Armstrong, Hosea J.

Armstrong captained flatboats from Decatur, Illinois, to New Orleans. Also engaged in the mercantile business, Armstrong served on the Decatur Board of Trustees from 1848-1850.

John W. Smith, History of Macon County, Illinois, from its Organization to 1876 (Springfield, IL: Rokker's, 1876), 164, 222, 275.