The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-07

Simeon B. Armour at Kansas City in
March, 1893, caused no particular change
in the Armour interests there, as they
We're operated as a stock company.
PREPARED FOR DEATH.
So carefully had the plans for the fu-
ture been made that the death of Mr.
Armour Will have little effect on the
outward working of the great enterprise
with which he had been 50 closely iden-
titled. 1t is believed all the Armour pro-
perties will be held intact until the
grandchildren come into their own.
Estimates of Mr. Armour's own estate
run from SO, 900, 900 to SIS, 900, O00 This,
of course. does not include the $4,000 600
or $40, 100000 owned by the younger
members Of the family. For years every
enterprise he was interested in has been
making immense profits. His holdings
of stock have all advanced largely dur
ing the last three years
Philip D. Armour, who was in his
seth year, made his own life on lines
unique and wholly original with him
self.
From not over-rich Oneida county.
N Y, farm to the position of paying
more freight and controlling more pro-
visions than any other man in the world
were the two extremes of his life.
The ancestral Armours were Connecti-
cut people, but Philip Armour was not
born until after the family had moved
to Stockbridge, Oneida county, N. Y.
His birth date was May 16, 1882.
The California gold fever struck west
ern New York in 1849 and young Ar
mour was the first in Stoekbridge to de-
termine to visit the Pacific coast. He
secured the permission of his parents
and at the age of II started having
three or four companions from the same
neighboFhOOd. The almost incredibfe
part of it was that the party walked
nearly the entire distance from New
York to California.
MADE START IN CALIFORNIA.
The commercial sense. which always
predominated in his life, indicated its
presence as soon as he saw the gold
fields of. California He made money
from the start, and at the end of six
years he returned home with a fortune
Becoming dissatisfied with the quiet
life of his native town he came west
again and together with a brOther-irl-
law established a large wholesale gro
Gerry house IN Milwaukee. This venture
was also successful and in a years time
he purchased the largest grain elevator
in Milwaukee. This led to more eleva-
tors and railroad stock In 1866 he came
to Chicago to take charge of the Chi
cago branch Of New York packing es-
tablishment The result was that the
Chicago house ceased to be a branch
and the west gained the largest packing
and provision plant in the world
Mr. Armour married Miss Malvina
Belle Ogden, daughter of Jonathan Og-
den, of Cincinnati, in October, 1862. They
have had two children-Philip D. Ar
mour, jr., who died a year ago. and J.
Ogden Armour, who seems destined by
character, training and circumstances
to succeed his father as the head of the
Armour house.
OF the five brothers who have been
identified with the upbuilding of the
Armour enterprises. Herman O. Armour
who went to New York in 1871 to look
after the New York interests of the CO.
partnership, is the only survivor
Joseph d. Armour, who came to Chi
cago in 1868, and gave his attention to
supervision Of the packing business, died
several years ago
Simeon b. Armour, who for many
years directed the Kansas City packing
business, died in March 1899
Andrew Watson Armour, who man
aged the banking interests of the Ar
mours in Kansas City. died in 1898.
The property interests for which Mr..
Armour stood are estimated at $3.50, ,000,-
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