Eli Armstrong

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• AFN: C708-KV

Notes:

(from the files of Janice Armstrong Nicholas)

THE CHILDREN OF ELI AND ELIZABETH ANN (BODKIN) ARMSTRONG

1-12-3-1 JACOB RILEY ARMSTRONG m. Hannah C. Simmons 1-12-3-2 POLLY ANNE ARMSTRONG m. Eli J. Michael 1-12-3-3 SARAH ARMSTRONG Single 1-12-3-4 WILLIAM HARRISON ARMSTRONG m. Cora A. Todd 1-12-3-5 JAMES HARVEY ARMSTRONG m. #1 Jannie E. Wilson
#2 Febbie Rolson
#3 Jessie Simmons 1-12-3-6 MARTHA JANE ARMSTRONG m. William Crummett 1-12-3-7 JOHN LABON ARMSTRONG m. Nora Belle Cooper 1-12-3-8 JEMIMA ARMSTRONG Died at agG m. Gertrude Propst 1-12-3-10 JARED MORGAN ARMSTRONG m. Margaret Rexrode 1-12-3

ELI ARMSTRONG

1-12-3 ELI ARMSTRONG
b. 5/18/1835 - Doe Hill, Highland Co. VA
d. 3/8/1883 - Moyers, Pendleton Co. WV
Bur: Armstrong - Hiner Cemetery, Moyers, WV
m. 6/7/1860 - Elizabeth Ann Bodkin
b. 7/1/1840 - Sugar Grove WV
(near Palo Alto)
d. 12/9/1909 - Mt. Solon, VA
Bur: Armstrong-Hiner Cemetery, Moyers, WV
Parents: James and Sarah (Hoover) Bodkin

Eli Armstrong was born May 18, 1835, the third child of Samuel and Mary (Taylor) Armstrong. On June 7, 1860, he married Elizabeth Ann Bodkin. Marriage records show that Eli was 25 years old and Elizabeth Ann was 19 when they were marriede Rev. George Wine. Elizabeth Ann was born near Palo Alto, July 1, 1840, the daughter of James and Sarah (Hoover) Bodkin. Eli was known as a strong hard working man and lived in a hollow on the east slope of the Bullpasture Mountain in Pendleton County, the drainage flowing into the South Fork of the Potomac, north of Sugar Grove, W.Va. His home was approximately 2 miles southeast of the farm of his son, J. Riley, which is on the east slope of Thorn Mountain, on the Doe Hill-Moyers road. The road to the homeplace runs east at the Virginia- West Virginia state line, off the Doe Hill - Moyers Road. I'm told all that remains of the house are some foundation stones. Ièy2 CONC e. Note by JHA-- (In the mid-1900's this farm was owned by my father, Dice S. Armstrong. Known as 'the Lamb Place' it is now in the Paul Bennett family. JHA 2001)

In the obituary of his son, Jacob Riley, it says Eli served as a Confederate Soldier during the Civil War. I have not been able to locate his name on any muster rolls. Dice Armstrong told me his father told him that Eli worked in the Saltr Mines during the war making gun powder for the Army of the South.

Eli died of pneumonia at the age of 48, on March 8, 1883 leaving Elizabeth Ann to raise their younger children alone and with an iron hand. I am told that in her later years, Elizabeth Ann had somewhat of a bad temper, walked with a cane ad been seen striking out with it when she got angry. If someone tried to walk away before she had had her say, she would use the cane as a hook to hold them until she had said her piece. She made her home with her daughter, Sarah, near Churchville, Virginia before her death, December 19, 1909.

Eli and Elizabeth Ann (Bodkin) Armstrong are buried in the ArmstrongHiner Cemetery, on the old Hiner farm, near Moyers, Pendleton County, West Virginia.  ELI ARMSTRONG AND HIS DESCENDANTS





1-12-3 ELI ARMSTRONG

1-12-3-1 Jacob Riley Armstrong ------------ 1861-1929 1-12-3-2 Mary Ann (Polly Ann) Armstrong --- 1862-1942 1-12-3-3 Sarah Armstrong ------------------ 1865-1922 1-12-3-4 William Harrison Armstrong ------- 1867-1932 1-12-3-5 James Harvey Armstrong ----------- 1869-1931 1-12-3-6 Martha Jane (Mattie) Armstrong --- 1870-1939 1-12-3-7 John Labon Armstrong ------------- 1873-1933 1-12-3-8 Jemima Armstrong ----------------- 1875-1881 1-12-3-9 George Wesley Armstrong ---------- 1879-1960 1-12-3-10 Jared Morgan Armstrong ----------- 1880-1959


From the files of: Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas
118 Rainbow Dr. PMB 1875
Livingston, Texas 77399-1018

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Notes:

Photo of J. Riley late in life. Photo of St. Paul's Lutheran Church located on grandfather's Dove Place. Their final resting place is in the cemetery just to the right-along with some of my Uncles and Aunts and others that I love very much and will be seeing soon, including my little brother-John Dice.JHA1/13/2003

1-12-3-1 JACOB RILEY ARMSTRONG 11231 JACOB RILEY ARMSTRONG
b. 2/10/1861 Sugar Grove, Pendleton Co. Va.
d. 2/17/1929 In hospital at Staunton, Va.
Bur: St. Pauls Luthern Church Cemetery,
Moyers, Pendleton, Co. W. Va.
m. 12/25/1881 Hannah Catherine Simmons
b. 1/20/1860 Sugar Grove, W.Va.
d. 7/6/1945 Bridgewater, Va.
Parents: David and Leah (Crummett) Simmons
Bur: St. Pauls Luthern Church Cemetery
Moyers, Pendleton, Co. W. Va.

Jacob Riley Armstrong was born Feb. 10, 1861, the first child of Eli and Elizabeth Ann (Bodkin) Armstrong. He was a country boy who learned to work for a living. He had very little schooling but was an avid reader and became a self educatn of sound judgement, whose advice was sought often by his many friends. In addition to farming activities, he was interested in community affairs and he held many public offices. He served several terms as Pendleton County Commissioner and one term in the West Virginia State Legislature. He married Hannah Catherine Simmons on Dec. 25, 1881, and they purchased a small tract of land on Thorn Mountain about 4 miles south of Moyers, W. Va. By hard work and good management they somehow managed to eke out a living and reared a large family of 14 children. The children were taught the importance of hard work, dependability, honesty and thrift.
J. Riley Armstrong died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He and Hannah are buried at St. Pauls Cemetery, Moyers, W. Va.

CHILDREN OF J. RILEY AND HANNAH (SIMMONS) ARMSTRONG 1-12-3-1-1 Charles A. Armstrong ------ 1882-1893 1-12-3-1-2 Mary Alice Armstrong ------ 1884-1960 1-12-3-1-3 Leah Elizabeth Armstrong -- 1885-1977 1-12-3-1-4 David Eli Armg ------- 1887-1942 1-12-3-1-5 Viola Francis Armstrong --- 1889-1989 1-12-3-1-6 Mattie Armstrong ---------- 1890-1978 1-12-3-1-7 Hattie Armstrong ---------- 1890-1891 1-12-3-1-8 Phoeba Mae Armstrong ------ 1892-1973 1-12-3-1-9 Berlin Lewis Armstrong ---- 1894-1972 1-12-3-1-10 Louie Jane Armstrong ------ 1895-1997 1-12-3-1-11 Fannie B. Armstrong ------- 1897-1907 1-12-3-1-12 Luther Riley Armstrong ---- 1899-1969 1-12-3-1-13 Clara Mable Armstrong ----- 1902-1920 1-12-3-1-14 Dice Samuel Armstrong ----- 1905-1996
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NOTE: This information was copied from the notes given to me by Dice Armstrong at the 1985 Eli Armstrong Family Reunion.

JACOB RILEY ARMSTRONG

Jacob Riley Armstrong was the first child of Eli and Elizabeth Ann (Bodkin) Armstrong. He was born at Sugar Grove, Pendleton Co. West Virginia, on February 10, l861.
J. Riley was a country boy who learned to work for a living, being taught by his father, who was considered to be one of the abelest workers and strongest men of that section.
J. Riley had very little schooling but was an avid reader and became a self educated man of sound judgement, whose advice was sought often by his many friends. He was what we call a self made man and in addition to farming activities, wasested in community affairs.
J. Riley Armstrong married Hannah Catherine Simmons on December 25, 1881. She was born January 20, 1860, at Sugar Grove, West Virginia.
Riley and Hannah purchased a small tract of land on Thorn Mountain about 4 miles south of Moyers, W. Va. By hard work and good management they somehow managed to eke out a living and reared a large family of 14 children. The children wereght the importance of work, dependability, honesty and thrift. Four of their children passed away at a tender age and the other ten lived to become useful, hard working dependable citizens, who were successful in their chosen fields.
In addition to farming J. Riley was interested in community affairs. He served several terms as Pendleton County Commissioner and one term in the West Virginia State Legislature.
After a successful life J. Riley Armstrong passed away February 17, 1929 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident which happened on Shenandoah Mountain, caused by icy road conditions.
About his mother, Dice wrote: She loved the Lord with all her heart and was a true servant to all. She passed away July 6, 1945. **********

NOTE: This information was copied from a newspaper clipping.

Hon. J. Riley Armstrong Dies
From Injuries in Auto Wreck

A great shock was felt thoughtout the county when the sad news was received that Hon. J. Riley Armstrong had died from injuries received in an automobile wreck on Sunday afternoon when on his way from his home at Moyers, this county, to Sta, Virginia.
Mr. Armstrong left his home Sunday afternoon for Staunton, Virginia, accompanied by his son, David. Not far from The Barrel on the west side of the Shenandoah Mountian, on the Jefferson Highway, a considerable sheet of ice was encounteredh caused the Chevrolet touring car in which they were traveling to slide over the road across a twofoot embankment and down the mountain for 250 feet. There it struck a chestnut tree which caused it to turn entirely over and land on its wheels. In turning the top was mashed and it is thought that the steering wheel crushed the chest of Mr. Armstrong, who was driving. With the assistance of the driver of a car coming from Durbin, Mr. Armstrong in an unconscious condition was hurried to the King's Daughters Hospital in Staunton. Shortly there after he regained consciousness and ask his son if he was hurt, and stated that he didn't think he himself was seriously injured. David then went out to get a lunch and upon returning in about a half hour found his father dead. It was thought that a broken rib had caused a ruptured blood vessel which was the cause of death.
The body was brought to the home at Moyers on Monday and on account of the members of the family being at considerable distances from the home, funeral arrangements had not been completed on Wednesday.
Jacob Riley Armstrong, son of the late Eli Armstrong, a Confederate soldier, was born at Sugar Grove, Pendleton County on February l0,1861 and was 68 years and 8 days old, his wife, who survives, was a Miss Simmons, daughter of the late Davmmons, and a sister of Aaron Simmons, of Sugar Grove. He is survived by the following brothers: Jared A., Harvey and Wesley of Doe Hill, Virginia,; William of Mount Solon, Va. and John L. of Harman, W.Va., two sisters, Mrs Martha Crummett, Deerfield, Va. and Mrs. Polly A. Michael, Sangersville, Va. Also ten children survive, Mrs M.A. Howard, Luther R. and Mattie, Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Nicholas Toderoff, Buffalo, N.Y., Miss Viola and Miss Elizabeth, Washington, D.C., Miss Louie, Alexandria, Va., Dice, a student at Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, Berlin, Doe Hill, Va. and David, at home.
Mr. Armstrong was a self made man, having received his education from the public schools. Starting at the bottom of the ladder he reared a large family and at the same time by his energy and good judgment acquired considerable property as able to live comfortably in his reclining years. In addition to being one of the successful farmers and stock dealers of the county, he took a lively interest in public affairs and could always be found upholding the law and standing out boldly for law enforcement and the improvement to social and governmental conditions.
He first served the public by holding the office of Postmaster at Tressel, West Virginia, for ten years; next serving a four years term as constable in his district; later serving two terms as member of the County Court for Sugar Grove Dis; and in the election of 1926 he was chosen a member of the House of Delegates, serving in that capacity for two years, and in his every act striving earnestly and faithfully to do what was best for the people. It will be recalled, to his credit, and showing his fearlessness and independence in voting, that he was one of four members of the House who refused to be stampeded by the Governor's pet road measure and voted to retain the 8020 clause for the allotment of the state road funds among the counties, a provision which was vital to the interests of this county. **********


NOTE: This information was copied from "The West Virginia
Heritage Encyclopedia" Volume 1, page 189. (This was written before Jacob Riley's death.)

ARMSTRONG, J. RILEY (l8611929). Pendleton County Member, House of Delegates, was born at Sugar Grove, the son of a Confederate soldier. He received his education in common schools. He was Postmaster at Tressel, W. Va., for a periodrs; filled the office of Constable for four years and was twice elected to the House of Delegates from Pendleton County. He was elected to the House of Delegates from Pendleton County in 1926, and after the organization of the Legislature in January, 1927, was designated by Speaker Johnson to serve on the following standing committees of the House: Counties and Municipal Corporations, Claims and Grievances, Forestry and Conservation and Medicine and Sanitation.

******************** (Thanks again to Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas)

Death certificate states Jacob's birth as 10 February 1855 so the age at time of death was figured as 74years, 2 months, 7 days. The informant was Berlin L Armstrong.

Notes:

Polly Anne (it is rumored that on her marriage license it says 'Mary Elizabeth') married Eli Michael on 12 February, 1882 in Franklin , W.Va. They moved over the mountain and lived in Centerville, Va. for a few years. Then they moved above Sangersville and bought a farm where they lived until Eli died in 1938.

From the files of Janice L (Armstrong) Nicholas

11232 POLLY ANNE ARMSTRONG

11232 POLLY ANNE ARMSTRONG
b. 12/12/1862 Sugar Grove, Pendleton Co. WV
d. 8/19/1942-Spring Creek VA
Bur: Emanuel Brethern Church Cemetery, Mt. Solon, VA
m. 2/12/1883 Eli J. Michael
b. 12/19/1860-Highland Co. VA.
d. 12/18/1938-Sangerville VA.
Bur: Emanuel Brethern Church Cemetery, Mt. Solon, VA.
Parents: Peter and Lydia (Varner) Michael

Polly Anne Armstrong was born December 12, 1862, the second child of Eli and Elizabeth Ann Armstrong. I have been told that on marriage records Polly Anne's name appears as "Mary Elizabeth". She married Eli J. Michael on February 182, in Franklin, W. Va. They moved over the mountain from West Virginia and lived in Centerville, Virginia, for a few years. Then they moved above Sangersville and bought a farm where they lived until Eli died in 1938. Polly Anne and Eli had 12 children.

