{"id":97,"date":"2017-04-01T02:17:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T02:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marysfolly.com\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2025-04-23T14:02:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:02:20","slug":"medora-emma-dora-armstrong-ancestor-11","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marysfolly.com\/?page_id=97","title":{"rendered":"Ancestor 11 – Medora Emma “Dora” Armstrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Lovely lady! \u00a0When Medora “Dora” Emma Armstrong was born on August 16, 1858, in Upshur, West Virginia.\u00a0 She was the second daughter to her father, Harvey Armstrong, 24, and her mother, Margaret McCoy, 20.\u00a0 Dora’s parents had just moved from Highland Virginia to Upshur, Virginia shortly before her birth.\u00a0 The war between the states ravaged the area and Upshur area became part of West Virginia in 1863.\u00a0 And article was published in the Highland Recorder<\/a> on July 20, 1951, of an\u00a0 interview with Dora Lance, and in her own words she tells stories and memories about that war.\u00a0 Dora maintained a daily diary and was an avid writer.\u00a0 It is unknown to me how she became so well educated in the era when literacy was not required of a woman.\u00a0 The location of the original diary in not known, however, I have one copied diary page<\/a> where Dora notes the marriage and some work details about her grandson, Garland Francis<\/a>.\u00a0 There are also some surviving postcards that were written in her hand.<\/p>\n

She married William H Washington Lance<\/a> on October 7, 1880, in Upshur County, West Virginia. They had five daughters in order of birth:\u00a0 Carrie Wilson, Grace, Cora Marie, Reka Brandt<\/a>, and Lelah Margaret.<\/p>\n

After a long life, Dora died on December 16, 1951, in Pomeroy, Ohio at the age of 93.\u00a0 She was at the home of a granddaughter but was returned home to be buried in Point Pleasant Cemetery, Upshur, West Virginia by the side of her husband William Lance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lovely lady! \u00a0When Medora “Dora” Emma Armstrong was born on August 16, 1858, in Upshur, West Virginia.\u00a0 She was the second daughter to her father, Harvey Armstrong, 24, and her mother, Margaret McCoy, 20.\u00a0 Dora’s parents had just moved from Highland Virginia to Upshur, Virginia shortly before her birth.\u00a0 The war between the states ravaged … Continue reading Ancestor 11 – Medora Emma “Dora” Armstrong<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1498,"href":"https:\/\/www.marysfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marysfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}