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     James Roy Armstrong was born on 8 August 1928 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA.¹ He was the son of John Baxter Armstrong and Helen Berniece Moss.¹ James Roy Armstrong married Ruby Dell Pipkin, daughter of Smith M. Pipkin and Millie Horn, on 1 September 1949 at First Baptist Church, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, Wedding Announcement, The Los Angeles Times, 6 SEP 1949:

ARMSTRONG-PIPKIN -- Ruby Dell Pipkin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Pipkin of Playa del Rey, to James Roy Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Armstrong, in First Baptist Church of Los Angeles. Some 500 guests attended the double ring ceremony.

James Roy Armstrong died on 4 January 2002 at Torrance, Los Angeles Co., CA, at age 73

Obituary -- The Los Angeles Times, Wednesday, 9 JAN 2002, p.9 (Newspapers.com):

James Armstrong, 73; Mayor and Teacher

by Myrna Oliver
TIMES STAFF WRITER

James R. Armstrong, the high school government teacher who put theory into practice by getting elected to the Torrance City Council and then serving as mayor, has died. He was 73.

Armstrong, a councilman for six years and mayor for eight before his retirement from politics in 1986, died Friday at Harbor UCLA Medical Center of congestive heart failure, said his daughter, Dr. Julie A. Armstrong.

Although the mayor's post he held from 1978 to 1986 is largely ceremonial, Armstrong was so well-known for his rapport with federal, state, and local politicians that he was able to accomplish a good deal for the city.

A Torrance Chamber of Commerce poll iin 1980 ranked him as the most influential man in the area. And in 1982, Harvey Schecter, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League, told The Times: "He may not have real power, but he has a lot of symbolic power."

At Schecter's recommendation, the ADL gave Armstrong its Distinguished Public Service Award because he had spoken out forcefully against bigotry in Torrance.

During Armstrong's tenure as mayor, he doubled city park space and worked for more senior citizen housing and the environmental protection of the Madrona Marsh.

Educated at Pepperdine University and UCLA, Armstrong taught U.S. government at Torrance High School from 1954 to 1986. He gradually began applying what he taught to governing his community. He served on the Torrance Beautiful Commission and the city Planning Commission before winning election to the City Council by a wide margin in 1972.

Teaching government, Armstrong told The Times as a new councilman in 1973, was "the perfect foundation" for government service. While on the council, he continued teaching, often assigning students to attend the Tuesday night council meetings and then discussing the issues in the classroom the next day. He also served simultaneously as district representative for Rep. Charles H. Wilson (D-Torrance), giving him insight and input on federal legislation.

Regardless of how thoroughly Armstrong understood the concepts of governance, however, after he began practicing it, he conceded, "I had a few surprises."

"It takes time to get things done," he said, adding that the city government process can be downright "ponderous".

A Democrat, Armstrong was often mentioned as an attractive possible candidate for highter office. But he dismissed such talk, saying he did not want to "punish myself" by waging a losing battle against the area's strong incumbents.

"I was elected to be mayor of the city, and I will not jeopardize what might be in the city's best interest," he said in 1983.

"When my term as mayor ends, I expect to ... go out with (wife) Anne and have a steak. Then I'll fade out of the public light."

Armstrong did essentially that. He retired from teaching and politics and became a consultant and lobbyist, first for the development firm Real Property Resources, Inc. and then for his own Armstrong Associates.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years; sons Jim of Morgan Hill, Calif. and Jeff of Mooresville, N.C; daughter Julie of Los Angeles; and several grandchildren.

The funeral was private. A public memorial service is being planned for February. The family has asked that any memorial donations be made to the Torrance Education Foundation or to the American Heart Assn.

     Jane Armstrong was born circa 1796 at Virginia.¹ She married Benjamin Tallman, son of James Boone Tallman and Nancy Elizabeth Crawford, circa 1830. Jane Armstrong died in 1862.

