S. Gordon Armstrong

  General Notes:

The 1870 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA, Bethesda P. O., page 24B records Gordon (38 - PA) and Barbara (37 - PA - PA) Arnstrong and children Sarah J. (16), Harry O. (10), Susan A. (9), George (7), Mary E. (5), and John F. (2). Gordon is a laborer with real estate valued at $(not listed) and a personal estate at $(not listed).

See general notes on his father, Hugh Armstrong, for a Biographical Sketch from: History of Martic Township from History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with Biographical Sketches published in 1883.

The 1880 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA, District 169, page 393B records Gordon (49 - PA) and Barbara A. (48 - PA - PA) Armstrong and children [Harry] Oliver (20), George (18), [Mary] Emma (14), [John] Frank (12), Isaac (10), Joseph (6), and Laura (1 / April). Gordon is a laborer.

The 1900 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA, District 88, page 207B, dated June 8, 1900 records the widower Gordon Armstrong (Jan 1831 - PA/Ireland/PA) with his single daughter, [Susan] Amanda Armstrong (April 1860). Also in the household are grand children: Kersey Winters (Aug 1886), Martha Winters (April 1888), Edith Winters (Jan 1891), and Freddie Winters (March 1893).

Burial information from Cemetery Records of Martic Township compiled by Jenne Renkin in Dec 1978 - Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery

S. married Barbara A. (Barbara A. was born on 26 Aug 1832 in Pennsylvania, died on 12 Mar 1892 in Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA and was buried in Bethesda Methodist Church Cemetery, Martic Twp, Lancaster Co., PA.)