Herman Ossian Armour

Herman Ossian Armour
Born (1837-03-07)March 7, 1837
Stockbridge, New York
Died September 8, 1901(1901-09-08)
Manhattan, New York
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Mary Jacks (1862-1870)
Jane Livingston (1887-1901)
Children 2
Relatives Simeon B. Armour (1828-1899), brother
Andrew Watson Armour (1829-1892), brother
Philip Danforth Armour (1832-1901), brother
Joseph Frances Armour (1842-1881), brother

Herman Ossian Armour (March 7, 1837 – September 8, 1901) was an American businessman and philanthropist, who with his brother, Philip Danforth Armour, co-founded the meatpacking firm of Armour & Company, which would exist as the nations largest such company for much of the 20th century.[1]

Born the seventh of eight children in Stockbridge, New York, his parents were Methodists of English and Scotch ancestry.[2] In 1865, Armour established the New York syndicate of Armour Meats under the name Armour, Plankinton & Co. This move was prompted by a series of restrictive laws regarding lines of credit in effect throughout most Midwestern states at the time.[3] American forebear of the Armour family, Scotsman James Armour, was among the earliest to settle in the newly established British colony of New Jersey, arriving just three years after its establishment in 1664, though settlers from Holland, Germany, Sweden, and France had been living in the area since 1614 in the former New Netherland and New Sweden (Nya Sverige) colonies. Armour died on September 8, 1901[4] at his New York City home and was laid to rest at the family mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Allen, Albala, Gary, Ken (2007). The Business of Food: Encyclopedia of the Food and Drink Industries. Santa Barbara, CA, United States: ABC-CLIO. p. 33.
  2. ↑ Hall, Henry (1895). America's successful men of affairs: An encyclopedia of contemporaneous biography. New York, United States: New York Tribune. p. 27.
  3. ↑ Hammond, Charles (1893). The history of Union, Conn. New Haven, CT, United States: Press of Price, Lee & Adkins. pp. 200, 201.
  4. ↑ Marquis, Albert Nelson (1912). Who's Who in America. New York: Marquis Who's Who Inc. p. 54.
  5. ↑ Keister, Douglas (2011). Stories in Stone New York: A Field Guide to New York City Cemeteries. Layton: Gibbs Smith. pp. 51–52.
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