     Jane Armstrong was born circa 1838 at Paint Twp., Fayette Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of John Armstrong and Elizabeth Parrett.¹

     John Armstrong was born on 14 April 1790 at Highland Co., VA. He was the son of John Morgan Armstrong and Agnes Erwin. John Armstrong married Elizabeth Parrett, daughter of Joseph Parrett and Anna Maria Wendel, on 25 March 1817 at Fayette Co., OH. John Armstrong lived in 1820 at Washington Court House, Fayette Co., OH, Relocated from Virginia in 1820. He died on 9 February 1865 at Paint Twp., Fayette Co., OH, at age 74. He was buried in February 1865 at Hayes Cemetery, Paint Twp., Fayette Co., OH.

     John Armstrong married Mary Crawford. John Armstrong died on 16 December 1842 at Deerfield, Augusta Co., VA.

     Pvt. John Armstrong was born on 4 December 1835 at Fayette Co., OH. He was the son of John Armstrong and Elizabeth Parrett. Pvt. John Armstrong married Artess Jamison on 26 April 1860 at Fayette Co., OH. Pvt. John Armstrong died on 14 July 1919 at age 83. He was buried in July 1919 at Fairview Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Fayette Co., OH, Findagrave #142368591.

     John Baxter Armstrong was born on 28 November 1899 at Scotland.¹ He was the son of Thomas Armstrong and Janet Ferguson.² John Baxter Armstrong married Helen Berniece Moss, daughter of Abram Moss and Etta Windle, on 8 December 1923 at Los Angeles Co., CA. John Baxter Armstrong lived on 3 April 1940 at 752 South Lake Street, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA, Truck driver.³ He died on 11 May 1981 at Los Angeles Co., CA, at age 81.

     John C. Armstrong was born on 25 December 1846 at Sumner Co., TN, Headstone shows 1845.^1,2 He married Mary Hite. John C. Armstrong died on 31 March 1930 at Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, at age 83. He was buried in April 1930 at Oak Grove Cemetery, Ponca City, Kay Co., OK, Findagrave #42882279.

     John Hamilton Armstrong was born on 1 February 1867 at Noble Co., IN. He was the son of Christopher Armstrong and Sophia Catherine Faulk. John Hamilton Armstrong married Ida M. Pickrell circa 1890.¹ John Hamilton Armstrong lived on 16 May 1910 at Little Robe Twp., Dewey Co., OK.² He died on 26 January 1923 at West Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK, at age 55.

     John Harmon Armstrong was born on 20 August 1856 at North Manchester, Wabash Co., IN.¹ He was the son of George H. Armstrong and Catherine Edge. John Harmon Armstrong married Bertha Amelia Zimmerman, daughter of Rev. Johann Frederick August Zimmerman and Theresia Fritsche, circa 1889,

I believe Bertha was first married to Alfred Stellmacher (1861-1941) and had a son, Alfred Conrad Stellmacher, (1886-1941), who lived in Albany, Oregon. The evidence for this is (a) the Linn County, Oregon birth record for Mary Adeline Armstrong, which shows her mother's name as Bertha Amelia Stellmaker Zimmerman, and (b) the 1941 Oregon death certificate for Alfred Conrad Stellmacher, born 1861and died 23 FEB 1941 at Albany, Oregon. The death certificate informant was Perry Stellmacher. The birth year and place for Alfred, shown on the birth certificate, is 1861, in Janesville, WI, and that the mother of the deceased was Amelia Zimmerman. However, there are two headstones in Riverside Cemetery for Alfred C. Stellmacher, one on plot 14n and the other on plot 15n. One was born 1861 and is the only name on his headstone, and the second, on a stone with Ida L. Stellmacher, was born 1886, and both Alfreds died in 1941. On the 1900 census, Ida, born 1869, is listed as the wife of the Alfred born 1861, married for 11 years with two children, Perry and Levena. So Ida was (apparently) not the mother of the Alfred C. Stellmacher, born 1886, with whom she shares a headstone. Very confusing! DLB 2019.²

John Harmon Armstrong died on 22 September 1936 at Portland, Multnomah Co., OR, at age 80. He was buried in September 1936 at River View Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah Co., OR, Findagrave #59147267.

