WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG, for many years an active business man of Hagerstown, and a widely known citizen, died last night at 8:50 o'clock at the Sheppard Pratt Hospital, near Baltimore, from general debility, aged 78 years. Mr. Armstrong had been in the hospital since last September. He was taken ill last July and prior to going to Sheppard Pratt was at the Washington County Hospital here.
Mr. Armstrong was educated in the public and private schools of Hagerstown, his native city. As a young man he engaged in farming and civil engineering. In 1880 he returned to Hagerstown and engaged in general insurance and real estate business, in which he continued with marked success for a number of years. He was at the head of Armstrong & Co., one of the largest insurance and real estate houses in Washington county for forty years. For years he was secretary of the Mutual Insurance Company of Washington County.
Mr. Armstrong was secretary of the Washington County Water Company until its purchase by the city some years ago; served as president of the West End Improvement Company, vice-president and a director of the Hagerstown Show Case and Furniture Company, president of the Hagerstown and Sharpsburg Turnpike Company; president of the old Maryland State Turnpike Association; and was president of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company, of Hagerstown, since its organization in 871. He was identified with many corporations.
Mr. Armstrong was always interest in farming and in good roads. He was instrumental in forming the Maryland State Turnpike Association and served as its president for several terms. For years he was vice-president of the Hagerstown Fair, always taking an active interest in the development of the Fair.
Fraternally, Mr. Armstrong was a member of Friendship Lodge No. 84, A.F. and A.M.; Ithiel Chapter, St. Bernard Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar, of Hagerstown, and Boumi Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of Baltimore. He was a member of the Royal Arcanum and the Order of Elks. Mr. Armstrong was a independent Democrat but never aspired to any political office.
He was married to Miss Anna E. Showman, a daughter of Alfred Showman, of an old Washington County family. They had no children. Four nephews, Attorney General Alexander Armstrong, this city; Rr. Edw. McP. Armstrong, NY; Bruce, Trenton; and John G., Detroit. Three grand-newphews, Norman Miller Gassaway, William Armstrong Gassaway, Montgomery county; and Briscoe Gassaway, NC; and one great-grand-nephew, John H. Gassaway, Washington, survive.
The funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Source: Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
Saturday, June 10, 1922
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Mr. Armstrong was educated in the public and private schools of Hagerstown, his native city. As a young man he engaged in farming and civil engineering. In 1880 he returned to Hagerstown and engaged in general insurance and real estate business, in which he continued with marked success for a number of years. He was at the head of Armstrong & Co., one of the largest insurance and real estate houses in Washington county for forty years. For years he was secretary of the Mutual Insurance Company of Washington County.
Mr. Armstrong was secretary of the Washington County Water Company until its purchase by the city some years ago; served as president of the West End Improvement Company, vice-president and a director of the Hagerstown Show Case and Furniture Company, president of the Hagerstown and Sharpsburg Turnpike Company; president of the old Maryland State Turnpike Association; and was president of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company, of Hagerstown, since its organization in 871. He was identified with many corporations.
Mr. Armstrong was always interest in farming and in good roads. He was instrumental in forming the Maryland State Turnpike Association and served as its president for several terms. For years he was vice-president of the Hagerstown Fair, always taking an active interest in the development of the Fair.
Fraternally, Mr. Armstrong was a member of Friendship Lodge No. 84, A.F. and A.M.; Ithiel Chapter, St. Bernard Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar, of Hagerstown, and Boumi Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of Baltimore. He was a member of the Royal Arcanum and the Order of Elks. Mr. Armstrong was a independent Democrat but never aspired to any political office.
He was married to Miss Anna E. Showman, a daughter of Alfred Showman, of an old Washington County family. They had no children. Four nephews, Attorney General Alexander Armstrong, this city; Rr. Edw. McP. Armstrong, NY; Bruce, Trenton; and John G., Detroit. Three grand-newphews, Norman Miller Gassaway, William Armstrong Gassaway, Montgomery county; and Briscoe Gassaway, NC; and one great-grand-nephew, John H. Gassaway, Washington, survive.
The funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Source: Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
Saturday, June 10, 1922
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WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG, for many years an active business man of Hagerstown, and a widely known citizen, died last night at 8:50 o'clock at the Sheppard Pratt Hospital, near Baltimore, from general debility, aged 78 years. Mr. Armstrong had been in the hospital since last September. He was taken ill last July and prior to going to Sheppard Pratt was at the Washington County Hospital here.
Mr. Armstrong was educated in the public and private schools of Hagerstown, his native city. As a young man he engaged in farming and civil engineering. In 1880 he returned to Hagerstown and engaged in general insurance and real estate business, in which he continued with marked success for a number of years. He was at the head of Armstrong & Co., one of the largest insurance and real estate houses in Washington county for forty years. For years he was secretary of the Mutual Insurance Company of Washington County.
Mr. Armstrong was secretary of the Washington County Water Company until its purchase by the city some years ago; served as president of the West End Improvement Company, vice-president and a director of the Hagerstown Show Case and Furniture Company, president of the Hagerstown and Sharpsburg Turnpike Company; president of the old Maryland State Turnpike Association; and was president of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company, of Hagerstown, since its organization in 871. He was identified with many corporations.
Mr. Armstrong was always interest in farming and in good roads. He was instrumental in forming the Maryland State Turnpike Association and served as its president for several terms. For years he was vice-president of the Hagerstown Fair, always taking an active interest in the development of the Fair.
Fraternally, Mr. Armstrong was a member of Friendship Lodge No. 84, A.F. and A.M.; Ithiel Chapter, St. Bernard Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar, of Hagerstown, and Boumi Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of Baltimore. He was a member of the Royal Arcanum and the Order of Elks. Mr. Armstrong was a independent Democrat but never aspired to any political office.
He was married to Miss Anna E. Showman, a daughter of Alfred Showman, of an old Washington County family. They had no children. Four nephews, Attorney General Alexander Armstrong, this city; Rr. Edw. McP. Armstrong, NY; Bruce, Trenton; and John G., Detroit. Three grand-newphews, Norman Miller Gassaway, William Armstrong Gassaway, Montgomery county; and Briscoe Gassaway, NC; and one great-grand-nephew, John H. Gassaway, Washington, survive.
The funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Source: Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
Saturday, June 10, 1922
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Mr. Armstrong was educated in the public and private schools of Hagerstown, his native city. As a young man he engaged in farming and civil engineering. In 1880 he returned to Hagerstown and engaged in general insurance and real estate business, in which he continued with marked success for a number of years. He was at the head of Armstrong & Co., one of the largest insurance and real estate houses in Washington county for forty years. For years he was secretary of the Mutual Insurance Company of Washington County.
Mr. Armstrong was secretary of the Washington County Water Company until its purchase by the city some years ago; served as president of the West End Improvement Company, vice-president and a director of the Hagerstown Show Case and Furniture Company, president of the Hagerstown and Sharpsburg Turnpike Company; president of the old Maryland State Turnpike Association; and was president of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company, of Hagerstown, since its organization in 871. He was identified with many corporations.
Mr. Armstrong was always interest in farming and in good roads. He was instrumental in forming the Maryland State Turnpike Association and served as its president for several terms. For years he was vice-president of the Hagerstown Fair, always taking an active interest in the development of the Fair.
Fraternally, Mr. Armstrong was a member of Friendship Lodge No. 84, A.F. and A.M.; Ithiel Chapter, St. Bernard Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar, of Hagerstown, and Boumi Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of Baltimore. He was a member of the Royal Arcanum and the Order of Elks. Mr. Armstrong was a independent Democrat but never aspired to any political office.
He was married to Miss Anna E. Showman, a daughter of Alfred Showman, of an old Washington County family. They had no children. Four nephews, Attorney General Alexander Armstrong, this city; Rr. Edw. McP. Armstrong, NY; Bruce, Trenton; and John G., Detroit. Three grand-newphews, Norman Miller Gassaway, William Armstrong Gassaway, Montgomery county; and Briscoe Gassaway, NC; and one great-grand-nephew, John H. Gassaway, Washington, survive.
The funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Source: Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD)
Saturday, June 10, 1922
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