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Samuel C. Armstrong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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ARMSTRONG, Samuel Chapman, soldier, born in Wailuka, Maul, Hawaiian islands, 30 January, 1839. His parents were among the first missionaries to the Sandwich islands, where he resided until 1860. After graduation at Williams in 1862 he entered the volunteer army as a captain in the 125th New York regiment, and in 1863...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Armstrong, Samuel Chapman. Armstrong, Samuel Chapman. Information about Armstrong, Samuel Chapman in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Armstrong, Samuel Chapman; Armstrong, Santa Fe; Armstrong, Sheila; Armstrong, Texas; Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario; Armstrong, Tim;
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Encyclopedia article about Armstrong, Samuel Chapman. Information about Armstrong, Samuel Chapman in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... Armstrong, Samuel Chapman; Armstrong, Santa Fe; Armstrong, Sheila; Armstrong, Texas; Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario; Armstrong,
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Samuel Chapman Armstrong served in the Union army in the Civil War, rising to the rank of major general. ... After the war as an agent of the Freedmen’s Bureau in Virginia, he quickly realized the need for vocational training for emancipated slaves and helped to found the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute,
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Samuel Chapman Armstrong Collection, Manuscripts, Collections ... Provenance: The Armstrong Collection was donated to the Williams College Library in 1951 by gift of Margaret Howe and Samuel Scoville, daughter and grandson of Samuel Chapman Armstrong. The collection has been reorganized to faciliate access.
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His grave is marked by a stone from Hawaii, where he was born. (Additional information by Russ Dodge). (bio by: Garver Graver) ; Search Amazon for Samuel Armstrong...
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Because of Armstrong's interest, Native Americans were later admitted to the institution, which he headed until his death. Armstrong's ideas, particularly on the need for vocational training, influenced Booker T. Washington.
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Armstrong, Samuel Chapman, an educational philanthropist, was born in 1839 in the Hawaiian Islands, where his father was a missionary, and died at Hampton, Va., May 11, 1893. In 1862 he entered the Union army and rose to the rank of brigadier-general.
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