Addison Wear
Armstrong
Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Robert Armstrong III
and Elizabeth (Wear) Armstrong
Brother of
Drury Paine Armstrong, Mariah (Armstrong) McMillan, Rutelia (Armstrong) Craighead, Charlotte Wear (Armstrong) Baldwin, Robert Horrace Armstrong, Margaret Cunningham (Armstrong) Love, Dialtha Perry (Armstrong) Love, James Houston Armstrong, Melinda (Armstrong) Morrow, Samuel Thompson Armstrong and Elizabeth Armstrong
Husband of
Nancy Jane (Macmillan) Armstrong
— married
29 Mar 1825 in Knox County, Knoxville, TN
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Jane (Armstrong) Anderson, John McMillan Armstrong, James Monroe Armstrong, Margaret Evelyn (Armstrong) Watkins, Amelia Almedia (Armstrong) Kizer and Robert Addison J. Armstrong
Died [date unknown]
in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Sep 2010
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Biography
Addison Wear Armstrong built a large brick home, Woodville, on the river near Knoxville. The land now belongs to the Volunteer Cement Company and plans to tear down the ante-bellum home were made in 1959. He was a surveyor and lived all his life in Knox County. [1]
Note from writer: the home was torn down but I have a photograph of the home and my father, Robert A. Armstrong had a painting made from the photograph which my mother currently has--July 29, 1997.
Death
BET 1873 AND 1915
Sources
- ↑ source "East Tennessee Pioneers", 2nd edition, by Olga Jones Edwards and Ina Wear Roberts, p.26.
- This person was created through the import of PittsPenn_2010-09-21.ged on 22 September 2010 by MG Pitts.
- WikiTree profile Armstrong-2344 created through the import of armstrongmelhornlegacy11252012.ged on Nov 29, 2012 by Milton Armstrong. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Milton and others.
- Various internet sites plus family history; 1880 Census
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Addison Wear by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Addison Wear:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Addison Wear by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Addison Wear:
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~1.56%
W. B. Smith
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A602003 [compare], Ancestry member smith9802
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Michael Carter :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch UL4352977 [compare]
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~0.78%
Larry Bounds :
23andMe, GEDmatch XH5402324 [compare]
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~0.78%
Jan (Cooper) Asher :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z209024 [compare], FTDNA kit #532945
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~0.39%
Rusty Thomas :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #526332
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