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Edgar Sherman Armacost

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Edgar Sherman Armacost

Birth
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Death
23 Jun 1981 (aged 82)
Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
D11-05a
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Edgar Sherman Armacost, son of Henry Sherman Armacost and Margaret Emily Bay "Emma" Bush, married Mary Virginia Schaeffer, daughter of Edgar H. Schaeffer and Lizzie K. Wantz, on May 24, 1921, in Carroll County, Maryland.

They had three boys; Harold E., Kenneth S., and Bernard S. Armacost.

Edgar was orphaned just prior to his 12th birthday. He was raised by his mother's sister and her husband, Ulysses and Bertha Bush Shipley. He worked as a laborer on the Shipley farm.

Edgar and his wife both had a high school education. Edgar became a carpenter, owned his own construction business, and employed his three sons. The three boys are listed in the history of the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home as contractors to the improvement projects in the 40's, 50's and 60's.

Edgar served in World War I in 1918.
Draft Registration Card, 1918
Edgar Sherman Armacost
Patapsco, Carroll Co., Md., Carrier #1
born, April 10, 1899
Laborer for Mr. Ulysses Shipley
Patapsco, Carroll Co., Md., Carrier #1
Nearest relative, Mrs. Bertha Susanna Shipley
Height, medium
build, medium
eyes, brown
hair, brown

see bio on his wife, Mary Virginia Armacost for 1920 and 1930 census records.
Edgar Sherman Armacost, son of Henry Sherman Armacost and Margaret Emily Bay "Emma" Bush, married Mary Virginia Schaeffer, daughter of Edgar H. Schaeffer and Lizzie K. Wantz, on May 24, 1921, in Carroll County, Maryland.

They had three boys; Harold E., Kenneth S., and Bernard S. Armacost.

Edgar was orphaned just prior to his 12th birthday. He was raised by his mother's sister and her husband, Ulysses and Bertha Bush Shipley. He worked as a laborer on the Shipley farm.

Edgar and his wife both had a high school education. Edgar became a carpenter, owned his own construction business, and employed his three sons. The three boys are listed in the history of the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home as contractors to the improvement projects in the 40's, 50's and 60's.

Edgar served in World War I in 1918.
Draft Registration Card, 1918
Edgar Sherman Armacost
Patapsco, Carroll Co., Md., Carrier #1
born, April 10, 1899
Laborer for Mr. Ulysses Shipley
Patapsco, Carroll Co., Md., Carrier #1
Nearest relative, Mrs. Bertha Susanna Shipley
Height, medium
build, medium
eyes, brown
hair, brown

see bio on his wife, Mary Virginia Armacost for 1920 and 1930 census records.

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