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sheriff of James City County, Va., sergeant-at-arms of the House of Burgesses in 1657-58, and a leading burgess in 1656, 1659-60, 1660-61, 1663, with the rank of eaptain.
By a deed executed by his brother, Col. John Armistead, in 1695, Capt. Anthony was confirmed in the possession of the land in Elizabeth City County patented by his father, William. His wife survived him, her will being proved in Elizabeth City court in 1728. Issue :
82. I. William Armistead+.
83. II. Anthony Armistead+.
84. III. Robert Armistead4.
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IV. Judah or Judith Armistead+. Married John West, of West Point, son of Major John West, who was son of Captain John West, brother of Lord Dela- ware. The lieense for their marriage was obtained in Elizabeth City Co., Oet. 15, 1698, and there is a deed dated July 18, 1698, of Capt. Anthony Armistead and Hannah, his wife, to their "son-in- law, John West," for 200 aeres in New Kent (King William), given to said Hannah by her father, Mr. Robert Ellyson, of James City Co., deceased. She had by this marriage: Charles West, who inherited 4,000 acres in Pamunkey Neck, "adjoin- ing Delaware, commonly called West Point." She married, sceond, Butts. (Hening's Statutes, V, 297; VII, 488.)
V. Hannah Armistead+. Married William Seldon as by lieense dated December 10, 1698. No issue. Seldon married, seeond, Katherine, daughter of Thomas Nutting, of New Pocoson Parish, York ; but having no issue by either marriage, he left his property to William Shelden Sclater, son of James Selater (who was son of Rev. James Sclater) and Elizabeth Sclater, daughter of Richard Sclater and Mary Nutting, another daughter of Capt. Thomas Nutting. Probably Dunn, whose inventory was recorded in Elizabeth City Co., in 1716.
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82. William Armistead+ (Anthony?, William2, Anthony1), was high sheriff of Elizabeth City County in 1695, burgess in 1693, 1702, and major in the militia. He married several times, viz .: before November 20, 1696, Hannah, b. July 1, 1673 (New Poeoson Reg.), daughter of Thomas Hind or Hines and Hannah. his wife. Hines' widow married, secondly, John Powers, and thirdly, in 1694 or 1695, Paseo Dunn. Anthony Armistead and Margaret, his wife, of Warwiek County, in 1737 sold lands to Edward Armistead "deseended to him as heir to his mother, the daughter of Mr. Thomas Hline." (York County Records.)
In 1697 Hannah, "wyff of William Armistead," made a power of attorney to her father-in-law, Anthony Armistead.
Major Armistead married, lastly, Rebecca Moss, daughter of Edward Moss, of York County, whose will was proved in York County in 1716. (She married, second, John King, 1719 or 1720, and hier will is dated February 13, 1755 ; proved, August 1, 1758.) Major Armistead's will, dated January 5, 1714 or 1715, and proved February 15, 1715 or 1716, shows that he had issue :
87. I. Anthony Armistead5.
88. II. William Armistead5.
89. III. John Armistead5.
90. IV. Hind Armisteado, d. sine prole. Married Hannah, widow of Mathew Watts.
91. V. Robert Armistead5. All probably by first marriage.
92. VI. Moss Armistead5, d. s. p. ; his will, dated and proved in 1736, leaves to brother Robert "the land where- on I now live," legaeies to nephew William Armis- tead, son of Robert Armistead; nephew James Armistead, and nieee Mary Armistead, daughter of Robert Armistead ; and legaeies to Mrs. Martha Sweeny, and to Ann Sweeny, daughter of Mr. Samuel Sweeny. Brother Robert Armistead executor.
93. VII. Edward Armistead5.
94. VIII. "Infant my wife now bears." Hannah Armistead (as shown by other records); named in her grand- mother Hannah Armistead's will, first wife of Miles Cary, of Pear-Tree Hall. Their issue as appearing in Judith Robinson's will :
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I. John Cary", b. about 1745, named in grandmother's and aunt's will; d. 1795. Married, first, Sally Sclater; second, Susanna, daughter of Gill Armistead, of New Kent.
