| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Sixth Generation1235. Edmund Demastus was born in August 1826 in Nelson Co., VA. Edmund was age 30 in 1860, 48 in 1870 and 73 in 1900 census records. His reported birth date in 1900 was Aug., 1826 meaning he should have been about 34 in 1860, 44 in 1870 and 74 in 1900. Susan however, was 49 in 1870 and 54 in 1900. She is said to have also been born in 1826 meaning her age was way off the mark in 1900. He lived with his parents in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA on 12 September 1860. Edmund enlisted in the Lampkins Amherst-Nelson Light Artillery Battery on 9 March 1861 at Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA and was mustered out with disability on 9 July 1862 in Virginia4802 Edmund died on 5 April 1910 at the age of 83 in Nelson Co., VA and was buried at the Damastus Family Cemetery in Tyro, Nelson Co., VA.4803 Edmund Demastus and Susan Phillips were married on 21 July 1865 in Augusta Co., VA. They appeared in the census on 3 September 1870 in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA.4804 They4804 appeared in the census on 23 June 1900 at with their son George in Massies Mill, Nelson Co, VA. The family apparently missed the 1880 federal census for Nelson Co. Susan Phillips, daughter of John Phillips and Mary Snead, was born in January 1826 in Virginia. Susan died on 2 August 1923 at the age of 97 in Nelson Co., VA and was buried at the Damastus Family Cemetery in Tyro, Nelson Co., VA.4805 Edmund Demastus and Susan Phillips had the following children:
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