     John Homer Armstrong was born on 19 January 1908 at Arkansas.¹ He was the son of Alford Lyndon Armstrong and Sina E. Hardcastle.¹ John Homer Armstrong married Mary N. Rea, daughter of Thomas Herbert Rea and Plura Bays, on 2 June 1928 at Faulkner Co., AR, Source: FHL Film #1976421, via ancestry.com Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. John Homer Armstrong began military service on 14 July 1941 WW II draft registration, shows address 514 West Fourth Street, Little Rock, no employer, shows wife Mary Armstrong at same address. A San Francisco address is pasted on the draft registration card next to John's signature -- possibly he was actually living there at the time, which might explain his absence on the 1940 census listing for his wife and son. DLB 2016. He died on 17 June 1959 at age 51. He was buried in June 1959 at Romance Cemetery, Romance, White Co., AR, Find A Grave Memorial# 89823990.

     John Morgan Armstrong was born in 1759 at Augusta Co., VA. He married Agnes Erwin in 1779 at Highland Co., VA. John Morgan Armstrong died in 1821 at Pendleton Co., VA.

     John Orval Armstrong was born in December 1889.¹ He was the son of Robert G. Armstrong and Ida Wilhelmina Bohn. John Orval Armstrong died in February 1892 at age 2.¹

     John R. Armstrong was born circa 1907.¹ He was the son of Charles Armstrong and Linura Mae Flory.¹

     Pvt. John Wilson Armstrong was born on 2 February 1820 at Highland, Pulaski Co., VA, son of John M. Armstrong (1791-1871) and Mary Wilson Armstrong (1790-1860). He married Sarah Talbott on 14 December 1843. Pvt. John Wilson Armstrong began military service Civil War service, U.S. Army, Pvt. John and his militia group were captured by Confederate troops at Centerville, Virginia on 12 Sept. 1863, which incuded his son Granville.

Married: Sarah Talbott 14 Dec. 1843. Sarah was born 1826, died 1885. They were parents of 10 children. Their oldest, Granville B. Armstrong, was also in the civil war, a prisoner of war at Andersonville, and died there 15 June, 1864, shortly before John and a double tragedy for this family. Granville is buried in grave #1968, this cemetery.

He died on 8 August 1864 at Andersonville Prison, Andersonville, Macon Co., GA, at age 44. He was buried in August 1864 at Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon Co., GA, Findagrave #42023561.

     Joseph Armstrong was born on 6 September 1828 at Paint Twp., Fayette Co., OH. He was the son of John Armstrong and Elizabeth Parrett. Joseph Armstrong died on 18 September 1828 at Paint Twp., Fayette Co., OH. He was buried in September 1828 at Hayes Cemetery, Paint Twp., Fayette Co., OH.

     Joseph Barnes Armstrong was born on 10 August 1863. He was the son of Abel Armstrong and Emily Creamer. Joseph Barnes Armstrong married Miranda Elizabeth Olivia Smith circa 1888 at Fayette Co. (probably), OH. Joseph Barnes Armstrong died on 26 February 1945 at Fayette Co., OH, at age 81.

     Joseph Brian Armstrong was born in 1904 at Florida. He married Mary Emily Abbott, daughter of James Grant Abbott and Pauline Mitchell, in 1954 at Hillsborough Co., FL. Joseph Brian Armstrong died in 1955 at Hillsborough Co., FL.

     Josie Evelyn Armstrong was born on 12 February 1917 at Jefferson, Grant Co., OK. She was the daughter of William Harmon Armstrong and Mattie Jane Haskins. Josie Evelyn Armstrong died on 14 August 1918 at Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK, at age 1.

     Joy Elva Armstrong was born on 11 November 1918 at West Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK. She was the daughter of William Harmon Armstrong and Mattie Jane Haskins. Joy Elva Armstrong married Lawrence Grover Henrich, son of Orville H. Henrich and Alma S. McNeil, on 3 August 1935 at Wellington, Sumner Co., KS. Joy Elva Armstrong died on 23 April 2005 at Contra Costa Co., CA, at age 86 Dates per SSDI, last residence San Pablo.

     Lacy Jane Armstrong was born on 9 July 1913 at Ohio. She married Rupert James Welliver. Lacy Jane Armstrong died on 28 January 1987 at Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, at age 73. She was buried in 1987 at Green Summit Cemetery, Adelphi, Ross Co., OH, Findagrave #41531190.

