Luther Riley Armstrong

Luther Riley Armstrong

Male 1899 - 1969  (70 years)

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  • Name Luther Riley Armstrong  [1, 2
    Born 28 Jun 1899  Moyers, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN 2473-WG1 
    Died 20 Sep 1969  Lewiston, Montmorency, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Albert Township Cemetery, Lewiston, Montmorency, MI, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1499  My Family Tree | Armstrong-Bird
    Last Modified 29 Sep 2015 

    Father Jacob Riley Armstrong,   b. 10 Feb 1861, Sugar Grove, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1929, Staunton, Augusta, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Hannah Catherine Simmons,   b. 20 Jan 1860, Sugar Grove, Pendleton, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jul 1945, Bridgewater, Rockingham, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1881  Sugar Grove, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • They were married by Rev. A. H. Kahn.JHA7//1/2004.
    Family ID F501  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hazel Liebetrew,   b. 2 Jul 1907, Casco Township, St Clair, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1930, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 22 years) 
    Married 27 Nov 1924  Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2015 
    Family ID F518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Pauline Furhman,   b. 15 Apr 1899, Monroe, Monroe, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1983, Lewiston, Montmorency, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 10 Jun 1931  Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 18 Jul 2015 
    Family ID F519  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 28 Jun 1899 - Moyers, Pendleton, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Nov 1924 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Jun 1931 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Sep 1969 - Lewiston, Montmorency, Michigan, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Albert Township Cemetery, Lewiston, Montmorency, MI, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Luther Riley Armstrong
    Luther Riley Armstrong
    Phoebe and her brother Luther and his wife Pauline Furhman Armstrong
    Phoebe and her brother Luther and his wife Pauline Furhman Armstrong
    Hannah Catherine Simmons Armstrong with her Children in the 1920s
    Hannah Catherine Simmons Armstrong with her Children in the 1920s
    Leah Elizabeth Armstrong, Dice Samuel Armstrong, Phoebe Jane Armstrong Toderoff, and Luther Riley Armstrong

    Probably in the Shenandoah Valley at or near the town of Bridgewater, Virginia, the home of Phoebe and Nicholas Toderoff
    Luther Riley and his wife Hazel Armstrong
    Luther Riley and his wife Hazel Armstrong
    Dice, Luther and Berlin Armstrong and Nick Toderoff about 1935
    Dice, Luther and Berlin Armstrong and Nick Toderoff about 1935
    Hannah Simmons Armstrong with her Children
    Hannah Simmons Armstrong with her Children
    Berlin, Leah, Dice, Phoebe and Luther
    Luther with his sons Robert(Bob) and Dennis Armstrong and Step-son William (Bill) Braun
    Luther with his sons Robert(Bob) and Dennis Armstrong and Step-son William (Bill) Braun
    Dice Samuel and Nina Coral Armstrong and Siblings about 1935
    Dice Samuel and Nina Coral Armstrong and Siblings about 1935
    Phoebe Jane, Lula (Berlin's wife), Dice, James?, Nina Coral, Luther Riley, Pauline (Luther's wife), Berlin, Nicholas Toderoff (Phoebe's husband)
    Siblings: Luther, Leah, Dice, Berlin, Mattie, Phoebe Armstrong in the 1950s
    Siblings: Luther, Leah, Dice, Berlin, Mattie, Phoebe Armstrong in the 1950s
    Back: Luther Riley Armstrong, Leah Elizabeth Armstrong, Dice Samuel Armstrong
    Front: Berlin Lewis Armstrong, Mattie Armstrong, Phoebe Armstrong
    The Wedding Photo of Luther Armstrong and Pauline Furhman
    The Wedding Photo of Luther Armstrong and Pauline Furhman
    Married on the 10th of June, 1931

    Documents
    1920 United States Federal Census for Sugar Grove, Pendleton, West Virginia
    1920 United States Federal Census for Sugar Grove, Pendleton, West Virginia
    Household as listed:
    Jacob R Armstrong 58
    Hannah C Armstrong 58
    Berlin L Armstrong 25
    Mabel C Armstrong 17
    Luther R Armstrong 19
    Dice S Armstrong 14
    Phoebe M Armstrong 27
    1910 United States Census of Pendleton County, West Virgina
    1910 United States Census of Pendleton County, West Virgina
    Household as listed:
    Jacob R Armstrong 50
    Hannah C Armstrong 50
    Mary A Armstrong 26
    Leah E Armstrong 24
    David Armstrong 22
    Viola F Armstrong 20
    Mattie Armstrong 19
    Phoebe M Armstrong 17
    Berlin L Armstrong 15
    Louie J Armstrong 14
    Luther R Armstrong 10
    Clara M Armstrong 8
    Dice S Armstrong 5
    1900 United States Federal Census for Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia
    1900 United States Federal Census for Sugar Grove, Pendleton County, West Virginia
    Household listed:
    Jacob R Armstrong 40
    Hannah C Armstrong 40
    Mary A Armstrong 16
    Leah E Armstrong 14
    David E Armstrong 12
    Viola F Armstrong 10
    Mattie Armstrong 9
    Phoebe M Armstrong 7
    Berlin L Armstrong 5
    Louie J Armstrong 4
    Fannie B Armstrong 2
    Luther R Armstrong 4
    1930 United States Federal Census Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan  Sheet 6 A
    1930 United States Federal Census Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan Sheet 6 A
    Howard, Burt, head, age 30, born in Kentucky
    Mary, wife, age 33, born in West Virginia
    Bert, son, age 4, born in West Virginia
    Armstrong, Luther, brother to Mary, age 19, born West Virginia
    Register of Births for Pendleton County, West Virginia
    Register of Births for Pendleton County, West Virginia
    #1 June 28, 1899, Luther R Armstrong born to J Riley Armstrong, farmer, and Hannah C Armstrong in Pendleton County, West Virginia

  • 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


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  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Fausett/McKee Family History, Robert Bruce Dunbar, Jr.

    2. [S6] New World Immigrants, Tepper, Michael H, ( Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1979).