Bios: JOHN ARMSTRONG, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      JOHN ARMSTRONG,
  
  [p. 610] a representative farmer of Slippery Rock Township, resides on a
  farm of seventy-three acres located about eight miles east of the city
  of New Castle. He was born near Waggletown, Lawrence County,
  Pennsylvania, August 17, 1853, is a son of Alexander and Charlotte B.
  (Kennedy) Armstrong, and a grandson of Alexander Armstrong, Sr., the
  latter being a native and lifelong resident of Lawrence County.
  
  Alexander Armstrong, Jr., was born on the old homestead near Waggletown,
  and attended the primitive schools of that period. After leaving school
  he learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he followed many years in
  connection with farming. He married Charlotte B. Kennedy, a daughter of
  William Kennedy, an early agriculturist of the county, and they became
  parents of the following children: Lawrence, who resides on the old
  Armstrong homestead; John; the next died in infancy; Joseph, deceased;
  William, deceased; Elizabeth (Baker), who resides near Eastbrook; Jennie
  (Gibson), who lives near Croton; Elmer, deceased; Robert, of Hickory
  Township, Lawrence County; Mary Estella, who died aged three years; and
  Alice, who also lives at the old home. Alexander Armstrong spent his
  entire life on the same farm, and both he and his wife died there.
  
  John Armstrong received his educational training in the public schools,
  after which he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. He helped
  farm the home place until he reached the age of twenty-eight, then
  purchased a farm in Slippery Rock Township, on which he lived some four
  years. At the end of that time he sold out and purchased his present
  farm of seventy-three acres, from M. McMillen. He made many desirable
  improvements on the place and has carried on general farming in a highly
  successful manner. He is a progressive and public spirited man, and
  enjoys the good will and esteem of his neighbors and friends to a
  remarkable degree.
  
  Mr. Armstrong was joined in the holy bonds of matrimony with Emma R.
  Taylor, a daughter of Samuel Taylor, who was a prominent farmer of
  Slippery Rock Township. No children were born to bless their union, but
  two were adopted and given parental care and affection. The adopted
  daughter, Winnifred May, is deceased, and the son, Elmer G., assists in
  the work of the farm. Politically, Mr. Armstrong is an ardent
  Republican. In religious faith and fellowship he is a member of the
  United Presbyterian Church.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  
  Updated: 15 Nov 2001