Hardesty's West Virginia Counties
Volume 3
Pg. 75 & 76
J. D. ARMSTRONG—has 100 acres of improved land on Knawles creek, Kanawha district, Braxton county, mostly devoted to grazing purposes. He was born in Pendleton county, (now) West Virginia, August
23, 1828, a son of T. B. and Sarah (Pullens) Armstrong, now of Lewis county. John Armstrong and Samuel Pullens, his paternal and maternal grandfathers, were of Irish descent, and lived in Highland county, Virginia. T. B. Armstrong was a seventh child and fourth son, and he came from Pendleton to Lewis county in 1836. He was the father of three sons and two daughters, and the subject of this sketch was the third son and fourth child. J. D. Armstrong was united in marriage with Rebecca Pickens in Lewis county, December 28, 1853, and in the following year settled on Fall run. He came to Knawles creek in 1863. J. D. Armstrong and wife have three sons: William, born February 7, 1856; Samuel, November 23, 1858; Charles, March 2, 1870. The two first have farms of their own in Braxton county, and the youngest is at home. The wife of Mr. Armstrong was born in Lewis county, August 19, 1830, daughter of James and Rachel (Talbart) Pickens. Her father was born in Pendleton county, and her mother in Harrison county, both then part of Virginia, and they settled on the Kanawha river in Lewis county in 1835, and reared five girls and three boys, Mrs. Armstrong being the fifth daughter and sixth child. All of Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong's brothers and sisters are living but one on each side, and all have families —all live in West Virginia. J. D. Armstrong was a Federal soldier through the entire civil war, serving in Company A, 10th West Virginia Infantry. He was in the battles of Droop Mountain, Opequon, Fishers Hill, Cedar Creek, and others. He was only home once, for fifteen days, during the entire war. George Armstrong, his brother, was captured by the Confederates in Upshur county, while taking part in a militia drill, was sent to Andersonville, where he died after six months' imprisonment, in 1864. J. D. Armstrong's postoffice address is Knawles Creek, Braxton county, West Virginia.
Contributor: Alex Brady (#50144495)
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Veteran (American Civil War): The Weston Democrat, 26 Apr 2000
Volume 3
Pg. 75 & 76
J. D. ARMSTRONG—has 100 acres of improved land on Knawles creek, Kanawha district, Braxton county, mostly devoted to grazing purposes. He was born in Pendleton county, (now) West Virginia, August
23, 1828, a son of T. B. and Sarah (Pullens) Armstrong, now of Lewis county. John Armstrong and Samuel Pullens, his paternal and maternal grandfathers, were of Irish descent, and lived in Highland county, Virginia. T. B. Armstrong was a seventh child and fourth son, and he came from Pendleton to Lewis county in 1836. He was the father of three sons and two daughters, and the subject of this sketch was the third son and fourth child. J. D. Armstrong was united in marriage with Rebecca Pickens in Lewis county, December 28, 1853, and in the following year settled on Fall run. He came to Knawles creek in 1863. J. D. Armstrong and wife have three sons: William, born February 7, 1856; Samuel, November 23, 1858; Charles, March 2, 1870. The two first have farms of their own in Braxton county, and the youngest is at home. The wife of Mr. Armstrong was born in Lewis county, August 19, 1830, daughter of James and Rachel (Talbart) Pickens. Her father was born in Pendleton county, and her mother in Harrison county, both then part of Virginia, and they settled on the Kanawha river in Lewis county in 1835, and reared five girls and three boys, Mrs. Armstrong being the fifth daughter and sixth child. All of Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong's brothers and sisters are living but one on each side, and all have families —all live in West Virginia. J. D. Armstrong was a Federal soldier through the entire civil war, serving in Company A, 10th West Virginia Infantry. He was in the battles of Droop Mountain, Opequon, Fishers Hill, Cedar Creek, and others. He was only home once, for fifteen days, during the entire war. George Armstrong, his brother, was captured by the Confederates in Upshur county, while taking part in a militia drill, was sent to Andersonville, where he died after six months' imprisonment, in 1864. J. D. Armstrong's postoffice address is Knawles Creek, Braxton county, West Virginia.
