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Armstead Sr. Married Twice

10/20/2006

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Recent communications from Sherri Flemming who is looking for the daughter of Lutitia Medor illustrated that she married Armstead Burgess Sr. (born 1810), on March 16, 1866. “Lettie” is shown living with Armstead in the 1870 census along with other Medors. She is listed with Mary A. Burgess, daughter of Armstead and Millie Burgess as “Keeping House.” I, as others must have, assumed that Lettie was another daughter Lucy, but the ages are 3 or 4 years apart.

A daughter, Louellen was born to Lutitia just three days following the wedding, she is four years old on the 1870 census. William, 15, and Octavia 7 are also listed. Lutitia married a Thomas Meador in 1853, family records indicate the he may have died in 1858. So is Armstead the father of another daughter? Seems probable.

Lutitia Meador died on July 4 1880, but the tombstone lists her as “wife of Thomas Meador.”  Does this indicate a marriage ofconvenience only? Armstead certainly had two interesting marriages, one his senior by 12 years, the other his junior 25 years.

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