MARSHALL COUNTY, TN - BIOGRAPHIES - Clinton A. Armstong
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CLINTON A. ARMSTRONG, junior member of the firm of Smithson & Armstrong, is a
son of George and Margaret (Orr) Armstrong, natives, respectively, of Virginia
and Tennessee.  After marriage they settled in that part of this county,
formerly included in Bedford County.  Their family consisted of ten children,
nine of whom are living.  The father followed the occupation of a tiller of
the soil and was also engaged in stock trading.  He did not aspire to public
places, but rather chose to perform the duties of a quiet citizen.  the mother
was a member of the Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church, and is still
living on the old homestead at the ripe old age of seventy-six.  Our subject
was born in Marshall County, was reared on the farm and educated in the common
schools.  He subsequently attended Lewisburg Academy.  In 1868 he commenced
reading law with Col. W. N. Cowden, and the following year was admitted to the
bar.  In 1869 he led to alter Maggie Kercheval, by whom he had two children,
one of whom is living.  For seven years he was partner of Col. Cowden, but
afterward went into partnership with Smithson, which continues to the present.
Mrs. Armstrong was a member of the Presbyterian Church ; she died April 20,
1886.  Mr. Armstrong is a Democrat, and has been practicing his profession for
seventeen years in Lewisburg, and has received his share of the business of
the county.

Surnames: Armstrong, Cowden, Kercheval, Orr, Smithson
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."