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Benjamin Sanford Armstrong

Benjamin Sanford Armstrong

Male 1845 - 1940  (95 years)

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  1. 1.  Benjamin Sanford Armstrong was born on 4 Mar 1845 in Pleasant Plain, Clermont, OH; died on 13 Aug 1940 in Bloomfield, Davis, IA; was buried in Bloomfield, Davis, IA, Ioof Cem..

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    !Ben was Davis County, Iowa's last surviving veteran of t h e Civil War. He enlisted in the Union Army on 12 Nov. 18 63 (Company E, Thir d Iowa Cavalry). He and four other Uni on soldiers guarded Jefferson Davis, th e President of th e Confederacy, after his capture. He was honorably dischar ge d at Atlanta, Georgia on 9 Aug. 1865.

    !Ben came to Davis County, Iowa with his parents when he w a s 9 yrs. old. (See notes re Isaac Armstrong -- arrived i n Davis County i n 1856)

    !Listed in the 1920 Davis County, IA census as living in P e rry Twp.

    Benjamin married Rachel Louisa Gore on 11 Dec 1872 in Davis, IA. Rachel (daughter of Martin Gore and Hannah Yates Shelton) was born on 20 Oct 1849 in IN; died on 22 Jan 1942 in Bloomfield, Davis, IA; was buried on 25 Jan 1942 in Bloomfield, Davis, IA, Ioof Cem.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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    CHAN: NOTE 18:13

    Children:
    1. Winnie Lorena Armstrong was born on 28 Jun 1875 in Davis, IA; died on 8 Sep 1949 in Bloomfield, Davis, IA; was buried in Bloomfield, Davis, IA.

Generation: 2



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