John Francis Armstrong (1845-1893): A Bibliography

February 25, 2015

Country lane in County Sligo, Photo used with permission of Val Robus at Magnumlady.com

Documenting sources is an important part of any family history project. A bibliography, or list of references, provides evidence for your research and creates a foundation for further work.

Below is a list of references that my cousin, Marie, and I have compiled from our research on the life of our great-great grandfather, the Irish nationalist John Francis Armstrong. Like the research project itself, it’s a work in progress.

2018 Update

The bib below was compiled in 2015. For additional resources, check out John Francis Armstrong (1845-1893): A short biography. Please note that in 2017, after this bibliography was published, I started citing sources according to the guidelines laid out in Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources From Artifacts to Cyberspace by Elizabeth Shown Mills.

Bibliography

“A Big Fire in Augusta: The Opera House and Other Buildings Burned–Loss $200,000.” The New York Times, 13 February 1887. Article about a fire on Broad Street in Augusta. Daily (sic) and Armstrong, the store JF co-owned, is listed as having lost $9400 worth of stock. Accessed at Query.nytimes.com on 28 March 2015. The Store’s name was actually Daly and Armstrong.

“After Beach All ‘Round: Mr. John F. Armstrong Contradicts the Spy’s Testimony.” The Augusta Chronicle, 10 February 1889. Accessed at Genealogybank.com on 13 March 2014.

“Augusta, Georgia City Directories: 1872, 1880, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 1888, and 1889.” 1880-1889 Augusta city directory listings for Daly & Armstrong sent to Tulie Wheeler Taylor via email on 7th July, 2015 by Tina Rae Floyd. Print copies located at the Georgia Heritage Room at the Augusta-Richmond County Library, 823 Telfair Street Augusta, GA 30901 (706) 821-2600 Fax: (706) 724-6762. Citations for 1872, 1882, 1883, 1886, and 1889 were accessed in July 2015 at ancestry.com. Citations for 1880, 1884, and 1888 are listed below.

-1880 – Sholes’ City Directory of the City of Augusta. Published by A. E. Sholes. Printed in the Job Office of the Chronicle and Constitutionalist, Augusta, Georgia.

-1884 – Sholes’ City Directory of the City of Augusta. Published by A. E. Sholes. Printed at the Chronicle Book Rooms, Augusta Georgia.

-1888 – Augusta City Directory. Published by R. L. Polk & Co. Printed at the Chronicle Job Rooms, Augusta, Georgia.

“Augusta, Georgia Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1884, 1890 & 1904.” Dlg.galileo.usg.edu. From Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities, 1884-1922 Collection at the Digital Library of Georgia. Accessed at http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/sanborn/CityCounty/Augusta.html in June 2015.

“Census of Ireland 1901/1911 and census fragments and substitutes, 1821-1851.” From Nationalarchives.ie. The National Archives of Ireland. Accessed at http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ in 2014 and 2015.

“Cloonacool: Catholic Parish Registers.” From Registers.nli.ie. The National Library of Ireland: Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI.  Entries for the baptisms of Catherine “Kitty” Armstrong on September 24, 1860 (page 10) and Anne Armstrong on July 12, 1863 (page 26). Note: Currently the online baptismal records for Cloonacool Parish only extend from October 27, 1859 to January 4, 1881. As far as I know, there are no existing records for Cloonacool Parish before 1859. Accessed at http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0127 in February 2016.

“Colonel Armstrong Will Go To Ireland.” The Atlanta Constitution, 18 February 1891. Accessed at Newspapers.com on 2 May 2014.

“The Dead Governor: An Imposing Funeral Display Arranged.” The New York Times, 7 March 1883. Description of the funeral of Alexander Hamilton Stephens, former Vice-President of the Confederate States of America and Governor of Georgia. John F. Armstrong is listed as a pallbearer. Accessed at Query.nytimes.com on 28 March 2015.

Devoy, John. “Report of Trial Committee appointed by United Brotherhood to try charges against Alexander Sullivan, Michael Boland and D.C. Freeley.” From the John Devoy Papers (MS 18,019) collection at The National Library of Ireland. Microfilm. No date.

Hudson, Marie Van Sant, United States [marievhudson@gmail.com] to Tulie Wheeler Taylor, emails, 2010 and 31 July 2018, “Georgia Lunatic Asylum patient health log: John F. Armstrong, date of death 9 November 1893,” Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (GDBH&DD), Genealogy, Central State Hospital.—-Notes: This was a digital scan of a paper copy Marie received from the GDBH&DD. According to the letter to Marie from GDBH&DD, the patient log was located at the GA State Archives in Atlanta. JF’s entry contained health notes, date of death, and where body was to be sent.

Hudson, Marie Van Sant. “Van Sant-Hudson Family Tree.” Ancestry.com. Compilation of genealogical research including historical photographs, U.S. Census data, newspaper articles, and other records. Accessed on Ancestry.com 9 July 2014.

“Ireland’s Rosy Prospects.” The New York Times, 6 March 1886. Newspaper interview with John F. Armstrong about his meeting with Charles Stewart Parnell. Accessed at Query.nytimes.com on 30 July 2014.

“The Irish in Convention: Second Annual Meeting of the American National League.” The New York Times, 14 August 1884. John F. Armstrong is mentioned at the end of the article. Accessed at Query.nytimes.com on 28 March 2015.

“Irish League Meetings. The New York Times, 7 May 1883. Accessed at Query.nytimes.com on 28 March 2015.

Letters to John Francis Armstrong from family, friends, and associates. Family collection. 1887. Print.

“Mr. A. Sullivan Retires: The National League Approves Mr. Parnell’s Policy.” The New York Times, 15 August 1884. John F. Armstrong, delegate from Georgia, is listed as a member of the National Executive Council. Accessed at Query.nytimes.com on 28 March 2015.

“Mr. Jno. Armstrong: A Prominent Citizen Passes To His Last Rest.” The Augusta Herald, 10 November 1893. Obituary of John Francis Armstrong written by his son-in-law, William Celestin “Dick” Casey. Print.

Moody, T.W. and F.X. Martin, Editors. The Course of Irish History. Dublin: The Mercier Press, 1993. Print.

Neary, Gerard. “Amstrong Ancestry Research.” Report to Marie Van Sant Hudson from Irish Ancestry Research on John Armstrong. Series of four emails. May 2014.

“New Advertisements: New Dry Goods Store, 224 Broad St., Daly & Armstrong.” Augusta Chronicle, 29 September 1878. Accessed at Genealogybank.com on 13 March 2014.

O’Connor, Thomas Power and Robert McWade. Gladstone, Parnell, and the Great Irish Struggle, pp. 650-655. Hubbard Brothers: Philadelphia, 1890. Accessed in 2014 & 2015 at Archive.org.

“Thoughtful Tribute: the Irish National League Pay Their Respects to Mr. Armstrong.” The Augusta Chronicle, 3 June 1890. Accessed at Genealogybank.com on 1 May 2014.

U.S. Census Data. Accessed through Ancestry.com from 2011 to 2015.

“Verbatim Copy of the Parnell Commission Report.” Report of a judicial inquiry into alleged crimes committed by Irish MP Charles Stewart Parnell. Published by the British Parliament in 1890.