Archibald Alexander Schenck

1850 - 1946  (95 years)

• Name	Archibald Alexander Schenck  [1]
  Birth	2 Oct 1850	Princeton, New Jersey, -USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Note	Line 4792 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: EDUC Princeton
  Note	Originally wanted to go into the ministry, following in his father's footsteps. However on account of frail health, he was advised to go into something involving the out-of-doors. Accordingly he became a civil Engineer, and ended up as one of the engineers for the first transcontinental railroad. Despite his frail health, he proved to be the most rugged of all those involved in this enterprise.
  Note	At the age of 14 he was in Washington and happened to sit in the box next to Lincoln's in the Ford Theater the night of the assassination. He blamed himself for not grabbing Booth's arm to deflect the shot, which he said he could easily have done!
  Death	20 Feb 1946	Newfields, New Hampshire, -USA   [1]
  Person ID	I18205	HHTT
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	William Edward Schenck,   b. 19 Mar 1817, Princeton, New Jersey, -USA d. 14 Dec 1903, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, -USA (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Jane Whittemore Torrey,   b. 28 Jan 1822   d. 9 Mar 1856, Philadelphia (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1843	Manchester, Monmouth, New Jersey, -USA   [1]
  Family ID	F4597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary U. Jackson
  Marriage	10 Nov 1880	New York City   [1]
  Children	1. Ella Louise Schenck,   b. 3 Aug 1882
  Family ID	F4612	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 10 Nov 1880 - New York City  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S118] Lorinda Stover Steadman 'Lori' (Reliability: 1).