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ARMENTROUT FAMILY HISTORY
4-6-3-2*-l-2 GROVER CLEVELAND ARMENTROUT
b: 1Mar1885, Island Ford, Va.; d: 28 June 1928, Los Angeles, Calif.; m: 18 June 1925, Los
Angeles, Calif., to THERESA CASSONAVE, b: ? , Paris, France; d: 16 Oct 1940.
CHILDREN: none.
Grover served in the US Army Coast Artillery Corps in WW I. He mar. Theresa Cassonave, a US Army Nurse, in 1925.
Grover died in 1928 and his wife in 1940. Both were buried in the National Cem., Los Angeles, Calif. nfd
4-6-3-2*-1-3 HERMAN CARPENTER ARMENTROUT
b: 12 May 1887, Island Ford, Va.; d: 19 Jan 1976, Sandston, Va.; m(l): 14 Nov 2024 to NELLIE
CHRISTINE KYGER, b; 28 Mar 1890, Almond, Va.; d: 19 Jan 1909; dau. of E F and Ella V Kyger. m(2): 25 July 2024 to
SELINA MERRIWETHER WALDROP, b: 11May1889, Oilville, Goochland Co., Va.; d: 3 Jan 1967, Richmond, Va.
(!)CHILDREN: none.
(2)CHILDREN: 1. Nellie Dean (1913- ).
Herman was born in 1887 at Island Ford, Va., the 3rd child of Albert P N and Emma Jane Armentrout. He mar. Nellie C
Kyger in 1908 and she died in 1909 and was buried in Mt. Olivet Cem., McGaheysville, Va. There were no children to this mar.
He was mar. a 2nd time to Selina M Waldrof of Goochland Co., Va., and one child was born to them. Herman worked for the
Norfolk and Western Railroad as asst. and later as foreman of Maintenance of Way on the Pocahontas Div. at Bluefield, W. Va.
He was injured in a dynamite explosion in 1915. Later he worked 6 years for the EI Dupont Co. as a carpenter at their
Hopewell, Va., Gun Cotton Plant. He then was self employed as a carpenter contractor and then returned to the EI Dupont
Co. as a carpenter foreman at the Spruance Rayon Plant, where he retired, 31 May 1952, after 30 years service with the co.
Herman entered the US Civil Service and worked 7 years at the Sandston, Va., Post Office and in 1959 he again retired.
Herman and his wife were both members of the Pres. Ch. at Sandston. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
Bluefield, W. Va.; the Hopewell, Va., Lodge No 425, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Hopewell Lodge No 1578, Loyal
Order of Moose; Sandston Lodge No 216 AF and AM and the Naomi Chapter No 4, Order of the Eastern Star, Highland
Springs, Va. Selina died in Jan 1967 and Herman died 16 days later. Both were buried in Forest Lawn Cem., Richmond, Va.
nfd (Data, Herman C Armentrout, 7 Jan 2025)
4-6-3-2*-1-3*-1 NELLIE DEAN ARMENTROUT (EVANS) (WARNER)
b: 8 Jan 1913, McDowell Co., W. Va.; m(l): c 1931, Richmond, Va., to DeWITT EVANS-
divorced. m(2): c 1937 to THOMAS DELL WARNER.
(I)CHILDREN: 1. George Christian (1932- ).
(2)CHILDREN: 1. Thomas Dell, Jr (1938- ).
Nellie mar. DeWitt Evans in 1931. One child was born to them and they were divorced. Nellie was mar. again in 1937 to
Thomas D Warner. He was in service in the US Air Force. One child was born to this union. nfd
4-6-3-2*-1-3*-1-1 GEORGE CHRISTIAN EVANS
b: 28 July 1932; m: 23 Apr 2024 to MARY JANE LINARI, b: 8 July 1930.
CHILDREN: I. Joan Marie, b: 14 Mar 1956. 2. Mark Wayne, b: 3 May 1958. 3. Marjorie Ann, b: 3 May 1958. nfd
4-6-3-2*-1-3*-1*-1 THOMAS DELL WARNER, JR
b: 15 May 1938; m(l): Mar 1958, Norfolk, Va., to MARY ANN WELLS-divorced. m(2): Nov
1972, Asmara, Ethiopia, to ALMA BINGOHA, b:?, Pistoria, Italy.
