Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William King Armstrong and Susan Alter




Husband William King Armstrong 1

            AKA: M. K. Armstrong 2
           Born: 1828 - Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: Thomas Armstrong (1796-Abt 1872) 1
         Mother: Nancy King (Abt 1804-1840) 1


       Marriage: 1858 1



Wife Susan Alter 1 2

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         Father: Jacob Alter (1802-1883) 2 3 4
         Mother: Jane Bratton (1802-1880) 2 4




Children
1 F Emma Armstrong 1 5

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         Spouse: Harry Reiter (      -      ) 1 5


2 F Jennie Armstrong 1

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3 M Newton Armstrong 1

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4 M Samuel Armstrong 1

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5 F Lucinda Armstrong 1

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6 M Hugh Armstrong 1

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           Died: when fourteen years old
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry


7 M Allen Armstrong 1

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           Died: when two years old
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry


8 U [Infant] Armstrong 1

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           Died: in infancy
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General Notes: Husband - William King Armstrong


He received his schooling in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and in Summit County, Ohio, and at twenty-eight years of age started for himself on a rented farm. In 1862 he bought his own farm at orphans' court sale, and brought it into fine condition.
His family were members of the Presbyterian Church. He was a republican, but later became a prohibitionist.

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Sources


1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 413.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1313.

3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 364.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 413, 422, 575.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1137.


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