This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Vh.2ADE/527.1.3 Message Board Post: It has been about three years since I visited this search. I would be interested in any information that you have about "your" Armstrong family in the Flatbranch area in the 1830's and the 1860's. I am searching for the parents and siblings, if any, for JAMES WILLIS ARMSTRONG b: 1854 ILL. Marriages of Franklin County, Kansas, 1858-1895 Armstrong, James 30-Nov-1882 Carter, Katie I am searching for the parents and (siblings, if any) for CATHERINE (KATE/KATIE) CARTER b: IN about 1840-1865. Her children have her born in IN. 1. Elizabeth "Lizzy" b:? (possiblely in Rantoul, Franklin Co., KS) 2. Nora Bessie b: 13 Oct 1886 Franklin Co., KS 3. Charles b:11 Aug 1889 Catherine Carter Armstrong died about eight years after her oldest child was born. James Willis Armstrong remarried 2nd wife named "Rose". I have JAMES ARMSTRONG in: 1870 census: Series: M593 Roll: 277 Page: 87 SHELBY CO., FLAT BRANCH TWP ARMSTRONG J 15 M W IL IL living with the Charly Elmer family #14 Elmer , Charly 40 farmer b: KY Mary 30 house keep b: KY Alice (F) 18 b: ILL Catherine (F) 11 b: ILL Unknown (F) 10 b: ILL Unknown (F) 9 b: ILL Unknown (F) 8 b: ILL Thomas (m) ? b: ILL William (M) ? b: ILL Armstrong, James (M) 15 b:ILL I still am looking to find James Willis Armstrong with his parents and siblings. Perhaps in the 1860 Flatbranch, Shelby Co., ILL census. * * * I have CATHERINE CARTER in 1870: 1870 CARTER CATHERINE Atchison County KS 305 Lancaster Township Federal Population Schedule KS 1870 Federal Census Index KS01218725 [don't think it is "mine"] And here is what I think will turn out to be CATHERINE (KATIE) CARTER ARMSTRONG'S Obituary (family story is she died eight years after the birth of her oldest child, Elizabeth). > Index to Pomona Annals, 1884 to 1906. > Pomona, Kansas had a newspaper almost continuously from 1884 to 1928. > Interesting tidbits from those newspapers have been extracted and placed in a notebook at the Ottawa Library. The following index refers to the name found, and the date of the newspaper. Armstrong, Kate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Apr 1890 > I think that perhaps the newspaper is an Obituary for Kate. > Gads, how I would like to get my hands on that!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T.S CARTER family listed in the 1895 Agri. census Franklin Co., Pottawatomie Twp., Lane P.O. [Kansas] Family 183-183 T.S. CARTER 49 M IN (to KS from IN) b: c.1846 M. CARTER 37 F OH (to KS from Wisc) b: c. 1858 G. CARTER 18 M KS b: c. 1877 W.M. CARTER 15 M KS b: c. 1880 NORA CARTER 10 F KS b: c. 1884-5 HANNAH CARTER 8 F KS b: c. 1886 ARMSTRONG, L. 11 F KS b: c. 1884-5 ARMSTRONG, NORA 8 F KS b: 13 Oct 1886 ARMSTRONG, CHARLEY 6 M KS b:c.1889 L. ARMSTRONG is Elizabeth (Lizzy). NORA ARMSTRONG is my grandmother, she and her two siblings are listed here in the household of her mother's relative?? (Brother, I believe). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You will notice that the Lane Post Office In Franklin County is where my T.S. Carter family is listed in my posting cc above. And I see that there is a CARTER family is also listed with all their children born in that Lane, Franklin Co: Name: Henry Nathaniel CARTER Birth: Nov. 17, 1858 in Polk Co. IO Death: Sep. 21, 1942 in Syracuse, Hamilton Co. KS Burial: Syracuse Cemetery Syracuse, Hamilton Co. KS Father: Henry CARTER b: April 25, 1818 in Clay Co. KY Mother: Barbara Ellen CARMAN b: Feb 14, 1823 in Shelby Co. KY Marriage 1 Annie P. PYLE b: May 03, 1859 in Hancock Co. KY Married: Dec. 12, 1879 in Osawatomie, Miami Co. KS, by C.S. Adair, in John Brown's Cabin then the Adair home. Children Benjamin (Floyd) CARTER b: Apr. 27, 1881 in Lane, Franklin Co. KS Barbara Ellen (Nelle) CARTER b: Aug. 05, 1883 in Lane, Franklin Co. KS Francis Murry (F.M.) CARTER b: Jan. 14, 1886 in Lane, Franklin Co. KS Hetty Shields CARTER b: Dec. 12, 1888 in Rural Lane, Franklin Co. KS Florence Poe CARTER b: Jan. 07, 1891 in Franklin Co. KS Dwight Henry CARTER b: Aug. 29, 1897 in Franklin Co. KS Cecil Jean CARTER b: Aug. 04, 1900 in Franklin Co. KS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` I lastly, I have JAMES ARMSTRONG in the 1900 census widow w/ only Charles and Nora. A kind soul sent me this in the 1900 census in Allen Co. Iola ? twp. ED 11 sheet 14 line 46 FHL Armstrong, James W., 45, b:1854, b. IL/father b: IL/ mother b: IL ....widow, laborer-cement Nora, dgt.,13 Oct 1886, KS?IL?IN, at school (my paternal grandmother) Charles, son, 11 Aug 1899, KS?IL?IN, at school (typo should be 1889)? Elizabeth must have moved out of her parents home by 1900 & and Catherine (Kate) had passed on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~` I notice, when cc this to you, that there is a mix up with Shelby Co. KY & Shelby Co, ILL I neede to go see what I did there. Any ideas or suggestions are welcome mema