History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the
Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical
Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. Chicago, Goodspeed Bros. & Co.
Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L.
Goodspeed.  Unknown County.

Col. Archibald C. Voris, of Bedford, Indiana, was born in Switzerland
County, Ind., June 16, 1829, one of the eleven children of Cornelius R.
and Mary (Van Nuys) Voris.  The parents were natives of Kentucky and
settled in Indiana in 1824. Col. Voris received a common school education
in the country schools of his native county, where he was raised upon the
farm.  In 1851, he began a course at Hanover College which he completed in
1855, receiving the degree of A. B., and afterward that of A. M.
Immediately after graduation he located in Bedford and taught school one
year.  In 1856 he was admitted to practice law at the Bar of Lawrence
County, and in the following year he went to Harvard University and
attended the Dane Law School at that institution, in which he took a full
course.  He then returned to Bedford and formed a partnership with Judge
Pearson in the practice of his profession.  This continued until July,
1862, when he was commissioned a Captain by the president, and was
assigned for duty on the staff of Gen. W. S. Hancock, where he served
until the close of the war.  At the date of his discharge in May, 1865, he
held the commission of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, awarded "for gallant and
faithful service on the field."  On November 16, 1858, his marriage with
Antoinette Rawlins was solemnized and to their union two children have
been born, only one, Joseph R., now living.  Upon his return from the army
Col. Voris again engaged in the practice of law and at the same time
studying language, being able to read with fluency the Greek, Latin,
Hebrew, French and German.  For five years beginning in 1867, he was
associated with Judge Francis Wilson in his profession.  In religion both
he and his wife are influential members of the Presbyterian Church at
Bedford.  In politics, Col. Voris has always been an ardent Republican,
and was at one time candidate for Circuit Judge against Bicknell, but was
defeated on account of the district being largely Democratic.  As a
delegate to the National Convention at Chicago in 1860 he was one of the
active men in securing the nomination of Abraham Lincoln.  In 1882 he
abandoned the practice of law on account of increasing business as a
member of the Dark Hollow Stone Company.

Voris Van_Nuys Pearson Hancock Rawlins Wilson Bicknell Lincoln
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Bedford-Lawrence-IN Chicago-Cook-IL

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