CHILDREN OF ELI & POLLY ANNE (ARMSTRONG) MICHAEL

1-12-3-2-1 John William Michael ------- 1883-1967 1-12-3-2-2 Unnamed Infant ------------- 1884-1884 1-12-3-2-3 Mary Elizabeth Michael ----- 1886-1980 1-12-3-2-4 Unnamed Infant ------------- 1888-1888 1-12-3-2-5 Ernestl Michael -------- 1890-1972 1-12-3-2-6 Boyd Edward Michael -------- 1892-1969 1-12-3-2-7 Samuel Eli Michael --------- 1895-1961 1-12-3-2-8 Cora Alice Michael --------- 1898-1993 1-12-3-2-9 Fannie Virginia Michael ---- 1900-1900 1-12-3-2-10 Raymond Elliot Michael ----- 1901-1941 1-12-3-2-11 Grace Viola Michael -------- 1904-1904 1-12-3-2-12 Jarrett Franklin Michael --- 1908-1962

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Buried:
3 May 2013--There is no Polly Ann listed in this cemetery on findagrave.com.

Notes:

Sarah was never married, but the mother of four children. We do not know when she moved from Pendleton County, W.Va. to Augusta County, Virginia. She owned and lived in a log house on top of Middle River Hill, on Route 250, between Churchville and Staunton, Virginia. Sarah died at the nearby home of her son-Charlie and Hannah Armstrong. Her mother, Elizabeth Ann Bodkin Armstrong lived with her before her death 19 December, 1909. From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas


1-12-3-3 SARAH ARMSTRONG

11233 SARAH ARMSTRONG
b. 1865 Sugar Grove, Pendleton Co., W.Va.
d. 9/19/1922
m. Single (?? Henry Armstrong ??)
Bur: Green Hill Cemetery, Churchville, VA.


NOTE For some reason through the years, the Sarah branch of the Eli Armstrong Family had been lost to the rest of us. Very little was known about her and her descendants until the summer of 1991. We knew she was not married but hads of four of her children. In 1986 Dice Armstrong told us Sarah had a beautiful home on Rt. 250 between Churchville and Staunton, Virginia, and Great Grandmother Elizabeth Ann made her home with Sarah during the last years of her life. In 1987 Clay and Mary Crummett gave Elizabeth Ann Deihl names of some of Sarah's grandchildren. In the summer of 1991, Joe Armstrong saw an article in the newspaper about Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Hupman, who had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The article said Mrs. Hupman was the daughter of the late Arlie and Rachel S. Armstrong. Knowing Arlie was the name of one of Sarah's sons, Joe and Elva went to work and in a very short time had located, talked to or written to many members of this lost branch of our Family. Most of the cousins contacted were very helpful and happy to learn about their connection with the rest of us.

Joe gave a report on his findings to those attending the 1991 Eli Armstrong Reunion, and for the first time, there were several of the Sarah Family at the 1992 Reunion.

THANK YOU, JOE AND ELVA!!


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Sarah Armstrong was born in 1865, the 3rd child of Eli and Elizabeth Ann (Bodkin) Armstrong, Sugar Grove, Pendleton Co., West Virginia. As far as we can find, Sarah was never married, but was the mother of 4 children; William Arlie, Jesse L.harles Eli (Charley), and Elva Gertrude (Gertie).

NOTE: We have been told that Sarah was married to a Henry Armstrong, but we have found no proof to document this. Older family members say she was not and had never been married.

We do not know for sure when Sarah made the move from Pendleton Co., West Virginia to Augusta Co., Virginia, but we think it was in the fall of 1892. She owned and lived in a log house atop Middle River Hill on Rt. 250 between Churchville antaunton. The house has been covered with siding since her ownership and occupancy. We do not know if she ever lived at any other location in Augusta Co.
Joe's sister, Georgia Armstrong, remembers staying with Aunt Sarah while recovering from surgery in 1917. She remembers a little about Sarah's children and meeting some of her neighbors. She says Sarah was a very independent person. Shee her own horse and buggy, was good to her during her stay, and was a good cook.
Sarah died September 19, 1922 at the home of her son, Charley and Hannah Armstrong, who lived near by. She is buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Churchville, Virginia.

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CHILDREN OF SARAH ARMSTRONG

1-12-3-3-1 WILLIAM ARLIE ARMSTRONG -- 1874-1978 1-12-3-3-2 JESSE L. ARMSTRONG ------- 1886-???? 1-12-3-3-3 CHARLES ELI ARMSTRONG ---- 1888-1951 1-12-3-3-4 ELVA GERTRUDE ARMSTRONG -- 1892-1984


**********  NOTE: The will of SARAH ARMSTRONG
WILL Book #70 Page 122 - Augusta County, VA.

(4157) I, Sarah Armstrong, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do make and declare this my last will and testament.
First, I want all my debts of whatever nature including my doctor's bill and funeral expenses paid and also a suitable monument or stone placed at my grave.
Second, I give and bequeath that lot or parcel of ground adjoining Hannah Armstrong's lot and bounded by the lands of the Stewart Bolling farm, the road leading from the Churchville Pike in the direction of the old Hundley bridge and the sannah Armstrong lot to Charles Eli Armstrong and his wife Hannah; in some measure to compensate them for the care they have given me in my last illness.
Third. My other real estate consisting of the house and land, known as the Irve Reed lot I desire to have sold and the proceeds of the sale, equally divided between my three sons and daughter, viz; Jesse L. Armstrong, Charles Eli Armstrongliam Arlie Armstrong and my daughter Gertrude Root share and share alike.
Fourth. I bequeath to my daughter Gertrude Root my organ and sewing machine all other personal property consisting of household goods one cow, and any notes and bonds of which I may die seized and possessed. I desire to be equally dividedg my four children, above named, share and share alike. I hereby name Wm. H. East as executor of this my last will and testament to pay all debts to sell the real estate and collect and divide the proceeds of all notes and bonds according as above set out. The household goods to be equally divided in kind. I have signed this my last will and testament in the presence of these witnesses this 5th day of June, 1922.
her
Sarah X Armstrong (SEAL) Witnesses Teste mark
Wm. H East
W.N. Young
Jno. H. East
We, the undersigned witnesses, declare that we have signed this paper at the request of Sarah Armstrong in her presence, and the presence of each of us, and that the said Sarah Armstrong has signed this paper by making her mark in our presencnd declared this to be her last will and testament. Witness our signatures and seals this 5th day of June 1922. Wm. H. East (SEAL) W.N. Young (SEAL) Jon. H. East (SEAL) I, Sarah Armstrong desire to make this Codicil to my will of June 5th, 1922, I bequeath to Mary Armstrong to in some measure compensate her for her help to me in my illness, Twenty five dollars to be paid by my executor to her after my death, I have signed this codicil to my last will and testament to June 5, 1922 in the presence of these witnesses this 15th day of June 1922.
her
Sarah X Armstrong (SEAL)
mark Witness
Wm. H. East
J. H. East We the undersigned declare that we have signed this paper at the request of Sarah Armstrong in her presence and the presence of each of us and the said Sarah Armstrong has signed this paper by making her mark in our presence.
Wm. H. East (SEAL)
Jno. H. East (SEAL)
W.N. Young (SEAL) Virginia, to-wit:
In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court for Augusta County, October 4th, 1922. This last will and testament, with a codicil there on endorsed, of Sarah Armstrong, deceased, was this day presented to me Clerk of the Court aforesaid in thice of said Court by William H. East, the executor named therein, who offered the same for probate. There upon the said will and codicil were duly proved according to law by the oaths of William H. East and John H. East, two to the three subscribing witnesses to both said will and codicil, and admitted to record as the true last will and testament to Sarah Armstrong, deceased. Thereupon William H. East, the executor named in said will made oath thereto according to law and waiving all benefit of his homestead exemption, and together with John H. East, as his security (who justified as to his sufficiency, and more over the obligers thereto waiving all benefit of their Homestead Exemption) entered in a bond in the penalty of one thousand dollars,payable and with condition as prescribed by law, which bond was acknowledged by the obligers thereto before me Clerk of the Court aforesaid in the office of said Court and admitted to record. Certificate is granted the said William H. East for obtaining a probate of said will in due form of law. The estimated value of decedents estate passing under said will being $640.00, that of the real estate $340.00 and that of the personalty $300.00, it is ordered that the State Tax of $1.00 be paid thereon.
TESTE.. Harry Burnett .... Clerk
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Buried:
6 May 2013--The headstone in the Green Hill Cemetery that is for a Sarah Armstrong is inscribed as below:

Sarah Armstrong
Died Sept 19. 1922
Ella May Armstrong
Dau of
G.E. and H. M. Armstrong
Dec 3, 1919 Nov. 9 1921

Find A Grave Memorial# 101411451

It is unclear if this is actually the right Sarah because her parents are Eli and Elizabeth Armstrong and the parents inscribed on this headstone do not match.

Notes:

My great uncle Will met Cora Alice Todd At a church function and they were later married by Rev. A.A. Miller of Sangersville, Virginia. My dad, Dice, loved his uncle Will and gave me one of his pet sayings which I have found very applicable in my life "I loves those comers and goers, but dad gum those comers and stayers"!! JHA 2001.

From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas

11234 WILLIAM HARRISON ARMSTRONG

11234 William Harrison Armstrong
b. 8/16/1867 Sugar Grove, Pendleton Co., WV
d. 11/17/1932 Mount Solon, VA
Bur: Emmanuel Church of the Brethren Cemetery,
Mount Solon, VA
m. 4/2/1893 Cora Alice Todd
b. 5/2/1873 Sugar Grove, Pendleton Co.
d. 12/7/1949 Staunton, VA
Bur: Emmanuel Church of the Brethren Cemetery,
Mount Solon, VA
Parents: John & Catherine (Whistleman) Todd

William Harrison Armstrong was born August 16, 1867, the fourth child of Eli and Elizabeth Ann (Bodkin) Armstrong. He met Cora Alice Todd at a church function and they were married on April 2, 1893, by the Rev. A. A. Miller of Sangersvill. Cora Alice was born May 2, 1873, one of fourteen children born to John and Catherine (Whistleman) Todd. William died November 17, 1932, and Cora Alice died December 12, 1949.
William and Cora Alice were hard workers and raised 12 children. NOTE: At the end of this report on William and Cora Alice there is information on the TODD FAMILY, given to me by Joe Armstrong.

Children of William H. & Cora Alice (Todd) Armstrong

1-12-3-4-1 HARRY WELDON ARMSTRONG -------- 1894-1965 1-12-3-4-2 LULA BELLE ARMSTRONG ---------- 1896-1984 1-12-3-4-3 JOHN WILLIAM ARMSTRONG -------- 1897-1958 1-12-3-4-4 ARLIE HUBERT ARMSTRONG -------- 1899-1984 1-12-3-4-5 GEOA ALICE ARMSTRONG ------- 1901-1999 1-12-3-4-6 MARGARET ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG -- 1902-1980 1-12-3-4-7 ROY ELI (PARKER) ARMSTRONG ---- 1904-1968 1-12-3-4-8 ANNA CATHERINE ARMSTRONG ------ 1906-1979 1-12-3-4-9 BRYAN TODD ARMSTRONG ---------- 1908 1-12-3-4-10 LENA VIRGINIA ARMSTRONG ------- 1910-1961 1-12-3-4-11 CORINNE WOODROW ARMSTRONG ----- 1912-1994 1-12-3-4-12 JOSEPH ALFRED ARMSTRONG ------- 1916

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NOTE: My father, Norman Armstrong, stayed with Uncle Will and Aunt Cora a short time and went to school. Frances, (Will and Cora's granddaughter) was also living there at that time. From the stories he told, Daddy and Joe enjoyed teasin. Daddy told me the reason he had been sent to Virginia to finish that school year was because he had been expelled from school in West Virginia for fighting. It seems the other boy was older and bigger and kept picking on Daddy. He took it as long as he could and then one day whipped the tar out of him. It just so happened the bully was the son of the superintendent of schools.


NOTE: The personal sketches in the following report were copied from the notes used by Joe Armstrong when he gave a report on the William H. branch of the Eli Armstrong Family at the reunion in 1986. Joe sent me a complete update on this family in 1991. ***********

Buried:
6 May 2013--There is no William Harrison Armstrong in the Emmanuel Church Cemetery of Mount Solon, Augusta County, Virginia or anywhere else on findagrave.com.

Notes:

To see photo of J. Harvey, 'Jannie' and some of the older children look for photo under Elizabeth Jane 'Jannie' Wilson.JHA 1/25/2003. The McKendree Cemetery is located off the side road leading to Seldom Seen and north to Jack Mtn. and Doe Hill approximately midway between Doe Hill and McDowell.

James Harvey was married three times and had a total of fourteen children. When he and Jannie Wilson were married they lived on the Cowpasture in Highland County and later moved to what was known as Keisters Hollow, near McKendree Methodistrch, midway between McDowell and Doe Hill, Virginia. They had ten children. After Jannie's death Harvey married Phoebe Jane 'Feebie' Ralston, a widow, and had three more children before Feebie died due to complications in childbirth, in 1925. Havey then married Jessie Simmons--there were no children born to this union.
After his death in 1931, the three children by his second wife, Feebie, were placed in foster homes. My parents, Dice S. and Nina Armstrong raised Lynn Stover. Lynn worked for my dad for many years before striking out on his own in the loggusiness. He was like a father to me, and I love him very much. Although the children were separated at an early age, they were very close and kept in contact with each other. His descendants are now scattered throughout the United States. JHA 2001.

