Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Armstrong, William October 1805 - 1840
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      William Armstrong, deceased, who was a farmer and 
stock grower, was a son of Abraham Armstrong and Ruth 
Conwell Armstrong, and was born in Greene County in October, 
1805.  His parents were natives of Pennsylvania and of 
English descent.  His father was a farmer by occupation, and 
among the early settlers of the county.  William was the 
oldest of a large family and was reared on the farm in 
Cumberland Township, where he attended the subscription 
schools.  He was united in marriage with Miss Mary Williams 
of English descent.  She was born in 1807.  They were the 
parents of nine children: Maggie, wife of Archibald Grooms; 
George W, a farmer; Emma, wife of William M Murdock; 
Elizabeth, wife of Josiah L Minor; Sarah, wife of Oliver 
Griffeth; Alice, wife of James K Gregg; Cinthy, wife of 
Richard Gwynn; Lyda, wife of N H Biddle, and James, a 
farmer.  Mr Armstrong made farming the business of his life, 
met with great success,, and at the time of his death was 
the owner of a well improved farm in Cumberland Township, 
where he died in 1840.  In politics he was a Democrat; in 
religion a Cumberland Presbyterian, of which church his 
widow is also a faithful member. 

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