Helen Elvira Armstrong

   Cause of her death was General Paralysis / Cerebral hemorrhage.

  General Notes:

The 1850 Federal Census for the Town of Laurens, Otsego Co., NY, page 240B, dated August 21, 1850 records Helen A. Armstrong (10/12 - NY) with her parents William (28 - NY) and Caroline (24 - NY) Armstrong. William is a farmer with real estate valued at $1,600. Also in the household is George Carr (64 - RI), most probably Caroline's father.

The 1850 Federal Census for the Town of Laurens, Otsego Co., NY, page 238A, dated August 20, 1850 records Ashbel Armstrong (54 - NY) with his wife Amy Armstrong (48 - NY) and children Sally A. Armstrong (22 - NY), Lucy Armstrong (21 - NY), Eliza Armstrong (20 - NY), Ezeriah (18 - NY), Erastus Armstrong (17 - NY), Elisha J. Armstrong (15 - NY), and Waity Armstrong (9 - NY). Ashbel is a farmer with real estate valued at $2,500. Also in the household is Sally Sherman (50 - NY).

The 1860 Federal Census for Revenue District 2, Dinwiddie Co., VA, page 91, dated August 1860 records Hellen A. Armstrong (11 - NY) with her father William Armstrong (36 - NY) and sister Francella Armstrong (9 - NY). William is a farmer with real estate valued at $10,000 and a personal estate valued at $150. Next door is Erastus Armstrong (29 - NY), Elisha Armstrong (25 - NY) and Arhbel Armstrong (57 - NY). Erastus has a personal estate valued at $2,395 including 3 slaves. In addition in the household are 2 mulato domestic servants, Christina Coleman (22) & Henriatta Harrison (13) and Samuel Davis (21), a Conductor for the R. R.

The 1870 Federal Census for Petersburg, Ward 3, Dinwiddie Co., VA, page 91, dated July 16, 1870 records Hellen A. Armstrong (19 - NY) with living her brother, Erastus Armstrong (37 - NY) and his wife Mary A. Armstrong (32 - VA) and their son William E. Armstrong (1 - VA). Also in the household are Hellen's siblings Elisha Armstrong (35 - NY), Francelia Armstrong (15 - NY). Both Erastus and Elisha are employed as Merchant Com. The Armstrong siblings apparently inherited their father estate and each of their real estate and personale estae values are listed as follows: Erastus - $2,000, $2,000; Elisha - $2,000, $1,500; Hellen - $2,000, $500; and Francelia - $2,000, $500.

See general notes on her husband for 1880 census facts.

Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958
Name: Mrs Helen E Young
Application Date: 1 Sep 1913
Application Place: Dinwiddie, Virginia
Birth Year: abt 1832
Birth Place: Oswego Co New York
Age: 81
Spouse: Edwin Henry Young
Cause of Death: Bright's Disease & Heart Trouble
Military Service: 41st Viginia Infantry, Company E [sometimes named Co. B]
[Known as "Confederate Cadets and Cocade [Cockade] Cadets"
Immediate superior officer: Colonel Parham
: Captains J. H. Marcham / J. B. Laurens / Thomas Kevill
Marriage Date: 8 Jul 1874
Marriage Place: Petersburg, Virginia
Spouse Death Date: 19 Oct 1902
Spouse Death Place: Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Application Type: Widow

Another record regarding Edwin H. Young dated September 24, 1930 from the Adjutant General's Office, War Department in Washington D. C. reports Edwin H. Young, Co. B, 41st Virginia Infantry, C. S. A. enlisted April 11, 1862, at Norfolk. Assigned from Militia on that date. Muster roll Sept. & Oct. 1864 (latest on file) shows him absent. Prisoner of War, a Private.
Prisoner of War records shat that he was captured October 27, 1864, at Petersburg, paroled at Point Lookout, Md and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Va. March 14, 1865, for exchange, a Private.
No later record found. Not found as Edwin Henry Young, nor as of Co. E.

  Medical Notes:

Virginia Death Certificate:
Name: Helen Elvira Young (widowed)
Residence: Namozine, [Dinwiddie Co.,] VA
Date of Birth: August 15, 1849 in Octego (sic) Co., N.Y.
[note: This could be Otsego Co., NY or Oswego Co., NY]
Additional research concludes Otsego Co., NY:
The 1850 Federal Census for Laurens, Otsego Co., NY, records Helen A. Armstrong (10/12 - NY) with her parents William (28 - NY) and Caroline (24 - NY) Armstrong. Also in the household is George Carr (64 - RI), most probably Caroline's father.
Father: Wm Armstrong (born in Din. Co, Va [Dinwiddie Co.]
Mother: Caroline Carr born in Octego Co N.Y.
Date of Death: April 9, 1931
Cause of Death: General Paralysis / Cerebral hemorrhage
Husband: Edwin H. Young
Marrital status: widowed
Burial: April 10, 1931 in Petersburg, Va
Informant: Mr. C. W. Sadler of Petersburg, VA

Helen married Edwin Henry Young, son of Edward H. Young and Sarah C. Draper, on 8 Jul 1874 in Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co., Virginia. (Edwin Henry Young was born on 15 Oct 1842 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia and died on 19 Apr 1902 in Dinwiddie Co., Virginia.)