He made his first trip to CA via the Isthmus in 1849 and engaged in mining in Butte County, where he met with gratifying success. He returned East and was married. In 1852 accompanied by his wife Martha, returned to the West, crossing the plains in a train of covered wagons drawn by oxen, and located in Eldorado County, where he mined at Indian Diggings. He later removed with his family to Iowa Hill, Placer County, where he engaged in mining and logging with ox teams.
m 18 May 1851 La Salle Co., IL
Martha Holland
They had 11 children - Reuben*, Mary, George W., Eugene, Frank, William, Edward M., Nellie, Elmer Holland, Burton Howard, Leroy E.
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Mary's Cemetery named for Mary T. Cross Pockman who crossed the Plains in 1852; Marriage Record contributed by Kenny C. Fossitt
He made his first trip to CA via the Isthmus in 1849 and engaged in mining in Butte County, where he met with gratifying success. He returned East and was married. In 1852 accompanied by his wife Martha, returned to the West, crossing the plains in a train of covered wagons drawn by oxen, and located in Eldorado County, where he mined at Indian Diggings. He later removed with his family to Iowa Hill, Placer County, where he engaged in mining and logging with ox teams.
m 18 May 1851 La Salle Co., IL
Martha Holland
They had 11 children - Reuben*, Mary, George W., Eugene, Frank, William, Edward M., Nellie, Elmer Holland, Burton Howard, Leroy E.
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Mary's Cemetery named for Mary T. Cross Pockman who crossed the Plains in 1852; Marriage Record contributed by Kenny C. Fossitt
Gravesite Details
Mary's Cemetery Records
Family Members
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Mary L Armstrong Boardman
1856–1944
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George Washington Armstrong
1858–1918
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Eugene Edwin Armstrong
1860–1924
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Franklin Perry Armstrong
1862–1931
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William Isaiah Armstrong
1864–1936
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Edward Milton "E.M." Armstrong
1866–1904
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Nellie Armstrong Bowers
1868–1944
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Elmer Holland Armstrong
1869–1937
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Leroy Elwood Armstrong
1875–1955
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