DAVID FLENNIKEN DeARMOND (1807-1890), Knox County, Tennessee
He was the son of RICHARD JOHNSTON DeARMOND and RHODA HENCE, was born at his father's home in present Topside community, Knox County, July 17, 1807, where he grew to manhood. His education was not extensive, being limited to the district schools available in the still primitive country which his grandfather had pioneered. As soon as he reached manhood, he left his father's home and began farming in the Seven Island community of Knox County, although the exact date of his removal there is not known. He was probably influenced in his decision to settle in that part of the county by the fact that his wife's parents were living in that area.

He established a large farm on a site overlooking French Broad River and Seven Islands, which he increased by constant and astute buying until it totaled some 800 acres, much of which was river bottom land. His home on the hill above commanded one of the finest views in the county, overlooking the mirror-like French Broad River as it swings around a bend after passing through the shoals at Sevens Island, with the bluffs on the opposite bank as background. He became postmaster at Gap Creek, which post he held for more than 30 years. He was also justice of the peace for a number of years, and was a democrat. *3 The Court and trustee records of Knox County are replete with the recordings of his many activities, giving proof of his industry and influence in County affairs. He was a constant reader and kept abreast of the history of his day and of his country. He was anxious that his children enjoy the advantages of a good education, and willingly defrayed the cost for those of them interested in pursuing it. He died at his home, at the age of 83, November 9, 1890, and is buried in Seven Islands cemetery.

He married, October 6, 1831, SARAH B. HINES *1 (b. Dec. 28, 1812; d. Sept. 13, 1883), daughter of ROBERT and LAVINIA HINES. *2 She also is buried in Seven Islands cemetery.

CHILDREN:

JAMES, b. Aug. 18, 1832, Knox County, Tenn

LORENZO DOW, b. July 25, 1834, Knox County, Tenn.

DAVID DUNCAN, b. Dec. 9, 1836, Knox County, Tenn.

JEROME NAPOLEON, b. Dec. 9, 1838; d. 1863-1864. He removed to Cherokee County, Ala., and lived near his father's sisters, Angeline and Eliza, where he married. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and was killed in action. m. Jennie Brandon, dau. Dr. Brandon, of Gaylesville, Ala.

HENRY HARRISON, b. Oct. 30, 1840; d. April 27, 1865, single. He enlisted in federal army during Civil War and served in Co. I, 3rd Tenn. Cavalry, as sergeant. Was captured by Confederate troops and interned in prison camp in Alabama for duration of war. In company with some 1700 other federal prisoners who were being exchanged, he boarded the Sultana at Vicksburg, and lost his life when it sank in the Mississippi River, north of Memphis, at 2 a.m. on April 27, 1865, after the explosion of one of the boilers. *5

GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Jan. 21, 1843, Knox County, Tenn.

THOMAS JEFFERSON b. Feb. 27, 1845; d. April 27, 1865, single, He joined the federal army with his brother, Henry Harrison, and supposedly followed him into the 3rd Tenn. Cavalry and capture by Confederates, and imprisoned in southern Alabama. Although his name does not appear on the lists of the ill-fated Sultana, it is common knowledge in the family that he lost his life with his brother when the troop transport sank in the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865. *6

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS b. Jan. 12, 1847, Knox County, Tenn.

MARY ANN b. Feb. 4, 1849; d. June 19, 1854.

FRANCIS MARION, b. Feb. 2, 1851, Knox County, Tenn.

SARAH EVELYN, b. Oct. 26, 1853; d. Oct. 26, 1887. Her father gave her a musical education and she became a skilled pianist. m. TOM WALKER.

WILLIAM ALEXANDER b. June 17, 1855, Knox County, Tenn.
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The preceding is from DeARMOND FAMILIES OF AMERICA and Related Families, pages 135-137. By Roscoe Carlisle d'Armand. Published 1954. Copyright relinquished by author's daughter.

Footnotes:
1. Roane Countv, Tenn. Marriage Records.
2. Robert Hines was a son of William Hints. See Related Families, William Hines of Knox County,Tenn.
3. Goodspead, History of Tennessee, Knox County, 1887, p. 910.

4. From Family Bible of David Flenniken DeArmnnd, now in the family of Bruce DeAimond, Kimberlin
Heights, Knox County, Tenn.
5. Chester D. Berry, Loss of the Sultana (1892).
6. Ibid., The name, L. Dearman, appears on the roster of the Sultana prisoners and it is a-ssumed that
the initial "L" was intended for "T" and our subject.

Thanks to Mark Hayden for this Bio