Background
Gordon, Armistead Churchill was born on December 20, 1855 in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Son of George Loyall and Mary (Daniel) Gordon.
Gordon, Armistead Churchill was born on December 20, 1855 in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Son of George Loyall and Mary (Daniel) Gordon.
Attended University of Virginia, 1873-1875. Doctor of Laws, William and Mary College, Virginia, 1906. Doctor of Letters, Washington and Lee University, 1923.
Admitted to bar, 1879.
Mayor of Staunton, 1884-1886. Has been city attorney and commonwealth attorney. Visitor University of Virginia, 1894-1898, 1906-1918, rector of same, 1897-1898, 1906-1918.
Visitor College of William and Mary, 1898-1906.
State visitor to Mount Vernon, 1895-1896. Chairman State Library Board, Virginia, 1903-1919.
Author: Befo’ de War, Echoes in Negro Dialect (with Thomas Nelson Page), 1888. Ommirandy—Plantation Life at Kingsmill, 1917.
Jefferson Davis, 1918.
Gordons in Virginia, 1918. The Balwearie Mystery, 1920. Thomas Nelson Page—An Appreciation, 1923.
Men and Events—Chapters of Virginia History, 1923.
Virginian Portraits—Essays in Biography, 1924. Memories and Memorials of William Gordon McCabe (2 volumes), 1925.
Allegra—The Story of Byron and Mission Clairmont, 1926. The Western Front (poems), 1928.
Also many previous books
Home: Staunton, Virginia December 21, 1931.
Married Maria Breckinridge Catlett, October 17, 1883. Children: Margaret Douglas, Mary Daniel, James Lindsay, Armistead Churchill, George Loyall (deceased).