John Armstrong came from Londonderry County, Ireland to Greensburgh, Pennsylvania when a young man. He was a man of fine education, a teacher, a lawyer, was editor and proprieter of Westmoreland Intellegenter, which later became the Gettysburg Herald, The Herald Tribune which is now the Tribune.
He was married to Isabella Johnston, also from Ireland and they had 8 children: John A., James, Mary, Robert, Thomas, Johnston, Isabella and Margaret.
Lavenia DeTar in a letter to her grandchildren said in regard to the Armstrongs: John, James, and Thomas were lawyers and your great grandfather [John the immigrant] was [also] a lawyer. Thomas never practiced law; he now lives in California. Johnson was a doctor. Your grandfather, Robert Armstrong, was a printer - worked in the printing office twelve years. Mary Armstrong was married to John Shyrock, both dead. Their son, John, lives in New Mexico. He is married.. The old maids, Bell and Maggie, live in Greensburg. Your great grandfather Armstrong [Robert] lived in a large brick house. It was sixty by forty. They had two parlors, the printing office was in the basement. We were married in Greensburg the 11th day of April, 1848, on Tuesday.
(From a limited publication of a book, "DeTar and Allied Families," Hall and O'Brien, 1982.)
He was married to Isabella Johnston, also from Ireland and they had 8 children: John A., James, Mary, Robert, Thomas, Johnston, Isabella and Margaret.
Lavenia DeTar in a letter to her grandchildren said in regard to the Armstrongs: John, James, and Thomas were lawyers and your great grandfather [John the immigrant] was [also] a lawyer. Thomas never practiced law; he now lives in California. Johnson was a doctor. Your grandfather, Robert Armstrong, was a printer - worked in the printing office twelve years. Mary Armstrong was married to John Shyrock, both dead. Their son, John, lives in New Mexico. He is married.. The old maids, Bell and Maggie, live in Greensburg. Your great grandfather Armstrong [Robert] lived in a large brick house. It was sixty by forty. They had two parlors, the printing office was in the basement. We were married in Greensburg the 11th day of April, 1848, on Tuesday.
(From a limited publication of a book, "DeTar and Allied Families," Hall and O'Brien, 1982.)
John Armstrong came from Londonderry County, Ireland to Greensburgh, Pennsylvania when a young man. He was a man of fine education, a teacher, a lawyer, was editor and proprieter of Westmoreland Intellegenter, which later became the Gettysburg Herald, The Herald Tribune which is now the Tribune.
He was married to Isabella Johnston, also from Ireland and they had 8 children: John A., James, Mary, Robert, Thomas, Johnston, Isabella and Margaret.
Lavenia DeTar in a letter to her grandchildren said in regard to the Armstrongs: John, James, and Thomas were lawyers and your great grandfather [John the immigrant] was [also] a lawyer. Thomas never practiced law; he now lives in California. Johnson was a doctor. Your grandfather, Robert Armstrong, was a printer - worked in the printing office twelve years. Mary Armstrong was married to John Shyrock, both dead. Their son, John, lives in New Mexico. He is married.. The old maids, Bell and Maggie, live in Greensburg. Your great grandfather Armstrong [Robert] lived in a large brick house. It was sixty by forty. They had two parlors, the printing office was in the basement. We were married in Greensburg the 11th day of April, 1848, on Tuesday.
(From a limited publication of a book, "DeTar and Allied Families," Hall and O'Brien, 1982.)
He was married to Isabella Johnston, also from Ireland and they had 8 children: John A., James, Mary, Robert, Thomas, Johnston, Isabella and Margaret.
Lavenia DeTar in a letter to her grandchildren said in regard to the Armstrongs: John, James, and Thomas were lawyers and your great grandfather [John the immigrant] was [also] a lawyer. Thomas never practiced law; he now lives in California. Johnson was a doctor. Your grandfather, Robert Armstrong, was a printer - worked in the printing office twelve years. Mary Armstrong was married to John Shyrock, both dead. Their son, John, lives in New Mexico. He is married.. The old maids, Bell and Maggie, live in Greensburg. Your great grandfather Armstrong [Robert] lived in a large brick house. It was sixty by forty. They had two parlors, the printing office was in the basement. We were married in Greensburg the 11th day of April, 1848, on Tuesday.
(From a limited publication of a book, "DeTar and Allied Families," Hall and O'Brien, 1982.)
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