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Note: N495 "Former Resident Dies in Seattle" News was received here today of the death of Arch. C. McPherson, which occurred in Seattle yesterday. He resided in the vicinity of Wenatchee for several years, having set out an Orchard on Sunnyslope and another on Stemilt hill, removing to the Sound about seven years ago. He is survived by a wife and three children, also a brother, E.H. McPherson of Wenatchee, and a sister, Mrs. W.G. Mead of Cashmere. The two latter will attend the funeral which will be held in Seattle tomorrow. - "Former Resident Dies in Seattle", The Wenatchee Daily World, Wenatchee Washington, 8 April, 1930.
Archie Carlton McPherson was born March 21, 1877, in Wayne County, Michigan.
At his birth, his father, John, was 52 and his mother, Sylvia, was 43
He married Estella May Allenbaugh on Nov 26, 1908 at her parents' home in Stemilt Hill, Washington.
They had three children during their marriage all while living in the Wenatchee area:
Arthur Leroy - Born March 23, 1910 Kenneth Orlando - Born September 14, 1911 Blanche Mary - Born Feb 13, 1915
During his time in the Wenatchee Valley, he was a farmer having fruit farms in Sunny Slope, Stemilt Hill, and Malaga.
In 1927, he and his family moved to Bellingham, Washington and then to Seattle, Washington where he and his wife operated a boarding house until his death.
He died on April 7, 1930, in Seattle, Washington, at the age of 53.
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