U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Armstrong, Ward B. (1870-1946) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 389-390 WARD B. ARMSTRONG, a native of Union District, born March 29, 1870. Son of Benjamin F. Armstrong and Rebecca J. Hudson. His parents came from Pocahontas County to Upshur County, soon after the close of the Civil War. His father was a member of the County Court of Upshur County and took an active part in the great land suit, prosecuted by Benjamin Rich and others against the free holders of Union District. The subject of this sketch married November 14, 1894, Sarah M. Dickinson, and unto this union were given five children, whose names are: Louie, Audrey J., dead, Ida, Neva B., dead, Minnie D. Mrs. Armstrong was a daughter of J. M. Dickerson. March 1, 1906, he married for his second wife, Sarah E. Lewis, the daughter of John Lewis and Louvina Ward. Mr. Lewis was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War. The subject of this sketch is a farmer, a member of the U. B. Church and a citizen interested very much in good local government. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #5012 FULL-NAME: Ward Beecher Armstrong BIRTH-DATE: March 29, 1870 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur County, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: April 11, 1946 at age 76y-0m-12d DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon Union District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (Sarah Lewis Armstrong) OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Benjamin Franklin Armstrong (born in Pocahontas County, W.Va.) MOTHER: Unknown CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Acute Nephritis / Valvular Heart Disease INFORMANT: Mrs. Pearl Landis (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Kesling Cemetery in Buckhannon, W.Va. (wife of Ward B. Armstrong) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #6039 FULL-NAME: Sarah Etta Armstrong BIRTH-DATE: June 1, 1868 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur County DEATH-DATE: May 25, 1945 at age 76y-11m-24d DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Rt. #4; Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Ward Armstrong) OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: John Lewis (born in Upshur County) MOTHER: Loverna Ward (born in Spshur County) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Broncho pneumonia INFORMANT: Ward Armstrong BURIAL: Kesling Cemetery, Buckhannon, WV ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------