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Robert Armstrong

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Robert Armstrong Veteran

Birth
Anson County, North Carolina, USA
Death
9 Sep 1834 (aged 74)
Menard County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.0403472, Longitude: -89.878625
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Robert Armstrong Father of Jack Armstrong whom wrestled Abe Lincoln in Clary's Grove.

Robert was a Revolutionary war soldier from North Carolina. He migrated to Illinois with the Clary family. He taught at Clary's Grove Baptist church in 1822.
Soldier in the War of the Revolution, from North Carolina. Came to Illinois with the Clary family. The names of his ten children are stated in the affidavit of his military service. Some of the others of them may have also been buried in the Greene cemetery.
Robert Armstrong Father of Jack Armstrong whom wrestled Abe Lincoln in Clary's Grove.

Robert was a Revolutionary war soldier from North Carolina. He migrated to Illinois with the Clary family. He taught at Clary's Grove Baptist church in 1822.
Soldier in the War of the Revolution, from North Carolina. Came to Illinois with the Clary family. The names of his ten children are stated in the affidavit of his military service. Some of the others of them may have also been buried in the Greene cemetery.


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