From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas

11235 JAMES HARVEY ARMSTRONG

11235 JAMES HARVEY ARMSTRONG
b. 2/17/1869 Sugar Grove, WV
d. 3/4/1931
Bur: McKendree Church Cemetery, Doe Hill, Va.
m. #1 11/2/1892 Elizabeth Jane (Jannie) Wilson
b. 4/7/1875
d. 4/8/1917
Parents: John Burner & Martha Virginia (Price) Wilson
Bur: McKendree Church Cemetery, Doe Hill, Va.
#2 - Febbie J. Rolson (found as Phoebe)
b. 4/6/1889 Highland Co.
d. 3/1/1925
Parents:
Bur: McKendree Church Cemetery, Doe Hill, Va.
#3 Jesse Simmons
b.
d.
Parents:
Bur: James Harvey Armstrong was the fifth child born to Eli and Elizabeth Ann (Bodkin) Armstrong. Not much is known about his early life. We know he was a very hard worker and it has been said he could pitch a haystack faster thane in the neighboring area. He enjoyed riding horses and hunting. He always kept several "coon" dogs. James, "Jim" Harvey Armstrong of McDowell, Virginia, grandson of Harvey, has a dog horn which belonged to his grandfather. Jim sheared over 100 sheep for a local farmer in exchange for the horn. The horn is dated. It is priceless and the only known article remaining from the James Harvey Armstrong estate. It's very fitting that a grandson who bears his name has this horn in his possession. Harvey was married three times and had a total of fourteen children. When he and Jannie Wilson were married they lived on the Cowpasture in Highland County and later moved to what was known as Kesters Hollow, near McKendree Church, Doe Hill, Virginia. Harvey and Jannie had ten children. There is some Wilson Family history at the end of this report on James Harvey Armstrong. After Jannie's death, Harvey married Febbie or Phoebe J. Ralson, (her name has been found both ways). They had three children. She died in 1925 due to complications in childbirth with their fourth child, an unnamed son. Harvey then married Jesse Simmons. There were no children of this union and after his death in 1931, the three children by his second marriage were placed in foster homes. The older children, by his first wife, were at this time out on their own. Although the children were separated at an early age, they were still close and stayed in touch with each other. They returned to Highland County when they could, usually staying with Nora, whose door was always open or stopping in Churchville with Florence. Barbara Woods, daughter of Florence, gave a report on her grandfather, James Harvey Armstrong and his descendants at the 1988 Reunion and introduced many of the family members. The descendants of James Harvey Armstrong are scattered through out the United States. At this time (1992) four of Harvey's children are still living in Virginia, 2 from his first marriage and 2 from his second. They remember their father as an honest hard working man, but have only vague memories of their mother. They are proud of their heritage and the qualities of compassion, kindness, helpfulness, and even the stubbornness that has been instilled in them as Armstrongs.

PART OF NEWS CLIPPING -

DOE HILL

Mr. J. Harvey Armstrong passed to his reward on March 4, 1931, at the age of 62 years and 15 days. He was sick just a few days, death resulting from pneumonia and complications. He leaves to mourn his loss his widow and 11 children....l services were conducted Friday at ll a.m. from McKendree church, Rev. L.M. Moffett officiating.....Six of his nephews acted as pall bearers: burial was in the cemetery near by. A very large crowd of people attended the funeral: lots of them relatives as he leaves many nieces, nephews, and cousins; he was well liked and will be missed a great deal in his community. He was always ready and willing to do something for others; he was a man people could put a lot of confidence in, for when he said he would do something, it was always done and done right.

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CHILDREN OF JAMES HARVEY & JANNIE E. (WILSON) ARMSTRONG

1-12-3-5-1 CARRIE V. ARMSTRONG ---------- 1894-1976 1-12-3-5-2 RUSSEL J. ARMSTRONG ---------- 1895-1913 1-12-3-5-3 RAYMOND HOWARD ARMSTRONG ------1899-1969 1-12-3-5-4 LUCY MAY ARMSTRONG ------------1900-1978 1-12-3-5-5 MARY ELIZTH ARMSTRONG ----- 1904 1-12-3-5-6 RUTH MARGARET ARMSTRONG ------ 1906-1982 1-12-3-5-7 ROBERT H. ARMSTRONG ---------- 1909-1969 1-12-3-5-8 MARTHA PRICE ARMSTRONG ------- 1912-1913 1-12-3-5-9 NORA EVLIN ARMSTRONG --------- 1913-19931-12-3-5-10 WOODROW WILSON ARMSTRONG ----- 1916-1952

CHILDREN OF JAMES HARVEY & FEDDIE (RALSTON) ARMSTRONG

1-12-3-5-11 FLORENCE ARMSTRONG ----------- 1919 1-12-3-5-12 LYNN STOVER ARMSTRONG -------- 1921-1965 1-12-3-5-13 MARIE ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG ---- 1922 1-12-3-5-14 INFANT SON ARMSTRONG --------- 1925-1925


*************** SEE 'NOTES' on ELIZABRTH JANE 'JANNIE" WILSON for more information on the WILSON line
JHA 1/25/2003

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Buried:
1 May 2013--James Harvey Armstrong is not listed in this cemetery according to findagrave.com.

Notes:

From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas

1-12-3-6 MARTHA JANE ARMSTRONG


1-12-3-6 MARTHA JANE (MATTIE) ARMSTRONG
b. 4/20/1870 Sugar Grove, West Virginia
d. 12/5/1939
Bur: Headwaters, Virginia
m. 11/2/1892 William Lewis Crummett
b. 10/10/1863
d. 11/12/1942
Bur: Headwaters, Virginia

Martha Jane ("Mattie") Armstrong was the sixth child of Eli and Elizabeth Ann (Bodkin) Armstrong. Part of the following information was given to Elizabeth Ann Diehl and Gordon Armstrong in 1987 while visiting Clay and Mary Crummett.

CHILDREN OF MARTHA JANE AND WILLIAM CRUMMETT

1-12-3-6-1 LESTER BOYD CRUMMETT ---- 1893-1946 1-12-3-6-2 LOLA GERTRUDE CRUMMETT -- 1899-1976 1-12-3-6-3 CLAYBURN CRUMMETT ------- 1903-1990

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LESTER BOYD CRUMMETT

1-12-3-6-1 LESTER BOYD CRUMMETT
b. 10/6/1893
d. 9/12/1946
Bur: Headwater Cemetery, Headwater, Virginia
m. 9/15/1915 - Ollia Virginia Gwin
b. 10/18/1887
d. 5/2/1974
Bur: Headwater Cemetery, Headwater, Virginia
Parents: Morgan & Susan Gwinn 1-12-3-6-1-1 Beulah Virginia Crummett
b. 2/19/1917
d. 5/16/1948
m. Single 1-12-3-6-1-2 Mildred Evoline Crummett
b. 8/24/1919
m. 8/19/1944 Arlow Rhea 1-12-3-6-1-2-1 Dalea Rhea
b. 5/16/1946
d. 6/7/1973 1-12-3-6-1-2-2 Tina Susan Rhea
b. 12/13/1958
m. 8/20/1982 Kevin Parker


1-12-3-6-1-3 Mary Clay Crummett (twin to Boyd Lee)
b. 5/2/1924
m. 5/3/1944 Graham M. Berry 1-12-3-6-1-3-1 Milton Lee Berry
b. 8/29/1947
m. 6/24/1967 Shirley Shifflet 1-12-3-6-1-3-1-1 Sherry Dawn Berry
b. 8/18/1969 1-12-3-6-1-3-1-2 Timothy Lee Berry
b. 9/26/1974 1-12-3-6-1-3-2 Rosemary Yvonne Berry
b. 10/31/1949
m. 1/1/1969 Dennis Ray Simmons 1-12-3-6-1-3-2-1 Kenneth Mark Simmons
b. 8/3/1973 1-12-3-6-1-3-2-2 Clinton Matthew Simmons
b. 3/3/1975 1-12-3-6-1-3-3 Ronda Ann Berry
b. 10/22/1951
m. 2/3/1973 Rodger Lee Cash 1-12-3-6-1-3-3-1 Kelly Leigh Cash
b. 5/7/1983 1-12-3-6-1-3-3-2 Kevin Rodger Cash
b. 12/28/1986 1-12-3-6-1-4 Boyd Lee Crummett (twin to Mary Clay) WWII Vet.
b. 5/2/1924
d. 10/28/1989
m. #1 1940's Betty ? (Div)
#2 1962 Susan Collum 1-12-3-6-1-4-1 Janice Lee Crummett
b. 10/17/1962 1-12-3-6-1-4-2 Kevin Boyd Crummett
b. 3/28/1968 1-12-3-6-1-5 Clarence Leanord Crummett (Rt. #3, Staunton VA)
b. 4/10/1923
m. Single

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 LOLA GERTRUDE CRUMMETT


1-12-3-6-2 LOLA GERTRUDE CRUMMETT - NO CHILDREN
b. 9/26/1899
d. 9/24/1976
Bur:
m. 5/15/1918 - Kenneth Hillery Kinkaid
b. 5/11/1897
d. 1/6/1969
Parents: Ed Kinkaid
Bur:

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CLAYBURN CRUMMETT


1-12-3-6-3 CLAYBURN CRUMMETT
b. 9/5/1903
d. 10/27/1990
Bur: Headwaters Cemetery,
m. 5/23/1938 Mary Louise Daugherty
b. 5/7/1918

I met Clay and Mary at the 1988 Family Reunion. Clay and cousin Dice Armstrong enjoyed reminiscing that day and he told me he was the last person to ever throw Dice in a wrestling match. Dice came to his own defence by saying Clay was 2 ys older than him and that was the only reason he was able to do such a thing.

1-12-3-6-3-1 William Vance Crummett
b. 8/29/1955
m. ? ? (Div)

1-12-3-6-3-2 Zane Leroy Crummett
b. 2/2/1957
m. Single

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Buried:
The dates on the headstone do not match the dates in this database but the dates do match for her husband.

Notes:

As a youth, John travelled to Illinois looking for work and adventure--arriving with only 4 cents in his pocket so the story goes) and found a job feeding cattle. By the early 1890's John had settled near Harman, Randolph, WVa. Harman had become a thriving community with the coming of the railroad, and had much to offer an adventurous young man. He worked in the lumber woods and at one point owned a saloon in Harman, although he was known as a "teetotaler". Before his marriage to Nora Belle Cooper he fathered a child, Effie Mae, by Estelle Roy. After Estelle's death little Effie Mae came to live with John and Nora and was raised as one of their own.
John was prominent in community affairs and politics. He was a member and president of the Board of Education, Dry Fork District, and an active member of the Randolph County Democratic Executive Committee, Dry Fork District , for many yearsn was seldom seen without his hat, except on Election Day, when he went with "hat in hand" to meet and greet the public.John and his brother (my grandfather J. Riley were known as men of great honesty and integrity. Their brother , George Wesley, who was more "spirit"ually inclined, was sent to prison for "moonshining". Grandad was in the State Legislature at the time. He and John worked long and hard to get the sentence reduced to fit the crime!
Johw was a champion fiddle player. He and his son, Norman, with Robert Lambert, played for Saturday night Dances at the "Platform" in Harman. In 1931 and in 1932 John won the "Old time Fiddler's Contest" in Pendleton Counts grandson Bill Armstrong son of Dick now has that old fiddle--Wish I could get my hands on it. According to my dad, Dice S., Uncle John would occasionally bring his fiddle over to J. Riley's home for an all night jam session. Granddad played the harmonica. Dad says his Uncle John's favorite tune was 'The bully of the town", written in 1896. It is also one of my favorites. I play it on the mandolin and must keep changing the words to remain politically correct -the origional made liberal use of the "n" word!!!
My dad also said his Uncle John was very liberal and proficient with his fists, In those days you were always being challenged--esspecially after gaining a reputation!! Dad said a big roughneck challenged him one time and spent several wen the hospital!!
John died at age 60 in the Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, Va. due to complications thought to have been brought about from head and/or back injuries sustained in a fall many years before. He is buried beside his wife in the Armg-Cooper Cemetery, on the Louis Mauzy farm, near Harman. James H. Armstrong 2001.

From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas

1-12-3-7 JOHN LABON ARMSTRONG

11237 JOHN LABON ARMSTRONG
b. 3/23/1873 Sugar Grove, Pendleton Co., WV
d. 7/5/1933 Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co, VA
Bur: ArmstrongCooper Cemetery, Randolph Co., Harman, WV
m. 12/9/1897 Nora Belle Cooper
b. 8/4/1880 Harman, WV
d. 9/2/1921 Elkins, WV
Bur: ArmstrongCooper Cemetery, Randolph Co., Harman, WV
Parents: Daniel & Phoeba (Snyder) Cooper

John Labon Armstrong was born on March 23, 1873, near Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia. He was the seventh child of Eli and Elizabeth Ann (Bodkin) Armstrong. We know very little about his early life. He was 10 years old whs father died and sometime during his youth he travelled to Illinois looking for work and adventure. He got a job feeding cattle and as the story goes, he arrived there with 4 cents in his pockets. I don't know what lured John to Randolph County, but he settled near Harman, in the early 1890's. Harman had become a thriving community with the coming of the railroad, and had much to offer an adventurous young man.

I'm told John was an enthusiastic fox and bear hunter. He worked in the woods, and at one point, although known as a "teetotaler", he was the proprietor of a Harman soloon. He met Estella May Roy of the Red Creek area near Harmanhey had a daughter, Effie Mae, out of wedlock. After John married Nora Belle Cooper, Estella passed away, and they brought Effie Mae to live with them.

On December 9, 1897, John and Nora Belle Cooper were married by the Rev. Asa Harman at the home of her parents, Daniel and Phoebe (Snyder) Cooper, in Harman. A copy of their Marriage License, the County Clerks Certificate and the Minister'urn Endorsement was found on file at the Randolph County Court House in Elkins, West Virginia. The Clerk's Certificate, says the party giving the information was Floyd McDonald on December 2, 1897. Nora Bell's name is listed as "Mary Nora Cooper". In her family Bible, Grandmother wrote her name as Nora Belle.

Nora Belle was born August 4, 1880. Her maternal grandfather was the famous Sampson Snyder, a captain in the Federal Army during the Civil War. More information on the Snyder side of this family can be found in Carrie Harman Roy's book, &aptian Snyder and His Twelve of West Virginia". Nora Belle was a frail woman, and passed away on September 2, 1921. She had been ill for many years and her obituary said she died at the home of her sister, Laura (Cooper) Harper, in Elkins, W. Va. where she had been taken to be treated for "Brain Fever", which now days would have been called Meningitis.

