Biography - William H. Armstrong
Armstrong, William H., son of Wm. H. and Saloma (Bennett) Armstrong (the former a native of Rhode Island and the latter of Connecticut); was born in Connecticut June 28, 1818; was educated at a Theological Academy in Otsego Co., N. Y.; early life passed in a store, but subsequently he learned the trace of carpenter and civil engineering, which he followed to some extent, but is n ow an insurance agent; removed from Connecticut to New York, thence to Galesburg, Ill., in 1858; served in infantry, Co. D., in Buffalo, N. Y.; married Mary J. Autor, Nov. 1, 1848, who died June 1, 1875. They were the parents of ten children. In 1849 he united with the Congregational Church. In politics is Republican. Postoffice, Galesburg.
Contributed 2021 Aug 20 by Norma Hass, extracted from the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles C. Chapman, page 648.