     Laton D. Armstrong was born in July 1861 at Tennessee.¹ He married Elizabeth Pool Ramsey after 16 June 1880.

     Lawrence Albert Armstrong was born on 28 March 1927 at Canton, Blaine Co., OK, WW II draft registration.¹ He was the son of Charles Robert Armstrong and Ethel May Horner.¹ Lawrence Albert Armstrong married Geneva Louise Dedrick, daughter of Walton Charles Dedrick and Freda Myrtle Yung, on 27 May 1946 at Woodward Co., OK. Lawrence Albert Armstrong and Geneva Louise Dedrick were divorced circa 1974. Lawrence Albert Armstrong married Eva Lee Thompson on 21 August 1993. Lawrence Albert Armstrong died on 6 October 2001 at Springdale, Washington Co., AR, at age 74

Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

He was born in Canton, Okla., to Charley Robert and Ethel May Horner Armstrong.

He moved to the area in 1970 from Wichita, Kan. He was a retired tool and die maker for Boeing Aircraft, where he worked for 27 years, and worked as a tool and die maker for Danaher Manufacturing. He enjoyed woodcraft, gardening and working on cars.

Survivors include his wife, Eva Lee Armstrong of the home to whom he was married Aug. 21, 1993; also a son, a stepson, a daughter, and 2 stepdaughters, 2 brothers, 13 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren.

He was 74 when he passed away at Holland Nursing Center West.

He was buried in October 2001 at Bluff Cemetery, Springdale, Washington Co., AR, Findagrave #6573947.

     Leonard Armstrong was born in February 1893 at Jefferson Twp., Fayette Co., OH.¹ He was the son of George Albert Armstrong and Alice Underwood.¹
Note: Not found in 1920 or 1930 censuses. DLB 2012.

     Leonard Eugene Armstrong was born on 5 April 1925 at Seiling, Dewey Co., OK.¹ He was the son of Charles Robert Armstrong and Ethel May Horner.¹ Leonard Eugene Armstrong began military service on 26 July 1943 WW II service, released 17 mar 1946. He married Mildred Ilene Bowers, daughter of Perry W. Bowers and Edith A. Hicks, on 2 April 1946 at Ashland, Clark Co., KS. Leonard Eugene Armstrong died on 7 May 2002 at age 77. He was buried in May 2002 at Resthaven Gardens of Memory, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, Findagrave #48947085.

     Lillian May Armstrong was born on 5 December 1884 at Kansas. She was the daughter of Christopher Armstrong and Mary Ann Poland. Lillian May Armstrong lived in June 1900 at Victoria Twp., Rice Co., KS, living with half-brother John Armstrong's family.¹ She married Charles Graves on 25 December 1902. Lillian May Armstrong died on 19 July 1933 at Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, at age 48.

     Lola M. Armstrong was born in October 1888 at Jefferson Twp., Fayette Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Barnes Armstrong and Miranda Elizabeth Olivia Smith. Lola M. Armstrong married Fred King between 1920 and 1930, no children as of 1930 census. Lola M. Armstrong lived in 1930 at Springfield, Clark Co., OH.

     Louise Armstrong was born circa 1912 at Chambersburg, Franklin Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of Clarence L. Armstrong and Nellie Katherine Metz.¹

     Lucille Armstrong was born on 28 August 1917 at Cotton Co. (probably), OK. She was the daughter of Homer Avery Armstrong and Lucy Lula Hampton.

     Mabel L. Armstrong was born on 10 October 1900 at Waynesburg, Greene Co., PA.¹ She was the daughter of Sheridan Ellsworth Armstrong and Elsie Catherine Bonham.¹ Mabel L. Armstrong married Cleon Scott Hallam, son of John Wishart Hallam and Elizabeth Buckingham, on 10 August 1922 at Washington Co., PA. Mabel L. Armstrong lived on 4 April 1940 at Amwell Twp., Washington Co., PA.² She died on 27 July 1960 at Washington, Washington Co., PA, at age 59. She was buried in July 1960 at Washington Cemetery, Washington, Washington Co., PA, Findagrave #177529811.