Nicholas Edward Armstrong Bible





Contributed by Carroll Pearsall






This Bible is in the possession of Elizabeth (Betty) Cole, a descendant of 
Nicholas Edward Armstrong.  Nicholas Edward Armstrong was the son of Edward 
Armstrong and Margaret Ann Hall of Duplin County, NC.  Mary Alice Humphrey 
was the daughter of Franklin S. Humphrey and Mary Ann Murrell of Onslow 
County. 

Inside, first page, right hand side, reads:  Catherine P. Hall.

Beneath that, N. E. Armstrong
        Hallsville
        Duplin Co.,
                 N.C.

Lower still, P.C. Armstrong (a strong hand, in ink)

Frontispiece:  The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, 
translated out of the Original Tongues; and with the former translations 
diligently compared and revised.

New York:  American Bible Society, instituted in the year MDCCCXVI.  1848.

Family Record.

The following is written in ink and, in the year 2000, looks like it is 
beginning to bleed.  Where there is no punctuation, none has been inserted.

Nicholas Edward Armstrong son of Edward and Margaret Ann Armstrong was born 
Jany 28th 1837.

Mary Alice, wife of N.E. Armstrong & daughter of F.S. & M. A. Humphrey, was 
born June 28th 1855.

Edward Hall son of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong was born Sept 27th 1876.  (Above 
the date, "Wednesday" has been written in pencil.)

Nicholas E. (the E. is written in pencil) son of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong was 
born Jany 6th 1878.  Above Jany is written "Sunday".

Written in pencil next:

Frank Hall, son of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong, was born Wednesday 28th Jany A.D. 
1880

(Next page) George Hoyt Son of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong, was born Friday 24th 
Feb 1882

James Sprunt Son of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong was born Sunday 11th Dec 1883.

Maggie Sprunt Daughter of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong was born Friday, Oct. 2d, 
1885

John Ashford, Son of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong, was born Thursday 16th day of 
August A.D. 1888.

Paul Cameron Son of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong was born Monday 8th Sept 1890.

Eva Colcord daughter of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong was born 3rd Sept. Saturday 
1892.

Norwood Son of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong was born Tuesday 28th Nov '93

Mary Murrell, daughter of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong was born Oct 1st 1895 on 
Tuesday.

Alton Eugene son of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong was born Saturday night (looks 
like) 18th Dec. 1897.  (All of this is squeezed in at the very bottom of the 
page and is hard to read)

Next page-in ink:  

N. E. Armstrong and Mary Alice Humphrey were married 15th Dec. 1875.

Next page-first name only in ink:

Eddie Hall son of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong, died Sunday Jany 11 1877.  (Sunday 
is in pencil)

James Sprunt Son of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong died Wednesday, 5 Nov. 1884.

Norwood Armstrong died 13th Feb '94

George Hoyt Son of N. E. & M. A. Armstrong died 2nd October 1897 - Saturday 
morning.

M. A. Humphrey died 7th Sept '98 (was born 19th Sep 1815)

Mary Alice Armstrong died Jany 5th '99

(This is in pen in a different handwriting) N. E. Armstrong died Tuesday 16th 
Oct. 1907

N. E. Armstrong Jr. died Friday 1st Mar. 1929.

And, last, on the facing page, in pencil:  M. A. Humphrey died 7th Sept '98 









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