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Charles Eplum Bascum Armstrong was a Baptist pastor who was in fellowship with the exclusive Brethren from prior to 1878 thru at least 1880 while living in Dexter, [[Michigan]].
He was born in 1822 in Lima, [[Ohio]] to Abel D. Armstrong and his second wife Eliza Downs Armstrong. Abel was born 1758 in Augusta, [[Virginia]], and Eliza was born in 1802 in [[New Jersey]]. Abel died in 1837 in Champaign, [[Ohio]], and Eliza in Lima in 1881.
As early as 1851 thru 1854, Charles served as a vocal music instructor at the Henry Female College, a Baptist school in New Castle, [[Kentucky]]. There was a concert given under his direction on May 23, 1854 in Louisville.
On Jan. 5, 1856 in Breckinridge, [[Kentucky]], Charles married Ottie Alwaanna Allen Armstrong, who was born on a Cherokee Reservation in [[Texas]].
Charles served a number of Baptist pastorates and other ministry positions before being introduced to the exclusive Plymouth Brethren. The earliest reference was a pastorate he held +1858-1860+ at Bank Street Baptist in New Albany, [[Indiana]]. He and his wife Ottie had two children while living in New Albany:
Then he did pastoral work in 1863 at Saline, [[Michigan]]. From 1867-1868, he served as a chaplain at Michigan State Prison, making numerous improvements to their library and other ways. In 1869, he served as a pastor in Jackson, [[Michigan]]. Then from 1870-1874 at the First Baptist Church of Greenville, [[Michigan]]. While in this role, he also preached occasionally in the early 1870's for the First Baptist Society of Wheatfield Township. In 1874 he officiated a wedding for the postmaster of Brainerd, [[Michigan]], W.W. Hartley (1849-1931) in the parents' home of his bride, Mary E. Moorman (1848-1922) in Eureka. All of their children were still living at home when Charles & Ottie became Brethren, presumably in the late 1870's. In 1900, he and his wife were living in Grand Rapids. In 1916, Ottie was living in Seattle, [[Washington]] as a widow, so Charles died prior to that. He may have died in 1912 in Paine.
==Children==
* Allen H. Armstrong (b. 1858 New Albany, IN - d. 1929 Seattle, WA); m. Harriett Frances Morton (b. 1871 - d. 1955 Seattle, WA)
* Emma W. Armstrong (b. 1860 New Albany, IN - d. 1890 California, Kent, MI), schoolteacher; * Carey Clarence Armstrong (b. 1862 MI - d. 1947 Sedro-Woolley, Skagit, WA); m. Susanna Brugge (b. 1867 N.Y. - d. 1925 Seattle, WA), dau. of John Brugge;
* Arthur Armstrong (b. 1866 Saline, MI - d. 1951)
* Charles Ernest Armstrong (b. 1869 Jackson, MI - d. 1949 Seattle, [[Washington|WA]]); m. Adelaide J.L. Wildberger (b. 1877 Grand Rapids, MI - d. 1961 Seattle, WA)
* Alice Armstrong (b. 1875 MI)
* Lyman Herbert Lyman Armstrong II (b. 1876 MI - d. 1939 Ogden, UT) In 1874 he officiated a wedding for the postmaster of Brainerd, [[Michigan]], W.W. Hartley (1849-1931) in the parents' home of his bride, Mary E. Moorman (1848-1922) in Eureka. All of their children were still living at home when Charles & Ottie became Brethren, presumably in the late 1870's. In 1900, he and his wife were living in Grand Rapids. In 1916, Ottie was living in Seattle, [[Washington]] as a widow, so Charles died prior to that. He may have died in 1912 in Paine.
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