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One Armstrong cousin 9, CR-6 visited the graves of the Armstrong
ancestors in Parma in 1993, and found the graves of David, his wives
Sarah and Marietta, and other Armstrong family members. She also
found that the gravestones of both Sarah and Marietta had been
damaged and were lying on the ground. In 1994, she arranged to
have both stones repaired and reset.

Other References and Photos of Interest for David: Parma Cemetery, Michigan

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The Armstrong Family - Location of Graves compiled by Virginia Armstrong
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Photos of Armstrong Family Gravestones in Parma Cemetery, MI
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D. W. Armstrong, 1860 U.S. Census, Town of Parma, Jackson Co., MI
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David W. Armstrong’s Will, March 13, 1871, Parma, MI
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Family Group Sheet for David and Sarah Armstrong and family from personal database
The Armstrong/TREADWAY Offspring 172, 173 & 173a

1. Joseph Bonaparte Armstrong

David and Sarah's oldest son Jerome is an interesting study in what an intelligent, hardworking person can do
when opportunities present themselves. Two short biographies were written of his life and accomplishments
(one in 1890 and another in 1909), and the following is based on information extracted from these two sources:

In a review of American history, recognizing those who have contributed to the world's progress, it is imperative
that mention be made of Jerome B. Armstrong. Perhaps no man has done so much in propagating corn and in
this connection has received recognition from the department of agriculture in Washington and from many
expositions. He is now the senior partner of the firm of J. B. Armstrong & Son, seedmen of Shenandoah, and is
the pioneer in this line of business not only in Iowa but also in this part of the country.

He was born in New York (actually Peru, Clinton County) on the 3d of July, 1831 (one year off, he was born in
1832), and is the son of David W. and Sarah M. (Treadway) Armstrong.

Jerome B. Armstrong was reared at home, acquiring his education in the public schools of the Green Mountain
state. He was a youth of sixteen years when his parents removed to Michigan. Prior to this time, however, he
had worked as a farm hand, thus contributing to his own support as early as his tenth year, when his
remuneration was only three dollars per month. At the time of the removal to Michigan he secured a clerkship in
a dry-goods store at Parma, where he was employed for about five or six years. His father had intended that he
become a physician and with that end in view Jerome B. Armstrong began his studies under his father's
direction, but destiny willed otherwise and one morning, after a talk with his father, he took the train for
Galesburg, Illinois, where he secured employment in a grocery store as a laborer. After a week's work, however,
he was placed behind the counter in the absence of one of the clerks and immediately demonstrated his ability
to sell goods. He had hired to work at a salary of thirty-five dollars per month but when placed behind the
counter his wages were increased to sixty dollars per month and two or three weeks later he was again
promoted to a position in the wholesale department at a salary of sixty-five dollars per month. There he
remained for four or five months when Galesburg received its city charter (Approved February 14. 1857), and on
the establishment of the police court he was recommended by his employers--due to his unusually dexterous
penmanship--to serve as clerk of the court. Judge A. C. Wiley was the presiding officer and in him and the
attorney of the court, J. P. Frost, he found warm supporters. He attended the duties of the court for nearly four

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