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Biography of Jerome Bonaparte Armstrong; "History of Page County, IA"; W. L. Kershaw, S. J. Clark
Publishing Co., Chicago, 1909
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Biography of Jerome Bonaparte Armstrong; “Biographical History of Page County, IA”; Lewis & Dunbar
Publishers, Chicago, IL, 1890
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The Armstrong Family - Location of Graves
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Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, Spring 1992, Vol. 55, No. 3
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David W. Armstrong’s Will, March 13, 1871, Parma, MI
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Jerome Bonaparte Armstrong, Family Group Sheets, Foothill Genealogical Society of Colorado, Inc.,
Lakewood, Colorado, with notes by Virginia Armstrong
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J. B. Armstrong & Family; Iowa State Census, Page County
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J. B. Armstrong & Son, Seedmen of Shenandoah, Iowa; newspaper clippings
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Jerome B. Armstrong, Chelsea and Ann Arbor, Michigan Obituaries
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Armstrong Family Mortuary Records, Shenandoah, IA with notes by Virginia Armstrong
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Jerome B. Armstrong Family Photo
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Armstrong/Heath Family Photo from Nancy Thaut (see persons 12 & 13)
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1900-31 people - second version of Armstrong - Heath photo from unknown descendent of Olive
Heath/Goold (see persons 12 & 13)
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The Diary of Howard Goodell Armstrong, Chelsea, MI, 1896 – 1899, transcribed by Judy (Armstrong)
Walgren; Introduction written and photos added by Dennis Armstrong; this reference will be shown
whenever the family member referenced is mentioned by name. [Uncle Jerome]

Additional Family Genealogy Information – Jerome Bernard Armstrong, Jr. (son of Jerome & Harriet
Armstrong)
182 The Diary of Howard Goodell Armstrong, Chelsea, MI, 1896 – 1899,
transcribed by Judy (Armstrong) Walgren; Introduction written and photos
added by Dennis Armstrong; this reference will be shown whenever the
family member referenced is mentioned by name. [Romey]
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Jerome Bernard Armstrong Family Group Sheet, Foothills Genealogy Society
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Jerome Bernard Armstrong Family Working Group Sheet, prepared by
Virginia Armstrong

Photo From Left to Right: Charles Miller?; J. B. Armstrong, Jr.; Ransom S. Armstrong – taken in
Chelsea, Michigan, Aug. 1898

2. Sarah Ann (Armstrong) Lewis

Named after her mother, Sarah is the oldest daughter and the second of David and Sarah's children. Three
sources alternately cite her birth as Peru, NY; Au Sable Forks, NY; and Shoreham, VT. Either of the first two is
possible, but as her father is said to have begun his medical practice in Au Sable Forks, NY in 1835, it is probable
that this is where she was born.

We know of her family’s move from Vermont to Parma, MI, and we find the following reference to her in her
father’s medical account book in 1853: Sarah Ann attended prayers locally in the family for the first time may
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her God keep her in his work for life. The following year, in Nov. 1854 she married George M. Lewis who was
from Illinois. He is not our only connection to Illinois, however, as her brother, Jerome, moved to Illinois in 1855
and her sisters Ellen and Olive also resided in Galesburg and New Windsor, IL over the next several years.

We don’t know how she met her husband, but we do know that that she and her husband had two daughters,
Cora and Emma. George was a 1st. Sgt. in Company B, 88th. Regiment, Illinois Volunteers and was wounded in

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