Armstrong, Benjamin S.

Rome Sentinel
March 21, 1946

Benjamin S. Armstrong, 73, was found dead in bed at his home on the Meadows Road this morning. Coroner Thomas A. Cox, Rome, was called. He was born May 11, 1872 in Annsville, a son of the late Sidney and Jane Pexton Armstrong. He married Alice Mansfield in Rome on May 20, 1897. He had lived all his life in Annsville and for 25 years was employed at the Federal Creosote Works in Rome. He leaves his widow, five sons, Elmer at home, James, Westmoreland, Jesse and Frank, Blossvale, Ellsworth, Lee Center, six daughters, Mrs. Emma Hicks and Mrs. Charles Connors, Rome, Mrs. Bessie Fox, New York City, Mrs. George Bennett, Lowell, Mrs. Samuel Odell, Westmoreland, Miss Mabel Armstrong, Rome, also 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren, and a brother Jesse, Rome. Funeral will be Sunday at his home. Interment in Maple Hill Cemetery.