II. Robert Cary6, named in said will; d. in Buckingham, about 1763.
III. Rebecca Cary6. Married Rev. Miles Selden, who d. 1785.
IV. Elizabeth Cary®. Married Benjamin Watkins.
95. IX. Judith Armistead5, b. after her father's will, named in grandmother's will. Married John Robinson, Jr., and had issue :
I. Starkey Robinson®, b. Junc 18, 1735.
Judith Robinson was administratrix on his estate, Feb. 21, 1736, and guardian to her son, Starkey, Sept. 19, 1737. (See Robinson Family, Hayden's Genealogies, p. 570.)
87. Anthony Armistead® (William4, Anthony3, William2, Anthony1). He resided in Warwick County, and, in 1737, re- ceived a deed from his stepmother, Rebecca King, for one-half the plantation and orchard in Elizabeth City County, "as the same is given him by his late father, Major William Armistead." His will, dated December 29, 1737, proved February 13, 1737 or 1738, names a wife Margaret, and sons :
96. I. John Armistead6.
97. II. Anthony Armistead6.
98. III. Benit Armisteade.
99. IV. William Armistead6.
96. John Armistead® (Anthony5, William4, Anthony3, William2, Anthony1), son of Anthony Armistead6; had issue.
100. Starkey Armistead7, eldest son, to whom in 1769 he gave 160 acres in Elizabeth City Co., being the land which William Armistead, by his will, dated Jan. 5, 1714, gave to his son, Hind Armistead, and, "in default of heirs of his body, then to the next surviving male heir, and which, upon his death, descended to me, John Armistead, Sr." John Armistead's will was proved in 1791, and names (Starkey then bcing dead) :
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101. John Armistead™, to whom he gave 1,000 acres in North Carolina.
102. Robert Armistead™, to whom he gave negrocs that he is now in possession of in Northampton County.
103. Daughter Armistead™. Married Thomas Smith. John Armistead, Sen., appears to have married twice: Anne , mentioned in a deed, and Elizabeth named in his will. Of his children
100. Starkey Armistead™ (John6, Anthony5, William4, An- thony3, William2, Anthony1). Married Mary Tabb, of Matthews County, in 1773; but his will, proved in 1775, mentions no children, but names "brother Robert, father John Armistead, wife Mary, niece Mary Smith, mother Elizabeth Armistead, friends Thomas Smith and Robert Armistead, of this eounty."
101. John Armistead™ (John6, Anthony5, William4, Anthony3, William2, Anthony1), untraced. A John Armistead engaged in the fishing business in North Carolina at a place called the Sound Seine about 1816. In 1823 his administrator, Stark Armistead, instituted suit against John Crichlow, of Southampton County, Va., about some interest in the fisheries which John Armistead had sold to him. (Armistead v. Briggs MSS.)
102. Robert Armistead™ (JohnG, Anthony5, William4, An- thony3, William2, Anthony1), another son of John Armistead, Sr., was perhaps "Robert Armistead, Sr.," whose will, made January 24, 1793, names ehildren :
104. William, under age, to whom he devises all lands in Elizabeth City and York counties, and :
105. Elizabeth, for whose support he required all his stoek of every kind and money due in North Carolina, to be devoted.
88. William Armistead (William+, Anthony3, William2, An- thony1, of Yorkshire, England), made his will February 15, 1724, and it was proved June 21, 1727. Names wife Judith (Hollier), and six children :
106. Dunn Armistead, whose will was presented in Warwick court, Mareh 5, 1752, by Maurice Langhorne, executor. (Warwick County records.) His widow, Mary, mar- ried, secondly, Joshua Curle.
107. William® Armistead.
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108. Anne Armistead.
109. Frances Armistead.
110. Simon Armistead.
111. Henry Armistead.
107. William Armistead® (William5, William4, Anthony8, William2, Anthony1). Married Elizabeth Moseley, daughter of Capt. William Moseley, of Princess Anne County, before 1734. (Petition of William Armistead, of Elizabeth City County, and Elizabeth, his wife, for her share of her father's (Capt. William Moseley) estate, October 2, 1834. Princess Anne County records.) Issue :
112. I. Hannah Armistead7.
113. II. William Armistead".
114. III. Anthony Armistead7.
115. IV. A child unbaptized at date of will, July 7, 1741, perhaps Moseley™ Armistead. There is a petition in 1745 of Dunn Armistead and Joseph Jeggetts v. George Barbee and Elizabeth, his wife, execu- tors of William Armistead, deceased.