NOTE: In 1995, I asked Freda (Cooper) Yokum, being the eldest granddaughter of John and Nora Belle, what she remembered about our grandparents. Freda sent the following about Nora Belle:
Nora Belle's brother, Hoy Cooper, took Typhoid Fever and none of his family would go to his home to take care of him. They were afraid of getting it too. Nora Belle said she was not afraid and went to nurse him. But in her rundown che did get sick and it affected her body and mind. Nora Belle was kept at home and Freda remembers the room she stayed in. When she got much worse they started with her to the hospital in Elkins. They got as far as Bowden and while they were crossing the river on the old bridge, Nora Belle passed away. This was before paved roads and about half an hour drive yet to Elkins.

The John L. Armstrong family is considered a Randoplh County pioneer family. John was prominent in community affairs and politics. He was for many years a member and president of the Board of Education, Dry Fork District, and an active mr of the Randolph County Democratic Executive Committee, Dry Fork District. Daddy told me Grandfather John always wore a hat. He was seldom seen without it, except on Election Day, when he went with "hat in hand" to meet and greet the public.

John was a champion fiddle player. Two years in a row, 1931 and 1932, he was the winner of the "Old Time Fiddlers Contest" in Pendleton County, West Virginia. His grandson, Bill Armstrong (son of Dick), had the old fiddle and at Bs death it was passed on to one of Bill's sons. Daddy told me he had often played music with his Dad for Saturday night dances at the "Platform" in Harman and at the "Picture Show" during intermissons.

NOTE: Part of the following is from a write up Freda helped do for a fellow who wanted to know about old time fiddlers in the Harman area: Traditional old-time music has been an integral part of Harman coummunity life since its founding. In the 1950's there was appoximately five old-time musicians in the area, but today there are very few. One of the oldest fiddlers that could be traced was John Armstrong (1873-1933). Freda (Cooper) Yokum, Harman Judy and Josie Armentrout remember John coming to their homes to play music. Freda remembers playing the organ with her grandfather when she was a young girl. Her father, Floyd Cooper, taught her to chord the organ and her brothers, Morris, Jack and Eldon, all played guitar, mandolin and fiddle. She recalls her grandfather coming to their house often to play music with them at family gatherings. John played music at the movie therater in Harman along with the Harmans and Coopers. At intermission when the movie reels had to be rewound they would play for the audience. One of John's favorite tunes was "The Bully of the Town".

Before her death, Carrie Harman Roy told me that she too had played music with my Grandfather and it was he who had encouraged her to get her teaching certificate and helped her to get her first teaching job.

John died in the Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, Virginia. In June 1933, his son Dick and Homer Yokum, his granddaughters "intended", took John to the hospital. It was a rough trip over the mountain roads that took sl hours. Later Homer took Freda Cooper, Eva Harman, Ethel Wolford and Madelon Cooper to visit him. On the 4th of July, Aunt Ruby and Uncle Ted took Daddy over to visit. Before they left that afternoon, Grandfather told Daddy to be sure to take care of things at home and that he would be home soon, but he died the next day.

It is thought that death was due to complications from head and/or back injuries which were sustained in a fall many years before. I was told that while working in the woods skidding logs, a team of horses knocked him down and drug him sl yards. John's Death Certificate is filed with the Virginia Department of Health, Divison Of Vital Records, Richmond, Virginia. It states that John entered the hospital on June 8. 1933 and died at 7:22 A.M. on July 5, 1933. It also says, John had a Lumbar Puncture on July 3, 1933. The cause of death is listed as Hematologic Encephalitis and the date of onset is listed as 18 years before death.

Also on John's death certificate is listed some personal misinformation: it says John was married, when in fact he was a widower, Nora Belle had died some 11 years before. It also says John was born March 25, 1864, at Doe Hill, Virginia bl other information says he was born March 23, 1873, near Sugar Grove Pendleton County, West Virginia. John and Nora Belle raised seven children and are buried in the ArmstrongCooper Cemetery, on the Louis Mauzy farm at Harman.


THE CHILDREN OF JOHN AND NORA BELLE (COOPER) ARMSTRONG

1-12-3-7-1 EFFIE MAE ARMSTRONG 18961974 m. Floyd M. Cooper 1-12-3-7-2 ELI ARMSTRONG 18991959 m. Lucy Kate Warner 1-12-3-7-3 DANIEL ARMSTRONG 19021953 m. Mary E. Teter 1-12-3-7-4 RUBY ARMSTRONG 19051982 m. Theodore Harper 1-12-3-7-5 RICHARD ARMSTRONG 19071978 m. Naomi Edith Carr 1-12-3-7-6 BLAKE ARMSTRONG 19101971 m. Pearl C. Champ 1-12-3-7-7 NORMAN ARMSTRONG 19161990 m. #1 Elsie E. Miles
m. #2 Nell Bennett

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NOTE: The following was copied from a newspaper clipping.

RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT

The following resolutions of respect to the memories of the late L. D. Cross of Roaring Creek District and John Armstrong of Dry Fork District, both members for many years of the Randolph County Democratic Executive Committee were passede County Executive Committee at a special meeting held at the Court House at Elkins July 15, 1933.

"Whereas an all wise Providence has called from our midst, within the past few months, both L. D. Cross of Norton, Roaring Creek District and John Armstrong of Harman, Dry Fork District, both beloved and active members of this committr many years, the Randolph County Democratic Executive Committee in special session assembled this the 15th day of July 1933, does hereby order the following resolutions placed upon its minutes and direct that a copy of same be sent the families of our deceased members and also furnished the Randolph Enterprise and the Randolph Review.
"Be it resolved that in the deaths of L. D. Cross and John Armstrong the people of their respective districts, irrespective of party affiliation, have sustained irreperable loss. "They were honest, industrious, talented and loyal tor convictions.
"In thier untimely death, which came at the very height of their usefulness, the Democratic Party has lost two leaders whose influence and splendid example of party devotion and loyalty will continue and ever be cherished by all who knem or who knew of them by reputation.
"In this hour of sorrow, this committee extends its deepest and most heartfelt sympathy to their respective familes with the comforting thought that their active lives of usefulness, their kind hearts and generous temperaments will everherished by the people of this county regardless of political affiliation."

Signed:
Mrs. Holt Wamsley,
Joseph M. King,
E.H.Arnold,
Committee on Resolutions

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Buried:
1 May 2013--changed from:
Armstrong-Cooper Cemetery, Harman, West Virginia, USA to the information found on findagrave.com.

Notes:

Jemima is buried about 10 feet to right of her parents in the small private graveyard Hiner-Armstrong located on the Sally Hiner place, now owned by Alfred Armstrong, Doe Hill. JHA 2000. She died of colic.

From the files of Janice (Armstrong) Nicholas


1-12-3-8 JEMIMA ARMSTRONG


1-12-3-8 JEMIMA ARMSTRONG
b. 5/19/1875 - Sugar Grove, Pendleton Co., WV
d. 11/15/1881 Pendleton Co.
Bur: ArmstrongHiner Cemetery,
Moyers, Pendleton Co., W. Va.


Jemima Armstrong was the eighth child of Eli and Elizabeth Ann (Bodkin) Armstrong. I was told she was born in 1876 and died in 1881 at the age of five, but according to her grave stone , she was born May 19,1875 and died October 12, 1881.age #56 of Grave Register II of Pendleton County, I found this information:

INFORMATION GIVEN BY FATHER, ELI ARMSTRONG

Jemima Armstrong White Female D. 11/15/1881.
Place of Death Pendleton County.
Cause of Death Biliocs Colic.
Age 3 years.
Born Pendleton County

Notes:

It is ironic to me that Wesley and Gertie share a common gravestone in the Doe Hill Cemetery after all those years of devotion by his common-law-wife, Maude. My understanding is that Gertie would not grant Wesley a divorce, even though she was the apparent perpertrator in the break-up.JHA6/2003.


From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas

1-12-3-9 GEORGE WESLEY ARMSTRONG

11239 GEORGE WESLEY ARMSTRONG
b. 5/29/1879 Pendleton County, WV
d. 6/18/1960
Bur: Doe Hill Cemetery, Doe Hill, VA
m. 4/1/1900 Gertrude Belle Propst
b. 5/24/1881 - Pendleton Co., WV
d. 7/13/1987 - Staunton, VA
Bur: Doe Hill Cemetery, Doe Hill VA
Parents: James & Martha (Kiser) Propst

George Wesley Armstrong was the ninth child of Eli and Elizabeth Ann (Bodkin) Armstrong. He was born May 29, 1879. He married Gertrude Belle Propst on April 1, 1900. They had one child, Mary Mae. Wesley and Gertrude separated but as fas I have learned they never divorced. Wesley died June 18, 1960 and is buried at the Doe Hill Cemetery, Highland County, Virginia.

Gertrude Belle lived to the age of 106. She died on July 7, 1987, and is buried at Doe Hill, Va. I met Aunt Gerty at her 100th birthday party. She had lived in a Virginia Nursing Home for many years but was still very active. For many yearhe rode in the Staunton, Virginia, July 4th Parade.

Wesley lived with Maude Ann Simmons in a common law marriage and they had 10 children, all who go by the name Simmons. "The Simmons Descendants of Pendleton Co.", by Walter Eye, says Maude was born December 1, 1897 and died May 102. She was the daughter of Wm. Edward and Christie Louise (Puffenbarger) Simmons. She is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Sangerville, VA.

I remember Uncle Wes visiting Uncle Dick and Aunt Ruby in Randolph County. He liked to get together with the gang of fox and bear hunters, and I can still see him, in my minds eye, taking long walks around the hill at Aunt Ruby's. He worat and walked with a cane.

My Dad told me that in the late 1920's, Uncle Wes was indicted on felony charges and served time in the Moundsville, West Virginia State Penitentiary. He was sentenced to four years for "moonshining" which was excessive for the crid his brothers, Jacob Riley and John Labon, worked very hard and got the sentence reduced. Tradition says, his still was never found and was hidden in the mountains close to a main road.


NOTE:
While searching in Pendleton County Court House, I found records pertaining to this indictment and trial. Ièy2 CONC èy2 CONC tion.

COURT RECORDS FOUND AT FRANKLIN, PENDLETON CO. COURT HOUSE

This day Olie Smith, Sheriff of Pendletion County returned his writ of Venire Facias for 16 Grand Jurors duly executed on all the Grand Jurors named therein.
All the Grand Jurors were in attendance, to-wit: Wilbur Buffs, Baxter Hedrick, Olin Hammer, V.L. Mullenax, W.S. Lough, B.Frank Shreve, C.W. Leach, Riley Armstrong, Jacob Hoover, G.H. Blizzard, Harmon Sponaugle, B.C. Warner, Henry Bennett. J. Smith, Lee Davis and Phil Turbo, constituting a legal grand jury of 16; whereupon said Grand Jury appeared and was duly sworn with Riley Armstrong as Foreman, and after having received their charge from the Judge, returned to their room to consider of the matters given them in charge and after some time returned into court, having agreed upon the following indictments, to-wit:

This was followed by a list of 11 indictment, 4 for misdemeanors and 7 for felonies, one being the State of West Virginia vs. Wesley Armstrong - Indictment for a Felony, A True Bill, JR.. Armstrong, Foreman.

NOTE: I find it very odd that Uncle Wesleyèy2 CONC and Jury that brought the indictment.

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LAW ORDERS-- PENDLETON CIRCUIT COURT W.VA.

State of West Virginia
vs. Wesley Armstrong

This day came the attorney for the State and the defendant in person and by counsel, and the indictment being read to him, and for his plea he said he is not guilty, in manner and form as is in said indictment alleged and of this he put hf upon the country and the State does likewise and issue is joined. Whereupon a panel of 20 jurors were sworn and examined by the court and found free from all exceptions and qualified to serve in this case. Whereupon the attorney of the state struck off two and the attorney for the defendant struck off 6 leaving the following twelve persons to-wit: Scott Ritchie, Elmer C. Hedrick, Marvin Moyers, Pet Warner, Charles Nelson, Harry Judy, Dewitt Black, John J. Mallow, C.F. Burgoyne, Kennie Simmons, Harness Wimer and Ray Mitchell, who were sworn to well and truly try and true deliverance make between the State of West Virginia, Plaintiff, and Wesley Armstrong, defendant, the prisoner at the bar whom they have in charge and a true verdict render according to the evidence, and the evidence being concluded and argument of counsel, the jury retired to their room to consider of their verdict and after sometime returned into court with the following verdict, to-wit: "We, the jury find the defendant, Wesley Armstrong guilty as charged in the indictment. But recommend the mercy of the court. C.F. Burgoyne, Foreman"
Thereupon the court proceeds to pass sentence upon said defendant, and it being demanded of him if he had anything to say, why sentence should not be passed upon him, and he having nothing to say, it is therefore considered by the court the said Wesley Armstrong be confined in the Penitentiary of this State for a term of four years, and that as soon as convenient and possible, the said Wesley Armstrong be removed and safely conveyed from the jail of this county, to the said penitentiary, therein to be confined and imprisoned and treated in manner prescribed by low, for the said term 4 years. Thereupon the defandent is remanded to jail, and it is further considered by the court the State of West Virginia do recover of and from the said Wesley Armstrong, a fine of Five Hundred Dollars her costs in this case expended including an attorney fee of $30.00.
Ordered that L.J. Foreman be allowed $40.00 payable out of the county treasury for services as Special Counsel for the State, at this term of the court.
Ordered that the following allowances be made payable out of the State Treasury to jurors for their services in the case of the State of West Virginia vs. Wesley Armstrong upon an indictment for a felony:

Scott Ritchie one day $3.50 Elmer C. Hedr8ci one day 3.50 Marvin Moyers one day 3.50 Pet Warner one day 3.50 Charles Nelson one day 3.50 Henry Judy one day 3.50 Dewitt Black one day 3.50 John A. Mallow one day 3.50 C.F. Burgoyne one day 3.50 Kennie Simmons one day 3.50 Harness Wimer one day 3.50 Ray Mitchell one day 3.50

Ordered that the following State Witnesses for their services at this term of the Court in the case of the Sate of West Virginia vs. Wesley Armstrong, upon an indictment for a felony: E.E. Rexrode Two days and forty miles $4.00. Hook Two days and 280 miles 16.00 Clinton Armstrong Two days and 440 miles 23.00 Mrs. Clinton Armstrong Two days and 440 miles 23.00 Sam McQuain Two days and 36 miles 3.80 John McQuain Two days and 36 miles 3.80
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vs Wesley Armstrong

This day came the State by her Attorney and the defendant in his own proper person in the discharge of his recognizance and by counsel and on the motion of the State this case is continued and the defendant is admitted to bail. Whereupon safendant together with Floyd Moyers acknowledged themselves to owe and be indebted unto the State of West Virginia in the penal sum of $1000, to be levied of their respective goods and chattels, lands and tenements, and unto the state render, yet upon the condition that if the said defendant do and shall make Court on the second day of the next regular term thereof, to answer the indictment of which he stands charged and perform all orders of the court in relation thereto, and not depart thence without leave of the Court, then this recognizance to be void other wise of force.

