Josiah Haynes Armstrong
US-American bishop
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| Intro | US-American bishop | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Author Politician | |
| Work field | Literature Politics | |
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| Birth | 30 May 1842, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA | |
| Death | 23 March 1898Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA (aged 55 years) | |
| Star sign | Gemini |
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Josiah Haynes Armstrong (May 30, 1842 - March 23, 1898) was a Bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church and a state legislator in Florida. He served several terms in the Florida House of Representatives during the Reconstruction era. The Florida Archives have a photograph of him. According to his Findagrave entry and the photos of hia gravestone posted to it he served in a "Colored" unit during the American Civil War.
He was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.