Armstrong, David H
educator, public official, was born Oct. 21, 1812, in Nova Scotia. He received an academic education; was a teacher for eighteen years; and in 1837 removed to Missouri, opening, in 1838, and conducting in St.
Louis the first public school established under the laws of that state. In 1847 he was appointed comptroller of the city of St. Louis, and reappointed in 1848 and 1849; and in 1854 was appointed postmaster of St. Louis. He was appointed a United States senator to fill a vacancy.
ARMSTRONG, DAVID MAITLAND, artist, was born about 1837 in Newburg, N. Y. He was graduated at Trinity college, Hartford, in 1858; studied law in New York; and practiced that profession for a short time. It soon became evident to him that his choice of the law was a mistake, and he turned his attention to art. He studied in Rome and Paris under the best teachers, and divided his time mainly between Italy and New York. For four years he was United States consul general for Italy, resident at Rome, and was director of the American art department at the Paris exposition of 1878, when he received the decoration of the Legion of Honor.