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- William Armistead Churchill was the only male left at his home in
Hodgenville, Kentucky, since his brothers moved out and his father,
Armistead Slaughter Churchill, had died. William Armistead Churchill
remained on the 111 acre farm on Nolynn Creek of his parents, taking care
of the farming chores and looking after his mother and sisters, as well as
attending school to receive his education. When the Civil War came, he
did not serve, as his older brother John Seward Churchill had returned
from California to enlist in the Confederacy in September of 1861. Even
though he did not go to war, William Armistead Churchill did serve with
the Larue County militia as his name appeared on their roll in 1860, 1861,
1863, 1865, 1867, 1868, 1870, 1871, 1874, and 1875. William Armistead
Churchill sold the farm in Hodgenville, Kentucky in 1893 to Albert M. Lee.
He then moved to a house on College Street in Hodgenville, Kentucky,
remaining there until 1904 when he moved to Louisville, Kentucky to live
with his youngest child Frances Park Churchill. At the time she was
living at 1517 South 19th Street with her husband Joseph Edgar mahoney.
The family next moved to 851 South 22nd Street and finally to 815 South
19th Street where William Armistead Churchill passed away in March of
1917. In latter years he was affectionately known by most of the family
as "Uncle Billie," a name he acquired from his many neices, nephews, and
cousins. The circumstances of his death served as a double tragedy as his
oldest son, John Brown Churchill of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, rushed to be
with his father upon hearing of his illness and possible death. Upon
arriving there and hearing that William Armistead Churchill had died just
a few hours before he arrived, John Brown churchill himself suffered a
stroke and died just a few hours after his own father in the same house.
William Armistead Churchill was laid to rest by his wife Gilla Anna Allen
in Nolynn Baptist Church Cemetery inLarue County, Kentucky. William Owen
Thomas, a friend and relative of the Churchill family, supervised the
digging of the grave at Nolynn Cemetery. Since there was no space
unoccupied next to his beloved wife, the remains of Ida Churchill, a
younger, infant daughter of William Armistead Churchill, were exhumed and
placed in a shoe box by Mr. Thomas, and when William Armistead Churchill
was buried beside his wife, the remains of his infant daughter were placed
in his coffin just before burial. The grave of William Armistead
Churchill remained unmarked until November 1, 1980 when Charles Timothy
Todhunter placed a stone at the gravesite of his great-grandfather on
behalf of his many descendants who survive today.
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1838 - 1917 (78 years)