Contributor: Alex Brady (#50144495)
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Veteran (American Civil War): The Weston Democrat, 26 Apr 2000
Hardesty's West Virginia Counties
Volume 3
Pg. 75 & 76
J. D. ARMSTRONG—has 100 acres of improved land on Knawles creek, Kanawha district, Braxton county, mostly devoted to grazing purposes. He was born in Pendleton county, (now) West Virginia, August
23, 1828, a son of T. B. and Sarah (Pullens) Armstrong, now of Lewis county. John Armstrong and Samuel Pullens, his paternal and maternal grandfathers, were of Irish descent, and lived in Highland county, Virginia. T. B. Armstrong was a seventh child and fourth son, and he came from Pendleton to Lewis county in 1836. He was the father of three sons and two daughters, and the subject of this sketch was the third son and fourth child. J. D. Armstrong was united in marriage with Rebecca Pickens in Lewis county, December 28, 1853, and in the following year settled on Fall run. He came to Knawles creek in 1863. J. D. Armstrong and wife have three sons: William, born February 7, 1856; Samuel, November 23, 1858; Charles, March 2, 1870. The two first have farms of their own in Braxton county, and the youngest is at home. The wife of Mr. Armstrong was born in Lewis county, August 19, 1830, daughter of James and Rachel (Talbart) Pickens. Her father was born in Pendleton county, and her mother in Harrison county, both then part of Virginia, and they settled on the Kanawha river in Lewis county in 1835, and reared five girls and three boys, Mrs. Armstrong being the fifth daughter and sixth child. All of Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong's brothers and sisters are living but one on each side, and all have families —all live in West Virginia. J. D. Armstrong was a Federal soldier through the entire civil war, serving in Company A, 10th West Virginia Infantry. He was in the battles of Droop Mountain, Opequon, Fishers Hill, Cedar Creek, and others. He was only home once, for fifteen days, during the entire war. George Armstrong, his brother, was captured by the Confederates in Upshur county, while taking part in a militia drill, was sent to Andersonville, where he died after six months' imprisonment, in 1864. J. D. Armstrong's postoffice address is Knawles Creek, Braxton county, West Virginia.
Contributor: Alex Brady (#50144495)
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Veteran (American Civil War): The Weston Democrat, 26 Apr 2000
Volume 3
Pg. 75 & 76
J. D. ARMSTRONG—has 100 acres of improved land on Knawles creek, Kanawha district, Braxton county, mostly devoted to grazing purposes. He was born in Pendleton county, (now) West Virginia, August
23, 1828, a son of T. B. and Sarah (Pullens) Armstrong, now of Lewis county. John Armstrong and Samuel Pullens, his paternal and maternal grandfathers, were of Irish descent, and lived in Highland county, Virginia. T. B. Armstrong was a seventh child and fourth son, and he came from Pendleton to Lewis county in 1836. He was the father of three sons and two daughters, and the subject of this sketch was the third son and fourth child. J. D. Armstrong was united in marriage with Rebecca Pickens in Lewis county, December 28, 1853, and in the following year settled on Fall run. He came to Knawles creek in 1863. J. D. Armstrong and wife have three sons: William, born February 7, 1856; Samuel, November 23, 1858; Charles, March 2, 1870. The two first have farms of their own in Braxton county, and the youngest is at home. The wife of Mr. Armstrong was born in Lewis county, August 19, 1830, daughter of James and Rachel (Talbart) Pickens. Her father was born in Pendleton county, and her mother in Harrison county, both then part of Virginia, and they settled on the Kanawha river in Lewis county in 1835, and reared five girls and three boys, Mrs. Armstrong being the fifth daughter and sixth child. All of Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong's brothers and sisters are living but one on each side, and all have families —all live in West Virginia. J. D. Armstrong was a Federal soldier through the entire civil war, serving in Company A, 10th West Virginia Infantry. He was in the battles of Droop Mountain, Opequon, Fishers Hill, Cedar Creek, and others. He was only home once, for fifteen days, during the entire war. George Armstrong, his brother, was captured by the Confederates in Upshur county, while taking part in a militia drill, was sent to Andersonville, where he died after six months' imprisonment, in 1864. J. D. Armstrong's postoffice address is Knawles Creek, Braxton county, West Virginia.
Contributor: Alex Brady (#50144495)
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Veteran (American Civil War): The Weston Democrat, 26 Apr 2000
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