Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Armstrong, Joseph H. July 25, 1819 - July 4, 1887
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      Joseph H Armstrong, deceased, was a farmer and stock 
grower.  He was born in Cumberland Township, Greene County, 
Penna, July 25, 1819, and died July 4, 1887, in his sixty 
seventh year.  His father, William Armstrong, and also his 
grandfather were among the earliest Scotch-Irish settlers of 
this county.    They were all farmers.  Joseph was the sixth 
in the family and was reared on the farm where he died.  His 
education was obtained in the township and the old Greene 
Academy at Carmicheals.  Hi was industrious, frugal, and a 
good financier, owning at the time of his death 225 acres of 
well improved land.  He was united in marriage November 23, 
1843, with Mary A Flenniken, daughter of James Flenniken and 
Mary McClelland Flenniken.  Her ancestors were also farmers 
and among the earliest settlers of the county.  They were of 
Scotch Irish descent.  Mr and Mrs Armstrong were the parents 
of three children: Lizzie, wife of Daniel Thompson of 
Uniontown, Penna; Mary Louisa, wife of Robert Denham; and 
William W, who is a farmer and has charge of the home place. 

In politics Mr Armstrong is a Democrat.  

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