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George Thomas Armstrong

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George Thomas Armstrong

Birth
Canada
Death
11 Jun 1909 (aged 73)
Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Farley, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.4343, Longitude: -91.0151056
Plot
Sec B row 23 #4
Memorial ID
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Civil War Veteran - Co. F 21 Ia Inf - Corporal

George was the son of David Armstrong. He married Sarah Angeline Hull on 27 FEB 1856 in Troy, NY. They were the parents of Willis Pierce, John Wellington (1857 NY - 1926, Mary Jane Long), & George E (1859). George married 2nd Elizabeth Dare on 19 OCT 1908 in Farley, Dubuque Co, IA.

CENSUS 1870 Dodge, Dubuque, Iowa
G T Armstrong Male 32 Canada
Sarah Armstrong Female 36 New York
John W Armstrong Male 15 New York
Geo W Armstrong Male 11 Iowa

CENSUS 1880 Dodge, Dubuque, Iowa
G T Armstrong Self Male 45 Massachusetts, United States
Sarah A Armstrong Wife Female 49 New York, United States
George E Armstrong Other Male 20 Iowa, United States
Hoover Cadelia Other Female 17 Iowa, United State

CENSUS 1900 Epworth & Farley towns, Dubuque, Iowa
George Armstrong Head Male 65 Massachusetts
Sarah A Armstrong Wife Female 73 New York
John W Armstrong Son Male 43 New York
Mary J Armstrong Daughter-in-law Female 30 New York
Eugene W Armstrong Grandson Male 1 Iowa

Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Name: George T Armstrong
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 19 Oct 1907
Event Place: Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 69
Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Dare
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 59
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1848

Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951
Name: Elizabeth Armstrong
Titles and Terms: Mrs
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 13 Jun 1929
Event Place: Farley, Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Event Place (Original): Farley
Gender: Female
Age: 82
Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Father's Name: Robt Mckinney
Mother's Name: Jane Mcconnel
Certificate Number: 311076
Cause of Death Lung congestion pleurisy
Informant Robert Dare

Contributor: #47601076 - June 17, 1909 - Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette - The funeral of George Armstrong was held from the family residence at Farley under the auspices of the Hyde Clark G.A.R. post of Dubuque of which the deceased was a member.

George T. Armstrong’s parents came to Boston from Canada when he was twelve. After four years they moved to Troy, New York, where George at age 16 went to work in the cotton bleaching mills.

In New York State he married Sarah Hull. They came west to New Wine Township in 1856. George enlisted the 21st Iowa volunteers Co. F. when the Civil War broke out. At the close of the war in 1865 he and his brother-in-law, John Hull, bought a farm 3 miles southwest in Farley. Later John Hull returned to New York and George Armstrong bought the American House in Farley, he and his sons then became active in construction, building homes for George Pitman Sr.; the Callahan sisters; Will Campbell; C.C. Placke; and C.E. Gault (later George Nichols property).

After the death of his wife Sarah in 1900, George served two years in the agricultural department in Washington. He returned to Farley and married a second time to Elizabeth Dare.

George died at the age of 74 on June 11, 1909. Two sons, John W. of Farley and George E. of Kennewick, Washington survived him. Burial was at Fairview cemetery. The History of Farley, Well Publishing, Copyright, 1996.
Civil War Veteran - Co. F 21 Ia Inf - Corporal

George was the son of David Armstrong. He married Sarah Angeline Hull on 27 FEB 1856 in Troy, NY. They were the parents of Willis Pierce, John Wellington (1857 NY - 1926, Mary Jane Long), & George E (1859). George married 2nd Elizabeth Dare on 19 OCT 1908 in Farley, Dubuque Co, IA.

CENSUS 1870 Dodge, Dubuque, Iowa
G T Armstrong Male 32 Canada
Sarah Armstrong Female 36 New York
John W Armstrong Male 15 New York
Geo W Armstrong Male 11 Iowa

CENSUS 1880 Dodge, Dubuque, Iowa
G T Armstrong Self Male 45 Massachusetts, United States
Sarah A Armstrong Wife Female 49 New York, United States
George E Armstrong Other Male 20 Iowa, United States
Hoover Cadelia Other Female 17 Iowa, United State

CENSUS 1900 Epworth & Farley towns, Dubuque, Iowa
George Armstrong Head Male 65 Massachusetts
Sarah A Armstrong Wife Female 73 New York
John W Armstrong Son Male 43 New York
Mary J Armstrong Daughter-in-law Female 30 New York
Eugene W Armstrong Grandson Male 1 Iowa

Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Name: George T Armstrong
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 19 Oct 1907
Event Place: Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 69
Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Dare
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 59
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1848

Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951
Name: Elizabeth Armstrong
Titles and Terms: Mrs
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 13 Jun 1929
Event Place: Farley, Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Event Place (Original): Farley
Gender: Female
Age: 82
Birth Year (Estimated): 1847
Father's Name: Robt Mckinney
Mother's Name: Jane Mcconnel
Certificate Number: 311076
Cause of Death Lung congestion pleurisy
Informant Robert Dare

Contributor: #47601076 - June 17, 1909 - Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette - The funeral of George Armstrong was held from the family residence at Farley under the auspices of the Hyde Clark G.A.R. post of Dubuque of which the deceased was a member.

George T. Armstrong’s parents came to Boston from Canada when he was twelve. After four years they moved to Troy, New York, where George at age 16 went to work in the cotton bleaching mills.

In New York State he married Sarah Hull. They came west to New Wine Township in 1856. George enlisted the 21st Iowa volunteers Co. F. when the Civil War broke out. At the close of the war in 1865 he and his brother-in-law, John Hull, bought a farm 3 miles southwest in Farley. Later John Hull returned to New York and George Armstrong bought the American House in Farley, he and his sons then became active in construction, building homes for George Pitman Sr.; the Callahan sisters; Will Campbell; C.C. Placke; and C.E. Gault (later George Nichols property).

After the death of his wife Sarah in 1900, George served two years in the agricultural department in Washington. He returned to Farley and married a second time to Elizabeth Dare.

George died at the age of 74 on June 11, 1909. Two sons, John W. of Farley and George E. of Kennewick, Washington survived him. Burial was at Fairview cemetery. The History of Farley, Well Publishing, Copyright, 1996.


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