Schenck, Archibald Alexander
| Birth Name | Schenck, Archibald Alexander |
| Gender | male |
| Age at Death | 95 years, 4 months, 18 days |
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Notes | Sources |
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| Occupation | Princeton University |
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| Birth | 1850-10-02 | Princeton, New Jersey |
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| Death | 1946-02-20 | Newfields, Rockingham, NH |
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Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Schenck, William Edward | 1817-03-19 | 1903-12-14 | |
| Mother | Torrey, Jane Whittemore | 1822-01-28 | 1856-03-09 | |
| Sister | Schenck, Adeline Torrey | 1844-01-30 | ||
| Sister | Schenck, Anna “Annie” Brooks | 1845-07-28 | 1936-06-14 | |
| Brother | Schenck, William Edward | 1847-01-08 | 1865-04-08 | |
| Sister | Schenck, Jane Torrey | 1849-01-19 | ||
| Schenck, Archibald Alexander | 1850-10-02 | 1946-02-20 | ||
| Sister | Schenck, Ella Whittemore | 1852-04-05 | 1927-05-08 | |
| Brother | Schenck, Samuel Torrey | 1854-04-20 | 1931 | |
| Brother | Schenck, Harris Rogers | 1856-02-27 | 1898-06-21 |
Families
| Family of Schenck, Archibald Alexander and Jackson, Mary U. | ||||||||||||||
| Married | Wife | Jackson, Mary U. ( * + ... ) | ||||||||||||
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| Children |
| Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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| Schenck, Ella Louise | 1882-08-03 |
Narrative
Originally wanted to go into the ministry, following in hisfather's footsteps. However on account of frail health, he wasadvised to go into something involving the out-of-doors.Accordingly he became a civil Engineer, and ended up as one ofthe engineers for the first transcontinental railroad. Despitehis frail health, he proved to be the most rugged of all thoseinvolved in this enterprise.At the age of 14 he was in Washington and happened to sit in thebox next to Lincoln's in the Ford Theater the night of theassassination. He blamed himself for not grabbing Booth's arm todeflect the shot, which he said he could easily have done!