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Descendants of Joseph Armstrong

Generation No. 2

2. ROBERT HENRY⁵ ARMSTRONG (JOSEPH⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born 01 Aug 1838 in Salvisa KY, and died 24 Jul 1911 in Freeport IL at the home of his daughter. He married MARY JANE CUNNINGHAM 13 Jun 1860, daughter of JOHN CUNNINGHAM and MARTHA LYEN. She was born 13 Aug 1841 in Salvisa KY, and died 14 Jan 1914 in Freeport IL at the home of her daughter.

More About ROBERT HENRY ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Believed to be buried in the Lee's Summit Cemetery, but grave location is uncertain
Military service: Confederate Army, possibly Dortch's 2nd Battalion, Kentucky Cavalry
Obituary: Freeport Daily Bulletin, July 29, 1911 and Lee's Summit Journal, August 4, 1911
Residence: Nevada MO in 1880 and Neosho MO in 1889, later lived in Carterville MO and Freeport IL

More About MARY JANE CUNNINGHAM:
Burial: Believed to be buried in the Lee's Summit Cemetery, but grave location is uncertain
Obituary: Freeport Daily Journal Standard, January 15, 1914

More About ROBERT ARMSTRONG and MARY CUNNINGHAM:
Marriage: 13 Jun 1860

Child of ROBERT ARMSTRONG and MARY CUNNINGHAM is:

SALENA MAY⁶ ARMSTRONG, b. 08 Mar 1864, Salvisa KY; d. 24 Jul 1941, Freeport IL.

3. JAMES MITCHELL⁵ ARMSTRONG (JOSEPH⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born 02 Mar 1842 in Mercer County KY, and died 24 Jul 1912 in Alexandria LA. He married MARY VINCENT TURNER 30 Aug 1877 in Alexandria LA, daughter of RUFUS TURNER and ELIZABETH _______. She was born 15 May 1855 in Dale County AL, and died 12 Jun 1935 in Alexandria LA.

Notes for JAMES MITCHELL ARMSTRONG:
Was the only church officer when the First Presbyterian Church organized in Alexandria LA in 1891. He and two friends signed a bank note for $800 so the church could buy its property. He was the first Sunday School Superintendent, and a memorial stained-glass window was donated by his widow after his death.
The church moved to a new location in the 1980's, and the window has been in storage since the move.

More About JAMES MITCHELL ARMSTRONG:
Burial: National Cemetery, Pineville LA
Military service: Corporal, Company M, 9th Kentucky Cavalry (Union)
Namesake: Apparently named for lawyer James P. Mitchell of Mitchellsburg KY.
Obituary: 03 Aug 1912, Alexandria Weekly Town Talk
Ordination: Elder, Presbyterian Church.
Published Information: Page 79, Early Historical Sketches of First Presbyterian Church, Alexandria LA (1987)

Notes for MARY VINCENT TURNER:
James Mitchell Armstrong's wife was probably not named Mary Vincent Turner at birth. Shortly after the Civil War, she and her siblings were taken to a Catholic orphanage in New Orleans because the all adult members of the Turner family were dead. It is believed that her birth name was changed to "Mary Vincent" by nuns at the orphanage so she would be named for saints of the Catholic Church. The 1860 census for Alexandria, Louisiana lists three children for Rufus and Elizabeth Turner: a girl age 7 named Jane Ann, a girl age 5 named Nancy Jane, and an unnamed 2-month-old boy, assumed to be Richard Littleton Turner. If Mary Vincent Turner's birth year is 1855, she may have been the 5-year-old girl, although the recollection of family members is that she was the oldest child in her family. If the census names are correct, her birth name was either Jane Ann Turner or Nancy Jane Turner. The nuns changed her sister's name to "Elizabeth." One item that accompanied the three children to the orphanage was a deed to 200 acres of land owned by the Turners in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. The deed proved to be valid, and the land remained in Mary Vincent's family until sold in 1966.

More About MARY VINCENT TURNER:
Burial: National Cemetery, Pineville LA
Father: Rufus Turner was a Confederate soldier, a private in Co. E, 16th Louisiana Infantry
Obituary: 13 Jun 1935, Alexandria Daily Town Talk

More About JAMES ARMSTRONG and MARY TURNER:
Marriage: 30 Aug 1877, Alexandria LA

Children of JAMES ARMSTRONG and MARY TURNER are:

JOSEPH LAPSLEY⁶ ARMSTRONG, b. 02 Oct 1878, Mercer County KY; d. 20 Nov 1944, Alexandria LA; m. ESTELLE PATMAN; b. 15 Oct 1898; d. 03 Jul 1993, Little Rock AR.

More About JOSEPH LAPSLEY ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Pineville LA on November 21, 1944
Children: None

More About ESTELLE PATMAN:
Burial: Henderson Cemetery, Pangburn AR

9.	ii.	RICHARD LITTLETON TURNER ARMSTRONG, b. 08 Aug 1881, Alexandria LA; d. 21 Nov 1950.
10.	iii.	CARLOTTA HERMENIA ARMSTRONG, b. 13 Mar 1884, Alexandria LA; d. 25 Apr 1956, Alexandria LA.
11.	iv.	JAMES MITCHELL ARMSTRONG, JR., b. 01 Dec 1887, Alexandria LA; d. 10 Dec 1981, Dallas TX.
12.	v.	RUFUS VINCENT ARMSTRONG, b. 17 Apr 1889, Alexandria LA; d. 07 Dec 1954, Alexandria LA.
	vi.	MARTHA ASHLEY ARMSTRONG, b. 09 Feb 1892, Alexandria LA; d. 10 Dec 1979, Alexandria LA; m. ELBERT BERTRAND REYNOLDS; b. 14 Jul 1892, Ain AR; d. 03 Sep 1933, El Paso TX.

