Archbald had become familiar with the Erie Canal, which was completed through the Mohawk Valley in 1824. He went into the canal and railroad industry, which was displacing canals as the transportation of choice. Succeeding John B. Jervis, Archbald served as the general superintendent of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company (D&H) from 1829 to 1854. He helped plan the construction of the Pennsylvania Coal Company's railroad from Pittston to Hawley in 1847. He left D&H to become the vice president of Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad in 1854. Two years later in 1856, he became the general manager and chief engineer of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad and relocated to Scranton, where it had its headquarters. He lived there until his death in 1870.[2] Political careerIn 1851 Archbald was elected as the first mayor of Carbondale, Pennsylvania. He was reelected three times and served four terms. His last year of office was 1855. He was nominated at the Lackawanna County Convention held at Wilkes-Barre September 4, 1866, to represent the 133rd district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He had no partisan affiliation.[3] Legacy and honors
References1. ^The Lackawanna Historical Society Bulletin, May 1981, "James Archbald And his Family," Volume 14, No. 2, {{DEFAULTSORT:Archbald, James}}2. ^The Sunday Times, January 14, 2001, "Scranton Then . . . . . .Scranton Now," Scranton 3. ^Carbondale Advance, September 8, 1866, "James Archbald," page 2 4. ^{{cite book|last=Hollister|first=Horace|title=History of the Lackawanna Valley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtrAX0xAgE4C&pg=PA491|year=1885|publisher=Lippincott|page=491}} 13 : 1793 births|1870 deaths|Scottish emigrants to the United States|People from North Ayrshire|19th-century American railroad executives|Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives|People in rail transport|Locomotive superintendents|Railroad engineers|Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad|Mayors of places in Pennsylvania|People from Carbondale, Pennsylvania|19th-century American politicians |
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