Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Ellis Armstrong 
Birthabt 1842, Virginia
ResidenceEssex and Richmond Counties, Virginia
FatherJoseph Noel Armstrong (1807-1873)
MotherSusanna Allen Haile (~1806-1885)
Documentation
1850 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 251, Family 251
Armstrong, Joseph, 42, farmer, $4,000 real estate
Armstrong, Susan, 43
Lee, Henry, 29, manager
Lee, Vestillia, 19
Armstrong, Judith, 17
Armstrong, Mary, 16
Armstrong, Joseph, 8
Armstrong, William, 5
Armstrong, Thomas, 1
All were born in Virginia.
Joseph Armstrong fought in the 55th Virginia infantry during the Civil War: Armstrong, Joseph Ellis: Enl. 5/21/61 in Co. F. Present on all rolls through 6/30/62. Obtained exception from field service on 10/1/62, due to cardiac disease, and was detailed as a Q.M.D. clerk in Richmond for the rest of the war. [Richard O’Sullivan, 55th Virginia Infantry. 1989: H. E. Howard, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, page 101.]
PERSONALS.—Mr. J. E. Armstrong paid us a visit last Monday. Six weeks ago he was suffering from a dangerous cancer on his face, but under the treatment of a New Orleans specialist it was removed. It is devoutly hoped that the cure will prove permanent. [Tidewater Index, 18 December 1885, page 3.]
PERSONALS.—Mr. J. E. Armstrong purposes [sic] to leave here next Tuesday on an extended trip East, West, and Northwest. He will travel in the interest of Messers. J. H. Johnston & Co., tobacco manufacturers, Danville, Va. [Tidewater Index, 8 January 1886, page 3.]
A Lee Bible at the Virginia State Archives, Acc. 27949, contains this marriage data. It lists the couple as Ellis Armstrong and Virginia Syzer of Richmond County.
Dwelling 251, Family 251
Armstrong, Joseph, 42, farmer, $4,000 real estate
Armstrong, Susan, 43
Lee, Henry, 29, manager
Lee, Vestillia, 19
Armstrong, Judith, 17
Armstrong, Mary, 16
Armstrong, Joseph, 8
Armstrong, William, 5
Armstrong, Thomas, 1
All were born in Virginia.
Joseph Armstrong fought in the 55th Virginia infantry during the Civil War: Armstrong, Joseph Ellis: Enl. 5/21/61 in Co. F. Present on all rolls through 6/30/62. Obtained exception from field service on 10/1/62, due to cardiac disease, and was detailed as a Q.M.D. clerk in Richmond for the rest of the war. [Richard O’Sullivan, 55th Virginia Infantry. 1989: H. E. Howard, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia, page 101.]
PERSONALS.—Mr. J. E. Armstrong paid us a visit last Monday. Six weeks ago he was suffering from a dangerous cancer on his face, but under the treatment of a New Orleans specialist it was removed. It is devoutly hoped that the cure will prove permanent. [Tidewater Index, 18 December 1885, page 3.]
PERSONALS.—Mr. J. E. Armstrong purposes [sic] to leave here next Tuesday on an extended trip East, West, and Northwest. He will travel in the interest of Messers. J. H. Johnston & Co., tobacco manufacturers, Danville, Va. [Tidewater Index, 8 January 1886, page 3.]
A Lee Bible at the Virginia State Archives, Acc. 27949, contains this marriage data. It lists the couple as Ellis Armstrong and Virginia Syzer of Richmond County.