In Augusta’s Emmet Hall, John F. Armstrong was one of the main speakers along with M. P. Carroll of Augusta, S. F. Grady of Atlanta, and J. McAllister [sic] of Charleston.

January 9, 1887, Letter dated January 9, 1887 from Kitty Armstrong in County Sligo, Ireland to her brother John F. Armstrong, digital copy of photocopy of letter: Family news from County Sligo.

By 1886, John F. Armstrong (1845-1893) had lived in the United States for over two decades.

In 1885, the mayor of Augusta, Georgia chose local merchant John F. Armstrong as the city's delegate to the National Commercial Convention in Atlanta.

In 1884, Augusta dry goods merchant John F. Armstrong remained active in local and state Democratic party politics in Georgia.

In March of 1883, John F. Armstrong was a pallbearer at the funeral of Georgia Governor Alexander Hamilton Stephens, a former member of Congress who had served as Vice-President of the Confederate States of America.

By the end of the 1870s, Irish-born John F. Armstrong (1845-1893) was a successful merchant in Augusta, Georgia.

In 1865, John F. Armstrong (1845-1893) left County Sligo, Ireland for Augusta, Georgia, where his uncle, Thomas Armstrong, had immigrated during the Great Irish famine of the late 1840s.