RBH_Report_Keene_Armstead_Fanny.pdf

extracted text: Fanny Armstead
Keene, NH

BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Fanny Armstead was born around 1839 in Washington, DC.1
In 1860, at the age of 21 years, she lived in the household of Keziah B. Appleton of Keene, NH.
She could read and write. Fanny was identified as a mulatto woman.
No further information has been found.

Family Timeline
1860: Fanny Armstead, 21 year old, ‘mulatto’ female residing in the home of Keziah B. Appleton
in Keene, NH. Fanny could read/write. She was born in Washington, DC. in about 1839.2
Note: The Appletons. In 1860, Keziah Bixly Appleton is listed in the census as a 66-year old
white female ‘gentlewoman’ with $10,000 in real estate and $20,000 in personal estate. She
died in 1870. She was born in NH.

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1860 U.S. Federal Census (ancestry.com)
1860 U.S. Federal Census (ancestry.com)

Jennifer Carroll

ITEMIZED RESEARCH FINDINGS
Census Records
1860 U.S. Census

REPOSITORIES VISITED
RESOURCES USED
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Website: Ancestry.com
Website: Keene Evening Sentinel. http://keene.advantage-preservation.com/
Book: Upper Ashuelot: a History of Keene, New Hampshire
Book: A History of the Town of Keene from 1732, when the Township was Granted by
Massachusetts, to 1874, when it Became a City by S. G. Griffin, M. A

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Recovering Black History in the Monadnock Region project: Keene

FURTHER RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS

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Recovering Black History in the Monadnock Region project: Keene