(l)CHILDREN: 1. Charles Thomas, b: 11 Oct 1959. 2. John Dell, b: 23 Mar 1961.
(2)CHILDREN: none in 1974.
Thomas was serving in the US Navy. He was mar. to Mary A Wells and 2 children were born to them. They were divorced.
Thomas was stationed in Asmara, Ethiopia, in 1972 where he met and mar. Alma Bingoha of Italy. nfd
4-6-3-2*-1-4 GERTRUDE MILLER ARMENTROUT (EILER) (LEAP)
b: 30 Aug 1889, Island Ford, Va.; d:?; m(l): 5 Oct 1915, Penn Laird, Va., to FOX DAVID EILER,
b: 6 Sept 1882, Penn Laird, Va.; d: 12 Oct 1948. m(2): 31Dec1955, Harrisonburg, Va., to JOHN LLOYD LEAP, b: 3 Dec
1888, McGaheysville, Va.; d: 20 Nov 1964, Front Royal, Va.; son of Albert Leap and wife Mary Armentrout. (see 4-6-3-8-7).
(1) (2)CHILDREN: none. nfd
4-6-3-2*-l-5 EDNA ELIZABETH ARMENTROUT (MILLS)
b: 9 Apr 1892, Island Ford, Va.; (living in 1974); m: 5 Oct 1910, Washington, D. C., to JAMES
MASON MILLS, b: 13 July 1884, Beaver Dam, Va.; d: 31May1962, Richmond, Va.; son of John Burrel Mills and wife Alice
McGhee.
CHILDREN: 1. James M, Jr (1911- ). 2. Wade H (1920- ).
Edna was born at Island Ford, Va., in 1892, the 5th child of Albert P N and Emma Jane Armentrout. She and James M
Mills were mar. in Washington, D. C., in 1910. They made their home in Richmond, Va., where their 2 sons were born. James'
M, Edna's husband, died in 1960 and interment was in Forest Lawn Cem., Richmond, Va. nfd
NOTE: Mrs Mills is very much interested in the family history and has been most helpful in collecting data on her own family line for inclusion
in this work. Her latest contribution was in 1974.
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4-6-3-2*-l-2 GROVER CLEVELAND ARMENTROUT
b: 1Mar1885, Island Ford, Va.; d: 28 June 1928, Los Angeles, Calif.; m: 18 June 1925, Los
Angeles, Calif., to THERESA CASSONAVE, b: ? , Paris, France; d: 16 Oct 1940.
CHILDREN: none.
Grover served in the US Army Coast Artillery Corps in WW I. He mar. Theresa Cassonave, a US Army Nurse, in 1925.
Grover died in 1928 and his wife in 1940. Both were buried in the National Cem., Los Angeles, Calif. nfd
4-6-3-2*-1-3 HERMAN CARPENTER ARMENTROUT
b: 12 May 1887, Island Ford, Va.; d: 19 Jan 1976, Sandston, Va.; m(l): 14 Nov 2024 to NELLIE
CHRISTINE KYGER, b; 28 Mar 1890, Almond, Va.; d: 19 Jan 1909; dau. of E F and Ella V Kyger. m(2): 25 July 2024 to
SELINA MERRIWETHER WALDROP, b: 11May1889, Oilville, Goochland Co., Va.; d: 3 Jan 1967, Richmond, Va.
(!)CHILDREN: none.
(2)CHILDREN: 1. Nellie Dean (1913- ).
Herman was born in 1887 at Island Ford, Va., the 3rd child of Albert P N and Emma Jane Armentrout. He mar. Nellie C
Kyger in 1908 and she died in 1909 and was buried in Mt. Olivet Cem., McGaheysville, Va. There were no children to this mar.
He was mar. a 2nd time to Selina M Waldrof of Goochland Co., Va., and one child was born to them. Herman worked for the
Norfolk and Western Railroad as asst. and later as foreman of Maintenance of Way on the Pocahontas Div. at Bluefield, W. Va.
He was injured in a dynamite explosion in 1915. Later he worked 6 years for the EI Dupont Co. as a carpenter at their
Hopewell, Va., Gun Cotton Plant. He then was self employed as a carpenter contractor and then returned to the EI Dupont
Co. as a carpenter foreman at the Spruance Rayon Plant, where he retired, 31 May 1952, after 30 years service with the co.
