Retirement
John Armfield retired to Central Tennessee in 1835. In 1850 he purchased the resort of Beersheba Springs in Grundy County, Tennessee. He died at Beersheba Springs in 1871, aged 73 or 74.
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| Name | Armfield, John |
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| Date of birth | 1797 |
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| Date of death | 1871 |
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