Seth Abraham Armstead (1892 - 1970)

Born 27 May 1892 in Byron, Thayer, Nebraska, United States

Husband of Wilberta Ellen (Hupp) Armstead — married 10 Nov 1917 (to 6 Oct 1949) in Denver, Colorado, United States

Died 18 Apr 1970 at age 77 in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States

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Biography

The following obituary was taken from his Find a Grave page:

BOULDER DAILY CAMERA Monday, April 20, 1970

SETH ARMSTEAD, LONG-TIME AREA RESIDENT, DIED SATURDAY EVENING Seth A. Armstead Sr., of 100 Lashley Lane, died Saturday evening at Boulder Community Hospital. He had been ill for several months.

Mr. Armstead was born to William and Caroline Fry Armstead in Byron, Nebraska^[1] on May 27, 1892. The family moved to Colorado in 1909.

He married Wilberta (Hupp) Armstead in 1917 in Denver.^[2] She died in Boulder in October 1949. Then Mr. Armstead and Leah Lee were married in June 1951 in Aurora, ill.

Surviving besides his widow are two sons, Col. Seth A. Armstead Jr., U.S. Air Force, Biloxi, Miss,, and William E. Armstead of Boulder; a brother, Benjamin F. Armstead of Boulder; four grandchildren: Mrs. Sue Armstead Poland, Colton, Calif., Miss Kelly Armstead, Biloxi, Miss., John Michael Armstead with the U.S. Air Force in Japan, and William David Armstead, serving with the U.S. Army in Vietnam. A sister, Bessie Jane Armstead, and a brother, Roy Armstead, preceded him in death.

Mr. Armstead and his brother Roy operated the Kite-Glacier Transportation Company in Boulder from 1915 to 1918. Later they operated their own sightseeing company for many years in Colorado during the summer months.

He drove for Sutherland Bus Lines, San Diego, Calif., during the winter months from 1926 to 1930. From 1930 to 1956, during the winter months, he and his brother Benjamin were engaged in the paint, body, and decorating business in Boulder, Also, Mr. Armstead was interested in mining for several years. He had been retired since 1956. He was an active member of the Boulder Elk's Lodge for many years.

Services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Howe Mortuary Chapel, with Rev. Wayne Houser of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. He will be buried in Green Mountain Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M31Q-CLD : accessed 9 March 2020), Seth Hamstead in household of William Hamstead, Byron & Stoddard Precincts, Thayer, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 163, sheet 5A, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,941.
2. ↑ "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN3R-J2J : 10 December 2017), Seth Armstead and Wilberta E Hupp, 10 Nov 1917, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing no. 68078, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,049.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M31Q-CLD : accessed 9 March 2020), Seth Hamstead in household of William Hamstead, Byron & Stoddard Precincts, Thayer, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 163, sheet 5A, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,941.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLH4-4F1 : accessed 9 March 2020), Seth Armstead in household of William F Kuhlman, Byron, Thayer, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 180, sheet 8A, family 139, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 856; FHL microfilm 1,374,869.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZK8-MQD : 6 March 2020), Seth Armstead, 1917-1918.
• "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN3R-J2J : 10 December 2017), Seth Armstead and Wilberta E Hupp, 10 Nov 1917, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing no. 68078, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,049.
• "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN3R-WWC : 10 December 2017), Seth Armstead and Wilberta E Hupp, 10 Nov 1917, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing no. 68078, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,048.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX24-293 : accessed 9 March 2020), Seth Armstead, Boulder Ward 2, Boulder, Colorado, United States; citing ED 50, sheet 9B, line 85, family 273, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 156; FHL microfilm 1,820,156.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC6J-TSV : accessed 9 March 2020), Seth A Armstead, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 139, sheet 3B, line 85, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 192; FHL microfilm 2,339,927.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR63-KVB : 27 February 2020), William Seth Armstead, Ward 2, Boulder, Boulder City, Boulder, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-43, sheet 7A, line 38, family 171, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 457.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-S489 : 8 November 2017), Seth Abraham Armstead, ; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JBS8-3ZJ : 19 May 2014), Seth Armstead, Apr 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #11100438 (accessed 12 April 2024)
  Memorial page for Seth A Armstead (1892-18 Apr 1970), citing Green Mountain Cemetery, Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado, USA; Maintained by Eric Crow (contributor 46623671).
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5L-FN49 : accessed 9 March 2020), Seth A Armstead in entry for William E Armstead, Boulder, Colorado, United States, 08 May 2004; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.