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State of West Virginia
vs. Wesley Armstrong

This day came again the defendant in his own proper Armstrong, together with H.A. Hoover and Maude Simmons as his surety, jointly and severally, acknowledged themselves to owe and be indebted unto the State of West Virginia, in the penalf One Thousand Dollars, to be levied of their respective goods and chattels, lands and tenements, and unto the state render, yet upon the condition that the said Wesley Armstrong shall be and make his personal appearance before the Judge of our circuit Court on the 1st day of the next regular term thereof, to answer the charge of which he stands indicted, and perform all orders of the court in relation thereto, and not depart thence without leave of the court, then this recognizance to be void, otherwise of force.

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CHILD OF GEORGE WESLEY AND GERTRUDE (PROPST) ARMSTRONG

1-12-3-9-1 MARY MAY ARMSTRONG -- 1907 MARY MAY ARMSTRONG


1-12-3-91 MARY MAY ARMSTRONG
b. 11/25/1907
d.
m. Woodrow Botkin 1-12-3-911 Genevieve Armstrong
b. 771925
m. #1 John Fede
#2 Robert Abalon
#3 Roland Fennel

1-12-3-9111 Laura Jean Armstrong

1-12-3-9-1-2 Juanita Armstrong
m. #1 Leo McQuain
d. 7/6/1957 Steamshovel accident.
#2 9/17/1954 Roy Taylor Dunlap
CHILD BY #2 ROY T. DUNLAP 1-12-3-9-1-2-1 Bobby Lee Dunlap
m. Lisa Kiser 1-12-3-91211 Wesley Ryan Dunlap
b. 9/23/1983 1-12-3-913 Melvin H. Armstrong (Bobby)
b. 11/11/1926
d. 12/25/1949 Car Accident
Bur: Doe Hill, Highland Co., Va. 1-12-3-914 Avanella Botkin
m. Wilber Ray McDorman 1-12-3-9141 Daniel Ray McDorman 1-12-3-9142 Stephen McDorman
d. 1973 13 years old 1-12-3-9143 Darla McDorman
d. 1968 3 1/2 years old 1-12-3-915 Clarence Leon Botkin
d. Martha Miller 1-12-3-9151 Pam Botkin 1-12-3-9152 Ricky Botkin 1-12-3-9153 Joey Botkin

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DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE WESLEY ARMSTRONG AND MAUDE ANN SIMMONS

NOTE: I have been told all these children turned out well and have been a credit to their heritage.

1-12-3-92 Van Simmons 1-12-3-93 Woodrow Simmons
m. Elisa Stone 1-12-3-94 Arlie Simmons
b. 8/3/1919
d. 1/1/2000
m. McConaugh 1-12-3-95 Elmer H. Simmons
d. 7/3/1962 Car accident
m. Helen Marlene Jackson
d. 7/4/1962 Car accident 1-12-3-951 Martha Ann Simmons
b. 1954
d. 1998
m. --?-- Corbin 1-12-3-952 Helen Marie Simmons
b. 1958



1-12-3-96 Charles C. Simmons "Sonny"
b. 1940?
d. 4/17/1994
m. Judith A. Woods 1-12-3-9-6-1 Dale Simmons 1-12-3-9-6-2 Wesley Simmons

1-12-3-97 Mildred L. Simmons
m. Doyle F. Rigney 1-12-3-9-7-1 Roger Lee Rigney
d. 1/4/1998 1-12-3-98 Nora Lee Simmons (Listed as "Dora" in Simmons Book)
b. 9/24/1914
d. 9/11/1999
m. Robert Gum 1-12-3-99 Roy Simmons 1-12-3-910 Maggie Simmons
m. Will Crummett 1-12-3-911 Herbert Simmons

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Notes:

When Jared's father, Eli, died of pneumonia in early 1883, Jared went to live with Eli' employer, George and Lucinda Hiner, on the farm known in the mid 1900's as the 'Sally Hiner place'. It is now owned by Alfred Armstrong, Doe Hill (2000) Jared's parents are buried in the Armstrong-Hiner cemetery on that farm. George and Lucinda also raised my Aunt Ethel Stover, who became the Wife ofUncle David Eli Armstrong. James H. Armstrong,4 Dec 2000.
Jared and "Maggie" raised four sons and lived in Doe Hill, Spring Creek, Mount Crawford, Woodbridge, and Keezletown, before moving to Mossy Creek in 1950.

From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas


112310 JARED MORGAN ARMSTRONG

112310 JARED MORGAN ARMSTRONG
b. 9/1/1880 Sugar Grove, W. Va.
d. 7/16/1959
Bur: Sangerville Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Bridgewater, VA
m. 12/?/1905 Mary Margaret Rexrode
b. 4/25/1878 Palo Alto, Va.
d. 2/15/1953 Mossy Creek, Va.
Bur: Sangerville Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Bridgewater, VA
Parents: Martin & Mary (Armstrong) Rexroad


Jared Morgan Armstrong was the tenth child of Eli and Elizabeth Ann (Bodkin) Armstrong. He was born on September 1, 1880 and when his father died he went to live with George and Lucinda B. (Armstrong) Hiner.

NOTE: Both George and Lucinda Hiner were descendants of the JOHN and "NANCY" AGNES ARMSTRONG LINE. George was the son of Jane Armstrong Hiner (1-4-10) the sixth child of JOHN AND "NANCY" AGNES ARMSTRONG and Lucinda was the dhter of Jared Armstrong (1-3-9) the third child of JOHN AND "NANCY" AGNES ARMSTRONG. More information on George and Lucinda can be found in the report, "Descendants of John and "Nancy" Agnes (Ervine) Armstrong".

Although others lived with and worked for the Hiners, Jared was with them the longest. He married Mary Margaret "Maggie" Rexrode in December 1905. They were married in Monterey, Va. and lived on the Hiner farm, in the loom house,l 1910 when they bought a farm at Doe Hill, Virginia.
Mary Margaret "Maggie" (Rexrode) Armstrong was born April 25, 1878 the daughter of Martin and Mary (Armstrong) Rexrode. She was also a descendant of the JOHN AND "NANCY" AGNES ARMSTRONG LINE. Maggie's mother, Mary, was theh child of Jared M., who was the first child of Able H., who was the first child of Jared M., who was the third child of JOHN AND "NANCY AGNES ARMSTRONG.

NOTE: The following was copied from an obituary clipping:

Mrs. Mary Margaret Armstrong, 74, wife of Jared M. Armstrong died at her home at Mossey Creek, near Bridgewater, Va., Sunday (2/15/1953) morning at 9:30 o'clock. Mrs. Armstrong had been in ill health for the past nine months. Fort two weeks her condition was considered serious with little promise for her recovery. News of her passing Sunday morning spread quickly throughout the community and county bringing an atmosphere of grief and sadness among her many friends. She was a devoted mother and loving wife who was always kind and will be missed by all. A daughter of the late Martin and Mary (Armstrong) Rexrode, she was born on April 25, 1878, in Palo Alto, Va., where she spent the early part of her life, attending the local schools of Highland County. In December 1905, she married Jared M. Armstrong in Monterey, Va. After their marriage they lived at Doe Hill until 1930, then went to Rockingham County, Va., in 1930 and lived near Spring Creek until 1934, from 1934 to 1935 in Mt. Crawford, and from 1935 to 1942 in Woodbridge, Va., and from 1942 to 1951 at Keezletown, Va., prior to moving to Mossey Creek in 1951. She is survived by her husband, Jared M. Armstrong, a prominent farmer of the community; four sons, Byron Armstrong, of Bridgewater, Va., Adam Armstrong, of Arlington, Va., Herbert Armstrong of Bridgewater, Va., and Gordon Armstrong, of Woodbridge, Va., one sister Mrs. Jasper (Sallie) Simmons of Bridgewater, and ten grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Sangersville, Va., Church of the Brethren, with her pastor, the Rev. O.S. Miller in charge, assisted by Rev. John T. Glick. Interment was in the church cemetery.

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CHILDREN OF JARED M. & "MAGGIE" (REXRODE) ARMSTRONG

1-12-3-10-1 BYRON ARMSTRONG ----- 1908-1956 1-12-3-10-2 ADAM ARMSTRONG ------ 1909-1981 1-12-3-10-3 HERBERT ARMSTRONG --- 1911 1-12-3-10-4 GORDON ARMSTRONG ---- 1918 The following documents were found in Staunton, Augusta Co., VA

DEED BOOK 137 PAGE 600: (No 2486) THIS AGREEMENT: - Made and entered into this the 3rd day of September 1902 between Geo Hiner and wife Sr., of the County of Pendleton and the State of W. Virginia, of the first part and Jared M. Armstrong of the same County and the State named above, of the second part, -:WITNESSETH:- That the said party of the first part for services rendered by the party of the second part to date above mentioned from December 25th 1900 when said party of second part began work, does hereby agree and bind himself to give unto the party of the second part one third (1/3) of a certain tract or parcel of land laying on the Middle River in Augusta County, Virginia and adjoining the lands of Geo Dunlap, Robert Dunlap and Bailey Dunlap and containing 342 acres at the expiration of three years from December Twenty Fifth 1902. The land above mentioned to belong to party of second part forever. The party of the second part hereby agrees to accept the above mentioned land as full pay for his services to this date, (Sept 3rd 1902) witness our hands and seals.

A.J.Wooddell George Hiner (Seal) Witnesses: Jared M. Armstrong (Seal)
J.M. Jones The partys further agree that the party of the second part shall pay to the party of the first part on the 1st day of Jan 1906 at the rate of $175.00 per year for three years and three months.

Witness: J.M.Jones George Hiner (Seal)
Jared M. Armstrong (Seal)

Virginia, Highland County, To Wit:
I, W.E. Wilson, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Highland and State of Virginia, do certify that George Hiner and Jared Armstrong, whose name are signed to the writing above bearing date on the 3rd day of September 1902 havewledged the same before me in the County and State aforesaid. Given under my hand and seal this the 17th day of September 1902.
W.E.Wilson, J.P. (Seal)

VIRGINIA:- In the Clerk's Office of Augusta County Court Sep't 24th 1902.
The foregoing Agreement between Geo Hiner and Jared M. Armstrong, was this day presented in the office aforesaid, the State Tax of $ .50 being paid thereon, it is with the certificate of acknowledgment annexed admitted to record.
Teste, --Harry Bennett.. Clerk. DEED BOOK 149 - PAGE 507

(7812) THIS DEED -- made this the 1st., day of June, 1906, between George Hiner and Lucinda, his wife, of the first part and Jared M. Armstrong of the second part, all of the County of Pendleton, State of West Virginia, WITNESSETH:-- That for and in consideration of the sum of Twenty Three Hundred Thirty three and one-third dollars ($2333.33/100) for services rendered, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the parties of the first part, do grant sell and convey to the party of the second part, a one-third interest in a certain tract or parcel of land known as the Bailey Dunlap property, lying in the County of Augusta, State of Virginia, on the waters of Middle River two miles southwest of the village of Spring Hill, adjoining the lands of Jared A. Hiner, Frank and Davis Dunlap and Bailey Dunlap, Jr., and containing 342 acres, more or less. The parties of the first part do warrant generally the land herein conveyed. Witness the following sigatures and seals.
George Hiner, (Seal)
Lucinda Hiner, (Seal)

State of Virginia, Highland County, to-wit--
I, S.C. Eagle, a Justice of the Peace for and in the County and State aforesaid, do certify that George Hiner and Lucinda, his wife, whose names are signed to the writing hereto anexed, bearing date on the 1st., day of June, 1906 have appeaefore me in my County and State aforesaid and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed. Given under my hand this 24th., day of July, 1906.
S.C. Eagle, J.P.

VIRGINIA:- In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court for Augusta County, Oct. 6th., 1906
The foregoing Deed from George Hiner and wife to Jared M. Armstrong, was this day presented in the office aforesaid, the State Tax of $2.40 being paid thereon, it is with the certificate of acknowledgment annexed, admitted to record.
Teste,--- Harry Bennett--- Clark.

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• AFN: 2473-VT4

Notes:

CHARLES A. ARMSTRONG

112311 CHARLES A. ARMSTRONG
b. 8/6/1882 Moyers, Pendlenton Co., WV
d. 3/7/1893 - Pendletion Co., VW
Bur: St. Pauls Luthern Church Cemetery,
Moyers, Pendleton Co., WV

Charles was killed at the age of ten when a limb from a tree they were burning fell on him.

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• AFN: 2473-W2J

Notes:

MARY ALICE ARMSTRONG

112312 MARY ALICE ARMSTRONG
b. 2/7/1884 Moyers, Pendleton Co., WV
d. 4/29/1960
Bur: Pomona, California, Pomona Mausoleum
m. Ethelbert D. Howard
b.
d. Mary Alice was a teacher. She taught several of her brothers and sisters.

1123121 Ethelbert D. Howard, Jr. (Bert) An Engineer
b. 10/25/1915
d. 1/18/1985
Bur: Pamona California, Pomona Mausoleum
m. 10/19/1938 Thelma Schack 11231211 Judy Ann Howard
b. 9/6/1942
m. David Coblentz
d. 5/24/1981 11231212 Jeffrey Alan Howard
b. 10/11/1946
m. 11/24/1965 Laurel Ann (?) 112312121 Lisa Marie Howard
b. 6/19/1966 112312122 Michelle Lynn Howard
b. 1/5/1971 112312123 Tracy Rene Howard
b. 5/22/1974 *************************

Birth:
3 May 2013--Removed "St. Paul Cemetery" from birth place.

