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Bowling Green Armstrong

Birth
Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois, USA
Death
1885 (aged 59–60)
Menard County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Oakford, Menard County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Unmarked
Memorial ID
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(Year of birth taken from census records, year of death per Menard Co cemetery records)

Bowling aplied for CW pension benefits in 1879.

Bowling Armstrong was a member of the 85th Illinois Infantry, Co E

BOLING ARMSTRONG, aged thirty-eight, married, farmer, was born in Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois, and enlisted from his native town. He served through the Kentucky campaign, and at Nashville, Tenn., was transferred to the Veteran Reserve corps. The pension office reports him dead, without date.

History of the 85th Illinois Volunteers
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
by Henry J. Aten, 1901
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His widow Sarah Armstrong applied for pension benefits Sept 22, 1885

per Illinois Marriage Index:
Marriage of Boling Armstrong to Martha Short, 1859 Menard Co
Marriage of Bowling Armstrong to Sarah Ann Lee, 1874 Menard Co
Marriage of Bowling Armstrong to Sarah White, 1884 Menard Co.
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1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Bowling Armstrong
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1860:
Township 19 Range 7, Menard, Illinois
Post Office: Petersburg

Household Members:

Bowling Armstrong 35
Martha Armstrong 19
William Armstrong 3/12
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1870 United States Federal Census
Name:Boler Armstrong

Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1870:Township 19 Range 7, Menard, Illinois
Post Office:Petersburg
Household Members:

Boler Armstrong 45
Martha Armstrong 28
William Armstrong 11
Eliza Armstrong 4
Annie Armstrong 6
Fanni Armstrong 3
Mary Armstrong 4/12
(Year of birth taken from census records, year of death per Menard Co cemetery records)

Bowling aplied for CW pension benefits in 1879.

Bowling Armstrong was a member of the 85th Illinois Infantry, Co E

BOLING ARMSTRONG, aged thirty-eight, married, farmer, was born in Petersburg, Menard county, Illinois, and enlisted from his native town. He served through the Kentucky campaign, and at Nashville, Tenn., was transferred to the Veteran Reserve corps. The pension office reports him dead, without date.

History of the 85th Illinois Volunteers
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
by Henry J. Aten, 1901
*****
His widow Sarah Armstrong applied for pension benefits Sept 22, 1885

per Illinois Marriage Index:
Marriage of Boling Armstrong to Martha Short, 1859 Menard Co
Marriage of Bowling Armstrong to Sarah Ann Lee, 1874 Menard Co
Marriage of Bowling Armstrong to Sarah White, 1884 Menard Co.
*****
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Bowling Armstrong
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1860:
Township 19 Range 7, Menard, Illinois
Post Office: Petersburg

Household Members:

Bowling Armstrong 35
Martha Armstrong 19
William Armstrong 3/12
*****

1870 United States Federal Census
Name:Boler Armstrong

Birth Year: abt 1825
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1870:Township 19 Range 7, Menard, Illinois
Post Office:Petersburg
Household Members:

Boler Armstrong 45
Martha Armstrong 28
William Armstrong 11
Eliza Armstrong 4
Annie Armstrong 6
Fanni Armstrong 3
Mary Armstrong 4/12


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