Herman entered the US Civil Service and worked 7 years at the Sandston, Va., Post Office and in 1959 he again retired.
Herman and his wife were both members of the Pres. Ch. at Sandston. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
Bluefield, W. Va.; the Hopewell, Va., Lodge No 425, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Hopewell Lodge No 1578, Loyal
Order of Moose; Sandston Lodge No 216 AF and AM and the Naomi Chapter No 4, Order of the Eastern Star, Highland
Springs, Va. Selina died in Jan 1967 and Herman died 16 days later. Both were buried in Forest Lawn Cem., Richmond, Va.
nfd (Data, Herman C Armentrout, 7 Jan 2025)
4-6-3-2*-1-3*-1 NELLIE DEAN ARMENTROUT (EVANS) (WARNER)
b: 8 Jan 1913, McDowell Co., W. Va.; m(l): c 1931, Richmond, Va., to DeWITT EVANS-
divorced. m(2): c 1937 to THOMAS DELL WARNER.
(I)CHILDREN: 1. George Christian (1932- ).
(2)CHILDREN: 1. Thomas Dell, Jr (1938- ).
Nellie mar. DeWitt Evans in 1931. One child was born to them and they were divorced. Nellie was mar. again in 1937 to
Thomas D Warner. He was in service in the US Air Force. One child was born to this union. nfd
4-6-3-2*-1-3*-1-1 GEORGE CHRISTIAN EVANS
b: 28 July 1932; m: 23 Apr 2024 to MARY JANE LINARI, b: 8 July 1930.
CHILDREN: I. Joan Marie, b: 14 Mar 1956. 2. Mark Wayne, b: 3 May 1958. 3. Marjorie Ann, b: 3 May 1958. nfd
4-6-3-2*-1-3*-1*-1 THOMAS DELL WARNER, JR
b: 15 May 1938; m(l): Mar 1958, Norfolk, Va., to MARY ANN WELLS-divorced. m(2): Nov
1972, Asmara, Ethiopia, to ALMA BINGOHA, b:?, Pistoria, Italy.
(l)CHILDREN: 1. Charles Thomas, b: 11 Oct 1959. 2. John Dell, b: 23 Mar 1961.
(2)CHILDREN: none in 1974.
Thomas was serving in the US Navy. He was mar. to Mary A Wells and 2 children were born to them. They were divorced.
Thomas was stationed in Asmara, Ethiopia, in 1972 where he met and mar. Alma Bingoha of Italy. nfd
4-6-3-2*-1-4 GERTRUDE MILLER ARMENTROUT (EILER) (LEAP)
b: 30 Aug 1889, Island Ford, Va.; d:?; m(l): 5 Oct 1915, Penn Laird, Va., to FOX DAVID EILER,
b: 6 Sept 1882, Penn Laird, Va.; d: 12 Oct 1948. m(2): 31Dec1955, Harrisonburg, Va., to JOHN LLOYD LEAP, b: 3 Dec
1888, McGaheysville, Va.; d: 20 Nov 1964, Front Royal, Va.; son of Albert Leap and wife Mary Armentrout. (see 4-6-3-8-7).
(1) (2)CHILDREN: none. nfd
4-6-3-2*-l-5 EDNA ELIZABETH ARMENTROUT (MILLS)
b: 9 Apr 1892, Island Ford, Va.; (living in 1974); m: 5 Oct 1910, Washington, D. C., to JAMES
MASON MILLS, b: 13 July 1884, Beaver Dam, Va.; d: 31May1962, Richmond, Va.; son of John Burrel Mills and wife Alice
McGhee.
CHILDREN: 1. James M, Jr (1911- ). 2. Wade H (1920- ).
Edna was born at Island Ford, Va., in 1892, the 5th child of Albert P N and Emma Jane Armentrout. She and James M
Mills were mar. in Washington, D. C., in 1910. They made their home in Richmond, Va., where their 2 sons were born. James'
M, Edna's husband, died in 1960 and interment was in Forest Lawn Cem., Richmond, Va. nfd
NOTE: Mrs Mills is very much interested in the family history and has been most helpful in collecting data on her own family line for inclusion
in this work. Her latest contribution was in 1974.
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