Background
Armstrong, Samuel Chapman was born on January 30, 1839 in Hawaiian Islands. Son of Review Richard and Clarissa Armstrong.
Armstrong, Samuel Chapman was born on January 30, 1839 in Hawaiian Islands. Son of Review Richard and Clarissa Armstrong.
Graduate Williams College, 1862.
Commissioned captain 125th New York Volunteer Regiment, 1862, commissioned 9th Colored Regiment, United States Colored Troops (in this capacity developed interest in the Negro). Brigadier general, 1865. Agent Freedmen’s Bureau, 1866.
Founder Hampton (Virginia) Normal and Industrial Institute for Negroes, 1868.
Married Emma Walker, 1869. Married second, Mary Ford, 1890.