113. William Armistead™ (William®, William5, William4, An- thony8, William2, Anthony1), son of William6; may have been the "William Armistcad, Jr.," who married Constance --. Will proved in 1772 and names :
116. I. Robert Armistead8.
117. II. William Armistead8.
118. III. Mary Armistead8, b. Dee. 22, 1765.
119. IV. Judith Armistead8, not named in will, but given in. New Pocoson Parish register as b. July 29, 1762.
115. Moseley Armistead7 (William®, William5, William+, An- thony3, William2, Anthony1), "earpenter," son of William" Armis- tead. Married (1766) Margaret, daughter of John Herbert and Judith Curle, his wife, daughter of Joshua Curle and Rosa, his wife, who marricd, second, Anthony Tucker. Issue, named in Judith Herbert's will, dated 1779:
120. I. Judith Curle Armistead8.
121. II. Elizabeth Moseley Armistead8.
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William Armistead? married, seeond, Whiten Minson, daughter of Banister Minson. Issue named in Banister Minson's will dated 1777:
122. III. William Armistead8 and issue, named in father's will, proved in 1781.
123. IV. Moseley Armistead8.
124. V. Anthony Armistead8.
89. John Armistead5 (William+, Anthony3, William2, An- thony1). This is the John Armistead who went to New Kent and was vestryman of Blissland Parish in 1722.
Col. Wilson Miles Cary writes :
"In 1868 I derived from Miss Sally Cary, of Gloucester (b. 1791), then seventy-seven years of age, of a most retentive memory, and a remarkably elear head for genealogy, the following account of her Armistead aneestry; and as she was the granddaughter of Col. Gill Armistead, who died in 1762, she would be presumed to know the faets from her mother, Susanna Armistead, who died in 1834, at the age of eighty-one (which would plaee her birth at 1753).
"According to Miss Cary, her immediate ancestor, William Armistead, of Elizabeth City, was a relative of Harry Armistead, of Hesse, in Matthews County. He had at least three children : 1. William, 2. John, who went to New Kent from Elizabeth City County and married Miss Gill, an heiress; and 3. Hannah, who married Miles Cary, of Warwiek. Col. John Armistead, of New Kent, had four children : William, father of Mrs. Dandridge; John, father of William, Agnes and Susan; Mrs. Russell; and Gill, who married Betty Allen, of James City. Gill Armistead's children were:
I. William Armistead, who ran away at sixteen and served eight years in the Revolution. He married Elizabeth Armistead, daughter of Booth Armistead, of Elizabeth City, and had: Booth, Gill, Fanny, Contolas (named from a French officer in Revolutionary Army), Ella, Virginia and Catharine.
II. Elizabeth Armistead, b. 1750; d. April 9, 1834. Married Miles Selden, of Tree Hill, and left eleven children. (See Chapter IV, Cary and Selden Families.)
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III. Susannah Armistead, b. 1753; d. Oct. 10, 1834. Married her cousin, Col. John Cary, son of Miles Cary and Hannah Armistead, of Black River, Elizabeth County, and had eleven children.
IV. Fanny Armistead. Married Col. John Ambler, of James- town.
V. Patsy Armistead. Married Col. Green, of Amelia. Hence, to restate what has been imperfectly presented :
Col. John5 Armistead, of New Kent, married Miss Gill, and had issue :
I. Gill Armistead6.
II. William Armistead6.
III. John Armistead®.
IV. Armistead6. Married William Russell who had :
I. Armistead Russell. Married Elvira Clayton, b. Dec. 27, 1759, daughter of William Clayton, clerk of New Kent, and Elvira, his wife. (Will of William Clayton, dated June 10, 1797.) Issue: Elizabeth Armistead Russell.
1. Gille Armistead. Married (May 23, 1751) Betty Allen, who married, second, John Lewis, of Williamsburg, and had issue:
I. Betty Armistead7, b. March 9, 1752; d. April 1833. Married (March 27, 1774, at Mr. John Lewis's in Williamsburg) Miles Selden, Jr.
