John N. Armstrong, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by: Gaytha Carver Thompson
Source: Bigraphical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, 1890



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JOHN N. ARMSTRONG

John N. Armstrong, well known as one of the enterprising planters of Ward 4,
Natchitoches Parish, was born in Madison County, Ohio, July 5, 1849.  His
parents, Barnie L. and Mary (Rogers) Armstrong, were natives of Ohio and
Tennessee, respectively, the father being born in Ohio on November 1, 1821,
and the mother in Memphis, Tenn, on January 6, 1827.  They were married
October 4, 1847, and this marriage resulted in the birth of eleven children,
two living; Alexander B. and John N.  The father was a planter; he was also a
senator in the Arkansas Senate in 1860.  He is still living, and resides in
Memphis, Tenn., his wife dying on December 23, 1888.  In religion they
worshiped with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

John N. Armstrong was educated in the University of Virginia, and at the age
of twenty one began life for himself as a planter, owning a well stocked farm
of 474 acres, a steam gin, and a grist mill.  Emigrating to Louisiana in 1876,
he was here married to Miss Lizzie Butler, a native of this state, who bore
him five children; Lula, Jennie, Mary, Lizzie, Nye and Barney.  He is a
promoter of all good for the welfare of the country.