Dr. James "Jim" Heltzel Armstrong

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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]

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Married:
They were married in the Presbyterian Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia by the Rev. Albert G. Edwards.JHA7/272004.

1. Living
2. Living
3. Living
4. John Leland Armstrong was born 30 Apr 1962, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States; died 8 Aug 1984, Reno, Storey, Nevada, United States; was buried , Orem City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States.

James married Living [Group Sheet]

1. Living
2. Living

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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.

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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, *************************

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Mom is buried along side Dad in the Orem City Cemetery. JHA

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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.

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Married:
They were married by Rev. A. H. Kahn.JHA7//1/2004.

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Source: Daughter, Nina Coral Heltzel Armstrong, from family records and family members. John was listed as a sawyer on the marriage license. They were married June, 26 1885 by The Rev. Martin Bennett. JHA6/30/2004.

John married Cora Anna Johnston 26 Jun 1885, Circleville, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA. Cora (daughter of James William Johnston and Sarah Catherine Phares) was born 22 Oct 1869, Circleville, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA; died 12 Jun 1960, Job, Randolph, West Virginia, USA; was buried 15 Jun 1960, Bethel Cemetery, Job, Randolph, West Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet]

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I , James H. Armstrong-grandson, happened to be home for the summer, after my junior year in dental school, and was privileged, along with five first cousins, to act as a pallbearer for Grandma.JHA10/29/2004.

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Married:
The marriage record shows John W. Hetzel being married to Cena Johnson. At least the clerk had their ages correct.JHA7/13/2004.

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(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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Botkin Ancestry from the files of Janice L. (Armstrong) Nicholas



BODKIN ANCESTRY


Elizabeth Ann Bodkin was born July 1, 1840, in Pendleton County, Virginia (now West Virginia). She was the first child born to James M. and Sarah (Hoover) Bodkin. She married Eli Armstrong on June 7, 1860. Thus, our Bodkin connection. See Chapter Four.




James M. Bodkin was born August 25, 1814, in Pendleton County, the son of John and Elizabeth (Vint) Bodkin. He married Sarah Hoover on January 26, 1840. Sarah was born December 9, 1821 (or 1824) and died January 5, 1883. James died January 26, 1892 and they are buried in the Bodkin Family Cemetery between Palo Alto, Va. and Sugar Grove, W. Va. Children of James and Sarah Bodkin (1) Elizabeth Ann, b. 7/1/1840, d. 12/9/1909, m. Eli Armstrong. (2) Sidney, b. 4/15/1843. (3) James M., b. 4/25/1845, d. 12/3/1909, m. #1 Ruhama Bower, #2 Dorthory McCray. (4) Elias, b. 7/31/1848, m. Ida May Sims. (5) Sebastian, b. 7/29/1850, d. 2/18/1928 m. 2/1/1877, Sarah Crummett. (6) Susan, b. 7/29/1852, d. 6/8/1929 m. 1894 - William E. Armstrong (brother to Eli). (7) Sarah J., b. 9/18/1854. (8) William, b. 11/26/1856, d. 1/26/1939, Single. (9) Polly, b. 3/7/1859. (10) Nancy, b. 10/26/1861. (11) John, b. 7/919/1864, m. #1 10/29/1893 Lucy McCray, #2 Margaret Killingsworth.


John Bodkin, Jr. the son of John Bodkin, Sr., was born in 1770, in Highland County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Vint on December 13, 1796. She was the daughter of William and Jane (Jordan) Vint, born in 1775, in Pendleton County. Elizabeth and John Bodkin, Jr. had nine children, all born in Pendleton County.

Children of Elizabeth and John Bodkin, Jr. (1) William, b. 1799. (2) John III, b. 1803, m. 2/2/1826 - Mary Armstrong (daughter of John and Agnes Armstrong). (3) Joseph, b. 1805, m. Margaret Bodkin (daughter of Thomas). (4) Samue12/1835 - Barbara Wilfong. (5) Joshua, b. 1808, m. 5/7/1835 - Barbara Propst. (6) Jane, b. 1810. (7) Elizabeth, b. 1812, m. 5/24/1834 - John D. Keister. (8) Lettia, b. 1814, m. 4/15/1840 - William Eye. (9) James M., b. 8/25/1814, d. 1/26/1892, m. 1/26/1840 - Sarah Hoover.

John Bodkin, Sr. was born approximately 1740 in Virginia. He was the third son of Richard Bodkin, Sr. His wife was named Mary, her last name unknown. John served in the Revolutionary War according to the text "Historical Register of Virginians in Revolution". John sold 200 acres on New Found Creek on August 10, 1759. He purchased part of the family homestead in 1762. He also purchased some land on the Cowpasture River on October 8, 1769 and August 7,1776, he obtained 100 acres on both sides of Highland County, Virginia. His family seemed to stay in the Highland County -Pendleton County area. John died in 1791 and is buried in Highland County. He and Mary were the parents of at least two sons and four daughters:

Children of Mary and John Bodkin Sr.

