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Lieut Armstrong Huston

Birth	:	15 Dec 1840 Indiana, USA
Death	:	5 Aug 1925 Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Fillmore County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.5359900, -97.6064900
Plot	:	Sec. 4 Lot 68 Plot 04
Description	:	Farming was the primary occupation for many young homesteading couples in Washington Co., IN during the 1840s, including David M. and Elizabeth Thompson Huston. To this union Armstrong was born on December 15, 1840. During his childhood, Armstrong attended the rural district schools in Washington County, learning basic reading, writing, spelling, and arithmetic. He had the following known siblings: Thomas A. (b. @1828), Susan J. (b. @1829), David B. (b. @1854), Leah (b. @1857), and Mary J. (b. @1858). At age 20, Armstrong left the family farm to enlist into Company D of the Thirty-eighth Indiana, where he served without injury... Read More	Farming was the primary occupation for many young homesteading couples in Washington Co., IN during the 1840s, including David M. and Elizabeth Thompson Huston. To this union Armstrong was born on December 15, 1840. During his childhood, Armstrong attended the rural district schools in Washington County, learning basic reading, writing, spelling, and arithmetic. He had the following known siblings: Thomas A. (b. @1828), Susan J. (b. @1829), David B. (b. @1854), Leah (b. @1857), and Mary J. (b. @1858). At age 20, Armstrong left the family farm to enlist into Company D of the Thirty-eighth Indiana, where he served without injury or incident until the Battle of Chickamauga in September of 1863. During a confusing fight after dark on the first day of battle, Armstrong fell with a bullet under his right shoulder blade. He lingered on the battlefield for several days before being picked up and taken to a field hospital where the wound was properly cleaned and dressed. For the next six weeks, Armstrong was relegated to the hospital to recover. After his wound had sufficiently healed, Huston was released to his home for a 30-day furlough. During his days at home, most of the Thirty-eighth's veterans encamped at Chattanooga decided to re-enlist for another three years. When Huston reported for duty in New Albany and learned that most of his friends and comrades had reenlisted, he decided join them. As a bonus, he was rewarded with another 30 days at home with the rest of the veterans before reporting for duty again at Chattanooga in early February, 1864. Later that year, Huston was promoted to color-bearer, a position of high honor in civil war regiments. He carried the Thirty-eighth Indiana's colors in the last major land battle of the war at Bentonville, North Carolina in March 1865. Shortly thereafter, Armstrong was promoted again, this time to second lieutenant of Company D. He was mustered out of service with the rest of the regiment on July 1865. After the war, Lieutenant Huston returned to the family farm in Washington County where he worked as a farmer until December 17th, 1867, when he married Miss Amanda J. Gray (1845-1875). Amanda, daughter of Dennis Gray and Catharine Mitchell, had been a childhood friend of Armstrong's while he attended the district schools growing up. Together they established a small farm in Indiana and had one daughter, Augusta Elizabeth (b. @1869). In the seventh year of their marriage, Amanda died suddenly. It was another two years before Armstrong would marry again, this time to Miss Margaret Mitchell (1845-1908), daughter of John Mitchell and Mary J. Herron, on September 16th, 1877. Together they had two daughters, Dora (b. @1878) and Nellie (b. @1888). In the early 1880s, Armstrong, Margaret, and their three daughters moved to California, where Armstrong engaged in railroad work for nearly three years. From California, the Hustons moved to Geneva in Fillmore Co., NE, where Armstrong returned to successful agricultural pursuits. He applied for a federal veteran's pension on Aug. 9, 1888 (app. #667,716; cert. #444,440 - Nebraska). On a personal basis, Armstrong was never a committed member of any religious denomination, but he did believe in spirituality and supported his wife's membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he was a radical Republican, and cast his very first presidential vote for General Grant in 1868. He was also a member of Nebraska G.A.R. Post No. 22. Huston passed away August 5, 1925 in Madison, Fillmore Co., NE and is buried in Geneva Cemetery, Fillmore Co., NE.

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Lieut Armstrong Huston's memorial is located at: Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, Fillmore County, USA.
When did Lieut Armstrong Huston death?
Lieut Armstrong Huston death on 5 Aug 1925 in Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.5359900
Longitude: -97.6064900

Family Members:

Parent

David M. Huston

(1801 - 1884)

Spouse

Margaret A. Mitchell Huston

(1846 - 1908)

Siblings

Thomas A. Huston

(1827 - 1910)

Children

Eudora Mitchell Huston

(1878 - 1959)

Nell Huston

(1887 - 1991)

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Coordinate: 40.5359900, -97.6064900

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Coordinate: 40.4235992, -97.4428024

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