Nemaha County NeArchives Biographies.....Armstrong, Robert McDowell 1892 - 
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Robert McDowell Armstrong 

Robert McDowell Armstrong was born at Auburn, Nebraska, April 29, 1892, son of
James McDowell and Eunice Eulalia (Skeen) Armstrong. James Armstrong was born at
Galesburg, Illinois, September 18, 1862, and was a farmer and business man of
Scotch-Irish descent. He died at San Diego, California, December 28, 1919.
Eunice Armstrong was born at Nemaha, April 7, 1864, and resides at Auburn. She
is the daughter of Thomas B. Skeen, one of the pioneer settlers of Nebraska in
1854, and is of Scotch descent. An active worker in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, she is a charter member of the Order of Eastern Star at Auburn.

Robert M. Armstrong attended country schools near Auburn, and the Auburn public
and high school, having been graduated from the latter in 1909. He entered the
University of Nebraska in the fall of 1909 and received his LL. B. June 12,
1913. He played varsity baseball one year, and is a member of Delta Chi fraternity.

His marriage to Alma Grace Plasters of Stella, Nebraska, occurred May 6, 1914.
Mrs. Armstrong who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Plasters of Richardson
County, attended the University of Nebraska. There are two children, Robert
Eugene, born July 31, 1915, and James Lee, March 27, 1919.

Entering the practice of law at Auburn in 1913, Mr. Armstrong was associated in
practice with the late Honorable H. A. Lambert under the firm name of Lambert &
Armstrong until 1921. At that time he was elected county judge of Nemaha County,
holding office until 1925. He had served as city attorney from 1914 to 1921.

In 1925 he resumed private practice. He is now chairman of the Republican county
central committee. He has been secretary-treasurer of the Bagley Oil and Gas
Company since its organization in 1918.

In 1918 he enlisted in the Motor Transportation Corps of the United States Army
as a private, and served at Camp Johnstone, Florida, and at Camp Dodge, Iowa,
until discharged in 1919 with the rank of sergeant. He assisted in the
registration with the first draft and was active as a four minute speaker and in
Red Cross and other drives.

A charter member of the Auburn Post No. 23, American Legion, he was post
commander in 1929. He was chairman of the Red Cross disaster relief committee
for Nemaha County. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club, and was president of the
Auburn organization in 1925, lieutenant governor of the Nebraska- Iowa district
during 1929 and 1930; he was elected governor of the Nebraska-Iowa district
1931. In 1916 he was secretary of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce. He is a member
of The Nebraskana Society and the National Geographic Society. A Mason, he
belongs to the Royal Arch Chapter, and the Knights Templar. His social club is
the Auburn Country, of which he was director several years, and president
1927-28. Golf is his chief sport, and his hobby is landscaping. Residence: Auburn.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932

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