This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kQB.2ACIB/131.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: William H. Armstrong, this is out of the 1877 history of Knox Co., IL, haven't looked further yet but am still on the trail. ARMSTRONG, Williiam H., sone of Wm. H. and Saloma (Bennet) Armstrong (the former a native of Rhode Island and the later of Connecticut); was born in Connecticut June 28, 1818; was educated at a Theological Academy in Otsego Co., NY; early life passed in a store, but subsequently he learned the trade of carpenter and civil enginering, which he followed to some extent but is now an insurance agent; removed from Connecticut to New York, then to Galesburg, Ill., in 1858; served in the infantry, Co., D in buffalo., NY; married Mary J. Autor, November 1, 1848; who died June 1, 1875. They were the parents of ten Children . In 1849 he unitedwith the Congregational Church. In Politics is Republican. Postoffice, Galesburg. Hope this helps or maybe somebody else as their seems to be an abundance of Armstrongs with the same names an such and sometimes unless you have dates, parents, marriages, etc.; it is awful hard to distiquish between who is who. Sometimes I wonder how they kept themselves that way because you can find the same names being repeated in the same family. Guess they just knew by their faces. You can also email me at phenwick@winco.net. Happy Gene Hunting! Love Foxie http://www.usgennet.org/usa/il/county/warren/