Benami "Ami" Armstrong

1831 - 1898  (66 years)

• Name	Benami "Ami" Armstrong
  Nickname	Ami
  Born	26 Dec 1831	Doe Hill, Highland, Virginia, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Mar 1898
  Person ID	I1570	My Family Tree | Armstrong-Bird
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Samuel Eli Armstrong,   b. 5 Dec 1804, Doe Hill, Highland, Virginia, United States ,   d. 29 Aug 1878, Shaws Fork, Highland, Virginia, United States  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Mary (Polly) Taylor,   b. Abt 1810, Pendleton County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 17 Jan 1886, Highland, Virginia, United States  (Age ~ 76 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1830	Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
  	Rev. Abner West Killpatrick
  Family ID	F521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Catherine Lamb,   b. 6 Feb 1835, Pendleton County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 12 May 1899  (Age 64 years)
  Married	25 Oct 1854	Highland County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2015
  Family ID	F556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Dec 1831 - Doe Hill, Highland, Virginia, United States Married - 25 Oct 1854 - Highland County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Benami and Mary (Lamb) Armstrong This c. 1890 tin type image is thought to be Benami Armstrong & his wife Mary (Lamb) Armstrong. The young lady could be their youngest daughter Rachel Anne. The tin type was found at Benami Armstrong's brothers house John Armstrong.

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1850 United States Federal Census 25th District, Highland Co., Virginia enumerated: 27 August 1850, page 194, family: #509, Armstrong Samuel Eli Household listed: Saml E Armstrong 45 Mary Armstrong 40 Benami Armstrong 19 Jared Armstrong 16 Eli Armstrong 13 Margaret Armstrong 11 Teracy Armstrong 9 Palmira Armstrong 7 Hudson Armstrong 5 Wm Armstrong 3 John Armstrong 1
  		1860 US Federal Census for Highland County, West Virginia. This Census shows Benami living with a James and Savina Armstrong and their son Robert. His wife, Katherine and two children are with him and he is working as a farmer. Next door is Benami's father and family, and just next to Samuel Eli family, Samuel's sister Mary Armstrong and her family are living. James Armstrong 26 Savina Armstrong 23 Robert Armstrong 2 Benami Armstrong 28 Katharine Armstrong 24 Nancy Armstrong 4 Azariah Armstrong 2
  		1870 US Federal Census for Stonewall District, Highland County, West Virginia Ben Amie Armstrong 38 Mary C Armstrong 35 Nancy Armstrong 14 Azariah Armstrong 13 Mary E Armstrong 9
  		1880 United States Federal Census for Stonewall district, Highland County, West Virginia. This census shows Benami and wife Mary C. and family. This includes Robert A Armstrong and his wife Margarett A and son George Burns age 2 living in same home. Benani Armstrong 49 Mary C. Armstrong 45 Robt. A. Armstrong 22 son -married Geo. H. Armstrong 17 son Eliza J. Armstrong 14 dau Rachel A. Armstrong 10 dau John H. Armstrong 7 son William P. Armstrong 5 son Geo. Burns Armstrong 2 grandson Margarett A. Armstrong 19 daughter-in-law -married Benami's sister Palmyra F. and husband Peter F. Lamb and son living next door. Two doors away John E Armstrong (brother to Benami) and wife Barbara A and family are living. On next page of Census Benami's mother Polly (Mary Taylor)is living as widow with grand children Barbara, 19 and Jared M. 13, grandson who appear to be helping take care of farm.

  
  

• Notes

  1832 (1850 ae 18) Morton's History lists two children for Benami and Mary C. Armstrong, Azariah and George. In The New History of Highland County., Nancy D. and Robert Azariah are listed, but not George. Six other children are listed in the Samuel E. Armstrong Family Bible and other information was given to me by Richard L. Armstrong a descendant of Benami's. Along with his brothers Benami and Mary were deeded 286 acres of land on Bull Pasture Mountain, byb his parents (for which they paid $1.00) and signed the bill of sale when the land was sold to Samuel C. Eagle. On 1/10/1880 Benami signed the paper which deeded his share of his fathers land on Shaws Fork to his brother John E. Armstrong. From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas Benami and Mary were married in the home of her father by the Reverend John T. Tobler(on record in Clerk's office, Monterey, Va.)JHA2003.

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] Marriage Records for Virginia, FHL Film Number: 31997 Reference ID: p 1 #17., FHL Film Number: 31997 Reference ID: p 1 #17, Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Sal. Name: Benami Armstrong Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Age: 22 Birth Date: 1832 Birth Place: Pendleton Marriage Date: 25 Oct 1854 Marriage Place: Highland, Virginia Father: Saml. E. Armstrong Mother: Mary Armstrong Spouse: Mary C. Lamb No image for this event on line.