Francis Armstrong (mayor)


Francis "Frank" Armstrong was the fifth mayor of Salt Lake City, serving from 1886 to 1890.

Early life and career

Armstrong was born in Northumberland, England on 3 October 1839. His family migrated to Canada in 1851 in Hamilton, Ontario. Armstrong went to the Richmond, Missouri in 1858 where he worked in a saw mill. He became friends with David Whitmer, one of the Three Witnesses for the Book of Mormon. Armstrong moved to Utah in 1861. He married his wife Isabella Siddoway on 10 December 1864, and they resided in Salt Lake City permanently. Armstrong was elected as Mayor of Salt Lake City in 1886