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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

COLONEL C. F. ARMISTEAD.
    Colonel C. F. Armistead, a retired army officer now living in Fayetteville,
was born in Franklin county, this state, April 18, 1872, and is a son of John C.
and Annie (Carroll) Armistead who are natives of Virginia and of Arkansas
respectively. The former was a son of John Armistead, who was also born in
Virginia and spent his entire life in that state, living in the Shenandoah
valley. The family came originally from Holland and has been represented in this
country through several generations. General George Armistead was in command of
Fort McHenry, off the Maryland coast, when Francis Key wrote "The Star-Spangled
Banner." General Lewis Armistead, a cousin of John C. Armistead, was killed in
Pickett's famous charge at Gettysburg. H. B. Armistead, brother of John C.
Armistead, served with the rank of general in the Confederate army and for two
terms was secretary of state of Arkansas. He also served for ten or twelve years
as clerk of the federal court, continuing in that position until his death. John
C. Armistead was born and reared in Virginia and came to this state soon after
the Civil war. He wedded Annie Carroll, a daughter of De Rosey Carroll, who was
born in Maryland and was a descendant of Charles Carroll of Carrollton. He
served as a colonel in the Confederate army and was killed in front of his own
home by bushwhackers in 1862. The Carroll family comes of English ancestry. To
the marriage of John C. and Annie (Carroll) Armistead there were born two
children, the elder being John B., a farmer and stockman of Franklin county,
Arkansas. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and
Mr. Armistead is a democrat in his political views. He served as mayor of
Charleston and has always been keenly interested in public affairs but has given
the greater part of his time and attention to his farming and stock raising
interests since his removal to this state.

    Colonel Armistead, whose name introduces this review, was educated in the
University of Arkansas, from which he was graduated with the class of 1893. He
afterward took up the profession of teaching, which he followed in the high
school at Fort Smith, Arkansas, for a few years. With the outbreak of war with
Spain he joined the Arkansas volunteer forces for active duty and was made a
lieutenant in the regular army in 1898. He served for six years in the
Philippines with the regular army and for two and a half years in Cuba, while
for nine months he was in France during the period of the World war. He
temporarily held the rank of colonel and was retired as lieutenant colonel. He
has rendered important military aid to his country in various sections of the
globe, ever fully sustaining the high standards and the honor of the regular
army. Coming to Fayetteville in 1918, he here purchased a home and retired from
military life. In his service for his country he "ran true" to the history of
his forebears, for he comes of military stock. He operated on the field of
action in the Philippines and was in the front-line division in the World war,
in command of the Fifty-eighth Infantry. The Armistead family has long been
connected with military interests, being represented in every war in which the
United States has taken part. The ancestral line is traced back to William
Armistead, who came from England in 1635 and settled in Virginia. Since that
time representatives of the name have most loyally supported the country in all
of her military activities and the record of Colonel Armistead of this review
reflects added credit and luster upon an untarnished family name.

    In 1915 Colonel Armistead was married to Miss Jessie Smith, who was born in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Episcopal church and they
occupy an enviable social position. Colonel Armistead has membership with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the American Legion and is also
identified with the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. His political endorsement is
given to the democratic party. but he does not seek nor desire civic office. He
has many friends in Fayetteville, where he now resides, and enjoys the respect
of all with whom he has come in contact.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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