James Austin Armistead was the fourth child of Rev. Thomas Stewart Armistead and Mary Elizabeth Royal. He was born on 17 May 1875 at Smithville, Lee county, Georgia. He was a bookkeeper in Jacksonville, Florida. He married Marietta (Mae) Fowler on 16 November 1904 in Levy County, Florida. (See her Memorial) James and Mae had one son, James Austin Armistead, Junior (1906-1980) born in Bronson, Levy County, Florida. Research by PM Lyons
James was classified as 4A by the Draft Board for World War I because of his age. He was living in Jacksonville in 1918 and was a member of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States (YMCA). That year, he was appointed secretary of the National War Work Council of the YMCA, to serve the troops of the American Expeditionary Force in France and Great Britain. His appointment was for the duration of the war. Passport photo abstracted and data researched by PMLyons.
After the war, James and Marietta lived in Gainesville, Florida. Research by Pat Lyons
James and Marietta made a joint will in 1944 leaving all their real, personal, and mixed property to their son and after their son's death, all would go to his children. Research by PML
Marietta died in June 1956. James spent the last year and a half of his life in the Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee where he died on 1 March 1960. They are both buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Gainesville. Their son is buried adjacent to his mother. Research by Pat Lyons #48315564 (PML)
James was classified as 4A by the Draft Board for World War I because of his age. He was living in Jacksonville in 1918 and was a member of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States (YMCA). That year, he was appointed secretary of the National War Work Council of the YMCA, to serve the troops of the American Expeditionary Force in France and Great Britain. His appointment was for the duration of the war. Passport photo abstracted and data researched by PMLyons.
After the war, James and Marietta lived in Gainesville, Florida. Research by Pat Lyons
James and Marietta made a joint will in 1944 leaving all their real, personal, and mixed property to their son and after their son's death, all would go to his children. Research by PML
Marietta died in June 1956. James spent the last year and a half of his life in the Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee where he died on 1 March 1960. They are both buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Gainesville. Their son is buried adjacent to his mother. Research by Pat Lyons #48315564 (PML)
James Austin Armistead was the fourth child of Rev. Thomas Stewart Armistead and Mary Elizabeth Royal. He was born on 17 May 1875 at Smithville, Lee county, Georgia. He was a bookkeeper in Jacksonville, Florida. He married Marietta (Mae) Fowler on 16 November 1904 in Levy County, Florida. (See her Memorial) James and Mae had one son, James Austin Armistead, Junior (1906-1980) born in Bronson, Levy County, Florida. Research by PM Lyons
James was classified as 4A by the Draft Board for World War I because of his age. He was living in Jacksonville in 1918 and was a member of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States (YMCA). That year, he was appointed secretary of the National War Work Council of the YMCA, to serve the troops of the American Expeditionary Force in France and Great Britain. His appointment was for the duration of the war. Passport photo abstracted and data researched by PMLyons.
After the war, James and Marietta lived in Gainesville, Florida. Research by Pat Lyons
James and Marietta made a joint will in 1944 leaving all their real, personal, and mixed property to their son and after their son's death, all would go to his children. Research by PML
Marietta died in June 1956. James spent the last year and a half of his life in the Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee where he died on 1 March 1960. They are both buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Gainesville. Their son is buried adjacent to his mother. Research by Pat Lyons #48315564 (PML)
James was classified as 4A by the Draft Board for World War I because of his age. He was living in Jacksonville in 1918 and was a member of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States (YMCA). That year, he was appointed secretary of the National War Work Council of the YMCA, to serve the troops of the American Expeditionary Force in France and Great Britain. His appointment was for the duration of the war. Passport photo abstracted and data researched by PMLyons.
After the war, James and Marietta lived in Gainesville, Florida. Research by Pat Lyons
James and Marietta made a joint will in 1944 leaving all their real, personal, and mixed property to their son and after their son's death, all would go to his children. Research by PML
Marietta died in June 1956. James spent the last year and a half of his life in the Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee where he died on 1 March 1960. They are both buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Gainesville. Their son is buried adjacent to his mother. Research by Pat Lyons #48315564 (PML)
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JAMES AUSTIN ARMISTEAD
1875-1960
DOUBLE STONE
MARIETTA F. ARMISTEAD
1875-1956
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