More About MARTHA ASHLEY ARMSTRONG:
Burial: National Cemetery, Pineville LA
Children: None
Residence: Lived most of her life in the wood frame two-story house built by her father, James Mitchell Armstrong, at 724 Scott Street, Alexandria LA. The house was torn down after her death for an urban reclamation project.

More About ELBERT BERTRAND REYNOLDS:
Burial: National Cemetery, Pineville LA
Military service: Sgt First Class, 124th Transportation Corps
Obituary: Alexandria Daily Town Talk, September 8, 1933

4. MARY PRISCILLA⁵ ARMSTRONG (JOSEPH⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born 15 Apr 1844 in Salvisa KY, and died 21 Feb 1917 in Lee's Summit MO. She married J. NEWTON DRISKELL 03 Aug 1875 in Mercer County KY. He was born 14 Feb 1837, and died 18 Aug 1909.

More About MARY PRISCILLA ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Lee's Summit MO Cemetery, Second addition, Block 15, Lot 1
Moved: In October 1909 (after husband's death) from Mercer County KY to Jackson County MO
Obituary: Lee's Summit Journal, February 22, 1917

More About J. NEWTON DRISKELL:
Burial: New Providence Presbyterian Cemetery, Mercer County KY
Marital Status: First wife died in 1864, second wife died in 1870
Residence: Talmage KY, which is just west of McAfee Station in Mercer County

More About J. DRISKELL and MARY ARMSTRONG:
Marriage: 03 Aug 1875, Mercer County KY

Children of MARY ARMSTRONG and J. DRISKELL are:

INFANT GIRL⁶ DRISKELL, b. 01 Aug 1876; d. 01 Aug 1876.

More About INFANT GIRL DRISKELL:
Burial: New Providence Presbyterian Cemetery, Mercer County KY

13.	ii.		NANCY GUDGEL DRISKELL, b. 29 Sep 1879, Talmage KY; d. 22 Jan 1942, Kansas City MO.
	iii.		LULA A DRISKELL, b. 09 Oct 1883; d. 10 Jul 1885, Mercer County KY.

More About LULA A DRISKELL:
Burial: New Providence Presbyterian Cemetery, Mercer County KY

5. NANCY CAMELIA⁵ ARMSTRONG (JOSEPH⁴, ROBERT³, JOHN², WILLIAM¹) was born 08 Mar 1846 in Salvisa KY, and died 06 Nov 1931. She married JOHN ENOS GIBBONS Dec 1880. He was born 09 Dec 1830 in Rockingham VA, and died 27 Dec 1909.

Notes for NANCY CAMELIA ARMSTRONG:
Letters written in 1929-1930 by 83-year-old "Nannie" Gibbons to her sister-in-law, Mary Vincent Armstrong, describe her life and remaining family in Lee's Summit, Missouri. Nancy was a widow and probably living with her bachelor brother, Thomas Armstrong, when the letters were written. Nancy and "Tommie" were the only children of Joseph and Charlotte Armstrong living at that time. Family members mentioned in the letters include John Kreeger, widower of her sister, Harriet Ann Kreeger, and Nancy Reid, daughter of another sister, Mary Priscilla Driskell. In one letter she writes:

"John Kreeger is very poorley was in the hospital several week but lately has been taken to an old folks home. They do not think he will ever get up any more. I have not been to see him for quite a while. It is a job for me to make the trip to Kansas City any way. I have to get Nannie Reid to go with me and she is very busy teaching art at night as well as day. I am so sorry for him. Some how he don't speak his words plain and that makes it hard to be understood."

That same letter also mentions Winifred Campbell Burdette of Berea, Kentucky, daughter of another sister, Emily Frances Campbell. She writes:

"Winnie Burdett sent me her D.A.R. papers. I had to acknowledge them before a notary public. One to be sent to Washington D.C. and for the chapter they are getting up at Berea. Said she thought her papers would be ready as soon as some of the others were. I had to sign that Joseph Armstrong was my father and that Winnies mother was my sister. I guess it was because I helped her get up her paper."

More About NANCY CAMELIA ARMSTRONG:
Burial: Lee's Summit MO Cemetery, Second Addition, Block 15, Lot 4
Children: One son died in infancy
Nickname: Nannie
Residence: Lee's Summit MO

More About JOHN ENOS GIBBONS:
Burial: Lee's Summit MO Cemetery, Second Addition, Block 15, Lot 4
Twin of: William Henry Gibbons

More About JOHN GIBBONS and NANCY ARMSTRONG:
Marriage: Dec 1880

Child of NANCY ARMSTRONG and JOHN GIBBONS is:

WILLIAM H.⁶ GIBBONS, b. 23 Jun 1884; d. 06 Sep 1884.

More About WILLIAM H. GIBBONS:
Burial: Lee's Summit MO Cemetery, Second Addition, Block 15, Lot 4

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