II. Susannah Armistead7. Married Col. John Cary.
III. Mary or Molly Armistead7, d. 1825. Married Thacker Burwell.
IV. Frances Armistead7. Married Col. John Ambler.
V. Martha Armistead7. Married Col. Green, and had :
I. Abraham Green8.
II. Elizabeth Green8.
VI. William Armistead7.
(See Selden et als. v. Armistead's Administrator, 7, Gratt. Rep., p. 264.)
59. Christopher Hughes Armisteadº (Georges, John7, William", William®, Henry4, John3, William2, Anthony1), son of George Armistead and Louise Hughes, his wife, b. 1816; d. February 14, 1876. Married Agnes Campbell Gordon, of Kenmore, Fredericks- burg, Va. Issue :
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I. Susan Gordon Armistead10. Married (1867) Cuthbert Powell Grady, who graduated as Master of Arts at the University of Virginia at 20 years of age; joined the Confederate army as a private; was promoted to the rank of colonel at the close of the war. He was ap- pointed assistant professor of Latin at Washington and Lee College, Lexington, Va. Issue :
I. Susan Ryan Grady11. Married Henry Fay Green, of Baltimore.
IT. Agnes Gordon Grady11. Married Edward Porter Alex- ander.
III. Jane Powell Grady11.
IV. Cuthbert Powell Grady11.
V. Ryan Armistead Grady11, b. 1896.
II. Louisa Hughes Armistead19, d. infant.
III. Agnes Gordon Armistead10. Married Alexander Gordon.
IV. George Armistead10, who inherited the silver bombshell presented to his grandfather, George Armistead, by the city of Baltimore, Md .; unmarried.
V. James Ryan Armistead10.
VI. Fanny Carter Armistead10.
VII. Minna Gordon Armistead10. Married Clarence Whiting.
VIII. Sam Gordon Armistead10. Married Ella Howell. Issue :
T. George Armistead.
Agnes Gordon Grady" married Edward Porter Alexander.
The Duluth papers of February 13, 1906, gives the following account of a little heroine :
LITTLE HEROINE SAVES PLAYMATE.
That bravery is hereditary and that the friendship of childhood will often withstand tests which would disqualify mature men and women was recently exemplified by the courageous reseue of Willie Broughton, by Agnes Gordon Alexander from drowning in the iey waters of Chester Creek, at the risk of her own life.
Agnes is a spirited little girl nine years old. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Alexander, Jr., 1211 East First Street. The warm blood of the South flows in her veins. Her grandfather, Gen'l E. P. Alex- ander, Sr., achieved distinction in the Civil War. He is a Confederate veteran, who as Chief of Artillery shared the fortunes of Gen'l Robert E. Lee.
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Little Willie Broughton is only four. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Broughton, 1232 East First Street, and owes his life to his little playmate, Agnes.
When the mercury went below zero, the little friends started to play on Chester Creek, a short distance from home. The ice seemed solid, but a treacherous stretch yielded to their weight, and they sank in the cold water before they realized the danger. Agnes stood in water up to her neck. Beside her Willie clung desperately to the ragged edge of ice for support. Together they cried loudly for help, but no one was near to wrest them from impending death.
Then the fighting courage of her race came to Agnes in her peril. She stopped screaming, and placing her knee on Willie's head she drew herself to safety on the ice.
The air was freezing cold. Her wet garments were stiff in a moment. Willie struggled in vain to climb out of the water. His fingers were slowly freezing and his strength was ebbing rapidly. He cast an appealing look at Agnes, too exhausted to speak.
With rare presence of mind, Agnes encouraged him to hold fast to the ice, and lying flat beside her companion, she tugged with all her failing strength to drag him out to safety. Several times Willie was almost safe, but the most of his weight remained in the water. Each desperate pull brought him near the goal, only to fall again into the stream. Then Agnes tried again. Taking a firm hold on Willie's arm, she pulled with all her strength, and slowly drew him on to the solid ice.
The children's senses were numbed by exposure. Their ice-coated gar- ments made walking difficult, but hand in hand they trudged homeward to loving ones, hot baths and warm blankets.
Agnes started home with Willic and did not leave him until they were on the street near his house, when a playmate relieved her of her charge.
The friendship of the children is remarkable.
