Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Armstrong, Patrick F. 1846 - 
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  PATRICK F. ARMSTRONG, a well-known and substantial farmer and stock-raiser,
residing on section 28, Harvey township, is an old settler who has done his share
toward the development of Meeker county’s resources.

   Mr. Armstrong is a native of Prince Edwards Island, Canada, and was born on the
16th of March, 1846. Before Patrick was a year old, his parents removed to the
United States and settled in Will county, Ill., where they remained for ten years,
and then came to Meeker county, Minn., and settled in Harvey township," where our
subject still resides. The. parents, whose names were William and Teressa Armstrong,
were both natives of Ireland. When they came to Meeker county the family consisted
of the father and mother, four boys and two girls. The father and mother are now
living in Mannahah township.

   Patrick learned the cooper’s trade and followed that for six years when he was a
young man; he also followed railroad work for two years, but the balance of his life
has been spent in tilling the soil. He was married December 2, 1879, to Miss Anna
Corrigan, and they are the parents of four children, whose names are as follows:
Michael, Thomas, Arthur and Patrick. Mrs. Armstrong’s parents are also natives of
Ireland; they are now living in Harvey township. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong are devout
members and active supporters of the Catholic church. His political principles are
democratic.

   Like all the old settlers, their farming operations were interrupted and
abandoned at the time of the Indian outbreak. At the time of the massacre at Acton,
in August, 1862, Patrick Armstrong was at Empire City, south of St. Paul. Hearing of
the Indian depredations, he at once started for home to learn whether or not they
had all been killed. He found them at Forest City, all well, and on their way to
Minneapolis, so he went with them to that place. They lived in Minneapolis until
1866, when they returned to Harvey township, where Patrick F. Armstrong has since
lived.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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