Thanks to the leads provided by kind folks, I can update info. I sent a few days ago on the family of my long-lost great uncle Willis Sumner ARMSTRONG who departed southern OH about 1913 and never returned. I still need info. on the children and their families if anyone has access to St. Louis City resources that are not on-line. I would especially like to have the obituaries of Uncle Sumner's son Paul ARMSTRONG who died in Sep 1985 and of his wife Agnes ARMSTRONG d. 19 Aug 1988. I also don't have a death date for Willis Sumner ARMSTRONG. His wife Agnes, who was 12 yrs. younger than he, is on the SSDI, but he is not. Edna and Arline may still be living. Willis Sumner ARMSTRONG b. Oct 1879 Adams Co. OH d. ? married in 1912-13 Agnes Cecelia EMNETT b. 23 Jan 1892 Scioto Co. OH d. 19 Aug 1988 St. Louis MO (zip 63116) children: 1. Paul ARMSTRONG b. 12 Apr 1914 St. Louis MO d. Sep 1985 St. Louis MO (would love to have his obituary) 2. Edna ARMSTRONG b. 1916-17 St. Louis MO 3. Arline ARMSTRONG b. 1927 St Louis MO Willis (Sumner) was a shoeworker who lived in a multifamily res. on Mississippi Ave. St. Louis in 1921. He was still a shoeworker in 1930 but had bought a home on Dresden Ave, which is in the Humboldt Heights area of Morganford or Oak Hill. The family may have been Catholic. Records I've found on the EMNETT family in OH shows that they were Catholic. Willis, on the other hand, was the grandson of a Methodist minister. Willis and Agnes left Scioto Co. OH for St. Louis not long after their marriage. Another of Willis' brothers went to Warren, PA to work and ended up marrying an Irish Catholic; he became a Catholic himself. Altho' this other brother went back to southern OH to help his parents with the tobacco harvest each yr., he never brought his family along. From this circumstantial evidence, I get the idea that these brothers' marriages were not welcomed by the Armstrongs. Herma Armstrong near Buffalo, NY hrarmstrong@juno.com

Nice to hear of the success stories Herma. I may not be a true Armstrong, but over the years I know the brickwalls you all have put forward, so it is good to hear from folk when they knock down that brick wall. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herma R Armstrong" <hrarmstrong@juno.com> To: <ARMSTRONG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:15 AM Subject: [ARMSTRONG-L] ARMSTRONG, Willis Sumner - St. Louis > Thanks to the leads provided by kind folks, I can update info. I sent a > few days ago on the family of my long-lost great uncle Willis Sumner > ARMSTRONG who departed southern OH about 1913 and never returned. I > still need info. on the children and their families if anyone has access > to St. Louis City resources that are not on-line. I would especially > like to have the obituaries of Uncle Sumner's son Paul ARMSTRONG who died > in Sep 1985 and of his wife Agnes ARMSTRONG d. 19 Aug 1988. I also > don't have a death date for Willis Sumner ARMSTRONG. His wife Agnes, who > was 12 yrs. younger than he, is on the SSDI, but he is not. Edna and > Arline may still be living. > > Willis Sumner ARMSTRONG b. Oct 1879 Adams Co. OH d. ? > married in 1912-13 Agnes Cecelia EMNETT b. 23 Jan 1892 Scioto Co. OH d. > 19 Aug 1988 St. Louis MO (zip 63116) > children: > 1. Paul ARMSTRONG b. 12 Apr 1914 St. Louis MO d. Sep 1985 St. Louis MO > (would love to have his obituary) > 2. Edna ARMSTRONG b. 1916-17 St. Louis MO > 3. Arline ARMSTRONG b. 1927 St Louis MO > > Willis (Sumner) was a shoeworker who lived in a multifamily res. on > Mississippi Ave. St. Louis in 1921. He was still a shoeworker in 1930 > but had bought a home on Dresden Ave, which is in the Humboldt Heights > area of Morganford or Oak Hill. The family may have been Catholic. > > Records I've found on the EMNETT family in OH shows that they were > Catholic. Willis, on the other hand, was the grandson of a Methodist > minister. Willis and Agnes left Scioto Co. OH for St. Louis not long > after their marriage. Another of Willis' brothers went to Warren, PA to > work and ended up marrying an Irish Catholic; he became a Catholic > himself. Altho' this other brother went back to southern OH to help his > parents with the tobacco harvest each yr., he never brought his family > along. From this circumstantial evidence, I get the idea that these > brothers' marriages were not welcomed by the Armstrongs. > > Herma Armstrong > near Buffalo, NY > hrarmstrong@juno.com > > >