A few months ago Mr. and Mrs. Broughton were in search of a residence in the neighborhood. Willie was with them and on First Street he first beheld Agnes, playing with companions. While Willie's parents inspected a house for rent he remained with the little girls in the street. He was well acquainted with Agnes when his mother called him to go home. His heart was won.
"Mamma, I've found a little girl [ like best of all," he said. "She is nice to me and is going to be my girl. Her name is Agnes, and she's got fine eyes." A few mornings later Agnes was playing in the street, and was surprised by a cheery "hello" from a little boy in stocking cap, mackinaw and mittens, several houses up the street. Willie's parents had rented the house and become a fixture in the neighborhood.
"Say, I've got a penny; let's go and spend it," he continued. All the morning the little chums were together and henceforth they have preferred each other for playmates to the many children in the nighborhood. Since his rescue Willie's admiration for Agnes knows no bounds.
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When a News Tribune representative asked Agnes questions at her home yesterday, which she answered with becoming candor and modesty, Willic bounded into the room to divide a popcorn ball with her.
But the course of true love, even for children, does not run smooth.
Agnes, her mother, and younger sister Susan, will leave Duluth Friday to visit for several months with Gen'l Alexander at his winter home, South Island, Georgetown, S. C. There the Alexander children each year listen eagerly to the thrilling stories of the war, told by their distinguished grandfather, and romp in the deep shaded grove, gaining health and escap- ing the unpleasant spring in Duluth.
Agnes Gordon Armistead10 married Alexander Gordon. Issue :
I. Alexander Gordon11.
II. Margaret Gordon10.
James Ryan Armistead10 inherited the sword presented to his grandfather by the State of Virginia. Married Susan Bird. Issuc :
1. Hughes Armistead11.
Minna Gordon Armistead10. Married Clarence Whiting. Issue :
I. Clarence Whiting11, d. in his youth.
II. George Armistead Whiting11. Married Suzanne Butler. Issue :
I. Eleanor Custis Whiting12.
II. Agnes Armistead11.
III. Norman Whiting11, d. early.
IV. Agnes Whiting11.
V. Mary Dulany Whiting11, d. infant.
VI. Marion Whiting11.
THE GORDON FAMILY.
The Gordons were from Scotland. The first of whom we have ancestral record is Samuel Gordon, who married Margaret Mc- Kennelly. They lived at Stockerton, in the parish of Kirkcud- bright, Scotland. He was the first of the name on Stockerton Farm, where he died April 15, 1732, aged 76; he was b. 1656.
He was related to the families Kenmuir and the Gordons of Greenlaw, and was visited by both families, especially by Sir William and Lady Gordon, of Greenlaw. Samuel Gordon had a son named John.
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John Gordon2 had a son named Samuel Gordon3 the first of Lockdougan. Married Miss Nicholas Brown (daughter of John Brown, of Craigen Callie, and Margaret McClamrock, of Craigen Bay). Mrs. Nicholas Brown Gordon was from the Carsluth family; her grandfather and uncle were ministers in the Parish of Kirkinabrook. Samuel Gordon and his wife, Nicholas Brown Gordon, of Lockdougan, had a large family, many of whom were born at Stockerton before their removal to Lockdougan.
One daughter4 married Mr. Hurron, of Kegton; d. leaving one son, John Hurron5. The other daughter married John Bell, of Gribdal; d. 1826.
Samuel Gordon died February 22, 1799 ; his wife died November 18, 1795, aged 71. Their oldest son, John Gordon4, married Miss Brown, and at his death inherited the two Lockdougans.
Two young sons, Samuel Gordon and Bazil Gordon, came over to America and settled at Falmouth, Va., where they engaged in mercantile business and made large fortunes.
Samuel Gordon4 married Susannah Knox.
Bazil Gordon+ married Annie Knox. These were sisters.
Agnes Campbell Gordon", youngest daughter of Samuel Gordon and Susannah Knox, married Christopher Hughes Armistead.
Alexander Gordon* also came from Scotland. Married Agnes Knox, third sister, and later he came over and married Susan, his cousin, daughter of Samucl and Susan Knox Gordon. No issue.
PEDIGREE OF WM. POWELL, GENTLEMAN.
An incorporation of the second charter of Virginia, Loudoun County, paid £25 subscription.
