Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Robert Armstrong and Sarah Harrold


Husband Robert Armstrong 1 2 

           Born: 1 Aug 1782 - near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jul 1854 - Ashland Twp, Clarion Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Phipps Cemetery, near Kossuth, Ashland Twp, Clarion Co, PA

       Marriage: 8 May 1808 2

Wife Sarah Harrold 2 

            AKA: Elizabeth Harrold 3
           Born: 3 Sep 1784 - Blacklick Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Apr 1865 - Ashland Twp, Clarion Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Phipps Cemetery, near Kossuth, Ashland Twp, Clarion Co, PA

Children
1 F Barbara Ellen Armstrong 5 6 

            AKA: Barbary Armstrong 4
           Born: 10 Jun 1809 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Feb 1876 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: George Grant Howe (1806-1881) 4 6

2 F Martha Armstrong 4 7 8 

           Born: 6 Mar 1811 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Sep 1855 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Irwin Robinson (1808-1884) 7 8 9 10 11

3 F Mary Armstrong 4 

           Born: 21 May 1813 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Nov 1813 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

4 F Elizabeth Armstrong 12 13 

           Born: 19 Sep 1814 - Clarion Co, PA 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Jan 1899 14
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 15

         Spouse: William Smith (1813-1893) 12 14
           Marr: 20 Nov 1834 12 14 16

5 F Margaret C. Armstrong 1 4 17 

           Born: 15 Aug 1816 - Clarion Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Mar 1853 4
         Buried:  - Old Sandy Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 18

         Spouse: James Foster, Sr. (1810-1898) 17 19 20

6 F Sarah Armstrong 4 

           Born: 23 Sep or 28 Sep 1818
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jun 1824 or 1826
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

7 F Jane Armstrong 4 21 

            AKA: Elizabeth Armstrong
           Born: 12 Nov 1820 - Clarion Co, PA 4 22
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Jan 1901 4
         Buried:  - Georgeville Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 23

         Spouse: William Nelson Myers (1816-1884) 4 21
           Marr: 6 Jun 1844 - Clarion Co, PA

8 F Mary Ann Armstrong 24 25 

           Born: 10 May 1823 25
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Oct 1903 or 1905 25
         Buried:  - Phipps Cemetery, near Kossuth, Ashland Twp, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Jesse Berlin (1807-1895) 25 26
           Marr: 7 Jun 1853

9 F Hulda Armstrong 25 

           Born: 28 Feb 1825 25
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Mar 1825 25
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

10 F Susanna Armstrong 3 25 

           Born: 25 Mar 1826 25
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Nov 1888 25
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Enos Brisben (1818-1874)

11 F Caroline Matilda T. Armstrong 25 

           Born: 16 Dec 1828 25
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Sep 1909 25
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 27

         Spouse: Rev. Friend W. Smith (1831-1882) 25 28 29
           Marr: 27 Jul 1854 25 28

12 M Robert C. Armstrong 30 31 

           Born: 4 Dec 1831 - Ashland, Clarion Co, PA 30 31
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Apr 1910 31
         Buried:  - St. Mark's Lutheran Cemetery, near Kossuth, Clarion Co, PA

         Spouse: Priscilla Kribbs (1837-1917) 30 31
           Marr: 1859 30 31

General Notes: Husband - Robert Armstrong


Date of birth Aug 2. (3) Corrected date is given by (4) with the note "Bible". Date of death Aug 4. (3) Came to America in 1795. (3)

"Robert Armstrong was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a Private in the 132nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia, commanded by Lieutenant-Col. Samuel Dale, First Company, under Captain Henry Neely."

In 1809 Mr. Robert Armstrong settled on the farm now owned by his son, the youngest of his twelve children, to whom acknowledgment is due for the interest he has taken in the history of the township. Robert Armstrong, Sr., was a native of Ireland. He was born near Innishillen, August 2, 1782. Emigrating to America in 1795, he married Miss Sarah Harold May 8, 1808. He died August 4, 1854. Sarah Harold was born in Blacklick township, In­diana county, Pa., September 2, 1784, died April 22, 1865.
One year after their marriage they moved to Ashland township, where they remained during their lives. Soon after arriving he turned his horses out to pasture and they went back to Westmoreland county, where they had come from. Among the many incidents of interest that are found in Mr. Arm­strong's history, the following deserve mention: One quiet evening as he was preparing his fuel for the night, for in those times “we had to work at night to make both ends meet,” they said, a squad of Indians, twelve adults with two or three papooses, were seen advancing up the hill towards the house. With the courage of a pioneer father he held a firm grasp upon his ax, and taking the sober second thought he chopped away in an unconcerned manner, looking up to show the red men that he knew they were coming. When the Indians came up to him he laid down his ax, and offered each one his hand of friendship, which they kindly accepted. By signs he led them into the house, and ordered Mrs. Armstrong to get them the best supper within her means, which she hastily did. The Indians were very bold, and searched every corner, and on finding a bottle, some of them asked for 'um;' others asked for 'white man's yum,' wanting 'firewater,' or rum. Mr. Armstrong, to show that he trusted them, and wanted to be on friendly terms with them, put his first born babe, which is always the dearest baby in the world, in the lap of the one he thought the leader. This gave Mrs. Armstrong such uneasiness that she could hardly proceed with the supper. The chief played a few min­utes with the baby, but soon laid it on the floor. Each of these victories gave the Armstrongs pleasure, but their very souls were filled with an aching uncer­tainty, and such an anxiety, that they never forgot that night. After finishing their supper the Indians passed on, leaving the Armstrongs to rejoice over this first visit from the natives. The Indians frequently passed along the little brook below their house, but they were never molested by them. [HCC 1887, 437]

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Sources

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 577.

2 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 121.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 623.

4 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 122.

5 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg xxv.

6 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 157.

7 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 470.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 701.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 34.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 213.

11 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 425.

12 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1121.

13 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 2, 122.

14 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 2.

15 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 82.

16 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 638.

17 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1026.

18 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Sandycreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1999), Pg 71.

19 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 576, 792.

20 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 25.

21 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 943, 1126.

22 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1126.

23 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 4, Richland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1996), Pg 14.

24 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 929.

25 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 123.

26 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Pg 648.

27 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 81.

28 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 637.

29 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 668.

30 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), Bios ii.

31 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 124.

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