Buried:
3 May 2013--Could not find her listed as either Armstrong or Howard on findagrave.com

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• AFN: 2473-W3Q

Notes:

LEAH ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG

112313 LEAH ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG
b. 10/12/1885 Moyers, Pendleton Co., WV
d. 8/14/1977
Bur: St. Paul Luthern Church Cemetery
Moyers, Pendleton Co. WV
m. Single Elizabeth was a Registered Nurse. She was a lady of good judgment and the provider when she and her sister (sisters) lived and worked in Washington, D.C.

Buried:
14 May 2013--Not found on findagrave.com

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• AFN: 2473-VVB

Notes:

David and Ethel's children( Ralph, David Leroy, and Helen June) share a common tombstone.JHA2003

Source-Dice S. Armstrong genealogical notes obtained from Ethel Stover Armstrong and Myrtle Armstrong (still living) and personal knowledge. Uncle Dave's farm is just north of our home farm ( approx. 1/2 mile from the state line. Myrtle inherited the family farm and still lives there. She never married, but has two children: Robert Joe, who now owns the farm, and Doris (Earl) Armstrong Douglas of Staunton, Augusta , Virginia.
DAVID ELI ARMSTRONG
(From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas) 112314 DAVID ELI ARMSTRONG
b. 8/24/1887 Moyers, Pendleton Co,. WV
d. 7/29/1942
Bur: St. Paul Luthern Church Cemetery
Moyers, Pendleton Co. WV
m. 8/10/1910 Ethel Stover
b. 7/22/1886 Franklin, W. Va
d. 5/22/1989 Waynesboro, Va.
Parents: Patrick H. & Elizabeth J. (Hiner) Stover
Bur: St. Paul Luthern Church Cemetery
Moyers, Pendleton Co., W. Va.

David was in the car wreck that killed his father, J. Riley, but he was not seriously hurt. He died in his sleep at age 54. Ethel's mother was one of the Grandville Hiner family. She was staying with her Uncle George Hiner when she met arried David.

NOTE: The following was copied from Ethel S. Armstrong's death notice in the Harrisonburg Virginia newspaper.

ETHEL S. ARMSTRONG Ethel S. Armstrong, 102, of Staunton and formerly of Moyers, W. Va., died Monday evening (May 22, 1989) at the Liberty House Nursing Home, Waynesboro. She was born July 22, 1886 in Fraatrick Henry and Elizabeth Jane (Hiner) Stover. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Her husband, David Eli Armstrong, died July 29, 1942. She is surivived by two daughters, Myrtle Armstrong of Moyers and Hannah Graham of Mt. Clemens, Mich.; a son, Jack Ray Armstrong of Staunton; two brothers, Stanley of Huntington, W. Va., and George Stover of Belington, W. Va.; 13 grandchildren; 35 great grandchildren; and 27 greatgreat grandchildren. A service will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Cemetery, Moyers, by Dr. Woodward D. Morris. Pallbearers will be Paul Thompson, Craig and Barry Armstrong, David and Victor Douglas and Ronald Jr. and Ronald Armstrong. Friends may call at Obaugh Funeral Home in McDowell and also at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Douglas, 832 Ellen St., Staunton, where she had made her home before entering the nursing home, at any time. Memorials may be made to Third Presbyterian Church, 1313 Barterbrook Road, Stauton, VA.
****** 1123141 Virginia Lee Armstrong
b. 6/2/1911
d. 10/??/1962
m. Clair Woomer
d. 1/1/1975 11231411 Clair Woomer, Jr.
b. 1/27/1931
d. 11/3/1952 11231412 Flora H. Woomer
b. 5/18/1932
m. James J. Langston, Jr
b. 11/26/1926 112314121 Catherine E. Langston
b. 5/3/1952 112314122 James J. Langston, III
b. 8/23/1958
m. Valeria A. Gray
b. 12/3/1953 1123141221 James J. Langston, IV
b. 9/4/1977 11231-41222 Jaime D. Langston
b. 2/9/1979 1123141-223 Jared D. Langston
b. 4/6/1982 1123141224 Jeremy D. Langston
b. 10/2/1987 112314123 Victoria Lynn Langston
b. 8/27/1960 112314124 David L. Langston
b. 12/5/1963

11231413 Forest L. Woomer
b. 7/21/1935
m. Julia A. Fead
b. 10/4/1935 112314131 Deborah M. Woomer
b. 7/19/1955
m. Richard A. Blair
b. 10/28/1948 1123141311 Brent A. Blair
b. 2/8/1976 1123141312 Julia M. Blair
b. 12/16/1978 112314132 Scott F. Woomer
b. 4/25/1957
m. Paulla ??
b. 2/19/1956 1123141321 Jeffrey S. Woomer
b. 8/2/1977 1123141322 Erin L. Woomer
b. 3/21/1984 112314133 Kent D. Woomer
b. 3/10/1959
m. Diane Russell
b. 1/6/1959 1123-141331 Kellie A. Woomer
b. 7/12/1977 1123141332 Todd K. Woomer
b. 11/30/1978 1123141333 Katherine Woomer
b. 9/17/1981 112314134 Bert C. Woomer
b. 9/8/1964 112314135 Glen G. Woomer
b. 8/23/1966 112314136 Warren G. Woomer
b. 10/10/1970 11231414 Paul W. Woomer
b. 9/26/1938 11231415 Janice M. Woomer
b. 9/26/1941
m. Paul E. Babb
b. 4/3/1936 112314151 Peggy J. Cone
b 2/1/1965 112314152 Roy C. Cone
b. 2/3/1971


11231416 William K. Woomer
b. 6/5/1945
m. Linda ???
b. 11/25/1949 112314161 Michelle Woomer
b. 7/23/1981 112314162 Jessica L. Woomer
b. 7/23/1981 112314163 Kelly M. Woomer
b. 2/11/1983

112-3142 Myrtle Armstrong
b. 12/14/1912
m. Single Myrtle lives near Moyers, W.Va. In Aug. of 1986, Nelson and I met and talked with her. She gave us directions to the cemetery and a wealth of information on our line of the Armstrong Family. As a child she lived withts and remembers a lot about her aunts and uncles. She also remembers some of her great aunts and uncles coming to visit. 11231421 Robert Joe Armstrong (Bob)
b. 6/15/1933
m. 12/14/1957 Juanita Anne Jones
b. 2/13/1938 Bob Armstrong owns the old J. Riley "Home Place". He sold the house and a few acres but farms the rest. 112314211 Barry Martin Armstrong
b. 4/17/1959 112314212 Craig Stephen Armstrong
b. 8/12/1960
m. 6/22/1985 Kimberly E. ? 1123142121 Nicole Armstrong
b. 2/20/1986 11231422 Doris D. Armstrong
b. 8/18/1936
m. 12/29/1959 Lester Earl Douglas
b. 8/11/1936 112314221 David Earl Douglas
b. 12/24/1956
m. 5/16/1981 Joy L. Bernier
b. 7/16/1958 1123142211 Sean Christopher Douglas
b. 4/13/1983 1123142212 Heather Francis Douglas
b. 11/24/1987 112314222 Victor Lane Douglas
b. 11/15/1959

1123143 Paul Stover Armstrong
b. 3/15/1914
d. 1/12/1987 Cremated
m. 2/17/1939 Margie (?)
b. 3/10/14
d. 4/18/1987 11231431 Patricia Armstrong
b. 1/30/1933
m. Russ Presley 11231432 Richard Armstrong
b. 3/5/1935
m. Margaret ?? 1123144 Ralph Armstrong
b. 2/4/1916
d. 2/5/1916

1123145 Hannah Elizabeth Armstrong
b. 2/19/1917
m. John Graham 11231451 Stanley Graham
b. 9/1/1938
m. Joan ?? 112314511 Denise Graham
b. 9/27/1963 112314512 Keith Graham
b. 6/27/1967 112314513 Karen Graham
b. 6/27/1967 1123146 David Leroy Armstrong
b. 6/22/1919
d. 4/13/1923
Bur: St. Paulèy2 CONT Moyers, Pendleton Co., W. Va. 1123147 Jack Riley Armstrong
b. 8/13/1921
m. 10/31/1948 Catherine Simmons
b. 10/6/1928 11231471 Beverly Kay Armstrong
b. 3/11/1948
m. 7/7/1967 Dale Thompson
b. 4/17/1947 112314711 Penny Andrea Thompson
b. 4/22/1970 112314712 Paul Jeffrey Thompson
b. 12/4/1973 112314713 Kelly Denise Thompson
b. 1/20/1980


11231472 Ronald Lee Armstrong
b. 1/16/1951
m. 8/28/1971 Kathy ?
b. 7/28/1954 112314721 Ronald Lee Armstrong, Jr.
b. 2/4/1973 11231473 Ricky Lane Armstrong
b. 5/22/1957
m. 7/16/1978 Sherry ?
b. 1/15/1958 112314731 Heather Ellen Armstrong
b. 8/18/1981 112314732 Sarah Catherine Armstrong
b. 10/12/1983 11231474 Mary Jane Armstrong
b. 11/27/1964
m. 6/1/1985 Philip Haley
b. 8/23/1956 1123148 Helen June Armstrong
b. 6/18/1923
d. 8/1/1925 *************************

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• AFN: 2473-W8R

Notes:

When Aunt Viola was about 45 years old she met and married a man from Denver?, Colorado. They were together for about one week-he went back to Denver-she remained working for the Government in Washington, D.C. My mother says he had a couple teenage or older children who may have interfered in some way. Mom doesn't remember his name, but in later years they corresponded frequently with each other. Aunt Viola spent her last years in the nursing home at Franklin, WVa. In the fall of 1985 they had a huge flood in Pendleton County. We were back in WVa. the following June. Picking up Aunt Viola, we took her up the Thorn to the "old home place'. As we went up the Thorn in our little motorhome Aunt Viola looked out the window and commented about 'having a big flood in this place'. When I pointed out the old home place she watched and said' My no, this is not where I was born-the land was all cleared on both sides of the road". She couldn't understand that someone had let the brush grow (Dad and Bob), and that WVa. reclaims her own!! JHA 3/2001.

This from the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas-- 112315 VIOLA FRANCIS ARMSTRONG
b. 10/30/1889 Moyers, Pendleton Co., W.Va.
d. 6/19/1989
Bur: St. Pauls Luthern Church Cemetery,
Moyers, Pendleton Co., W.Va.
m. (??) She married when she was about 45 years old to a man with teenage children. The marriage was short lived.


NOTE: This information was copied from Viola's obituary notice.

VIOLA F. ARMSTRONG

FRANKLIN, W. VA. - Viola Francis Armstrong, 99, a resident of Pendleton Nursing Home, died Monday morning, June 29, 1989 at Franklin. She was born Oct. 30, 1889 at Moyers, W. Va., a daughter of J. Riley and Hannah Simmons A. Formerly of Washington, D. C., she was a retired Civil Service employee. Survivors include a sister, Louie J. Kavanaugh of Pendleton Nursing Home; one brother, Dice S. Armstrong of Orem, Utah; and several nieces and nephews A service will be conducted 11 a.m. Thursday (today) in the St Paul Cemetery near Moyers, W. Va. by the Rev. Norman Nilsen. Pallbearers will be nephews. Friends may call at the Obaugh Funeral Home in McDowell at any time.



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Buried:
6 May 2013--There is not a Viola Frances Armstrong (or any variation) listed in the Saint Paul Cemetery of Pendleton County, WV on findagrave.com

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• AFN: 2473-W6C

Notes:

1-12-3-1-6 MATTIE ARMSTRONG - Twin to Hattie
b. 12/15/1890 - Moyers, Pendleton Co., W. Va.
d. 8/23/1978
Bur: New York State
m. Ed Summer

Mattie was a twin to Hattie. She was a Registered Nurse and worked in Washington, D. C. for many years.
From JHA-- Mom says Aunt Mattie was married three times. This is a story my dad, Dice, used to tell about Aunt Mattie and her Uncle John Labon Armstrong. The family was gathered together. Aunt Mattie was back fresh from Washington, D.C. wir Nursing degree and Big plans. Dad said Uncle John looked at her and said" Mattie, you remind me of one of those butterflies out there in my barn yard--you will flutter from flower to flower and land on the first cowpie in sight"!!! Dad said she did just that-five times- that none of her husbands were any account!!!!

Mattie married Ed Sumner. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 2473-W7K

Notes:

Hattie was a twin to Mattie. She died during a big snow storm and may be buried somewhere on the home place.

Buried:
Hattie Armstrong is not listed in the Saint Paul Cemetery according to findagrave.com. 1May2013

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• AFN: 2473-WB6

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PHOEBA MAE ARMSTRONG (From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas)

1-12-3-1-8 PHOEBA MAE ARMSTRONG b. 9/19/1892 - Moyers, Pendleton Co., WV
d. 7/8/1973
Bur: St. Pauls Luthern Church Cemetery,
Moyers, Pendleton Co., WV m. 6/17/1920 - Nicholas Dexter Toderoff
b. 3/15/1896 d. 8/30/1963
Bur: St. Pauls Luthern Church Cemetery,
Moyers, Pendleton Co., WV Nicholas Toderoff was born in Bulgaria and came to the U. S. at age 16. He was a town policeman in Bridgewater, Va. 1-12-3-1-8-1 Kathrine Toderoff
b. 11/19/1921
d. 9/4/1974
Bur. St. Pauls Luthern Church Cemetery,
Moyers, Pendleton Co., WV
m. 4/25/1943 - Fredrick Donald Truesdale
b. 9/14/1920 Dr. of Music
d. 1/17/1989
Bur. Arlington National Cemetery (Cremated) 1-12-3-1-8-1-1 Donna Kay Truesdale
b. 9/2/1943
m. E. W. Fox (Div.) 1-12-3-1-8-1-2 Larry Allen Truesdale
b. 3/25/1949 1-12-3-1-8-1-3 Sharon Lee Truesdale
b. 10/25/1953
m. 5/17/1975 - Ed Blanton
b. 12/8/1950 1-12-3-1-8-1-3-1 Sarah Katherine Blanton
b. 9/7/1981 1-12-3-1-8-1-3-2 Matthew Todd Blanton
b. 8/2/1983 1-12-3-1-8-2 Virginia Lee (Peggy) Toderoff
b. 1/4/1928
m. 11/8/1947 - Donald E. Alman
b. 4/30/1927 1-12-3-1-8-2-1 Linda Alman
b. 12/5/1949
m. 9/19/1970 - Charles Stromaski
b. 1/21/1948 1-12-3-1-8-2-1-1 Jeremy Stromaski
b. 7/23/1974 1-12-3-1-8-2-2 Donald E. Alman, Jr.
b. 12/29/1955 1-12-3-1-8-3 Helen Toderoff
b. 10/23/1929
d. 12/21/1930


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Buried:
3 May 2013-Phoebe is not listed in this cemetery on findagrave.com

Phoebe married Nicholas Dexter Toderoff 15 Jun 1920, St. Paul Cemetery, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Nicholas was born 15 Mar 1896, Bulgaria; died 30 Aug 1963, RMH, Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States; was buried , Saint Paul Cemetery, Thorn, Pendleton, WV, United States. [Group Sheet]

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• AFN: 2473-WCD

Notes:

After their marriage, Berlin and Loula lived at the Carpenter place midway between McDowell and Doe Hill. In 1924 they moved to the Dan Hiner farm at Doe Hill (now owned by the Delbert Rexrode family) located near the WVa. border., where Berlin managed the Jared Hiner farms which were located in Highland, Pendleton, Pocahontas, and Augusta counties. At Jared's death the farms passed on to his daughters, Lura Hook (Burton) and Miss Leta.
In 1939, dad (Dice) started building his homestead on the WVa. side in sight of Uncle Berlins. I spent many hours playing with Glen and Gene. Later, Uncle Berlin bought a farm just south of the Jake Armstrong farm-about 2 miles upriver fromwell. Berlin, a World War I veteran, served on the Highland County Board of Supervisors from 1948-1960. He also served a wide area as an unlicensed, self-taught veternarian. I remember his skill at castrating bulls and horses and spaying heifers.JHA 3/2001.

