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JOHN ARMSTRONG, formerly oil and lumber dealer and farmer, P.O.
Beaver, was born in this county, Aug. 27, 1831, and has been an active,
successful business man. He is now living a retired life on his handsome
and well-improved farm in Brighton township. His parents, John and Nellie
(Dillon) Armstrong, were natives of Pennsylvania, and of Irish descent,
the former of whom was a farmer all his life. The family consisted of two
sons and three daughters. John, the third child, was reared on the farm,
attended the common schools, and chose lumbering as a business. He also
dealt in oil, and finally engaged in farming. When he first concluded to
engage in agricultural pursuits he bought 225 acres of land. He was
married in Warren county, to Belle M., daughter of John and Janet Adams,
and their children are— Cancie A., Nettie N., wife of Prof. John J. Allen,
Anna M., J. Burt and Vinnie B. The family are members of the Methodist
church, of which Mr. Armstrong is a trustee. History of Beaver County, including its early settlement; its erection into a separate county; its subsequent growth and development; sketches of its boroughs, villages and townships; portraits of some of its prominent men; biographies of many of its representative citizens; statistics, etc. by J. F. Richard; A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888. More Beaver County History Books Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors. View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com
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