Hamilton C. Armour and Sallie Thompson

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Husband Hamilton C. Armour ¹

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           Born: 22 Nov 1842 - Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: Hamilton Armour (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Mary Nelson (1801-1886) 1 4

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       Marriage: 1871 2

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   Other Spouse: Abbie Failes (1862-      ) 5 - 1883 5

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Wife Sallie Thompson ²

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Children

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1 M Alva M. Armour ⁶

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         Spouse: Agnes Martin (      -      ) 6

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2 F Mary Armour ⁵

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         Spouse: Selwin Brooks (      -      ) 5

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General Notes: Husband - Hamilton C. Armour

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He was born on the old family homestead in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and attended district school until he was fifteen years of age. In the following year he launched himself on the western tide which swept so many to the gold fields of the Pacific coast, but his journey ended with his stage trips into Missouri and Kansas. With money furnished by his father, the enterprising youth of sixteen years first purchased a one hundred and sixty-acre claim in the former state, which he cultivated and improved to some extent for four years. Then disposing of his land, he returned to Mercer County, where he engaged in farming for two years, and then, being again seized with a longing for the broader country and broader opportunities of the west, left for the prairies of Kansas, for the "Free Soil" state. His next venture was one of considerable magnitude and was so successful that it gave him the assurance of a handsome competency. He purchased eight hundred acres of land and for the succeeding eight years engaged in the raising of livestock, returning then to Mercer County with a comfortable capital, realized from the sale of his land and herd, and the profits of his business. He also brought with him twenty-five head of ponies, and the raising and sale of these hardy little animals proved a profitable experiment in his livestock business.
Immediately after his return from Kansas, Mr. Armour was employed on the family homestead by his widowed mother, but after spending three years in that position left for Colorado, where he learned the carpenter's trade and followed it for two years. His experience in that state was also of a profitable nature, and one incident at his departure must have convinced him that he was born under a lucky star. The day before he left for Mercer County he drew all his money from a small town bank near Denver, and the next day the settlement was surrounded by Indians, who burned every building in the place. Upon relocating in Mercer County Mr. Armour continued his farming operations, and in the early seventies made a decided specialty of buying, selling and shipping livestock, becoming one of the most extensive dealers in this line in northern Mercer County. After the death of his mother in 1886 he purchased the interests of his brothers and sisters in the estate and the old homestead became his own. He then transformed it into a fine country place and, although the family residence was twice destroyed by fire, it was rebuilt each time with added comforts and luxuries. Mr. Armour eventually retired from active physical work, but found himself in constant demand as a counselor in varied affairs, both of a private and a public nature. Long an earnest Democrat, he served as judge of election and in many township offices, as well as a committeeman and a delegate to the county conventions of his party. As a fraternalist, he belonged to the Geneva Grange and the P. H. C.

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 972.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 973.

3 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 956, 972.

4 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 956.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 974.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 974, 992.