When Sarah M Armstrong was born about 1807, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Logan Armstrong, was 31 and her mother, Mary Maxwell, was 29. She married Robert Smith on 27 February 1823, in Caldwell, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Lyon, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Fredonia, Caldwell, Kentucky, United States in 1870.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English and Scottish (mainly Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): nickname from Middle English arm + strang, for someone who was ‘strong in the arm’.
Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O'Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir, literally ‘son of the strong man’.
History: This surname was brought to PA, NJ, and NH in the 18th century by several different families of northern Irish and northern English Protestants. One such was James Armstrong, who emigrated from Fermanagh to Cumberland County, PA, in 1745; another was John Armstrong (1720–95), who settled in Carlisle, PA, c. 1748.
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