BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.

Page 732.
 
JULIUS ARMSTRONG, a well-known merchant of Armstrong's Mills, Washington township,
Belmont county, was born near his present place of residence, April 6, 1840. He is
a son of Alexander Armstrong, a sketch of whom appears above. He received his
education in the common schools of the township, and at the age of twenty-two
years enlisted in Company F, Fifty-second Ohio regiment, with which he served to
the close of the war, rising from the ranks to the position of first lieutenant
of his company. On returning from the army he remained at home a short time, and
was then engaged in business with his brother, C. W., at Glencoe, Ohio, for four
years. Thence he went to Bellaire, Ohio, and was engaged in the lumber and glass
trade until 1884. At the latter date he removed to his present home and engaged
in general merchandise, his business at this time. He is an energetic and successful
business man, and highly esteemed by the public. Mr. Armstrong is a member of
I. O. O. F.lodge at Bellaire, and the G. A. R. post at Armstrong's Mills, and he and
wife are members of the Methodist church. He was married December 22, 1870, to S. E.
Warren, of New Albany, Ind., daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth Warren, of that city.
Four children have been born to them: Walter W., who died December 4, 1881; Edna,
Clara and Warren A.