Wm. F. Armstrong

ARMSTRONG, ROBERTS, THACHER

Posted By: Peggy Elliott Webster (email)
Date: 2/16/2014 at 17:21:24

William F. Armstrong, a farmer and stock-raiser on section 27, Orient township, owns seven hundred and sixty acres of land in a good state of cultivation, and is one of the best farmers in the township. He was born in Oneida county, New York, on the 29th of October, 1840, and is the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Roberts) Armstrong. His father was a native of Ireland, and his mother of England. Mr. Armstrong attended Whitsborough seminary, and when sixteen years of age, he emigrated with his father to Illinois, where he settled in Henry county, and there remained about fifteen years. He then came to Iowa and located in Adair County upon section 27, Orient township. He was united with Miss Hannah H. Thacher in marriage in 1870. They have five children—Warren N., Nattie E., Willis R., Neva D., and an infant. Mr. Armstrong is strictly republican.