Horatio Gates Armstrong

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Armstrong was born on June 1, 1790, and was named after General Horatio Gates, whom his father had been aide to during the American Revolutionary War.{{cite book|last1=Tucker|first1=Spencer|title=U.S. Leadership in Wartime: Clashes, Controversy, and Compromise|date=2009|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781598841725|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEkFzIWjdn4C&pg=PA127|accessdate=10 August 2017|language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Bartoloni-Tuazon |first1=Kathleen |title=For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789 |date=2014 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=9780801471919 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XY5HDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA48 |accessdate=5 June 2019 |language=en}} He was the eldest of seven children born to John Armstrong Jr. and Alida (née Livingston) Armstrong (1761–1822), who married in 1789.{{cite book|last1=Skeen|first1=Carl Edward|title=John Armstrong, Jr., 1758-1843: A Biography|date=1981|publisher=Syracuse University Press|location=Syracuse, N.Y.|isbn=9780815622420|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rxJ3AAAAMAAJ|accessdate=10 August 2017|language=en}}{{cite web|title=John Armstrong letters 1795, 1802, 1806, 1812, 1813, 1814|url=https://archives.nypl.org/mss/6743|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018214058/http://archives.nypl.org/mss/6743|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 October 2019|website=archives.nypl.org|publisher=The New York Public Library|accessdate=10 August 2017|language=en}} His father served as a Continental Congressman, a U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of War, U.S. Minister to France.{{cite web|title=ARMSTRONG, John, Jr. - Biographical Information|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000282|website=bioguide.congress.gov|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=10 August 2017}}

Among his siblings was Henry Beekman Armstrong, also a soldier in the War of 1812;{{cite book|last1=Chisholm|first1=Hugh|title=The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information|date=1905|publisher=Cambridge University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQ8EAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA11|accessdate=10 August 2017|language=en}} John Armstrong III, who became a gentleman farmer at La Bergerie;

Robert Livingston Armstrong;{{cite book|last1=Heitman|first1=Francis Bernard|title=Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army: From Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to March 2, 1903|date=1903|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|url=https://archive.org/details/historicalregis03heitgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/historicalregis03heitgoog/page/n169 170]|accessdate=10 August 2017|language=en}} Margaret Rebecca Armstrong (who married William Backhouse Astor Sr.);{{cite book|last1=Trager|first1=James|title=The New York Chronology: The Ultimate Compendium of Events, People, and Anecdotes from the Dutch to the Present|date=2010|publisher=Zondervan|isbn=9780062018601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xvGhQoNT27IC&pg=PA169|accessdate=10 August 2017|language=en}} James Kosciuszko Armstrong and William Armstrong.

His paternal grandparents were General John Armstrong and Rebecca (née Lyon) Armstrong.{{cite book|title=Who Was Who in American History - the Military|date=1975|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|location=Chicago|isbn=0837932017|page=15}} Among his Armstrong family, who were of "distinguished Scottish descent,"{{cite book |last1=Reynolds |first1=Cuyler |title=Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation |date=1914 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami00reyn/page/1262 1262] |url=https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami00reyn |accessdate=5 June 2019 |language=en}} was uncle James Armstrong, a physician who became a U.S. Congressman. His paternal grandparents were Judge Robert Livingston and Margaret (née Beekman) Livingston. Among his Livingston family members were uncles Chancellor Robert R. Livingston and Edward Livingston.{{cite book|last1=Livingston|first1=Edwin Brockholst|title=The Livingstons of Livingston Manor: Being the History of that Branch of the Scottish House of Callendar which Settled in the English Province of New York During the Reign of Charles the Second; and Also Including an Account of Robert Livingston of Albany, "The Nephew," a Settler in the Same Province and His Principal Descendants|date=1910|publisher=Knickerbocker Press|url=https://archive.org/details/livingstonslivi00unkngoog|accessdate=10 August 2017|language=en}}{{cite book|last1=Mowbray|first1=Jay Henry|title=Representative Men of New York: A Record of Their Achievements|date=1898|publisher=New York Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZU-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA31|accessdate=10 August 2017|language=en}}

During the War of 1812, Armstrong fought on the American side, heading a company known as the Capt. Horatio G. Armstrong Co. with the 23rd Regiment Infantry.{{cite web |title=War of 1812 Discharge Certificates |url=https://www.archives.gov/research/military/war-of-1812/1812-discharge-certificates/soldiers-by-name.html |website=www.archives.gov |publisher=National Archives |accessdate=5 June 2019 |language=en |date=15 August 2016}} He was eventually promoted to Major.{{cite book |title=Journal of the Senate of the United States of America |date=1812 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=[https://archive.org/details/journalsenateun02conggoog/page/n393 371] |url=https://archive.org/details/journalsenateun02conggoog |accessdate=5 June 2019 |language=en}}

In 1814, Armstrong was married to Baltimore native Mary Hughes (1791–1866).{{cite news |title=ARMSTRONG |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32277002/armstrong/ |accessdate=5 June 2019 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=8 Feb 1866 |page=2 |language=en}} Mary was the youngest daughter of Margaret (née Sanderson) Hughes and Christopher Hughes, a banker and investor in real estate originally from County Wexford, Ireland. Among her siblings was older brother, Christopher Hughes (who served as the U.S. Minister to Sweden and the Netherlands),{{cite book |last1=Nolan |first1=Cathal J. |title=Notable U.S. Ambassadors Since 1775: A Biographical Dictionary |date=1997 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=9780313291951 |page=176 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZMeeXLSQhsC&pg=PA176 |accessdate=5 June 2019 |language=en}} and older sister Louisa Hughes (the wife of George Armistead).{{cite book |last1=Kennedy |first1=Mary Selden |title=Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families |date=1911 |publisher=Frank Allaben Genealogical Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/seldensofvirgini01kenn/page/186 186] |url=https://archive.org/details/seldensofvirgini01kenn |accessdate=5 June 2019 |language=en}} Together they had three children:

• John Horatio Armstrong (1815–1886),{{cite news |title=ARMSTRONG |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32277148/armstrong/ |accessdate=5 June 2019 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=19 Oct 1886 |page=2 |language=en}} who married Caroline Amelia Scheldt (1828–1912) in 1844.{{cite book |title=Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution |date=1907 |publisher=Daughters of the American Revolution |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JG4ZAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA5 |accessdate=5 June 2019 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=HORATIO G. ARMSTRONG |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24131955/the_boston_globe/ |accessdate=5 June 2019 |work=The Boston Globe |date=31 Jan 1929 |page=12 |language=en}}
• Margaret Hughes Armstrong (1817–1870)
• Christopher Hughes Armstrong (1821–1884)

Armstrong died at his residence near Baltimore on April 6, 1858.{{cite news |title=DIED |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32275413/died/ |accessdate=5 June 2019 |work=The Daily Exchange |date=9 Apr 1858 |page=2 |language=en}} His widow was the administratrix of his estate.{{cite news |title=Legal Notices |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32276043/legal_notices/ |accessdate=5 June 2019 |work=The Daily Exchange |date=13 Jul 1858 |page=1 |language=en}}

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