Biographical Chronology

1839	born January 30, 1839 in East Wailuka, Maui, Hawaii, the sixth of ten children born to Richard and Clarissa Chapman Armstrong
1840	moves with family to Honolulu where he receives his education at the Royal School and Punahou, later Oahu College
1860	upon the sudden death of his father, travels to the mainland to complete his education at Williams College
1862	graduates from Williams College
1862	enters the Union Army as Captain in the 125th N.Y. Volunteers
1863	given command of the 9th U.S. Colored Troops
1865	musters out as Brevet Brigadier-General of Volunteers
1866	appointed Bureau Agent for the Freedman's Bureau at Fortress Monroe in Hampton, Virginia
1868	founds Hampton Institute (April 1) with fifteen pupils, one teacher and one matron
1869	marries Emma Dean Walker (1849-1878) October 13
1870	first child, Louise Hopkins Armstrong, born July 30
1872	second child, Edith Hull Armstrong, born August 30
1878	first fifteen Indians admitted to Hampton in April (chiefly Kiowa and Cheyenne prisoners released from Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida)
1878	Emma Armstrong dies October 10
1881	travels to Hawaii
1887	receives honorary LL.D. from Williams College
1889	receives honorary LL.D. from Harvard University
1890	marries Mary Alice Ford, a teacher at Hampton Institute
1891	travels to Hawaii and speaks at the 50th anniversary of Punahou School; third child, Margaret Marshall Armstrong, born
1893	Armstrong dies at the age of 54, February 11; fourth child, David William Armstrong, born

Samuel Chapman Armstrong