From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas---


BERLIN LEWIS ARMSTRONG

1-12-3-1-9 BERLIN LEWIS ARMSTRONG
b. 9/3/1894
d. 10/26/1972
Bur: Doe Hill, Highland, Co., VA.
m. Loula Belle Rexrode
b. 7/20/1894
d. 7/3/1980
Parents: William & Elizabeth (Todd) Rexrode
Bur: Doe Hill, Highland Co., Va.

NOTE: Copied in part from the "New History of Highland Co. VA.

After their marriage, Berlin and Loula lived at the Carpenter place midway between McDowell and Doe Hill. In 1924 they moved to the Dan Hiner farm at Doe Hill, near the West Virginia border, where Berlin managed the Jared Hiner farms which were located in Highland, Pendleton, Pocahontas and Augusta Counties. Berlin, a WW I veteran, served on the Highland County Board of Supervisors from 1948-1960. He also served a wide area as an unlicensed, self-taught veterinarian.

1-12-3-1-9-1 Edna Earl Armstrong - Retired Teacher
b. 8/9/1920 m. 7/6/1946 - John Friel b. 10/29/1915 Parents: d. 3/11/1980 Bur: Covington, VA 1-12-3-1-9-1-1 Ann Friel b. 2/3/1948 m. 12/7/1974 - Kenneth Yeo b. 9/17/1937 1-12-3-1-9-1-2 Todd Fri/1950 m. 11/25/1978 - Catherine Koehler b. 4/28/1956 1-12-3-1-9-1-2-1 Jenny Lynn Friel b. 10/20/1979 1-12-3-1-9-1-2-2 Brian Patrick Friel b. 10/23/1980 1-12-3-1-9-1-2-3 Emily Claire Friel b.2/4/1983 1-12-3-1-9-1-2-4 Christin Marie Friel b. 6/2/1984

1-12-3-1-9-1-3 Bruce Friel b. 9/24/1953 1-12-3-1-9-2 Walter R. Armstrong b. 8/2/1923 m. #1 3/14/1949 - Thelma Jane Armstrong (Div) #2 12/13/1987- Martha Dickeson b. 6/15/1939 Walter retired from the Navy, a veteran of WW II. He lives in Tazewell, VA and is also retired from the Divison of Motor Vehicles, where he served as a District Manager.

1-12-3-1-9-2-1 Brent Armstrong b. 12/13/1949 m. 9/22/1973 - Linda Lawrence (Div 1989) b. 3/2/1950 1-12-3-1-9-2-1-1 Erin Armstrong b. 5/22/1981 1-12-3-1-9-2-2 Gwen Armstrong b. 1/30/1952 m. 8/20/1976 - Steven Doyle b. 12/16/1947 1-12-3-1-9-2-2-1 Brian Doyle b. 12/8/1979 1-12-3-1-9-2-2-2 Adam Christian Doyle b. 7/6/1985 1-12-3-1-9-3 Glen Armstrong b. 10/18/1926 m. 7/30/1948 - Rosemary Bulmer b. 6/10/1927 Glenn is a Navy veteran of WW II. He is a retired masonary contractor and now lives in Daytona Beach, FL. 1-12-3-1-9-3-1 John Armstrong b. 3/16/1949
m. 12/7/1986 - Kerstin Kirch 1-12-3-1-9-3-1-1 Sean Glen Armstrong b. 6/23/1987 1-12-3-1-9-3-SC1 Deborah Armstrong b. 10/24/1957
m. 9/3/1978 - #1 Steve Wells (Div.)
m. 12/17/1983 #2 John McIntosh
b. 6/6/1952 1-12-3-1-9-3-SC1-1 Melissa Wells
b. 4/19/1980 1-12-3-1-9-3-SC1-2 Christopher McIntosh
b. 2/5/1986 1-12-3-1-9-3-SC2 Janet Armstrong
b. 4/12/1965 1-12-3-1-9-3-SC3 Jean Armstrong
b. 4/12/1965


1-12-3-1-9-4 Gene D. Armstrong
b. 3/29/1930
m. 12/24/1956 - Charlotte Thomas (Div. 1976) Gene is a Korean Veteran and a retired C.P.A He lives in Glen Allen, VA. In 1989, he took the information I had on the Jacob Riley Armstrong Descendants, contacted other family memberny hours correcting and updating this file. THANK YOU, GENE!!! 1-12-3-1-9-4-1 Terri Armstrong b. 8/16/1963 1-12-3-1-9-5 Helen E. Armstrong b.7/2/1934 d. 1/12/1937
Bur: Doe Hill, Highland Co. VA. 1-12-3-1-9-6 Benny Welton Armstrong b. 1/6/1941
m. #1 4/8/1961 - Nancy Siron
b. 8/19/1942
d. 6/13/1967
Bur: McKendree Cemetery, McDowell, VA
#2 2/6/1969 - Patrica Viel Hill
b. 9/3/1943 Benny was elected to the Board of Supervisors in 1975 and served two terms. He also serves on the County School Board. His first wife was killed in a motercycle accident. His second wife, Pat has tw; Nina and Connie. They lived on the family farm in Highland Co., VA until 1997 and now reside in Churchvill, Augusta Co. VA (2000).
CHILDREN BY #1 NANCY (SIRON) ARMSTRONG 1-12-3-1-9-6-1 Kevin Leonard Armstrong b. 3/19/1962
m. 9/1/1990 - Charlotte Gail McCormick
b. 3/28/1968 1-12-3-1-9-6-1-1 Kylie Jo Armstrong
b. 2/2/1993 1-12-3-1-9-5-1-2 Abigail Lee Armstrong
b. 6/12/1995 1-12-3-1-9-6-2 David Welton Armstrong
b. 12/27/1663
m. #1 11/26/1986 - Teresa Gail Carter (Div.)
b.
#2 4/1/1997 - Cindy Wymer Simmons
b. 11/20/1965 1-12-3-1-9-6-2-1 Bobby Welton Armstrong
b. 3/6/1987



CHILDREN BY #2 PAT (VIEL HILL) ARMSTRONG 1-12-3-1-9-6-3 James Alan Armstrong
b. 6/8/1969
m. 8/24/1990 - Shannon Lee Case
b. 7/18/1972 1-12-3-1-9-6-3-1 Ceara Savanna Nicole Armstrong
b. 2/1/1993 1-12-3-1-9-6-3-2 Caleb Lewis Armstrong
b. 5/5/1996 1-12-3-1-9-6-SC1 Nina Hill
b. 2/7/1963
m. 7/15/1994 Tony Fultz (Div)
b. 2/24/1963 1-12-3-1-9-6-SC2 Connie Hill
b. 11/20/1965
m. #1 5/28/1986 - Mike Avey (Div)
b. 6/23/1961
#2 2/11/1995 - Rondie Wayne Hill
b. 11/30/1963 1-12-3-1-9-6-SC2-1 Carmen Nicole Hill
b. 3/11/1983 1-12-3-1-9-6-SC2-2 Brandon Michael Scott Avey
b. 9/18/1986

Berlin married Loula Belle Rexrode 17 Mar 1920, St. Paul Cemetery, Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Loula was born 20 Jul 1894, Moyers, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA; died 3 Jul 1980, Mc Dowell, Highland, Virginia, USA; was buried , Doe Hill Cemetery, Doe Hill, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 2473-WDL

Notes:

Aunt Louie spent most of her adult life as a registered nurse in the Washington, D.C, area Her last two husbands preceded her in death. In March 1989 she entered the Pendleton Co. Nursing Home, Franklin, WVa. where she resided until her death at the ripe old age of 101. JHA 3/2001 From Janice's files--

LOUIE JANE ARMSTRONG

1-12-3-1-10 LOUIE JANE ARMSTRONG b. 11/24/1895 - Moyers, Pendleton Co., WV
d. 1/24/1997 - Franklin, Pendleton Co., WV
Bur: St Paul Luthern Church Cemetery,
Moyers, Pendleton Co., WV
m. #1 Ted Turner (Div)
#2 Marshall Dobie
#3 Harry Kavanaugh Louie Jane moved from the Washington D.C. area to the Pendleton Co. Nursing Home, Franklin, WV in March 1989. She is a Registered Nurse, retired from Public Health in Arlington, VA. She has no chi

Buried:
3 May 2013--No headstone or listing for her at this cemetery.

Louie married Ted Turner. [Group Sheet]

Louie married J Marshall Dobie. [Group Sheet]

Louie married Harry J Kavanaugh. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 2473-VWJ

Notes:

Aunt Fannie died of Spinal Meningitis. JHA 3/2001

Other Events:

• AFN: 2473-WG1

Notes:

Uncle Luther moved to Detroit as a young adult. He worked for Hudson Motor Co. After World War II he operated a service station in Detroit. Later, he bought a cottage on Big Wolf Lake, near Lewiston, Michigan and lived there until his death. He and Aunt Pauline visited us in Tucson, Arizona in the early 60's-where I was practicing dentistry. I was moaning about Social Security-he told me to look on the bright side-they were enjoying that Social Security money that I was paying in!!! I was trying to interest him in my church-he told me he would just keep his membership in the Round Church--I asked "Which was that"? He replied-The one where the devil can't corner you!! To my knowledge- he hasn't been cornered yet!! JHA 3/2001

A Tribute to Uncle Luke at his death-------
Luther left home at the age of 16. His first job was a 'horse tender' in a logging camp. The horses were much more valuable than the men in the camps. After leaving there he traveled out to Kansas and worked in the wheat fields.
He settled in Detroit in the early 20's and here he lived, worked, and raised his family until he retired and moved to Lewisston, Michigan, in 1944. Luther owned and operated a Service Station most of the time that he llived in Detroit. He dsell out' and work in the defense plant during World War II.
After moving to Lewiston he worked some as a carpenter. He was an excellent craftsman. He did a lot of remodeling of homes all of his life. Dennis can remember moving quite often when they lived in Detroit, this being part of their incom

Luther had the ability to make use of everything and never threw anything away. His motto probably was" a penny saved is a penny earned".
Luther stayed close in heart to his kin folks. Every summer when the boys were at home they made the trip by car back to Virginia. There were no expressways and a lot of dirt roads, but, they would leave early in the morning from Detroi
k in the valley where he grew up to sleep that night. He brought his boys up to be close to their kin-folks. Luther and Pauliine travelled some in their later years, to California, Florida, and always back to Virginia.
Luther was a strong man. He loved to eat, and he was lucky to have Pauline, who was an excellent cook , for a wife.
His kidneys were his downfall!! They were injured in 1967 before his prostrate operation. He had very little illlness in his life and believed in 'doctoring' himself.
Luther died at a young age of 70. He went to the hospital a strong healthy man and died one week later of kidney failure. He loved nature and his humble way of living kept him close to it.

To my Father-in-Law with love, Dorothy King Armstrong From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas



LUTHER RILEY ARMSTRONG

1-12-3-1-12 LUTHER RILEY ARMSTRONG
b. 6/28/1899 - Moyers, Pendleton Co., WV
d. 9/20/1969
Bur: Lewiston, Mich.
m. #1 11/27/1924 - Hazel Liebetreu
b. 7/2/1906
d. 4/12/1930
#2 Pauline Fuhrnamm Braun
b. 4/15/1999
d. 2/14/1983
Bur: Lewiston, Mich. Luther Riley was a service station operater in Detroit and a carpenter in Lewiston Mich. after WW II. 1-12-3-1-12-1 Robert Earl Armstrong
b. 1/1/1926
m. 1/15/1949 - Marcia A. Huston
b. 2/21/1930 1-12-3-1-12-1-1 Christopher Armstrong
b. 7/6/1949
m. 10/20/1976 - Peggy ??
b. 6/11/1953 1-12-3-1-12-1-1-1 Rachel Armstrong
b. 4/20/1977 1-12-3-1-12-1-1-2 Aaron Armstrong
b. 4/16/1984 1-12-3-1-12-1-2 David Armstrong
b. 2/22/1955
d. 7/11/1988
m. Joan ?? 1-12-3-1-12-1-3 Daniel Armstrong
b. 2/9/1952
m. 7/18/1981 - Moriah ?? 1-12-3-1-12-1-3-1 Julie Anne Armstrong
b. 3/5/1982 1-12-3-1-12-1-3-2 Terra Joy Armstrong
b. 6/27/1984 1-12-3-1-12-2 Dennis Armstrong
b. 3/10/1928
m. 6/5/1948 - Dorothy G. King
b. 9/6/1928 1-12-3-1-12-SC1 William E. Braun
b. 1/31/1920
m. 4/5/1944 - Eleanor Gerstenschlager
b. 3/15/1923


1-12-3-1-12-SC1-1 Karl Braum
b. 12/15/1947
m. 1/25/1969 - Kaye E. Sherron
b. 12/6/1947 1-12-3-1-12-SC1-1-1 Kirk Braun
b. 8/26/1977 1-12-3-1-12-SC2 Ronald Braun
b. 11/14/1951
m. 8/19/1977 - Catherine M. Eichsteadt
b. 3/12/1958 1-12-3-1-12-SC2-1 Sarah Braun
b. 3/25/1980 1-12-3-1-12-SC2-2 Brian Braun
b. 12/22/1982


*************************

Luther married Hazel Liebetrew 27 Nov 1924, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. Hazel was born 2 Jul 1907, Casco Township, St Clair, Michigan, United States; died 12 Apr 1930, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA; was buried 15 Apr 1930, Richmond, Macomb, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]

Luther married Pauline Furhman 10 Jun 1931, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. Pauline was born 15 Apr 1899, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States; died 14 Feb 1983, Lewiston, Montmorency, Michigan, United States; was buried , Albert Township Cemetery, Lewiston, Montmorency, MI, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• AFN: 2473-VZX

Notes:

Aunt Mabel died of sugar diabetes. JHA 3/2001

Buried:
7 May 2013--There is not a Clara Mabel Armstrong listed in this cemetery on findagrave.com.

