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Mark William Cecil Armstrong (1899 - abt. 1952)

Mark William Cecil (Cecil) Armstrong
Born in Hickory, Tishomingo, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , and
Husband of — married 5 Feb 1923 in Nowata, Oklahomamap
Descendants descendants
Father of and [private son (1930s - unknown)]
Died about at about age 52 in Coffeyville, Oklahomamap
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Profile last modified | Created 28 Jul 2015
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Biography

Mark registered for the draft for World War I on September 12, 1918. At that time he lived in Wann, Oklahoma and worked as a fireman in Hutchinson, Kansas.[1]

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYX-922G?cc=1968530&wc=9F4L-GP8%3A928311001%2C928311202 : 14 May 2014), Oklahoma > image 46 of 1620; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

See also:

  • "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQ2-VK2 : accessed 14 April 2017), Mark C Armstrong in household of John Armstrong, Hickory, Nowata, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 128, sheet A, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1264; FHL microfilm 1,375,277.




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Barbara Shoff
From Barbara Shoff her granddaughter. "Grandma (Stella Armstrong Prichard) told me her father, was a "hell fire and brimstone" preacher lived by the rule, "spare the rod, spoil the child." Stella at the age of 14 learned her father, John, had suggested to a neighbor who had recently lost his wife and had several young children that needed tending, the man should start courting his daughter. Later that day the man crested the a hill waving his hat in the air as he "came calling." While the man was still at a distance, grandma shot the hat out of the man's hand. The man ran off. John grabbed her by the arm, and started to drag her to the barn for a whipping. "You could have killed that man."

Mark and his brothers intervened. No one back-talked their father. "Daddy lying is a sin and you're sinning when you say that. You know Stella can out shoot any man in the county and she has the medals from the county fair to prove it." John stopped dead in his tracks. He opened his mouth to speak. Then turned on his heel and went outside. Stella was spared and so were the boys. John returned telling boys they might just become preachers one day. Grandma told me that story several times at my request. She would laugh every time she told it. She loved all her brothers very much. She would nod and say, "They were good brothers."

posted 14 Apr 2017 by Barbara Shoff   [thank Barbara]
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Rejected matches › William E. Armstrong › Anna (Armstrong) Davidson (abt.1862-1929) › William John Armstrong (bef.1897-)

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