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married C. F. Perry. Their children are Alden and Byron. Sarah, youngest daughter of Nelson, married Eugene Vaughn, and has two children, Sadie and Nelson. John T., second son of Robert, studied medicine under Dr. Coffin at Jamestown. He practiced in South Carolina, where he married a Miss Campbell and then moved to Alabama. Both are dead. They left several children, whose names we are unable to give.
Robert Franklin, third son of Robert, married a Miss Denny. Their sons are Charles H., Joseph, James and Robert, and there are three daughters. Robert Franklin was the well-known Judge Armfield, of Statesville, who was one of the State's most gifted sons. He served as Colonel in the Confederate Army, as Congressman for two terms, as Lieutenant-Governor of the State, and as Judge of the Superior Court. But he was perhaps greatest as a criminal lawyer. He defended many men in the most noted murder cases in the State, and was successful without exception.
His oldest son, Charles H., is bearing his name and wearing his father's mantle worthily. Another son, Joseph, was the brilliant and admited young Colonel of the First North Carolina Regiment, which served in Cuba during the War with Spain. Alexander, fourth son of Robert, married in Georgia.
Robert, second son of William the first, was a soldier in the American Army and died during the Revolution. Nathan, third son of William the first, married Polly Dempsey. They lived near Pleasant Garden Church. Nathan represented Guilford in the State Senate for years. He went South, returned with yellow fever, but recovered. He died in 1839. One of his sons severely cut his foot with an axe and died at the age of sixteen. The other, John, went to Tennessee and became a slave-trader, being a member of the firm of Armfield & Franklin. He amassed a large fortune. He had an elegant summer home at Beersheba Springs, in the Cumberland Mountains, and winter homes in Alexandria, Va. and in New Orleans, where he and his wife lived and entertained in princely style. He was one of the original founders and
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trustees of the University of the South, at Sewance, Tenn. He left a widow and an adopted daughter, who lives at Belle Air, Md., the latter being the wife of ex-Congressman Archer.
Solomon, fourth son of William the first, married Thankful Cummings. Three sons and as many daughters were born to them. Their names were: William Addison, Allen, Calvin, Malinda, Elvira and Jane.
William Addison, oldest son of Solomon, married and had three sons. They were: Dr. John, Jesse and Solomon. John went to Indiana. He has two sons living at Elwood, Ind., Orla, a lawyer, being one. Jesse and Solomon both went West. Allen, second son of Solomon, never married. He went to California during the gold fever, then to Missouri, where he died. Calvin, Solomon's third son, married first in eastern North Carolina, again in Indiana, and was living there in 1900. Malinda, oldest daughter of Solomon, married Allen Short. Elvira never married, but Jane married Andrew Kirkman. The following are their children: Calvin, Alpheus, James and a Mrs. Jarvis. Calvin married Adela Armfield, daughter of Ithamar. Alpheus married a Miss Clifton.
Jonathan, fifth son of William the first, went to Indiana and died of cholera during the War of 1812.
David, sixth son of William the first, married Betsy Trotter. They had a large family, who were all prominent people in their day. Their names were as follows: Solomon, Jonathan, Needham, Hamilton, Abner, Ensley, Betsy and Jane.
Solomon, oldest son of David, married a Miss Bland. Their children are these: John, Jesse Lee, Solomon, Mary Mag and Asenath, who died unmarried. John, Solomon's oldest son, marRoxana Patterson. They had two sons and a daughter -- Edgar, Williams Ensley and Clara. His second wife was Belle Wiley. He lives ten miles south of Greensboro. Jesse Lee, second son of Solomon, married Nannie Kirkman. Their children are: Charles, who married Miss Groome; Minnie now Mrs. Lee