Joseph Armstrong
(Pee Pee Township, Pike County, Ohio)
Joseph Armstrong was born November 24, 1844 in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, a son of B. E. and E. B. Armstrong, natives of Montgomery County, Ohio, his father born April 20, 1798, and his mother, May 4, 1808. His parents moved to Piketon in June 1849. They had a family of four children - Ellen E., David, E. B. and Joseph. His father died May 11, 1874. Our subject was reared on a farm, receiving a good education. Having a taste for some branches of study, he became a proficient bookkeeper, and has of late years followed that vocation. In October 1880, he was elected Auditor of Pike County, and re-elected in October 1883. April 10, 1879, he was married to Mary O. Powell. They have one son: William P., born January 31, 1883.
History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio - 1884
Published by the Scioto County Genealogy Society
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Pike Co. Genealogy & Historical Society
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