Other Events:

• AFN: 3FB4-7R

Notes:

Subject--INVESTIGATION OF MARRIAGE of Dice and Nina. I always knew I was Legit as Dad told me one time Mom was so prude she wouldn't let him near her for at least a month after they married, but to be certain I went to the Clerk's office in Franklin, Pendleton, West Virginia to check out their marriage license. I knew that Dad and Mom had met in college and taught school for a couple of years and just assumed they were skilled in arithmetic and geography. To my amazement I found the marriage license application record was written in Dad's own handwriting, and not that of the Clerk's. To my further amazement I discovered that my mother wasn't born in Job, Randolph, W.Va. but in Fort Seybert, Pendleton, W.Va. Also, she was born September 3, 1909 and this application was dated in March, 1929, before their marriage on March 30, 1929, YET the application listed her as 21 years of age!!!!! I confronted Mom about this and she said 'you had to be a resident of Pendleton County and have parental consent if under 21 and the Clerk knew Dad was lying'-apparently the reason for Dad filling out the form and not the Clerk!!!! It's quite a shock to find, after 72 years, that my parents aren't perfect either!!! JHA 8/2003.

DICE'S OWN ACCOUNT OF HIS BIRTH.
Born at Moyers, West Virginia early on a frosty morn, January 25th, 1905, the fourteenth child of Jacob Riley and Hannah Simmons Armstrong. My mother had just observed her 45th birthday five days earlier, on Jan. 20th.
Dr. Jones, our faithful and talented country doctor, rode his horse four miles from the little village of Doe Hill, Virginia through a blinding snow storm to be on hand for the occasion. It took all of his skill to save me for a long life eence of many hours, tempered and refined by occasion of joy and very deep sorrow. I was what they called at that time a 'Blue Baby' in a much weakened condition. As a matter of fact, I wasn't supposed to arrive to the Armstrong family. When the 13th child, my dear sister Mabel, was born three years earlier my father closed the Birth Record in the Family Bible by placing his and mother's birth and wedding records following sister Mabels. But, lo and behold, three years later he entered the record of my arrival following the records of their own.JHA2003.
Dad was still telling of his weaning at age 90. He was nearly six years old when grandma, at the age of 51, weaned him. Granny and some of the girls were sitting on the porch steps snitting apples for drying for the winter ahead.. Dad was md kept running up and down along the side of the house yelling' I ain't Ma's boy no more" over and over!!! I never felt sorry for him as I only got to spend 18 months at my favorite place--my mother's breast!!!JHA2003.

From the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas---
DICE SAMUEL ARMSTRONG

1123114 DICE SAMUEL ARMSTRONG
b. 1/25/1905 -Moyers, Pendleton Co. W.Va.
d. 3/12/1996 - Mapleton, Utah
Bur: Orem City Cemetery, Orem, Utah
m. 3/30/1929 - Nina Coral Heltzel
b. 9/3/1909-Job, W.Va.
Parents: John William and Cora Anna Heltzel

Dice attended Shepherd's College and taught school. He later moved to Utah and lived in Orem. He was been a big help in my research into the Armstrong Family History. Dice was also doing some root digging. As a member of The Church ofs Christ of Latter-Day Saints he submitted much of his information the L.D.S. Genealogical Library, Salt Lake City. He gave a nice talk about his father, brothers and sisters at the 1985 Family Reunion. In a letter (September 1985), Dice told me his father, Jacob Riley, played the harmonica. At the 1986 Family Reunion, he was there with his wife and some of his children and grandchildren. He gave us more information on his family and gave me the book "The Saga of Siward - The Armstong Story". In addition to their 6 children Dice and Nina adopted a son, Gary, and raised another boy, Lynn Armstrong, son of James Harvey and Febbie Armstrong. While on vacation in 1989 we spent some time with Dice and Nina. They gave us a tour of Orem and Provo, Utah and took us to Salt Lake City for a tour of the Mormon Temple.
(April 1996) I received a letter from Nina telling me of Dice's death. His passing will leave a large void in the lives of all who knew and loved him. On the back of his funeral Memory Card was this poem written by his daughter-in-law:

From afar a voice has called him, Called him back to greener hills, Called our mountaineer a hunting,
Called him home to sweeter rills. From afar the voice still calls, Sweeter now than ere before, Calling gently, homeward, homeward, Our mountain daddy has crossed o'er.
Kay Bird Armstrong

OBITUARY:

DICE SAMUEL ARMSTRONG

Dice Samuel Armstrong, the fourteenth child of Jacob Riley and Hannah Catherine Simmons Armstrong was born on January 25, 1905, near Moyers, Pendleton, Co. West Virginia and passed away quielty at his home in Mapleton, Utah on March 12, 199


As a child he attended Lone Oak School near Moyers, West Virginia. He then attended St. John's Lutheran High School in Washington D.C., working his way through school as a taxi-cab driver.
After a stint as a mule skinner in the Texas oilfields, he returned home and attended Shepherd College where he met and married Nina Coral Heltzel at Riverton, West Virginia on March 30, 1929. They attended James Madison University and tau
chool for a brief period of time.
A natural entrepreneur, Dice was soon engaged in farming, livestock dealings, and the saw mill business. He gave employment and hope to many needy families during the depression. Always interested in community and civic matters, he servedresident of Pendleton County School Board.
In West Virginia he was an avid sportsman and the nemesis of many a fox, squirrel, wild turkey, raccoon and black bear.
He taught Sunday School at St. Paul' s Lutheran Church. He joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1953. His immediate family soon joined also and the family emigration to Utah began. Dice and Nina were sealed for eternn June 1, 1956, in the Salt Lake Temple. Dice served his church faithfully and filled many positions of responsibility before moving to 1620 S 800 East, Orem, Utah in 1965. He and his wife lived there until November 1995, when they moved to Mapleton to be near their daughter, Patty A. Jenson. In Utah he was active in the real estate business for many years, being the co-founder of both Colonial Real Estate and Provo Real Estate Companies.
He is survived by his wife Nina, two sons and four daughters: James H. (Kay) Armstrong, Elk Ridge, Utah; JoAnn A.(Wallace) Raynor presently serving an LDS Lifestyle Mission in Mainland China, Patty A.(Rex) Jenson, Mapleton, Utah; Sonja A. Cgham, Orem Utah; Martha Lee A. (Dennis Walker, LaBelle, Idaho; Gary E. (Lorraine) Armstrong, Nampa, Idaho. He is survived by his 100 year old sister, Louie Jane Kavanaugh, Franklin, West Virginia, 28 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. He was preceded in dearth by an infant son, John Dice Armstrong, who died on December 7, 1940 and 12 brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be held Friday, March 15, 1996, at 11 a.m. in the Hillcrest First Ward Chapel, 1450 S. 800 East, Orem. Friends may call Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Sundberg-Olpin Mortuary, 495 South State St. in Orem and alsoy from 10 to 10:45 at the ward chapel. Interment will be in the Orem City Cemetery.

**********

11231141 James Heltzel Armstrong (Dr.) Price, Utah
b. 5/8/1931 Durbin, Pendleton Co., W.Va
m. #1 10/23/1950 Georgie Velma Snyder (Div)
Parents: H. P. and Cora Snyder.
#2 3/31/1970 Evelyn Kay Bird
b. 8/3/1942
Parents: Oliver F. & Eloise (Metcalf) Bird. 112311411 James Riley Armstrong
b. 5/31/1952 Harrisonburg Va.
m. Connie Goodman 1123114111 James Riley Armstrong, Jr.
b. 4/8/1981 1123-114112 John Dice Armstrong
b. 4/22/1986 112311412 Jane Armstrong
b. 10/23/1953
m. 2/15/1975 Craig Holdaway
b. 5/22/1951 1123114121 Nathan C. Holdaway
b. 10/2/1976 1123114122 Lincoln A. Holdaway
b. 4/8/1979 1123114123 Justin R. Holdaway
b. 10/4/1981 112311413 Harry Dice Armstrong
b. 1/7/1956 Provo, Utah
m. 3/30/1979 Jeanine Pulham 1123114131 Joshua Dice Armstrong
b. 1/7/1983 1123114132 Breanna Lee Armstrong
b. 6/5/1984

112311414 John Leland Armstrong
b. 4/30/1962
d. 8/8/1984

NOTE: COPIED FROM NEWSPAPER CLIPPING

John L. Armstrong, 22 of Orem, Utah, died in a Reno, Nevada, hospital of head injuries suffered in an early morning truck accident near Winnemucca, Nevada. He graduated from Orem High School in 1980. He was employed as a coal miner witu Mining Co. near Price, Utah and later became apprenticed as a steam fitter in Nevada. At the time of his death, he was employed in the construction of a power plant near Winnemucca. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints.

CHILDREN BY #2 EVELYN K. (BIRD) ARMSTRONG 112311415 Nina Armstrong
b. 7/12/1971 112311416 Angelaèy2 CONT b. 7/11/1973 11231142 Jo Ann Armstrong
b. 6/28/1933 Moyers, Pendleton Co., W.Va.
m. 3/15/1956 Wallace Alan Raynor
b. 10/26/1928 11231-1421 Cinthia Raynor
b. 6/12/1957
m. 6/21/1979 Gregory C. Nohrden
b. 4/6/1955 1123114211 Cora Elizabeth Nohrden
b. 3/19/1981 1123114212 Sarah Elise Nohrden
b. 5/31/1989 112311422 Thales Raynor
b. 6/3/1958
m. 4/21/1979 Victoria Parker
b. 9/4/1957 1123114221 Caroline Victoria Raynor
b. 11/29/1981 1123114222 Matthew Collier Raynor
b. 8/231984 1123114223 Thales David Raynor
b. 2/25/1987 112311423 Nina Armstrong Raynor
b.6/5/1964 112311424 Sabrina Raynor
b. 6/15/1967 11231143 Patty Lou Armstrong
b.3/23/1937 Moyers, W.Va.
m. 9/28/1957 #1 Norman Koontz (Div)
12/3/1969 #2 Rex Jensen
b. 2/20/1938
CHILDREN BY #1 NORMAN KOONTZ 112311431 Mark Armstrong Koontz
b. 7/17/1958
m. 11/19/1981 Colette Wright
b. 3/26/1961 112311431-1 Joshua Armstrong Koontz
b. 5/22/1983 1123114312 Rachael Colette Koontz
b. 10/12/1985

112311432 Michael (Koontz) Jensen
b. 10/12/1960 After the age of 21, Michael ask to be adopted by Rex Jensen. In 1983 he was offically adopted and changed his name to Jensen. 112311433 Phillip Rex Jensen
b. 12/7/1970 112311434 James Kent Jensen
b. 2/2/1972 112311435 Michelle Ann Jensen
b. 4/23/1974

11231144 John Dice Armstrong
b. 8/21/1939 Moyers, Pendleton Co., WV
d. 12/9/1940 Home accident he drank Kerosene.
Bur: St. Paulèy2 CONT Moyers, Pendleton Co,. WV

11231145 Sonja Catherine Armstrong
b. 9/15/1941 Moyers, Pendleton Co, WV
m. 5/21/1965 Carl Cunningham (Div)
b. 8/22/1941 112311451 Eric Leigh Cunningham
b. 9/17/1966 112311452 Patrick Wayne Cunningham
b. 3/23/1968

11231146 Martha Lee Armstrong
b. 2/22/1944 Moyers, Pendleton Co., WV
m. 5/30/1963 Dennis Walker
b. 6/15/1942 11231146SC1 Samuel Armstrong Walker (adopted)
b. 3/7/1967 Denver, Col. 112311462 Joel Edward Walker
b. 11/17/1967 Provo, Utah 112311463 Matthew Riley Walker
b. 8/26/1969 Provo, Utah 112311464 David Lynn Walker
b. 1/28/1971 Provo, Utah 112311465 Jeron Paul Walker
b. 9/13/1977 Salmon, Idaho 11231146-6 Eryn Elizabeth Catherine Walker
b. 10/16/1977 Rexburg, Idaho 112311467 Laura Coral Ann Walker
b. 4/20/1981 Idaho Falls, Idaho

1-12-3-1-14SC1 Gary Edward Armstrong (Adopted)
b. 3/8/1950 Union Town, Pa.
m. 11/8/1976 Lorrine Tolman
b. 4/20/1954 1123114SC11 Travis Samuel Armstrong
b. 9/30/1977 Burley, Idaho 1123114SC1-2 Charity Marie Armstrong
b. 2/10/1979 Nampa Canyon, Idaho 1123114SC13 Camilla Sarah Armstrong
b. 5/24/1981 Nampa Canyon, Idaho 1123114SC14 Zachary Edward Armstrong
b. 8/23/1984 Nampa Canyon, *************************

Other Events:

• AFN: 1GZ0-1WQ

James married Georgie Velma Snyder 23 Oct 1950, RMH, Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States; divorced Yes, date unknown. Georgie was born 16 Jun 1931, Dahmer, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States; died Aug 1988, Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, USA; was buried 1988, Orem, Utah, Utah, USA. [Group Sheet]

James married Living [Group Sheet]

Living married D. Walker. [Group Sheet]