Carroll Armstrong, a prominent lawyer and a most highly respected citizen of Morrilton, was born in Tuscumbia, Ala., in 1844. He was the eldest of two sons (the other named Robert Lee), born to Robert and Hibernia Lockhart Armstrong. Parents were natives of Alabama, where his father was a successful and accomplished lawyer. He studied law at LaGrange College, Ala., and with him in his graduating class where Judge E. A. O'Neal, of Florence, and many more whose names have become well known through several States. Mr. Carroll died in 1846, when our subject was an infant. The paternal grandfather Andrew was a pioneer to North Alabama from North Carolina and made his home near Courtland till his death; maternal grandfather also an early settler in Alabama. He was of Irish nativity; emigrated from New York, and from thence to Tuscumbia, Ala., where he followed commercial pursuits. He died while on a trip to New York to purchase goods. After his death, his widow, Mrs. Lockhart, married George Carroll, who came to Alabama from Upper Marlboro, Prince George County, Md. It was to Mrs. Carroll's home that Mrs. Armstrong took her infant sons, our subject and his brother Robert Lee, after the death of their father. In 1856-57 this family came to Arkansas and bought large tracts of lands in Conway County, five miles above Lewisburg. Mr. Carroll planned a magnificent plantation here, and had much clearing and improving instituted, which was interrupted by the outbreak of the war, when he moved to Little Rock. He died in Texas in 1863. Mrs. Carroll died in Little Rock in 1875 or '76. Our subject was attending school at LaGrange, when that institution was closed by the outbreak of the war. He at once returned to Little Rock, and in 1862 enlisted in Anderson Gordon's company raised at Lewisburg for the Confederate service. He served with this company till the end of the war, but after Gen. Monroe took charge of the brigade, our subject served that officer as orderly. In 1866 he returned to Conway County and began farming on his mother's estate, an occupation he followed till 1876. During this time he had been reading law privately, and in that year was admitted to the bar at Lewisburg, and since that time has been in the constant practice of that profession. He has since been admitted to the Supreme Court of the State, and has also practiced in the Federal Court. Mr. Armstrong has often been solicited to accept office, but has always firmly declined. In his professional practice, he is able, strong and lucid, and is looked upon by the bar of Arkansas as one of her brightest lights. In secret societies, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Hermion Lodge, No. 20; socially, polished and gentlemanly in bearing and deportment; politically, a warm and vigorous supporter of the doctrines of the Democratic party, which, guided by his wisdom and tact, has greatly increased its strength in Conway County. The younger brother, Robert L., was a soldier in the Confederate army, and served in Capt. Bill Noland's company, as escort with Gen. J. F. Fagan; was with that commander in all of his engagements. He is now engaged as salesman in a commercial house in Morrilton. These gentlemen are both single, and reside in their handsome home in Morrilton, where since their mother's death, which occurred February 27, 1890, they have lived quietly and managed its affairs alone.

Lisa Hamilton submitted the above data from Goodspeeds; she did so to help others, is not researching the above person or families mentioned therein.

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