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Pleasant Armstrong

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Pleasant Armstrong

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
2 Feb 1854 (aged 55–56)
Menard County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Atterberry, Menard County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Spouse:

Delilah Potter (1803-abt 1861) daughter of Rebecca Reavis Potter (1778-1818)

A farmer, he was born in Kentucky about 1798.
He served under Captain Abraham Lincoln in the Blackhawk War.

On October 27, 1848 Pleasant Armstrong and John Yardly purchased a piece of property in Springfield, Illinois from Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.

He served under Captain Bowling Greene(1786-1742) in the Winnebago War July 20, 1827 to August 27, 1827
May be the brother of Robert A. Armstrong(1760-1834)

Susannah Armstrong age 76, born 1774 was listed in the household in the 1850 census. She may be the mother of Pleasant Armstrong.

Children:

John Armstrong 1830-1852
William Armstrong 1832-1851
Joseph Armstrong 1836-1866
Mary Armstrong b. 1838
Pleasant O. Armstrong 1840-1864
married: Elizabeth Greene 19 Jan 1862
Horace Bowling Armstrong (1841-Bef.1870)
married: Martha Jane Clary (1847-1923)
Spouse:

Delilah Potter (1803-abt 1861) daughter of Rebecca Reavis Potter (1778-1818)

A farmer, he was born in Kentucky about 1798.
He served under Captain Abraham Lincoln in the Blackhawk War.

On October 27, 1848 Pleasant Armstrong and John Yardly purchased a piece of property in Springfield, Illinois from Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln.

He served under Captain Bowling Greene(1786-1742) in the Winnebago War July 20, 1827 to August 27, 1827
May be the brother of Robert A. Armstrong(1760-1834)

Susannah Armstrong age 76, born 1774 was listed in the household in the 1850 census. She may be the mother of Pleasant Armstrong.

Children:

John Armstrong 1830-1852
William Armstrong 1832-1851
Joseph Armstrong 1836-1866
Mary Armstrong b. 1838
Pleasant O. Armstrong 1840-1864
married: Elizabeth Greene 19 Jan 1862
Horace Bowling Armstrong (1841-Bef.1870)
married: Martha Jane Clary (1847-1923)


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