DARKE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: ARMSTRONG, HUGH L. (published 1900)
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A Biographical History of Darke County Ohio, published in
Chicago by the Lewis Publishing Company, 1900. p. 469


                    HUGH L. ARMSTRONG

     The Armstrong family is so well known in Darke county that
this representative of the name need no special introduction to
the readers of this volume.  His entire life has been passed
within the borders of the county and he is classified among the
reliable and progressive business men.  He was born on the old
home farm, June 15, 1860, and is son of Peter Armstrong, a worthy
pioneer, who is represented elsewhere in this volume.  It was his
ambition to become a lawyer, but this desire met with objection
of his parents and his attention was therefore given to farming
and kindred interests.  His education was pursued in the district
schools, which he attended through the winter months until he had
attained the age of nineteen years.  Through the summer season he
assisted in the farm work, from the time of the early spring
planting until the crops were harvested in the autumn.  When he
was seventeen years of age he joined his brother Davis, in the
purchase and operation of the first traction engine ever used in
that county.  They continued business in that line until April,
1885, when Hugh Armstrong became associated with the firm of
Gaar, Scott & Company, of Richmond, Indiana, one of the most
extensive manufacturing houses turning out threshing and milling
machinery in the world.  Mr. Armstrong began with them as local
agent and so continued until 1889, when he went upon the road as
traveling agent, representing the firm in western Ohio.  He was
thus employed until 1892, when he was appointed to the position
of general agent and now has control of twenty counties in the
western part of this state and eight counties in eastern Indiana.
He has full charge of all their goods in this territory and the
position is a lucrative one, owing to the extensive sales make in
this region.  Mr. Armstrong maintains his headquarters at
Hillgrove, and in addition to the general agency he carries on
farming.  On his land in Washington township he has a large
machine repair shop, where he is prepared to repair all machines
of which he is the agent.
     On the 1st of September, 1881, Mr. Armstrong was married to
Miss Elizabeth Byram, a daughter of James and Elizabeth Byram,
now residents of Dayton, but formerly of Hillgrove.  Their union
has been blessed with three children -- Jennie, Clara B. and John
E. -- and the family circle yet remains unbroken by the hand of
death. Mr. Armstrong exercises his right of franchise in support
of the men and measures of the Republican party and keeps well
informed on the issues of the day, but has never sought or
desired office for himself.  He is a member of the Masonic lodge
in Greenville, in which he has attained the Master Mason degree.
A man of good business ability, he is sagacious and farsighted in
his undertakings and at all times reliable and trustworthy.  He
is well known in commercial circles in western Ohio and enjoys
the high regard of all with whom he has been brought in contact.
In manner he is genial and courteous and his many excellent
qualities have made him a very popular citizen in his native
county.