He came to Virginia with Gates' third supply in 1611; was captain of James City, Va .; member of the first House of Bur. gesses, July 30, 1619. He was a man of influence in the colony. Pacc first told him of the plot, revealed by chance, of murdering the colonists, March 21, 1622. He was one of the largest planters in the colony. He was afterwards employed in taking revenge on the Indians. (See Captain Smith's Adventures and Observa- tions. )
"Master Wm. Powell was a gentleman of good means and great parentage and ever rests my faithful friend."
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Col. Lewis Powells, son of William5, son of William+, son of William3, of Cuthbert, son of William2 (6th generation), was born in Prince William Co., Va., 1737. In 1763 he bought five hundred acres of land, on part of which Middleburg now stands. He owned large traets of land in Kentucky and was one of the founders of Louisville. He proposed and was instrumental in building a turnpike from Washington to Louisville. Indignant at the attempt of the British government to reduce the colonies to a state of slavery, he became aetive in inspiring those around him to a determined resistance to any eneroachments upon American rights. In July, 1777, he was appointed by General Washington Lieu- tenant-Colonel of the 16th Virginia Continentals. In 1788 he was a member of the Virginia Convention, appointed to ratify the Federal Constitution. In 1798 he was appointed to represent the Loudoun distriet in the Federal Congress, then meeting in Pennsylvania. General Washington was his warm friend, and on a very tempestuous day had ont his riding horse to go aeross the country and "vote for his old friend and comrade."
His son, Cuthbert Powell, was in Congress in 1840, of whom Chief Justice Marshall said, "He is the most talented of that talented family."
Col. Lewis Powell® had two daughters :
Sally Powell7. Married William Chilton.
Emily Powell7, d. at the age of 17, unmarried.
William Powell7. Married Sarah Green, of Maryland.
Burr Powell7. Married (1792) Catherine Brooke.
Levin Powell7, Jr. Married Elizabeth Orr.
Cuthbert Powell". Married Catherine Simms.
Alfred Powell7. Married, first, Sidney Thruston ; second,
Elisa Tidball ; third, Nancy Kaen; fourth, Miss Harrison, of Brandon.
Cuthbert Powell married Miss Simms; was a man of fine talents and irreproachable character. He represented the Lou- doun district in the Federal Congress in 1842 as a member of the old Whig party. He died leaving issue :
I. Llewellyn Powell8
IT. Charles Powell8.
III. Cuthbert Powell8.
IV. John Powell8.
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V. Levin Powells.
VI. Ann Powells.
VII. Mary Powell8.
VIII. Ellen Powell8.
IX. Jane Powell8.
X. Fanny Powell8.
Jane Powell8 married Dr. Frank Grady and had issue :
I. Edward Grady9.
II. Powell Grady9. Married Susan Gordon Armistead.
62. Frank Stanley Armisteadº (Walker Keith8, John7, Wil- liam6, William5, Henry4, John3, William2, Anthony1), son of Wal- ker Keith Armistead and Elizabeth Stanley; son of John Armis- tead and Luey Baylor, of New Market, Caroline Co., Va., a younger brother of General Lewis Armistead. He was a West Pointer and an officer in the old army; went with the South and rose to the rank of Brigadier-General.
After attending school in the neighborhood of his country home, the subject of this sketch, at the age of sixteen, was sent to the Virginia Military Institute, a sehool that furnished the Con- federacy many distinguished officers. Here, for two years, it was his privilege to be under the instruction of Major T. J. Jackson, better known as "Stonewall," the great Cristian genius of the Civil War. After graduating, young Armistcad went west and was in the Rocky Mountains when the Civil War began. Al- though in feeble health, he made his way sonth, travelling over three thousand miles, a good part of the distance riding a mule, and walking for several hundred miles. He entered the army as a private; was soon promoted and continued in the service until the end of the struggle. After the war he settled at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and soon afterwards moved to Charleston, Arkansas, where he has sinee lived, engaged in farming and merchandising. In the Brooks-Baxter war he was made Brigadier-General of the Militia, and placed in command of all the troops in the western part of the State. In 1877-79 he represented his district in the State Senate. In 1884 he was sent to the convention at Chieago that nominated Mr. Cleveland; and in 1892 was elected Secretary of State, and was reelected in 1894, a position he now holds.
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