Samuel Turell Armstrong
1784–1850 (age 66)
merchant
Biography
Samuel Turell Armstrong was a prominent Boston merchant whose business acumen and commercial enterprises contributed significantly to the city's economic vitality during the early nineteenth century. As a successful trader and businessman, he accumulated considerable wealth and influence within Boston's mercantile community.
Armstrong's life reflected the opportunities and achievements available to industrious merchants of his time. His burial at Mount Auburn Cemetery, the nation's first rural cemetery, testifies to his standing among Boston's respectable and prosperous citizens.