(1) William, b. 1764, m. 1793 - Elizabeth Bodkin (Daughter of Charles). (2) Euphremia, b. 1765, m. 9/29/1786 - William Bodkin (son of James, Sr.) (3) Mary, m. ? McCandless. (4) Letitia, m. 1822 - William Jordan. (5) Jane, b. 1768, m. Richard Bodkin (son of Hugh Sr.). (6) John Bodkin II, b. 1770, m. 12/13/1796 Elizabeth Vint.


Richard Bodkin, Sr. was born approximately 1710 in Virginia. Some say there is a possibility that he was born in Ireland, however, others are of the opinion that he was a descendant of this line's actual immigrant and could be the son or grandson of one of the men who came to America in either 1653 or 1679. The first actual mention of him was in 1743, when he was patented 339 acres on Clover Creek, Augusta County, Virginia. This became the family homestead for 19 years, until May 17, 1762 when either he or his son, Richard, sold the homestead and moved higher up the valley. Richard was married to Elizabeth, last name unknown. Morton's History of Highland County Virginia states the Richard moved to Highland County with sons nearly full grown. Most of the following information was obtained from three sources: Morton's" History of Highland County Virginia", his "History of Pendleton County West Virginia" and Lyman Chalkey's "Chronicals of Scotch-Irish Settlement 1745-1800". Richard was a constable on the Cowpasture in Augusta County, which indicates that he could both read and write. His name was found on several petitions for roads in Augusta County. He was also listed as a private on the August 11,1756 muster roll of Captain George Wilson's company of Virginia militia. Richard was found listed in the 1756 and 1765 parish vestry books of Augusta County.
After he sold the family homestead in 1762, there were three land conveyances to Richard in 1763, 1765 and 1768, however one can not be sure whether this was Richard, Sr. or Richard, Jr.

Children of Richard Bodkin, Sr. (1) Hugh Bodkin, b. 1736, m. Hester Farmer. (2) Charles, b. in 1737 or 1739. (3) John Sr., b. 1740, m. 1791 - Mary. (4) James, b. 1742, m. Dinah Hicklin. (5) Richard, Jr., b. 1744.

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Family group sheet submitted for John Esby Hartman, Franklin W.Va., by Eunice E. Nelson. Records obtained: F. Va. 24 pt. 7 1850 census of Pendleton Co.Va. (now W.Va.) P1. #2--Family Bible of Dice S. Armstrong. JHA-8/4/2000.

David married Leah Crummett 8 Oct 1854, Sugar Grove, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA. Leah (daughter of Joseph Crummett and Elizabeth Eye) was born 24 Jun 1830, Sugar Grove, Pendleton, Virginia, United States; died 12 Jul 1903, Sugar Grove, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA; was buried , Saint Michael's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]

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From obituary--James Charles moved to Rockingham at age 9. His wife, Christina Good was from New Erection, Rockingham County at time of their marriage. All children were born in Rockingham Co. Again from obituary--His second marriage was to Annie M. Funk--surviving children of this marriage are: Charles H., Mrs. J.R. (Hattie) Swope of Mt. Clinton, Samuel C. and Rawley T.

For Children of James C. and Anna Magdalene Funk see under Multimedia for Anna M. Funk.JHA2003.

James married Christena Good 17 Oct 1849, Rockingham, Virginia, United States. Christena (daughter of Peter Good and Christena Diller) was born 2 Sep 1827, New Erection, Rockingham, Virginia, United States; died 26 Sep 1862, Rockingham, Virginia, United States; was buried , Bank Mennonite Church, Dayton, Rockingham, VA, United States. [Group Sheet]

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Grave Register, Pendleton County, W.Va. 1977 RYMER CALHOUN CEMETERY #1 pg 17. Located on Rymer Calhoun Farm off 28 S. East on Old Circleville-Franklin Pike Road about 1 1/2 miles.

James married Sarah Catherine Phares 22 Oct 1865, Pendleton, West Virginia, United States. Sarah (daughter of Philip Phares and Sarah Lawrence) was born 11 Jul 1844, Circleville, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA; died 8 Dec 1933, Circleville, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Grave Register, Pendleton County, W.Va. 1977 RYMER CALHOUN CEMETERY #1 pg. 17--located on Rymer Calhoun Faarm off 28 southeast on Old Circiville-Franklin Pike Road about 1 1/2 milees.