(50)
         
         
                              COUSINS
               7 - NAOMI ARMSTRONG AND JAMES LEEPER
                      MARRIED FEBRUARY 15, 1845
         Daughter of Matthew Armstrong Jr., and Mary Mariner (m-4-23-1816)

  Children
  1- Esther Leeper           b-7-2-1846    d-12-20-1902  m-
     Matthew Henry Smith     b-10-5-1846   d-1-21-1923
     Children

  2- Andrew M. Leeper        b-    1847    d-6-23-1849   m-

  3- Alice Leeper            b-5-8-1849    d-4-28-1927   m-
     John Matthew Armstrong  b-4-28-1852   d-2-11-1928
     Children



  4- Lodemia Leeper          b-7-14-1850   d-8-21-1874   m-
     James Selvey            b-            d-
     Children- Irene Selvey    (single)    Julia N. Selvey d-3-9-1877 (age 5½)
               Ida Selvey married a Johnson

  5- James A. Leeper         b-      1851  d-6-18-1854

  6- Leroy Leeper            b-12-26-1853  d-8-5-1855

* 7- Robert Leeper           b-3-20-1858   d-4-24-1936   m-1-9-1895
     Laura Ann Ratchford     b-10-28-1872  d-10-31-1953
     (see seperate page for this family line)

  8- Margaret Leeper         b-2-16-1859   d-12-11-1928  m-
     James Addison McKnight  b-10-20-1859  d-5-24-1927
     Children - none

  9- Julia Leeper            b-5-5-1862    d- 9-14-1922  m-1-20-1880
     Dr. W.W. Davis          b-9-14-1851   d- 1-6-1924
     Children - none


  Buried in Smith Cemetery     --     Buried in Ebenerzar Cemetery
  Andrew, James, Lodemia, Margaret.   Alice, Esther
  Leroy.                        ---
                        Buried in Greenwood Cemetery
                        Julia and Robert.
         
     Note
     James Selvey  married Lodemia Leeper and his brother S.Joseph Selvey
     married a cousin to Lodemia, Mary Elvira Leeper
         
     Selvey family buried in Smith's cemetery, Belmont, North Carolina