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 HERRINGSHAWS LIBRARY OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. Armstrong,

Moses

Kimball,

surveyor,

journalist, congressman, author, was born Sept. 19, 1S33, in Milan, Ohio. He was edu-

cated at the Western reserve college of Ohio and in 1856 moved to

Minnesota. He was surveyor of Mower county, Minn. and in 1858 was appointed surveyor of United States lands. On the admission of Minnesota as a state he removed to Yankton, then an Indian village on the Missouri river; and, on the organization of Dakota in 1861, he was elected to the legislature of the territory, being re-elected in 1861 and 1862, and acting the last year as speakelected

He became editor of the Dakota Union in 1864; was elected territorial treasurer; was appointed clerk of the supreme court in 1865; was elected to the territorial senate in 1866; and in 1867 was chosen its president, publishing the same year his history of Dakota. He acted as secretary of the peace commission to the Sioux; was employed in 1866-69 in establishing the great meridian and standard lines for United States surveys in southern Dakota and the northern Red river valley, detecting the errors of locating the international boundary line near Pembina since 1823. In 1869 he was elected again to the territorial senate. In 1872 he was chosen president of the first national bank of the territory. In 1871-75 he was a representative to the forty-second and fortythird congresses from Minnesota as a democrat. He is the author of Early History of Dakota Territory; and Empire Builders of the West. er.

Armstrong, Philander Banister, financier, insurance president, was bom Feb. 3, 1847, in Brookville, Ind. He holds the presidency of three different fire insurance companies in New York City; and is a member of the leading clubs of the metropolitan districts.

Armstrong, Richard, missionary, public ofwas born Sept. 19, 1805, in Northumberland county, Pa. In 1832 he went to the Sandwich islands as a, missionary; and was subsequently chosen minister of instruction by the Hawaiian government. He became president of the board of education and latficial,



er acted as privy councilor. 1860, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

He

died Sept. 23,

Armstrong, Robert, soldier, journalist, statesman, was born in 1790 in Tennessee. He commanded a company of Tennessee artillery under Jackson in the Creek war of 181314 with distinguished bravery. He again distinguished himself at the battle of New Orleans; and in 1836 as brigadier-general commanded the Tennessee mounted volunteers at the battle of Wahoo swamp. He was post-

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master at Nashville in 1829-45; and in 184552 was United States consul to Liverpool. He subsequently became the proprietor and editor of the Washington Union; and was the confidential adviser of Mr. Polk during his presidency. General Jackson bequeathed to

him

his sword.

He

died Feb. 23, 1854, in

Washington, D.C. Armstrong, Robert Allen, educator, author, was born Sept. 23, 1860, in Frenchtown, W. ^^a. Since 1903 he has been at the head of the English department in the West Virginia university. He is the author of Geography of West Virginia; The Law of Service; and other works.

Armstrong, Robert B., journalist, governofficial, was born Aug. 19, 1873, in Polk City, Iowa. For awhile he was city editor of the bes Moines News; and in 1895 became connected with the Chicago Daily Record. In 189S he was sent to New York to take charge of the eastern news and the editorial matter for the Chicago Daily Record; and in 1901 was engaged by the New York Herald as chief of its Chicago bureau. In 1903 he became assistant secretary of the United

ment

States treasury.

Armstrong, Samuel Chapman, soldier, eduwas born Jan. 30, 1839, in Hawaii. He served in the civil war; and in 1865 was

cator,

brevetted brigadier-general. He laid the foundation of the now celebrated Hampton normal and agricultural institute; and in 1868-93 was principal of that institution. He died May 12, 1893, in Hampton, Va.

Armstrong, Samuel T., merchant, governor, in 1784 in Massachusetts. He was a bookseller in Boston; and among other works published a stereotype edition of Scott's Family Bible which was widely circulated. He became mayor of Boston; and

was born

was lieutenant-governor

of Massachusetts. In 1836 the election of Governor Davis to the United States senate made him governor for the remainder of the term in 1836. He died March 26, 1850, in Boston, Mass. Armstrong, Samuel Treat, physician, army surgeon, was born Nov. 2, 1859, in St. Louis, Mo. In 1879 he graduated with the degree of Ph.B. from the St. Louis university; and also graduated with the degree of M.D. from the St. Louis medical school. In 1880 he entered the United States marine hospital service; was in the United States army at the army general hospital at Key West, Fla.; and was chief sanitary inspector and chief surgeon in Cuba and the Philippine islands. In 1881 he was commissioned assistant surgeon; and in 1884 was promoted to passed assistant surgeon in the United States marine hospital service. He resigned his commission in 1890; and in 1898-1901 was major and brigade surgeon in the United States army. Since 1901 he has practiced medicine in New York City; and is a noted hygienist and sanitarian,

Armstrong, Sydney, actress, was born in Memphis, Tenn. She has attained note in the