Robert Armstead (abt. 1882 - 1920)

Born about 1882 in Florida, United States

Died 25 Jun 1920 at about age 38 in Chattahoochee, Gadsden, Florida, United States

Biography

Robert Armstead is a part of US Black heritage.

Robert was born about 1882.

Robert passed away in 1920 from pellagra at the Florida State Hospital in Chattahoochee, Gadsden County, Florida. He was a widowed, colored man, about age 38, and patient at the Florida State Hospital for the Insane for 1 month and 24 days. There was no information on his death certificate regarding his occupation, DOB or parentage. He had resided in Franklin County, Florida, prior to admission to the hospital.^[1] Burial was in the Florida State Hospital Cemetery, Chattahoochee, Gadsden County, Florida.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP71-PVJ : 23 February 2021), Robert Armstead, 1920.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/132368749/robert-armstead : accessed 25 June 2021), memorial page for Robert Armstead (1882–25 Jun 1920), Find A Grave: Memorial #132368749, citing Florida State Hospital Cemetery, Chattahoochee, Gadsden County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by CNP (contributor 47877030) .

See also:

• FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL CEMETERY (Cemetery #3, Division #4), Chattahoochee, Gadsden County, Florida (http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/gadsden/cemetery/flstate34.txt)
• Florida African American Cemeteries (https://accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/florida-african-american-cemeteries.htm)