David Armstrong, son of Judge John Armstrong was born in Virginia in about 1800. A few years after his birth the family moved to Jackson County Ohio and five years later to Greenville Ohio. When the Edsalls came up from Greenville in 1818 David Armstrong accompanied them. His citizenship of the township and town dates from that summer. He immediately entered upon a business career, which terminated only at at his death at the early age of thirty-three years. He and his father were engaged in boat building and boating between St. Marys and Fort Wayne. David and his cousin William Armstrong for a time did a large business in the purchase and transportation of goods from Dayton to Fort Wayne and defiance. The goods were transported on wagons from Dayton to St. Marys where they were loaded on perouges and floated down the river. The boat yard was located on the hill in from of where the Fountain hotel stands. In 1825, David was elected county auditor of Mercer county. After retiring from office David resumed his former occupation but it was a hard life and his naturally strong constitution gave way from exposure and he died in 1833 at the age of thirty five years. David Armstrong's wife Eleanor Scott died in 1852.
David Armstrong, son of Judge John Armstrong was born in Virginia in about 1800. A few years after his birth the family moved to Jackson County Ohio and five years later to Greenville Ohio. When the Edsalls came up from Greenville in 1818 David Armstrong accompanied them. His citizenship of the township and town dates from that summer. He immediately entered upon a business career, which terminated only at at his death at the early age of thirty-three years. He and his father were engaged in boat building and boating between St. Marys and Fort Wayne. David and his cousin William Armstrong for a time did a large business in the purchase and transportation of goods from Dayton to Fort Wayne and defiance. The goods were transported on wagons from Dayton to St. Marys where they were loaded on perouges and floated down the river. The boat yard was located on the hill in from of where the Fountain hotel stands. In 1825, David was elected county auditor of Mercer county. After retiring from office David resumed his former occupation but it was a hard life and his naturally strong constitution gave way from exposure and he died in 1833 at the age of thirty five years. David Armstrong's wife Eleanor Scott died in 1852.
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