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Descendants of Joseph Armstrong

Generation No. 1

1. JOSEPH⁴ ARMSTRONG (ROBERT³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born 08 Aug 1799 in Mercer County KY, and died 23 Jul 1871. He married (1) MARY LILLARD 16 Oct 1833 in Mercer County KY. She died 30 Nov 1835. He married (2) CHARLOTTE B. MAY 19 Feb 1837 in Mercer County KY, daughter of HENRY MAY and JEMIMA CLELAND. She was born 17 Jul 1812 in Boyle County KY (then a part of Mercer County), and died 29 Jun 1893 in Lee's Summit MO.

More About JOSEPH ARMSTRONG:
Burial: New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mercer County KY
Census: Listed in Mercer County records of 1850, 1860, and 1870. Occupation shown as "farmer."
First Wife: His first marriage to Mary Lillard produced no children.
Property: Owned property on the Salt River. Property sold by his heirs through a document executed in Mercer County on October 18, 1880.

More About JOSEPH ARMSTRONG and MARY LILLARD:
Bondsman: Joseph Lillard
Marriage: 16 Oct 1833, Mercer County KY

More About CHARLOTTE B. MAY:
Burial: Lee's Summit MO Cemetery, Second Addition, Block 15, Lot 1. Her tombstone is in the shape of a tree stump with branches.
Father: Property of Henry May passed down to heirs through a document executed in Mercer County on August 10, 1829. Charlotte received Lot No. 7 of land divided among 11 surviving children.
Residence: Moved to Lee's Summit MO following husband's death to be near children.

More About JOSEPH ARMSTRONG and CHARLOTTE MAY:
Bondsman: Anthony Johnson
Marriage: 19 Feb 1837, Mercer County KY
Winness: H. May

Children of JOSEPH ARMSTRONG and CHARLOTTE MAY are:

2.	i.	ROBERT HENRY⁵ ARMSTRONG, b. 01 Aug 1838, Salvisa KY; d. 24 Jul 1911, Freeport IL at the home of his daughter.
3.	ii.	JAMES MITCHELL ARMSTRONG, b. 02 Mar 1842, Mercer County KY; d. 24 Jul 1912, Alexandria LA.
4.	iii.	MARY PRISCILLA ARMSTRONG, b. 15 Apr 1844, Salvisa KY; d. 21 Feb 1917, Lee's Summit MO.
5.	iv.	NANCY CAMELIA ARMSTRONG, b. 08 Mar 1846, Salvisa KY; d. 06 Nov 1931.
6.	v.	MARGARET JEMIMA ARMSTRONG, b. 10 Aug 1848; d. 20 Nov 1922, Missouri.
7.	vi.	EMILY FRANCES ARMSTRONG, b. 03 Aug 1852; d. 15 Oct 1917.
	vii.	HARRIET ANN ARMSTRONG, b. 06 May 1854, Mercer County KY; d. 27 Mar 1923, Lee's Summit MO; m. JOHN DANIEL KREEGER, 22 Dec 1880; b. 22 Feb 1855; d. 17 Mar 1930, Lee's Summit MO. A letter written by Nancy Armstrong Gibbons said he was in a nursing home in Kansas City in December 1929.

More About HARRIET ANN ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Lee's Summit MO Cemetery, Fourth Addition, Block 10, Lot 4
Children: None
Nickname: Annie
Residence: Was living in Vernon County MO before her marriage

More About JOHN DANIEL KREEGER:
Burial: Lee's Summit MO Cemetery, Fourth Addition, Block 10, Lot 4
Occupation: Teacher, farmer, livestock rancher
Ordination: Deacon in the Wallace Chapel Presbyterian Church
Published Information: Biographical paragraph on p. 937 of "History of Jackson County Missouri" (1920).

More About JOHN KREEGER and HARRIET ARMSTRONG:
Marriage: 22 Dec 1880

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THOMAS ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG, b. 12 Sep 1855, Salvisa KY (tombstone inscription says he was born in 1858); d. 12 Sep 1938.

Notes for THOMAS ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG:
"Tommie" is mentioned in letters written by Nancy Gibbons Armstrong in December 1929 and January 1930. She was a widow at that time, and her bachelor brother may have been living with her in Lee's Summit MO. An Armstrong family story says that Thomas Armstrong once purchased a watch, had it engraved, and offered it to a lady in a marriage proposal, but the proposal was rejected. The watch was passed down as a marriage gift within the family for the next two generations.

More About THOMAS ALEXANDER ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Lee's Summit MO Cemetery, Second Addition, Block 15, Lot 1. His grave is between those of his mother and his sister, Mary P. Driskell.
Marital Status: Did not marry. In later years his widowed sister Nancy Gibbons may have lived with him in Lee's Summit MO

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