Greene County PA Archives Obituaries.....Armstrong, William, Sr. December 18, 1861
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Presbyterian banner. (Pittsburgh, Pa.) 1860-1898: January 18, 1862
Died on the 18th of December, 1861, after an illness of a few weeks, William
Armstrong, Sr., in the 80th year of his age. In his business habits the deceased was
a man of great energy, industry, and endurance. Possessing in a high degree these
social qualities, the exercise of which tends to lessen the ills of life and to
strengthen the ties that bind us to earth, the stranger soon felt himself at home in
his presence. A lover of hospitality, his heart and house were open for the
entertainment of both the stranger and acquaintance. In his domestic relations,
perhaps few men excelled him in the uniform kindness of his heart, and in the fond
greetings he was accustomed to extend to kindred. On a profession of his faith in
Christ, Mr. Armstrong, at a somewhat advanced period of life, became a member of the
New Providence church, then under the pastoral care of Rev. George Van Eman. Some
time afterward he was elected and ordained a Ruling Elder of the same church, in
which office he continued to serve with acceptance till his death. During his
illness he expressed perfect resignation to the Divine will affirmed his strong
confidence in the in the atoning merits of Christ, and his firm reliance on the
doctrines of grace, as affording him consolation and good hope of future happiness.
His surviving partner, who has traveled with him in life’s journey for more than
fifty years, and a large circle of friends, together with the church of which he was
a member, through bereft of his presence, his counsels of cooperation would
submissively bow to the will of Him who doeth all things well.


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