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Minerva A., shown on the right above, is their second child and is the recipient of the two letters from Cora Lewis
referenced below. Minerva married Dr. Frank D. Rathbun on May 3, 1883.

References of interest for Ellen:

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The Armstrong Family - Location of Graves
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Trumbull Cary Goold Family historical narrative - Detroit Society for Genealogical Research, Vol. 23,
Pages 66 & 67
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A Genealogical Register of the Early Families of Shoreham Vermont - pages 280 (Spencer) and 281 (David
Wing)
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Letter From Cora Lewis to Minerva Goold Rathbun, postmarked Jan 23, 1922
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Letter From Cora Lewis to Minerva Goold Rathbun, postmarked May 23, 1925
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Letter From Howard R. Goold to Helen Rathbun (daughter of Minerva (Goold) Rathbun) postmarked
March 16, 1955, Lineage of the Goolds (Howard is the half-brother of Minerva and the son of Trumbull
and his second wife Olive (Armstrong) (Heath)

4. Alva David Armstrong

See Chapter 7.

5. Rolla Silas Armstrong

The youngest of the Armstrong brothers of this generation is Rolla. Rolla's obituary provides an interesting
summary of his life:

Pioneer Washtenaw Citizen claimed by death Thursday. Dr. R. S. Armstrong...Resident of
Michigan for more than seventy-five years. In the person of Dr. Rolla Silas Armstrong,
death early Thursday morning, July 10, 1924, claimed one of Washtenaw county's oldest
and best known citizens at his summer home at Cavanaugh Lake. Dr. Armstrong was the
son of David and Sarah (Treadway) Armstrong, and was born in West Haven, VT, July 24,
1844. He would have celebrated his eightieth birthday anniversary in two weeks. He
came to Michigan with his parents in the fall of 1848. His parents settled on the farm
owned by his paternal grandfather four miles north of the present site of Parma. In the
winter of 1849 Dr. Armstrong's father went to Parma to succeed to a physician's practice
there. The following summer he moved his log cabin, with his family, to Parma.
Rolla S. Armstrong
Dr. Armstrong was a graduate of the University of Michigan, class of 1868 (medical
degree), and a former resident of Ann Arbor, where he resided for about two years.
He was united in marriage with Miss Eliza M. Goodell of Corunna Dec. 13, 1869.
Mrs. Armstrong died in 1918 and since then Dr. Armstrong has made his home with
his daughter, Mrs. Ernest R. Dancer of Chelsea. Dr. Armstrong came to Chelsea
after his graduation and entered the drug business with N. J. Noyes and George P.
Glasier. After retiring from the partnership in the Glazier store, Dr. Armstrong
engaged in the drug (store) business for himself and in the fall of 1898 he sold to
Fenn & Vogel (and retired from active business). He was a member of Olive Lodge
No. 156, F. & A.M. of Chelsea, of the Chelsea R.A.R. of Commandery No. 16, Knights
Templar, Ann Arbor and the Mystic Shrine. Besides the daughter, Mrs. Dancer, Dr.
Armstrong is survived by three sons, Ransom of Chelsea, Howard of Milwaukee,
Wisc, and Arthur of Roy, Mo. The funeral was held from the home of Mr. & Mrs. E.
Eliza Goodell Armstrong
R. Dancer, Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Dorothy Bacon Fletcher sang and Rev. E. L.

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