Clare Hibbs Armstrong

Background

Armstrong, Clare Hibbs was born on January 23, 1894 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States. Son of DeWitt Clinton and Anna Caroline (Hibbs) Armstrong.

Education

Educated Army and Navy Preparatory School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1913. Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy, 1917. Graduate Coast Artillery School, 1930.

Chemical Warfare School, 1930, Command and General staff schedul, 1936, Air Corps Tactical School, 1942, Ordnance Field Officer Motor Course, 1942.

Career

1 stepson, M. Nelson Taylor. Married second, Mary Weber Harter, June 5, 1939. Married 3d, Catherine Hays Taylor.

Commissioned Second lieutenant, United States Army, 1917, advanced through the grades to brigadier general, 1943, retired, 1953.

Achievements

• Clare Hibbs Armstrong has been listed as a noteworthy army officer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mason (Scottish Rite, Shriner). Club: Army and Navy Country (Washington, District of Columbia).

Connections

Married Mary Denard Coombs, May 1, 1917 (died 1938). Married second, Mary Weber Harter, June 5, 1939. Children: Clare Hibbs, Elizabeth Anne (Mistress Richard Louis Hennessy), DeWitt Clinton, Mistress L. Bughman.

Father:

DeWitt Clinton Armstrong

Mother:

Anna Caroline (Hibbs) Armstrong

Spouse:

Mary Denard Coombs

Spouse:

Mary Weber Harter

child:

Mistress L. Bughman Armstrong

child:

DeWitt Clinton Armstrong

child:

Elizabeth Anne Armstrong (Mistress Richard Louis Hennessy)

child:

Clare Hibbs Armstrong