(From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 878)

Jacob Armstrong was among the first settlers of Union township. He has a splendid farm of 100 acres located on section 34 in Worth county, 153 acres in Cerro Gordo county, 240 of which are well improved. He was born in Albany Co., N. Y., Nov. 30, 1830. He was raised on a farm and received his education in the district school. He emigrated to Will Co., Ill., in 1856. In 1859 he moved to Mitchell Co., Iowa, purchasing land on sections 32 and 5, which he sold in 1869 and moved to his present home. He has commodious buildings, fine groves and shrubbery. He was married in 1858 to Harriet Laraway, a native of Herkimer Co., N. Y. They have ten children -John, Jane E., Leonard S., William W., George E., James D., Charles L., Coleman R., Nettie and Cordelia. They are members of the Free Methodist Church at Plymouth.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, March 20, 2008