Thomas married Eliza Garver on June 19th, 1845 in Darke County, Ohio.[2] They had 6 known children.[1][3][4] By 1880, Thomas's daughter Margaret and several of her children are living with Thomas and Eliza in Hill Grove.[5]
Notes
No sources are found for Thomas's death date on 27 November 2021. Family Search trees have Thomas's death date as November 18, 1887 but there is no source confirming this.[6]
Census Notes
1850 Census: Washington Township, Darke County, Ohio[1]
Thomas Armstrong M 23 Ohio Farmer
Eliza Armstrong F 27 Ohio
Margaret Armstrong F 4 Ohio
Arna E Armstrong F 2 Ohio Twins
Mary Armstrong F 2 Ohio Twins
Thomas Armstrong M 1/12 Ohio Twins
Sarah E Armstrong F 1/12 Ohio Twins
1860 Census: Jackson Township, Darke County, Ohio[3]
Thomas Armstrong M 34 Pennsylvania Laborer
Eliza Armstrong F 37 Maryland
Margret J Armstrong F 14 Ohio
Ann E Armstrong F 12 Ohio
Mary A Armstrong F 12 Ohio
Thomas H Armstrong M 10 Ohio
Sarah E Armstrong F 10 Ohio
John P Armstrong M 4 Ohio
1870 Census: Washington Township, Darke County, Ohio[4]
Flora Miller Granddaughter Female 12 Indiana Attended school
George Miller Grandson Male 11 Ohio Going to school
Eliza Miller Granddaughter Female 9 Ohio Attended school
John Miller Grandson Male 7 Kansas
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.2United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch 1850 Census, Thomas Armstrong, Washington, Darke, Ohio, United States; citing family 140, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013, database with images, FamilySearch Ohio Marriage, Thomas Armstrong and Eliza Garver, 19 Jun 1845; citing Darke, Ohio, United States, reference item 1 v B-1 p 75; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,030,772.
↑ 3.03.1United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch 1860 Census, Thomas Armstrong, p. 62, household 422, Jackson Twp., Darke Co., Ohio, 1860. Note on the 1860 census, the census taker ditto'd the birthplace of Thomas's father and marked them all PA. Thomas's father, John Armstrong, is the family before Thomas's family.
↑ 4.04.1United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch 1870 Census, Thomas Armstrong, Washington Twp., Darke Co., Ohio, United States; citing p. 36, family 275, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,693.
↑ 5.05.1United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch 1880 Census, Thomas Armstrong, Hill Grove, Darke, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 73, sheet 378C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1011; FHL microfilm 1,255,011.
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