The Holton Recorder, Thursday, May 31, 1900:
An Old Veteran Passes Away.
J.C. Armstrong was born in England in the year 1835. At the age of fourteen he came to this country with his parents. At the breaking out of the war his love and devotion to his adopted country led him into the Union army. The first year of the war he enlisted in the 55th Illinois infantry and was made a sergeant in his company. At the battle of Shiloh he was taken prisoner and was confined at Macon, Georgia, for seven months. This hard prison life so shattered his health that he was unfit for service afterward, and was soon discharged.
After coming to Kansas he resided several years in Garfield township, but some two years ago on account of failing health he moved to Holton and has since been a resident of the town. Comrade Armstrong had been a member of the Methodist church thirty years and before his health failed he was quite active in church work.
Mr. Armstrong while living in Illinois was married to Mary J. Heath, Nov. 26, 1864, by whom he had four sons, two of whom are still living. She died in 1874. October 25, 1877, he was married to Miss Jennie Davis, of this county, who with five children survive him.
The funeral took place at the Methodist church at 1 o'clock p.m., Rev. Biddison conducting the services and delivering an appropriate address. The G.A.R., of which Comrade Armstrong was a member, had charge of the funeral arrangements, and as the order and citizens marched to the cemetery a halt was made at the church and the funeral party joined the procession, and the body of our deceased comrade was consigned to the grave while flowers were being strewn upon the last resting places of his dead comrades.
The Holton Recorder, Thursday, May 31, 1900:
An Old Veteran Passes Away.
J.C. Armstrong was born in England in the year 1835. At the age of fourteen he came to this country with his parents. At the breaking out of the war his love and devotion to his adopted country led him into the Union army. The first year of the war he enlisted in the 55th Illinois infantry and was made a sergeant in his company. At the battle of Shiloh he was taken prisoner and was confined at Macon, Georgia, for seven months. This hard prison life so shattered his health that he was unfit for service afterward, and was soon discharged.
After coming to Kansas he resided several years in Garfield township, but some two years ago on account of failing health he moved to Holton and has since been a resident of the town. Comrade Armstrong had been a member of the Methodist church thirty years and before his health failed he was quite active in church work.
Mr. Armstrong while living in Illinois was married to Mary J. Heath, Nov. 26, 1864, by whom he had four sons, two of whom are still living. She died in 1874. October 25, 1877, he was married to Miss Jennie Davis, of this county, who with five children survive him.
The funeral took place at the Methodist church at 1 o'clock p.m., Rev. Biddison conducting the services and delivering an appropriate address. The G.A.R., of which Comrade Armstrong was a member, had charge of the funeral arrangements, and as the order and citizens marched to the cemetery a halt was made at the church and the funeral party joined the procession, and the body of our deceased comrade was consigned to the grave while flowers were being strewn upon the last resting places of his dead comrades.
Family Members
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Fred S Armstrong
1867–1946
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Edward R. "Edwin" Armstrong
1869–1906
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Frank W Armstrong
1872–1956
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Harry J. Armstrong
1874–1898
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Arthur F Armstrong
1878–1943
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Harmon S. Armstrong
1880–1913
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Ralph W. Armstrong
1881–1897
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Edna Katharine Armstrong Francis
1884–1969
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Clarence Russell Armstrong
1893–1972
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Edythe L. Armstrong
1899–1919
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