Alexander Armstrong and Elizabeth Thom

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Husband Alexander Armstrong ¹

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            AKA: [Unk] Armstrong 2
           Born: Abt 1795 - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1875 - Clarion Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: James Armstrong (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Mary Arnold (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Bell Campbell (      -      ) 1

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Wife Elizabeth Thom ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 May 1795 2
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           Died: 
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         Father: Joseph Thom (1743-1829) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Craig (1757-1826) 4 5 6 7

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Children

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1 M James Armstrong ^{1 2}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1917 - Clarion Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Ann Cave (      -Bef 1917) 1

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2 F Mary Ann Armstrong ^{1 2 8}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1917
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Robert Morrison (1814-Bef 1917) 1 8
           Marr: 1841 8

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3 F Jane Armstrong ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1917 - Clarion Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Cooper (      -      ) 1

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4 M William Armstrong ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1917 - Rockford, Winnebago Co, IL
         Buried: 

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5 M John Armstrong ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1917 - Jefferson Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rose Ann Groves (      -Bef 1917) 1

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6 F Elizabeth Armstrong ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1917 - Clarion Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sylvester Oppett (      -      ) 1

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7 F Margaret Armstrong ¹

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           Born:  - Clarion Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1917
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Archibald McCullough (1829-Aft 1917) 9
           Marr: 13 Nov 1856 - Clarion Co, PA 1

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8 M Alexander Armstrong ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1917
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Armstrong

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He was born in Ireland, and farmed there, as did also his father. He and one of his sisters came to America prior to the War of 1812, and while that second conflict with England was in progress they were joined in America by their brother Joseph, who made the voyage on an American vessel, which, to avoid attack by British vessels of war, did not display the flag of the United States. This led to the boat being "captured" on the high seas by a vessel of the United States navy, but the true state of affairs was readily explained and the vessel was permitted to continue its course. Alexander Armstrong and his sister landed in Philadelphia and thence he proceeded to Clarion County, Pennsylvania, where he obtained a tract of wild land and instituted the development of a farm from the wilderness.

1 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 287.

2 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 78.

3 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 288.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 567.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 315.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 408.

7 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 16, 72.

8 Kate M. Scott, History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 738.

9 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 285.