John
Armistead
Born in Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Marguerite Susan Peyton (Armistead) Randolph
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 17
in Alexandria, Virginia, United States
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Biography
John Armistead: dies while visiting Uncle Walker Keith Armistead
[John Armistead; Mr. Addison Armistead; Colonel Walker K. Armistead; U. S. Army; Saturday; Partridge; Fort Washington; Alexandria] (News Article) Date: 1825-02-16; Paper: Sentinel and Witness
John Armistead, the son of Mr. Addison Armistead, and nephew to Colonel jWalker K. Armistead, of the U.S. Army, was killed on Saturday morning last by the accidental discharge of his gun. He was about 17, had just returned from the military school of Capt. Partridge, and as on a visit to his uncle at Fort Washington, 8 miles from Alexandria. While crossing a small creek that as frozen oven, with his gun in his hand which he had taken along to kill ducks, he kept testing the strength of the ice with the butt end, when the gun fired and killed him instantly.
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