Richard Armstrong (Hawaii)
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April 13, 1805 McEwensville, Pennsylvania |
| Died | September 23, 1860 (aged 55) Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Resting place | Kawaiahaʻo Church cemetery |
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Dickinson College Princeton Theological Seminary |
| Known for | Missionary Educator |
| Spouse(s) | Clarissa Chapman Armstrong (1805–1891) |
| Children | Caroline Porter (1832–1905) William Nevins I (1834–1835) William Nevins (1835–1905) Mary Jane (1836–1920) Richard Baxter (1837–1871) Samuel Chapman (1839–1893) Clarissa Hannah (1840–1904) Reuben Chapman (1842–1843) Ellen Eliza (1844–1924) Amelia (1845–1923) |
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Richard Armstrong (April 13, 1805 – September 23, 1860) was a missionary from Pennsylvania who arrived in Hawaii in 1832. Along with his wife Clarissa, he served in mission fields of the Marquesas Islands and in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He established several churches and schools, and was Kahu (shepherd) of Kawaiahaʻo Church after the departure of Hiram Bingham I. Kamehameha III appointed him Minister of Public Instruction, and his accomplishments established an educational system that earned him the nickname "The father of American education in Hawaii".
Richard Armstrong was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania on April 13, 1805, to James Armstrong and his American-born wife Eleanor Pollock. The elder Armstrong had been born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, and in 1786 emigrated to the United States, where he married Eleanor. The family were Presbyterian. Richard was the youngest child of the union. He was educated at Milton Academy in Massachusetts, furthering his education at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, and graduating from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1831.
Princeton president Archibald Alexander provided a letter of recommendation In 1831, when Armstrong made the decision to join the next contingent of missionaries being sent to Hawaii by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. He received his ordination on October 27, and Armstrong and his new bride Clarissa departed with the other missionaries aboard the Averick on November 26. The ship docked in Honolulu on May 17, 1832, with Clarissa seven months pregnant. Daughter and first child Caroline Porter was born in Honolulu on July 17.
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