Biographical Sketch of J. M. Armstong, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO
Biographical Sketch of George B. Armstrong, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Armstrong Brothers, the live and spicy business men of St. Joseph,
justly merit the rank they occupy.  In the browning of coffee, man-
ufacture of baking powder and spices, their trade has grown from a
small beginning until it stands among the prominent industries of
the city.  J. M. Armstrong was born in Centerville, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, on March 31, 1838.  His father, Samuel, was a native
of New York, and removed to Jerseyville, Illinois, with his family 
in 1849.  The subject of this sketch was raised to manhood, spending
his time when not attending the common schools, in tilling the soil
in Jersey County.  In September, 1861, he tendered his services to
the Union cause in Illinois, but as the call on that state had been
filled, was not accepted; consequently he came to Missouri and en-
listed in Company A, Second Missouri Cavalry.  He was mustered in as
a private, and by regular promotion, in May, 1862, he made First
Lieutenant of Company G, serving faithfully his allotted time, and
was honorably discharged in 1864.  At Little Rock he raised the
Union flag to its position on the State House.  Came to St. Joseph,
and engaged as clerk in the Patee House, and soon became one of the
proprietors, the firm being Espy & Armstrong.  After continuing in
the hotel business for a time, he branched out into other pursuits,
eventually becoming a clerk in the grocery of W. H. Floyd.  In 1867,
he engaged in the grocery trade in company with George B., which 
continued until 1881, when the present business was established.  He
has been twice married, first to Miss Amelia Espy, in 1864.  By this
union, they had two children, one of whom, Thomas, is living, and 
Robert, deceased.  Mrs. Armstrong died a few years later.  He was 
again married, in 1871, to Miss Jennie Milton, of New York.  They
have two children, Beattie and Fannie.  George B. Armstrong, was born
in Centerville, Bucks County, Pennsulvania, on October 8, 1846.  In
1849, he came to Jerseyville, Illinois, with his parents, where he
was educated and was engaged in farming until the autumn of 1866,
when he became a resident of St. Joseph.  He engaged in the grocery
trade in the spring of 1867, and has since been closely associated
with the business interests of the city.  In 1870, he married Miss
Mary E. Mapstone, of Chicago.  Mr. Armstrong is a member of the
A.O.U.W.

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