Armstrong, James Vernon
Person
Biography
James Vernon Armstrong (1897-1991) was a Naval veteran, salesman, father and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
James Vernon Armstrong was born on April 2, 1897 to John Graham Armstrong and Mary Ann Jane Simkins in Salt Lake City, Utah. James enlisted in the Navy during World War I, after which he became a travelling salesman for Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution (ZCMI) until his retirement. He married Zetha Howarth Smith on October 14, 1920 and they had three children: Dau Armstrong, James Albert Armstrong, and Richard Merrill Armstrong. James died on March 20, 1991 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho.
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FamilySearch, via WWW, October 19, 2020 (James Vernon Armstrong; b. April 2, 1897 to John Graham Armstrong and Mary Ann Jane Simkins in Salt Lake City, Utah; married Zetha Howarth Smith; three children: Dau Armstrong, James Albert Armstrong, and Richard Merrill Armstrong; d. March 20, 1991 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho)Tape Interview with James Vernon Armstrong, February 12, 1980 (career in Navy; career as travelling salesman; married on October 14, 1920)
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Armstrong family histories
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230243815]
Identifier: MSS SC 594
Scope and Contents
Typewritten biographical sketches of Mormon pioneers John Christopher and Mary Kirkbride Armstrong and of their son and daughter-in-law, John Graham and Mary Jane Simkins Armstrong by James V. Armstrong and Marcia Armstrong Jolley. Tells of emigration of John Sr. and wife from England to Utah, of his service as bugler in Parley P. Pratt's Southern Utah Exploration Company, LDS church mission to England and death enroute home. Describes John Graham's work as a stagecoach driver and law...
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