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Robert Franklin Armfield

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Robert Franklin Armfield

Birth
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Death
9 Nov 1898 (aged 69)
Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
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Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA
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Civil War Confederate Army Officer, US Congressman. Served during the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel of the 38th North Carolina Infantry. Became a prominent lawyer after the war, and was elected to represent North Carolina’s 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1883. As a lawyer, collaborated in the defense of Tom Dula during Reconstruction days (The case inspired the folk song "Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley.")
Civil War Confederate Army Officer, US Congressman. Served during the Civil War as Lieutenant Colonel of the 38th North Carolina Infantry. Became a prominent lawyer after the war, and was elected to represent North Carolina’s 7th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1879 to 1883. As a lawyer, collaborated in the defense of Tom Dula during Reconstruction days (The case inspired the folk song "Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley.")

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  • Originally Created by: Shiver
  • Added: Jul 3, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7651919/robert_franklin-armfield: accessed ), memorial page for Robert Franklin Armfield (9 Jul 1829–9 Nov 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7651919, citing Oakwood Cemetery, Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.